¹For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

¹Maana tunajua kwamba hema hii ambayo ndani yake tunaishi sasa hapa duniani, yaani mwili wetu, itakapong'olewa, Mungu atatupa makao mengine mbinguni, nyumba ya milele isiyotengenezwa kwa mikono.

²For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

²Na sasa, katika hali hii, tunaugua, tukitazamia kwa hamu kubwa kuvikwa makao yetu yaliyo mbinguni.

³If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

³Naam, tunapaswa kuvikwa namna hiyo ili tusije tukasimama mbele ya Mungu bila vazi.

⁴For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

⁴Tukiwa bado katika hema hii ya duniani, tunalia kwa kukandamizwa; si kwamba tunataka kuuvua mwili huu wa kufa, ila tuna hamu ya kuvalishwa ule usiokufa, ili kile chenye kufa kimezwe kabisa na uhai.

⁵Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

⁵Mungu mwenyewe alitutayarishia mabadiliko hayo, naye ametupa Roho wake awe dhamana ya yote aliyotuwekea.

⁶Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

⁶Tuko imara daima. Tunajua kwamba kuishi katika mwili huu tu ni kukaa mbali na Bwana.

⁷(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

⁷Maana tunaishi kwa imani, na si kwa kuona.

⁸We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

⁸Lakini tuko imara na tungependelea hata kuyahama makao haya, tukahamie kwa Bwana.

⁹Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

⁹Lakini jambo la maana zaidi, tunataka kumpendeza, iwe tunaishi hapa duniani au huko.

¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

¹⁰Maana sote ni lazima tusimame mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Kristo, ili kila mmoja apokee anayostahili kwa matendo aliyoyafanya wakati alipokuwa anaishi duniani, mema au mabaya.

¹¹Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

¹¹Basi, sisi tunajua umuhimu wa kumcha Bwana, na hivyo tunajitahidi kuwavuta watu. Mungu anatujua waziwazi, nami natumaini kwamba nanyi pia mnatujua kinaganaga.

¹²For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

¹²Si kwamba tunajaribu tena kujipendekeza kwenu, ila tunataka kuwapa ninyi sababu zetu za kuona fahari juu yenu, ili mpate kuwajibu wale wanaojivunia hali yao ya nje zaidi kuliko jinsi walivyo moyoni.

¹³For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

¹³Ikiwa tumeonekana kuwa wendawazimu, hiyo ni kwa ajili ya Mungu; na ikiwa tunazo akili zetu timamu, hiyo ni kwa faida yenu.

¹⁴For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

¹⁴Maana mapendo ya Kristo yanatumiliki sisi ambao tunatambua ya kwamba mtu mmoja tu amekufa kwa ajili ya wote, na hiyo ina maana kwamba wote wanashiriki kifo chake.

¹⁵And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

¹⁵Alikufa kwa ajili ya watu wote, ili wanaoishi wasiishi kwa ajili yao wenyewe, bali kwa ajili yake yeye aliyekufa, akafufuliwa kwa ajili yao.

¹⁶Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

¹⁶Basi, tangu sasa, sisi hatumpimi mtu yeyote kibinadamu. Hata kama kwa wakati mmoja tulimpima Kristo kibinadamu, sasa si hivyo tena.

¹⁷Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

¹⁷Mtu yeyote akiungana na Kristo huwa kiumbe kipya, mambo ya kale yamepita, hali mpya imefika.

¹⁸And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

¹⁸Yote ni kazi ya Mungu mwenye kutupatanisha sisi naye kwa njia ya Kristo, akatupa nasi jukumu la kuwapatanisha watu naye.

¹⁹To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

¹⁹Ndiyo kusema: Mungu, amekuwa akiupatanisha ulimwengu naye kwa njia ya Kristo, bila kutia maanani dhambi zao binadamu. Yeye ametupa ujumbe kuhusu kuwapatanisha watu naye.

²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

²⁰Basi, sisi tunamwakilisha Kristo, naye Mungu mwenyewe anatutumia sisi kuwasihi ninyi. Tunawaombeni kwa niaba ya Kristo, mpatanishwe na Mungu.

²¹For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

²¹Kristo hakuwa na dhambi, lakini Mungu alimfanya ahusike na dhambi kwa ajili yetu, ili sisi kwa kuungana naye, tupate kuushiriki uadilifu wake Mungu.