1 Setina kugadziwabgwe ikoku, badiwa, ngatizwitjenapadzeni mu tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinotemapadza mbili ne meya, ngono tibe nge buyengemali guzhele mu kutja Ndzimu.
Paulo unoshathila kushanduka kwe gubungano
2 Mutizhulile mimoyo yenyu. Atina watakatjinyila, atina watakatenga, atina watakatjebela. 3 Anditoleba ikoku kumubona nlandu, ngobe ndakaleba kuli kale kuti mu mimoyo yedu tinako, kuti tife tose nenge kuti titjile tose. 4 Ndomugalabgwe kwazo. Ndina kuzwikudza kukulu mu muli. Ndizhele kunyaladzika. Mu kudziyidzika kwedu kose, ndina kushatha kunjisa.
5 Ne patakazha mu Makedoniya, mibili yedu aizotongobe ne kunyaluluka, koga takabe takalingisana nge mang'oni wose, tikweba kwebana ne zwita zwedu, tidzulana ngotja mukati kwedu. 6 Koga Ndzimu iwo unonyaladza bakanyala mikumbulo, wakatinyaladza ngozha kwa Tito. 7 Ate kuzha kukwe koga kwakatinyaladza, koga nenge nyaladzo yamakan'nyaladza ndiyo. Wakatibudza sekwa makandishuba ne sekwa munogwadzika ndiko ne sekwa munondida ndiko, ngono ndizo ndakashatha kupindisa.
8 Nenguba lukwalo gwangu gwakamugwadza anditozwisola, nenguba ndakatongo zwisola, ngobe ndobona kuti lukwalo igogo gwakamulonga buyendasi, nenguba kwakabe kwe tjibaka tjifutshwanana. 9 Sekwa kuli iko, ndoshatha, koga ndisingashathisiwe nge kuti makagwadzika, koga nge kuti kugwadzika kwenyu kwakamuthama kuti mushandukile matjinyo enyu. Gwadzika ikoku kwakashingisiwa nge Ndzimu, kuti ndizo kube kusina tjimwe tjakabipa tjatakamuthama. 10 Gwadzika kunolaugwa nge Ndzimu kozhisa kushandukila matjinyo kunoyisa ku jidzo, akutozhisa kupunamoyo, koga gwadzika kwe shango kozhisa lufu. 11 Bonani kuti gwadzika kwenyu kwakamubuzila kutukutila kwakatini, kuzwimisila kulakidza ha musi nlandu, kugwadzamoyo, kulobgwa nge hana, kushuba, ludo ne kuloba shamu. Mazwilakidza amusi nlandu mu tjimwe ne tjimwe ngekwa ikoku.
12 Ndizo nenguba ndakamukwalila, kwakabe kusi ngekwe wakatjinya kene wakatjinyigwa, koga kwakabe kuli kuti, kutitukutilila nge kutida kwenyu kuzumbunugwe kumuli mu mesho e Ndzimu. 13 Ndizo takanyaladzika.
Pezhugwi kwe kunyaladzika kwedu takashathila kwazo kushatha kwa Tito, ngobe meya iye yakashathisiwa ndimwi mose. 14 Ndakazwikudza nge kwenyu kunli, ngono imwi amuzondibhatisa shoni. Takamubudza malebeswa misi yose, ngono kuzwikudza kwedu kuna Tito kwakajalobo, kwakalakidza kuti ku malebeswa. 15 Ngono ludo gugwe gwaanomuda ndigo gokula, ha ekumbula kuhwa kwenyu mose ne kutja ne kutetema kwamakan'amutjila ndiko. 16 Ndoshatha, ngobe ndina kugalabgwe kuzhele mu muli.
1 My friends, God has made us these promises. So we should stay away from everything that keeps our bodies and spirits from being clean. We should honor God and try to be completely like him.
The Church Makes Paul Happy
2 Make a place for us in your hearts! We haven't mistreated or hurt anyone. We haven't cheated anyone. 3 I am not saying this to be hard on you. But, as I have said before, you will always be in our thoughts, whether we live or die. 4 I trust you completely. I am always proud of you, and I am greatly encouraged. In all my trouble I am still very happy.
5 After we came to Macedonia, we didn't have any chance to rest. We were faced with all kinds of problems. We were troubled by enemies and troubled by fears. 6 But God cheers up people in need, and this is what he did when he sent Titus to us. 7 Of course, we were glad to see Titus, but what really made us glad is the way you cheered him up. He told how sorry you were and how concerned you were about me. And this made me even happier.
8 I don't feel bad anymore, even though my letter hurt your feelings. I did feel bad at first, but I don't now. I know that the letter hurt you for a while. 9 Now I am happy, but not because I hurt your feelings. It is because God used your hurt feelings to make you turn back to him, and none of you were harmed by us. 10 When God makes you feel sorry enough to turn to him and be saved, you don't have anything to feel bad about. But when this world makes you feel sorry, it can cause your death.
11 Just look what God has done by making you feel sorry! You sincerely want to prove you are innocent. You are angry. You are shocked. You are eager to see that justice is done. You have proved that you were completely right in this matter. 12 When I wrote you, it wasn't to accuse the one who was wrong or to take up for the one who was hurt. I wrote, so God would show you how much you do care for us. 13 And we were greatly encouraged.
Although we were encouraged, we felt even better when we saw how happy Titus was, because you had shown he had nothing to worry about. 14 We had told him how much we thought of you, and you did not disappoint us. Just as we have always told you the truth, so everything we told him about you has also proved to be true. 15 Titus loves all of you very much, especially when he remembers how you obeyed him and how you trembled with fear when you welcomed him. 16 It makes me really glad to know I can depend on you.