2 KOR. 5
1 tKwa maana twajua ya kuwa nyumba ya maskani yetu iliyo ya dunia hii ikiharibiwa, tunalo jengo litokalo kwa Mungu, nyumba isiyofanywa kwa mikono, iliyo ya milele mbinguni. 2 tMaana katika nyumba hii twaugua, tukitamani sana kuvikwa kao letu litokalo mbinguni; 3 ikiwa tukiisha kuvikwa hatutaonekana tu uchi. 4 tKwa sababu sisi tulio katika maskani hii twaugua, tukilemewa; si kwamba twataka kuvuliwa, bali kuvikwa, ili kitu kile kipatikanacho na mauti kimezwe na uzima. 5 tBasi yeye aliyetufanya kwa ajili ya neno lilo hilo ni Mungu, aliyetupa arabuni ya Roho. 6 tBasi siku zote tuna moyo mkuu; tena twajua ya kuwa, wakati tuwapo hapa katika mwili, tunakaa mbali na Bwana. 7 t(Maana twaenenda kwa imani, si kwa kuona.) 8 tLakini tuna moyo mkuu; nasi tunaona ni afadhali kutokuwamo katika mwili na kukaa pamoja na Bwana. 9 tKwa hiyo, tena, ikiwa tupo hapa, au ikiwa hatupo hapa, twajitahidi kumpendeza yeye.
10 tKwa maana imetupasa sisi sote kudhihirishwa mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Kristo, ili kila mtu apokee ijara ya mambo aliyotenda kwa mwili, kadiri alivyotenda, kwamba ni mema au mabaya.Huduma ya Upatanisho
11 tBasi tukiijua hofu ya Bwana, twawavuta wanadamu; lakini tumedhihirishwa mbele za Mungu. Nami natumaini ya kuwa tumedhihirishwa katika dhamiri zenu pia. 12 tMaana hatujisifu wenyewe mbele yenu tena, bali tunawapa sababu ya kujisifu kwa ajili yetu, ili mpate kuwa nayo mbele yao wanaojisifu kwa mambo ya nje tu, wala si kwa mambo ya moyoni. 13 Maana ikiwa tumerukwa na akili zetu, ni kwa ajili ya Mungu; au ikiwa tunazo akili zetu timamu, ni kwa ajili yenu. 14 Maana, upendo wa Kristo watubidisha; maana tumehukumu hivi, ya kwamba mmoja alikufa kwa ajili ya wote, basi walikufa wote; 15 ttena alikufa kwa ajili ya wote, ili walio hai wasiwe hai tena kwa ajili ya nafsi zao wenyewe, bali kwa ajili yake yeye aliyekufa akafufuka kwa ajili yao. 16 Hata imekuwa, sisi tangu sasa hatumjui mtu awaye yote kwa jinsi ya mwili. Ingawa sisi tumemtambua Kristo kwa jinsi ya mwili, lakini sasa hatumtambui hivi tena. 17 tHata imekuwa, mtu akiwa ndani ya Kristo amekuwa kiumbe kipya; ya kale yamepita tazama! Yamekuwa mapya. 18 tLakini vyote pia vyatokana na Mungu, aliyetupatanisha sisi na nafsi yake kwa Kristo, naye alitupa huduma ya upatanisho;
19 tyaani, Mungu alikuwa ndani ya Kristo, akiupatanisha ulimwengu na nafsi yake, asiwahesabie makosa yao; naye ametia ndani yetu neno la upatanisho.
20 tBasi tu wajumbe kwa ajili ya Kristo, kana kwamba Mungu anasihi kwa vinywa vyetu; twawaomba ninyi kwa ajili ya Kristo mpatanishwe na Mungu. 21 tYeye asiyejua dhambi alimfanya kuwa dhambi kwa ajili yetu, ili sisi tupate kuwa haki ya Mungu katika Yeye.
2 CORINTHIANS 5
1 t Our bodies are like tents that we live in here on earth. But when these tents are destroyed, we know that God will give each of us a place to live. These homes will not be buildings someone has made, but they are in heaven and will last forever. 2 While we are here on earth, we sigh because we want to live in that heavenly home.
3 We want to put it on like clothes and not be naked.
4 These tents we now live in are like a heavy burden, and we groan. But we don't do this just because we want to leave these bodies that will die. It is because we want to change them for bodies that will never die. 5 God is the one who makes all this possible. He has given us his Spirit to make us certain he will do it.
6 So always be cheerful!
As long as we are in these bodies, we are away from the Lord. 7 But we live by faith, not by what we see. 8 We should be cheerful, because we would rather leave these bodies and be at home with the Lord. 9 But whether we are at home with the Lord or away from him, we still try our best to please him.
10 t After all, Christ will judge each of us for the good or the bad that we do while living in these bodies.Bringing People to God
11 We know what it means to respect the Lord, and we encourage everyone to turn to him. God himself knows what we are like, and I hope you also know what kind of people we are.
12 We are not trying once more to brag about ourselves. But we want you to be proud of us, when you are with those who are not sincere and brag about what others think of them.
13 If we seem out of our minds, it is between God and us. But if we are in our right minds, it is for your good. 14 We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died.
15 And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us.
16 We are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be, though we once judged Christ in this way. 17 Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.
18 God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others.
19 What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world. And he has given us the work of sharing his message about peace. 20 We were sent to speak for Christ, and God is begging you to listen to our message. We speak for Christ and sincerely ask you to make peace with God. 21 Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so Christ could make us acceptable to God.