2 Akoritho 6
1 Na kwa eyo, upanga kazi pamope, twendabasihi mwenga kana muipokee neema ya Nnongo pabile kwaa ni matokeo.
We then, [as] co-workers [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 Kwa kuwa abaya, “Wakati waukubalika nibile makini kwinu, na katika lisoba lya wokovu niliwasaidia.”Linga nambeambe ni wakati waukubaluka. Linga, nambeambe ni lisoba lya wokovu.
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)
3 Twaweka kwaa liwe lya kizuizi nnonge ya mundu yoyote, kwa mana tuitakia kwaa huduma yitu iletwe katika sifa mbaya.
Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 Badala yake, twaihakiki bene kwa makowe yitu yote, panga tu atumishi ga Nnongo. Tubile atumishi bake katika baingi ba ustahimilivu, mateso, dhiki, ugumu wa maisha,
But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 kukombwa, vifungo, ghasia, katika panga kazi kwa bidii, katika kukosa lugono kilo, katika njala,
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6 katika usafi, maarifa, uvumilivu, wema, katika Roho Mtakatifu, katika upendo halisi
By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
7 Tubile abatumishi bake katika eneo lya kweli, katika ngupu ya Nnongo. Tubile ni silaha ya haki kwa ajili ya luboko lwa mmalyo na wa kushoto.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 Twapanga kazi katika hekima na dharauliwa, katika kashfa na sifa. Twatituhumiwa kuwa abocho na wakati tubile wakweli.
By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and [yet] true;
9 Tunapanga kazi napanga twajulikana kwaa na bado twayowanika vizuri. Twapanga kazi kati batiwaa na -Linga!-bado twatama. Twaipanga kazi kati twaazibiwa kwa ajili ya matendo yitu lakini kati kwaa yaabahukumilwe hata waa,
As unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 Twaipanga kazi kati wenye masikitiko, lakini masoba gote twabile na furaha. Twaipanga kazi kati maskini, lakini twajihatarisha baingi. Twaipanga kazi kati panga twapata kwaa kilebe kati twatemiliki kila kilebe.
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
11 Twabaya ukweli wote kwinu, Akorintho, na mioyo yitu yatifunguka kwa upana.
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.
12 Mioyo yinu izuiliwa kwaa na twenga, ila mwatizuiliwa na hisia yinu wene.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Nambeambe katika badilishana kwa haki nalongela kati kwa bana-muipungue mioyo yinu kwa upana.
Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as to [my] children, ) be ye also enlarged.
14 Kana mupungamanishe pamope ni baaminiya kwaa. Kwa mana kwabile ni uhusiano gani kati ya haki ni uasi? Ni kwabile ni ushirika gani kati ya bweya ya libendo?
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 Ni makubaliano gani Kristo aweza kuwa nayo na Beliari? Au ywembe ywaamiye abile sehemu gani pamope ni ywaaminiya kwaa?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 Na kwabile na kakubaliano gani yabile kati ya hekalu lya Nnongo na lisanamu? Kwa mana twanga ni lihekale lya Nnongo ywabile nkoto, kati ambavyo Nnongo abayite: “Nalowa tama kati yabembe ni ktyanga kati ya bembe. Nalowa pangika Nnongo wa bembe, na bembe bapangika kuwa bandu bango.”
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Kwa eyo, “Muboke kati yabembe, mkatengwe nabo,” abaya Ngwana.”Kana mukamwe kilebe kichafu na nalowa kubakaribisha mwenga.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you;
18 Nalowa pangika kuwa Tate kwinu, ni mwenga mwalowa pangika bana bango analome na anwawa, “abaya Ngwana Mwenyezi.
And [I] will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
