¹Basi, Mungu, kwa huruma yake, ametukabidhi kazi hii na hivyo hatufi moyo.

¹Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

²Tumeyaacha kabisa mambo yote ya aibu na ya kisirisiri. Hatuishi tena kwa udanganyifu, wala kwa kulipotosha neno la Mungu; bali tunaudhihirisha ukweli kwa kuufanya ukweli, na hivyo kujiweka chini ya uamuzi wa dhamiri za watu mbele ya Mungu.

²but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

³Maana, kama Habari Njema tunayohubiri imefichika, imefichika tu kwa wale wanaopotea.

³and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

⁴Hao hawaamini kwa sababu yule mungu wa ulimwengu huu amezitia giza akili zao wasipate kuuona wazi mwanga wa Habari Njema ya utukufu wa Kristo, ambaye ni mfano kamili wa Mungu.

⁴in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

⁵Maana hatujitangazi sisi wenyewe, ila tunamhubiri Yesu Kristo aliye Bwana, sisi wenyewe tukiwa watumishi wenu kwa ajili ya Yesu.

⁵for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

⁶Mungu ambaye alisema, "Mwanga na uangaze kutoka gizani," ndiye mwenye kuiangaza mioyo yetu, na kutupatia mwanga wa ujuzi wa utukufu wa Mungu uangazao katika uso wa Kristo.

⁶because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷Basi, sisi tulio na hazina hii tuko tu kama vyombo vya udongo, ili ionekane wazi kwamba nguvu hiyo kuu yatoka kwa Mungu wala si kwetu sisi wenyewe.

⁷And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

⁸Daima twapata taabu, lakini hatugandamizwi; twapata mashaka, lakini hatukati tamaa;

⁸on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

⁹twateseka, lakini hatuachwi bila msaada; na ingawa tumeangushwa chini, hatukuangamizwa.

⁹persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

¹⁰Kila wakati tumekuwa tukichukua mwilini mwetu kifo cha Kristo, ili uhai wake Yesu pia udhihirike katika miili yetu.

¹⁰at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,

¹¹Naam, katika maisha yetu yote tunakabiliwa na kifo daima kwa ajili ya Yesu, ili uzima wake Yesu udhihirike katika miili yetu inayokufa.

¹¹for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

¹²Hii ina maana kwamba ndani yetu kifo kinafanya kazi, lakini ndani yenu uhai unafanya kazi.

¹²so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

¹³Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Niliamini, ndiyo maana nilinena." Nasi pia, tukiwa na moyo huohuo wa imani, tunaamini, na kwa sababu hiyo twanena.

¹³And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;` we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

¹⁴Tunajua kwamba yule aliyemfufua Bwana Yesu atatufufua sisi pia pamoja na Yesu na kutuweka mbele yake pamoja nanyi.

¹⁴knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

¹⁵Yote haya ni kwa faida yenu; ili kama vile neema ya Mungu inavyoenea kwa watu wengi zaidi na zaidi vivyo hivyo watu wengi zaidi watoe shukrani nyingi kwa utukufu wa Mungu.

¹⁵for the all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

¹⁶Kwa sababu hiyo hatufi moyo; na hata kama maumbile yetu ya nje yataoza, lakini kwa ndani tunafanywa wapya siku kwa siku.

¹⁶wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

¹⁷Taabu tunayopata ni kidogo, tena ya muda tu: lakini itatupatia utukufu upitao matazamio yote, utukufu ambao hauna mwisho.

¹⁷for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us —

¹⁸Hivyo tunatazamia kwa makini si vitu vinavyoonekana, bali visivyoonekana. Maana vinavyoonekana ni vya muda tu; lakini vile visivyoonekana ni vya milele.

¹⁸we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] age-during.