1So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. 2For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? 3I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy. 4For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
Forgiveness for the Offender
5If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely. 6The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. 7Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. 9Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. 10Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Ministers of the New Covenant
12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
14But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
1Kotero ndinatsimikiza maganizo anga kuti ndisachitenso ulendo wina owawa wobwera kwanuko. 2Pakuti ngati ndikumvetsani chisoni, kodi angandisangalatse ndani, kupatula inuyo amene ndakumvetsani chisoni? 3Nʼchifukwa chake ndinakulemberani monga ndinachitiramo kuti nditabwera kwanuko ndisadzamve chisoni ndi anthu oyenera kundisangalatsa. Ndinali ndi chikhulupiriro ndi inu nonse kuti inuyo mukakhala ndi chimwemwe poona kuti inenso ndili ndi chimwemwe. 4Pakuti ndinakulemberani kalata ija ndili wopsinjika ndi wowawidwa mtima kwambiri ndi kutuluka misozi yambiri, osati pofuna kukumvetsani chisoni koma kuti ndikudziwitseni kuti ndimakukondani kwambiri.
Za Kukhululukira Wolakwa
5Koma ngati wina wamvetsa chisoni, sanamvetse chisoni ine ndekha, koma koposa mosawonjezera wakhumudwitsa nonsenu, kunenatu mosawonjezera. 6Chilango chimene ambiri a inu mwamupatsa munthu ameneyu nʼchokwanira. 7Mʼmalo mwake tsono, muyenera kumukhululukira ndi kumulimbikitsa mtima kuti asamve chisoni choposa muyeso, angataye mtima. 8Choncho ndikukupemphani kuti mutsimikizire chikondi chanu pa iye. 9Cholinga china chimene ndinakulemberani kalata ija chinali chofuna kukuonani ngati mudzandimvera pa zonse. 10Aliyense amene mumukhululukire, inenso ndimukhululukira. Ndipo ndikakhululukira, ngati pali kanthu koti ndikhululukire, ndiye kuti ndakhululuka chifukwa cha inu pamaso pa Khristu, 11kupewa kuti Satana angapezere mpata pa ife, pajatu timadziwa machenjerero ake.
Atumiki a Pangano Latsopano
12Tsono nditafika ku Trowa kuti ndilalikire Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu, nʼkupeza kuti Ambuye anditsekulira khomo, 13ndinasowa mtendere mu mtima mwanga, chifukwa sindinapezeko mʼbale wanga Tito. Choncho ndinatsanzikana ndi anthu kumeneko nʼkupita ku Makedoniya.
14Koma tithokoze Mulungu amene amatitsogolera nthawi zonse monga ogwidwa ku nkhondo a Khristu pa chipambano chake. Tsono amatigwiritsa ntchito yofalitsa ponseponse nzeru zodziwira Khristu ngati fungo labwino. 15Pakuti kwa Mulungu ndife fungo labwino la Khristu pakati pa iwo amene akupulumutsidwa ndi amene akuwonongeka. 16Kwa amene akuwonongeka ndife fungo la imfa, limawapha. Ndipo kwa amene akupulumuka ndife fungo lamoyo, limawapatsa moyo. Ndani angayithe ntchito yotereyi? 17Kusiyana ndi ena ambiri, ife sitilalikira Mawu a Mulungu kuti tipeza phindu. Mʼmalo mwake, ife mwa Khristu timayankhula pamaso pa Mulungu moona mtima, monga anthu otumidwa ndi Mulungu.
