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Paulo, mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na Timotheo ndugu yetu; kwa kanisa la Mungu lililoko Korintho, pamoja na watakatifu wote walioko katika nchi yote ya Akaya.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
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Neema na iwe kwenu na amani, zitokazo kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Na ahimidiwe Mungu, Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, Baba wa rehema, Mungu wa faraja yote;
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
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atufarijiye katika dhiki zetu zote ili nasi tupate kuwafariji wale walio katika dhiki za namna zote, kwa faraja hizo, tunazofarijiwa na Mungu.
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
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Kwa kuwa kama vile mateso ya Kristo yanavyozidi kwetu, vivyo hivyo faraja yetu inazidi kwa njia ya Kristo.
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
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Lakini ikiwa sisi tu katika dhiki, ni kwa ajili ya faraja yenu na wokovu wenu; au ikiwa twafarijiwa, ni kwa ajili ya faraja yenu; ambayo hutenda kazi yake kwa kustahimili mateso yale yale tuteswayo na sisi.
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
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Na tumaini letu kwa ajili yenu ni imara, tukijua ya kuwa kama vile mlivyo washiriki wa yale mateso, vivyo hivyo mmekuwa washiriki wa zile faraja.
And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
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Maana ndugu, hatupendi, msijue habari ya dhiki ile iliyotupata katika Asia, ya kwamba tulilemewa mno kuliko nguvu zetu, hata tukakata tamaa ya kuishi.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
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Naam, sisi wenyewe tulikuwa na hukumu ya mauti katika nafsi zetu ili tusijitumainie nafsi zetu, bali tumtumaini Mungu, awafufuaye wafu,
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
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aliyetuokoa sisi katika mauti kuu namna ile; tena atatuokoa; ambaye tumemtumaini kwamba atazidi kutuokoa;
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
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ninyi nanyi mkisaidiana nasi kwa ajili yetu katika kuomba, ili, kwa sababu ya ile karama tupewayo sisi kwa msaada wa watu wengi, watu wengi watoe shukrani kwa ajili yetu.
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
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Kwa maana kujisifu kwetu ni huku, ushuhuda wa dhamiri yetu, ya kwamba kwa utakatifu na weupe wa moyo utokao kwa Mungu; si kwa hekima ya mwili, bali kwa neema ya Mungu; tulienenda katika dunia, na hasa kwenu ninyi.
For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
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Maana hatuwaandikii ninyi neno, ila yale msomayo, au kuyakiri; nami nataraji ya kuwa mtayakiri hayo hata mwisho;
For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
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vile vile kama mlivyotukiri kwa sehemu, ya kwamba sisi tu sababu ya kujisifu kwenu, kama ninyi mlivyo kwetu sisi, katika siku ile ya Bwana wetu Yesu.
as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
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Nami nikiwa na tumaini hilo nalitaka kufika kwenu hapo kwanza, ili mpate karama ya pili;
Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
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na kupita kwenu na kuendelea mpaka Makedonia; na tena toka Makedonia kurudi kwenu na kusafirishwa nanyi kwenda Uyahudi.
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
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Basi, nilipokusudia hayo, je! Nalitumia kigeugeu? Au hayo niyakusudiayo, nayakusudia kwa jinsi ya mwili kwamba iwe hivi kwangu, kusema Ndiyo, ndiyo, na Siyo, siyo?
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?
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Lakini kama Mungu alivyo mwaminifu, neno letu kwenu si Ndiyo na siyo.
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
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Maana Mwana wa Mungu, Kristo Yesu, aliyehubiriwa katikati yenu na sisi, yaani, mimi na Silwano na Timotheo, hakuwa Ndiyo na siyo; bali katika yeye ni Ndiyo.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
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Maana ahadi zote za Mungu zilizopo katika yeye ni Ndiyo; tena kwa hiyo katika yeye ni Amin; Mungu apate kutukuzwa kwa sisi.
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
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Basi Yeye atufanyaye imara pamoja nanyi katika Kristo, na kututia mafuta, ni Mungu,
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
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naye ndiye aliyetutia muhuri akatupa arabuni ya Roho mioyoni mwetu.
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
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Lakini mimi namwita Mungu awe shahidi juu ya roho yangu, ya kwamba, kwa kuwahurumia sijafika Korintho.
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
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Si kwamba tunatawala imani yenu; bali tu wasaidizi wa furaha yenu; maana kwa imani yenu mnasimama.
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.