¹Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹Basi, wapenzi wangu, tukiwa tumepewa ahadi hizi zote, na tujitakase na chochote kiwezacho kuchafua miili na roho zetu, tuwe watakatifu kabisa, na tuishi kwa kumcha Mungu.

²Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

²Tunaomba mtupe nafasi mioyoni mwenu! Hatujamkosea mtu yeyote, hatujamdhuru wala kumdanganya mtu yeyote.

³I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

³Sisemi mambo haya kwa ajili ya kumhukumu mtu; maana, kama nilivyokwisha sema, ninyi mko mioyoni mwetu, tufe pamoja, tuishi pamoja.

⁴Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

⁴Nina imani kubwa sana ninaposema nanyi; naona fahari kubwa juu yenu! Katika taabu zetu nimepata kitulizo kikubwa na kufurahi mno.

⁵For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

⁵Hata baada ya kufika Makedonia hatukuweza kupumzika. Kila upande tulikabiliwa na taabu: nje ugomvi; ndani hofu.

⁶Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

⁶Lakini Mungu, mwenye kuwapa shime wanyonge alitupa moyo sisi pia kwa kuja kwake Tito.

⁷And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

⁷Si tu kwa kule kuja kwake Tito, bali pia kwa sababu ya moyo mliompa ninyi. Yeye ametuarifu jinsi mnavyotamani kuniona, jinsi mlivyo na huzuni, na mnavyotaka kunitetea. Jambo hili linanifurahisha sana.

⁸For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

⁸Maana, hata kama kwa barua ile yangu nimewahuzunisha, sioni sababu ya kujuta. Naam, naona kwamba barua hiyo iliwatia huzuni lakini kwa muda.

⁹Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

⁹Sasa nafurahi, si kwa sababu mmehuzunika, ila kwa kuwa huzuni yenu imewafanya mbadili nia zenu na kutubu. Mmehuzunishwa kadiri ya mpango wa Mungu, na kwa sababu hiyo hatukuwadhuru ninyi kwa vyovyote.

¹⁰For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

¹⁰Kuwa na huzuni jinsi atakavyo Mungu, husababisha badiliko la moyo, badiliko lenye kuleta wokovu; hivyo hakuna sababu ya kujuta. Lakini huzuni ya kidunia huleta kifo.

¹¹For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

¹¹Sasa mnaweza kuona matokeo ya kuona huzuni jinsi Mungu atakavyo: ninyi mmepata kuwa sasa watu wenye jitihada, wenye hoja, mnashtuka na kuogopa, mna bidii na mko tayari kuona kwamba haki yatekelezwa. Ninyi mmethibitisha kwa kila njia kwamba hamna hatia kuhusu jambo hili.

¹²Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

¹²Hivyo, ingawa niliandika ile barua, haikuwa kwa ajili ya yule aliyekosa, au kwa ajili ya yule aliyekosewa. Niliandika kusudi ionekane wazi mbele ya Mungu jinsi mlivyo na bidii kwa ajili yetu.

¹³Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

¹³Ndiyo maana sisi tulifarijika sana. Siyo kwamba tulifarijika tu, ila pia Tito alitufurahisha kwa furaha aliyokuwa nayo kutokana na jinsi mlivyomchangamsha moyo.

¹⁴For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

¹⁴Mimi nimewasifu sana mbele yake, na katika jambo hilo sikudanganyika. Tumewaambieni ukweli daima, na kule kuwasifia ninyi mbele ya Tito kumekuwa jambo la ukweli mtupu.

¹⁵And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

¹⁵Hivyo upendo wake wa moyo kwenu unaongezeka zaidi akikumbuka jinsi ninyi nyote mlivyo tayari kutii, na jinsi mlivyomkaribisha kwa hofu nyingi na kutetemeka.

¹⁶I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

¹⁶Nafurahi sana kwamba naweza kuwategemea ninyi kabisa katika kila jambo.