¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

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

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.

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.

³Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

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

⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

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.

⁵For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

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

⁶seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” Genesis 1:3 who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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.

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

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.

⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

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

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

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

¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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

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

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

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

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

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” Psalm 116:10 We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

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

¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

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

¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

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.

¹⁶Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

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

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

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

¹⁸while we don’t look 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.

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