2 Vakolinto 12
1 Yati nijilumba hati ngati chabwina lepi! Nambu hinu yati nijova ndava ya njozi na ugubukulo weanipelili BAMBU.
I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.
2 Nimmanyili mundu mmonga mweamsadiki Kilisitu, ndi miyaka kumi na mcheche yeyipitili atoliwi mbaka kunani neju kwa Chapanga. Kwali ngati avi kwenuko muhiga amala mumpungu, Chapanga ndi amanyili.
I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows — was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third Heaven.
3 Niwuyila kujova, nimanyili kuvya mundu mwenuyo atoliwi mbaka kunani. Nambu kwali ngati avili kwenuko kwa higa amala kwa mpungu, Chapanga ndi amanyili.
And I know that this man — whether in the body or separated from the body I do not know; God knows —
4 Kwenuko ayuwini mambu gamfiyu ndi hati mundu nakuganikiwa kugajova.
Was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable things of which no human being may tell.
5 Hinu, yati nimekela ndava ya mundu wa namuna yeniyo, lepi ndava ya nene namwene, ndi ndava ya kutotokela kwangu.
About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.
6 Kuvya nigana kumeka nganivili lepi namuyimu hati padebe, muni nganijova uchakaka ndu. Nambu nimeka lepi, mbwitu mundu aniholalela neju ya chila cheakuchiwona nihenga neju wumi wangu.
Yet if I choose to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I shall be speaking no more than the truth. But I refrain, lest any one should credit me with more than he can see in me or hear from me, and because of the marvellous character of the revelations.
7 Nambu, ndava ya mambu aga gakulu genigubukuliwi gakotoka kunigalisa umeka, nasopiwi mvinisu muhiga ngati kuhomwa na minga, mweavi ngati mjumbi wa Setani mweakuning'aha, muni nikotoka kumeka neju.
It was for this reason, and to prevent my thinking too highly of myself, that a thorn was sent to pierce my flesh — an instrument of Satan to discipline me — so that I should not think too highly of myself.
8 Namuyupili neju BAMBU mala datu muni chindu chenicho cheniwuka.
About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me.
9 Nambu anijovili, “Ubwina wangu wikukola, muni uhotola wangu witimaliswa neju mukutotokela kwangu ndava yeniyo yati nimeka neju kwa luheku.” Muni nimemeswa na uhotola wa Kilisitu.
But his reply has been — ‘My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.’ Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.
10 Hinu niyidikila kuvya nitotokili, kuuveveswa na maligu na kutyalatyala na mang'ahiso ndava ya kuhengela Kilisitu, muni penitotokela ndi penivya na makakala.
That is why I delight in weakness, ill-treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!
11 Nivii ngati namyimu, nambu nyenye munilasimisha kuvya chenicho. Nyenye ndi mwaganikiwi kunilumba. Muni, hati ngati nene chindu lepi, nambu nene mdebe lepi kuliku avo vevakujikemela vene “Vamitumi vakulu”
I have been “playing the fool!” It is you who drove me to it. For it is you who ought to have been commending me! Although I am nobody, in no respect did I prove inferior to the most eminent Apostles.
12 Chinamtiti na makangaso gakunilangisa nene kuvya ndi mtumi, gahengiki pagati yinu kwa kukangamala woha.
The marks of the true Apostle were exhibited among you in constant endurance, as well as by signs, by marvels, and by miracles.
13 Wu, chindu kiki navahengili lepi nyenye chenivahengili misambi yingi ya vandu vevakumsadika Kilisitu vangi, pangi ndava muni nene nivang'ahili lepi kupata utangatila winu? Chondi munilekekesa mukuvabudila kwenuko.
In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other Churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I thus did you!
14 Hinu nijitendekili kubwela mala ya datu kwinu, na yati nikuvang'aha lepi. Muni chanilonda lepi vindu vinu nambu mwavene nyenye. Hinu tiyovalili kulola dadi na nyina vakuvavikila vindu vana vavi, nambu tiyovalili lepi kulola vana vakuvavikila vindu dadi na nyina wavi.
Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.
15 Nene nijitendekili kutumila kila chindu chenivili nachu, hati kujiwusa namwene, kwa kuvatangatila nyenye. Wu, yati mukunigana padebe ndava muni nene nivaganili nyenye neju?
For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
16 Hinu yati mwiyidikila kuvya navi lepi ndwika kwinu. Nambu pangi mundu yungi yati ijova, “Ndava muni Pauli achenjili avakongili.”
You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was “crafty” and caught you “by a trick”!
17 Wu, nene navatolili vindu vinu mu njila ya mjumbi yoyoha mwena mtumili kwinu?
Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?
18 Nene namyupili neju Tito, namtumili kwinu na mlongo witu yungi. Wu, Tito atolili vindu vinu? Wu, mmanyili lepi kuvya tete maholo gitu na lugendu lwitu ndi lumonga?
I urged Titus to go, and I sent our Brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Did not we live in the same Spirit, and tread in the same footsteps?
19 Pangi muholalela kuvya mbaka hinu tikujikengela tavete palongolo yinu! Nambu, tijova mambu aga palongolo ya Chapanga kuni tiwungini na Kilisitu. Mambu aga goha, vaganu vangu ndi ndava ya kuvatangatila nyenye.
Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defence? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;
20 Niyogopa, pangi panibwela kwinu yati nikuvakolela ngati chenigana nene, na nyenye munilola ngati chemwigana nyenye nivyai, Niyogopa pangi kwivya na ngondo, wihu, kujovana, mhutanu kumeka, kuheha na chitututu.
for I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarrelling, jealousy, ill-feeling, rivalry, slandering, back-biting, self-assertion, and disorder.
21 Niyogopa pangi lugendu lwenibwela kavili. Chapanga wangu yati akunikita nikola soni palongolo yinu, na nene yati nivavembela ndava ya vamahele va vala vevambudili Chapanga, nambu vamuwuyili lepi Chapanga ndava ya uhakau wavi, ugoni na mnogo uhakau wevakitili.
I am afraid lest, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.
