1
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.
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2
Tupeni nafasi mioyoni mwenu. Hatukumdhulumu mtu ye yote, wala kumharibu mtu, wala kumkaramkia mtu.
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
3
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.
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
4
Ninao ujasiri mwingi kwenu; naona fahari kuu juu yenu. Nimejaa faraja, katika dhiki yetu yote nimejaa furaha ya kupita kiasi.
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
5
Kwa maana hata tulipokuwa tumefika Makedonia miili yetu haikupata nafuu; bali tulidhikika kote kote; nje palikuwa na vita, ndani hofu.
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
6
Lakini Mungu, mwenye kuwafariji wanyonge, alitufariji kwa kuja kwake Tito.
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
7
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.
and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
8
Kwa sababu, ijapokuwa naliwahuzunisha kwa waraka ule, sijuti; hata ikiwa nalijuta, naona ya kwamba waraka ule uliwahuzunisha, ingawa ni kwa kitambo tu.
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—
9
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.
yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
10
Maana huzuni iliyo kwa jinsi ya Mungu hufanya toba liletalo wokovu lisilo na majuto; bali huzuni ya dunia hufanya mauti.
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
11
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.
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
12
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.
So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
13
Kwa hiyo tulifarijiwa. Tena katika kufarijiwa kwetu tulifurahi sana kupita kiasi kwa sababu ya furaha ya Tito; maana roho yake imeburudishwa na ninyi nyote.
On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
14
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.
Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
15
Na mapenzi yake kwenu yamekuwa mengi kupita kiasi, akumbukapo kutii kwenu ninyi nyote, jinsi mlivyomkaribisha kwa hofu na kutetemeka.
And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
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Nafurahi, kwa sababu katika kila neno nina moyo mkuu kwa ajili yenu.
I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.