2 Corinthians 2
1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
Basi nimeamua nisiwatembelee tena kuwatia huzuni.
2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
Maana nikiwahuzunisha ninyi, basi, ni nani atakayenifariji? Ni walewale niliowahuzunisha!
3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.
Ndiyo maana niliwaandikia—sikutaka kuja kwenu na kuhuzunishwa na ninyi ambao ndio mngepaswa kuwa furaha yangu. Nina hakika kwamba, mimi nikifurahi, ninyi nyote pia mnafurahi.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
Nilipowaandikia hapo awali katika hali ya huzuni na sikitiko moyoni na kwa machozi mengi, haikuwa kwa ajili ya kuwahuzunisha ninyi, bali kwa ajili ya kuwaonyesheni kwamba nawapenda mno.
5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
Ikiwa kuna mtu aliyemhuzunisha mwingine, hakunihuzunisha mimi—ila amewahuzunisha ninyi nyote, na sipendi kuwa mkali zaidi.
6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
Adhabu aliyokwisha pata kutoka kwa wengi wenu inamtosha.
7 so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Iliyobakia ni afadhali kwenu kumsamehe mtu huyo na kumpa moyo ili asije akahuzunika mno na kukata tamaa kabisa.
8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love towards him.
Kwa hiyo nawasihi: mwonyesheni kwamba mnampenda.
9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
Madhumuni yangu kuandika ile barua yalikuwa kutaka kujua kama mko tayari kutii katika kila jambo.
10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Messiah,
Mkimsamehe mtu, nami pia ninamsamehe. Maana ninaposamehe—kama kweli ninacho cha kusamehe—nasamehe mbele ya Kristo kwa ajili yenu,
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
ili tusimpe nafasi Shetani atudanganye; maana twaijua mipango yake ilivyo.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Messiah, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
Nilipofika Troa kuhubiri Habari Njema ya Kristo, nilikuta mlango u wazi kwa ajili ya kazi ya Bwana.
13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
Lakini nilifadhaika sana kwa kutomkuta ndugu yetu Tito. Ndiyo maana niliwaaga wote pale nikaenda Makedonia.
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Messiah, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
Lakini, shukrani kwa Mungu anayetuongoza daima katika msafara wa ushindi wa Kristo. Yeye hutufanya tuueneze ukweli wa Kristo kama harufu nzuri, kila mahali.
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Messiah to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:
Maana sisi ni kama harufu nzuri ya ubani ambayo Kristo anamtolea Mungu, harufu nzuri inayofikia wote wanaookolewa na wanaopotea.
16 to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Kwa wale wanaopotea, harufu hiyo ni kifo; lakini kwa wale wanaookolewa, harufu hiyo ni uhai. Nani basi, awezaye kushiriki katika kazi ya namna hiyo?
17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Messiah.
Sisi si kama wengine ambao hufanya biashara na ujumbe wa Mungu; sisi tunahubiri kwa unyofu mbele ya Mungu, kama watu tuliotumwa na Mungu, tukiwa tumeungana na Kristo.
