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

¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

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 we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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

³And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:

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 world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them].

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

⁵For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

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.

⁶Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light 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.

⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

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

⁸[we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

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

⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

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

¹⁰always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

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

¹¹For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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

¹²So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

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

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;

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

¹⁴knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us 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 all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto 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 though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

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

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

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

¹⁸while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.