1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Basi, wapenzi wangu, kwa kuwa tuna ahadi hizo, na tujitakase nafsi zetu na uchafu wote wa mwili na roho, huku tukitimiza utakatifu katika kumcha Mungu.
2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Tupeni nafasi mioyoni mwenu. Hatukumdhulumu mtu ye yote, wala kumharibu mtu, wala kumkaramkia mtu.
3 I speak not this to condemn you : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you .
Sisemi neno hilo ili niwahukumu ninyi kuwa na hatia; kwa maana nimetangulia kusema, ya kwamba ninyi mmo mioyoni mwetu hata kwa kufa pamoja, na kuishi pamoja.
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Ninao ujasiri mwingi kwenu; naona fahari kuu juu yenu. Nimejaa faraja, katika dhiki yetu yote nimejaa furaha ya kupita kiasi.
The Mission of Titus
5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
Kwa maana hata tulipokuwa tumefika Makedonia miili yetu haikupata nafuu; bali tulidhikika kote kote; nje palikuwa na vita, ndani hofu.
6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
Lakini Mungu, mwenye kuwafariji wanyonge, alitufariji kwa kuja kwake Tito.
7 and not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
Wala si kwa kuja kwake tu, bali kwa zile faraja nazo alizofarijiwa kwenu, akituarifu habari ya shauku yenu, na maombolezo yenu, na bidii yenu kwa ajili yangu, hata nikazidi kufurahi.
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
Kwa sababu, ijapokuwa naliwahuzunisha kwa waraka ule, sijuti; hata ikiwa nalijuta, naona ya kwamba waraka ule uliwahuzunisha, ingawa ni kwa kitambo tu.
9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
Sasa nafurahi, si kwa sababu ya ninyi kuhuzunishwa, bali kwa sababu mlihuzunishwa, hata mkatubu. Maana mlihuzunishwa kwa jinsi ya Mungu, ili msipate hasara kwa tendo letu katika neno lo lote.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Maana huzuni iliyo kwa jinsi ya Mungu hufanya toba liletalo wokovu lisilo na majuto; bali huzuni ya dunia hufanya mauti.
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Maana, angalieni, kuhuzunishwa kuko huko kwa jinsi ya Mungu kulitenda bidii kama nini ndani yenu; naam, na kujitetea, naam, na kukasirika, naam, na hofu, naam, na shauku, naam, na kujitahidi, naam, na kisasi! Kwa kila njia mmejionyesha wenyewe kuwa safi katika jambo hilo.
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
Basi, ijapokuwa naliwaandikia, sikuandika kwa ajili yake yeye aliyedhulumu, wala si kwa ajili yake yeye aliyedhulumiwa, bali bidii yenu kwa ajili yetu ipate kudhihirishwa kwenu mbele za Mungu.
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
Kwa hiyo tulifarijiwa. Tena katika kufarijiwa kwetu tulifurahi sana kupita kiasi kwa sababu ya furaha ya Tito; maana roho yake imeburudishwa na ninyi nyote.
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
Kwa maana, ikiwa nimejisifu mbele yake katika neno lo lote kwa ajili yenu, sikutahayarishwa; bali, kama tulivyowaambia mambo yote kwa kweli, vivyo hivyo na kujisifu kwetu kwa Tito kulikuwa kweli.
15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
Na mapenzi yake kwenu yamekuwa mengi kupita kiasi, akumbukapo kutii kwenu ninyi nyote, jinsi mlivyomkaribisha kwa hofu na kutetemeka.
16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things .
Nafurahi, kwa sababu katika kila neno nina moyo mkuu kwa ajili yenu.
