¹Hii ni mara yangu ya tatu kuja kwenu. "Kila tatizo litatatuliwa kwa ushahidi wa watu wawili au watatu," yasema Maandiko.

¹This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

²Nilikwisha sema, na kama ilivyokuwa safari ya pili, sasa nasema tena nikiwa mbali: wale wote waliotenda uovu bila kutubu, na pia wale wengine, nitakapokuja, watakiona cha mtema kuni.

²I have said before, and I say [it] before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, do I write to those having sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare,

³Mtajionea wenyewe kwamba Kristo anasema ndani yangu. Kwenu Kristo si dhaifu; bali nguvu yake yafanya kazi miongoni mwenu.

³since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,

⁴Maana hata kama alisulubiwa kwa sababu ya udhaifu, lakini sasa anaishi kwa uwezo wa Mungu. Sisi pia tu dhaifu kwa kuungana naye lakini tutaishi naye kwa uwezo wa Mungu kwa ajili yenu.

⁴for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.

⁵Jichunguzeni ninyi wenyewe mpate kujua kama kweli mnayo imani. Jichunguzeni ninyi wenyewe. Je, hamjui kwamba Kristo Yesu yumo ndani yenu? Kama sivyo, basi ninyi mmeshindwa.

⁵Your ownselves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your ownselves prove ye; do ye not know your ownselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

⁶Lakini natumaini kwamba ninyi mnajua kuwa sisi hatukushindwa.

⁶and I hope that ye shall know that we — we are not disapproved of;

⁷Tunamwomba Mungu msifanye uovu wowote, lakini si kusudi tuonekane kama watu waliokwisha faulu, bali mpate kutenda mema, hata kama sisi tunaonekana kuwa tumeshindwa.

⁷and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

⁸Maana hatuwezi kuupinga ukweli; uwezo tulio nao ni wa kuuendeleza ukweli.

⁸for we are not able to do anything against the truth, but for the truth;

⁹Tunafurahi kwamba sisi tu dhaifu, lakini ninyi mna nguvu; kwa hiyo tunaomba mpate kuwa wakamilifu.

⁹for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for — your perfection!

¹⁰Basi, ninaandika barua hii nikiwa mbali, ili nitakapofika kwenu nisilazimike kuwa mkali kwenu kwa kutumia ule uwezo alionipa Bwana; naam, uwezo wa kujenga na si wa kubomoa.

¹⁰because of this, these things — being absent — I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

¹¹Kwa sasa, ndugu, kwaherini! Muwe na ukamilifu, shikeni mashauri yangu, muwe na nia moja; kaeni kwa amani. Naye Mungu wa mapendo na amani atakuwa pamoja nanyi.

¹¹Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

¹²Salimianeni kwa ishara ya upendo.

¹²salute one another in an holy kiss;

¹³(G13-12) Watu wote wa Mungu huku wanawasalimuni.

¹³salute you do all the saints;

¹⁴(G13-13) Neema ya Bwana Yesu Kristo na upendo wa Mungu na umoja wa Roho Mtakatifu, viwe nanyi nyote.

¹⁴the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, [is] with you all! Amen.