Triumph in Christ
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
Lakini nafsini mwangu nalikusudia hivi, nisije kwenu tena kwa huzuni.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
Maana mimi nikiwatia huzuni, basi ni nani anifurahishaye mimi ila yeye ahuzunishwaye nami?
3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Nami naliwaandikia neno lilo hilo, ili nijapo nisitiwe huzuni na wale ambao ilinipasa kuwafurahia; nikiwatumaini ninyi nyote kwamba furaha yangu ni yenu nyote pia.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
Maana katika dhiki nyingi na taabu ya moyo niliwaandikia na machozi mengi; si kwamba mhuzunishwe, bali mpate kujua upendo wangu nilio nao kwenu jinsi ulivyo mwingi.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
Lakini iwapo mtu amehuzunisha, hakunihuzunisha mimi tu, bali kwa sehemu (nisije nikalemea mno), amewahuzunisha ninyi nyote.
6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
Yamtosha mtu wa namna hii adhabu ile aliyopewa na walio wengi;
7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him , and comfort him , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
hata kinyume cha hayo, ni afadhali mmsamehe na kumfariji, mtu kama huyo asije akamezwa katika huzuni yake ipitayo kiasi.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
Kwa hiyo nawasihi kumthibitishia upendo wenu.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Maana naliandika kwa sababu hii pia, ili nipate bayana kwenu kwamba mmekuwa wenye kutii katika mambo yote.
10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it , for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
Lakini kama mkimsamehe mtu neno lo lote, nami nimemsamehe; kwa maana mimi nami, ikiwa nimemsamehe mtu neno lo lote, nimemsamehe kwa ajili yenu mbele za Kristo,
11 lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Shetani asije akapata kutushinda; kwa maana hatukosi kuzijua fikira zake.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
Basi nilipofika Troa kwa ajili ya Injili ya Kristo, nikafunguliwa mlango katika Bwana,
13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
sikuona raha nafsini mwangu, kwa sababu sikumwona Tito ndugu yangu, bali niliagana nao, nikaondoka kwenda Makedonia.
14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Ila Mungu ashukuriwe, anayetushangiliza daima katika Kristo, na kuidhihirisha harufu ya kumjua yeye kila mahali kwa kazi yetu.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Kwa maana sisi tu manukato ya Kristo, mbele za Mungu, katika wao wanaookolewa, na katika wao wanaopotea;
16 to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
katika hao wa pili harufu ya mauti iletayo mauti; katika hao wa kwanza harufu ya uzima iletayo uzima. Naye ni nani atoshaye kwa mambo hayo?
17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Kwa maana sisi si kama walio wengi, walighoshio neno la Mungu; bali kama kwa weupe wa moyo, kama kutoka kwa Mungu, mbele za Mungu, twanena katika Kristo.
