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13 (A)Omulundi guno gwe nzija gye muli gwe gwokusatu. Buli kigambo kirikakasibwa abajulirwa babiri oba basatu nga boogedde. (B)Nabalabula era mbalabula nga bwe nabalabula bwe nnali eyo omulundi ogwokubiri, era ne kaakano nga ssiriiyo, abo abaayonoona edda n’abalala bonna, nti bwe ndikomawo ssirisaasira, (C)nga bwe munoonya okukakasa oba nga njogerera mu Kristo, atali munafu gye muli, wabula ow’amaanyi mu mmwe. (D)Kubanga newaakubadde nga yakomererwa mu bunafu, kyokka mulamu mu maanyi ga Katonda. Naffe tuli banafu mu mibiri gyaffe nga tuli mu ye, naye tuliba balamu mu ye olw’amaanyi ga Katonda olw’omulimu gwe tukola mu mmwe.

(E)Mwekebere mulabe obanga muli mu kukkiriza; oba temumanyi nga Yesu Kristo ali mu mmwe? Mpozi nga temukakasibbwa. Naye nsuubira nga mumanyi nti tetuli abataakakasibwa. Kaakano tubasabira eri Katonda obutakola kibi na kimu, si lwa kwagala kulabika nga tusiimibwa, wabula mmwe mukole ebirungi, ffe ne bwe tunaasigala nga tetusiimibbwa. Kubanga tetuyinza kuwakanya mazima, wabula tugawagira buwagizi. (F)Ffe kitusanyusa bwe tuba abanafu, mmwe ne muba ab’amaanyi. Tubasabira mmwe okuzzibwa obuggya. 10 (G)Mbawandiikira kubanga siri nammwe, bwe ndijja nneme kubakambuwalira, okusinziira ku buyinza Mukama bwe yampa okubazimba, so si okubazikiriza.

Okusiibula n’omukisa

11 (H)Ebisigadde abooluganda, mujaguze, muzibwemu amaanyi, mulowooze bumu, mubeere n’emirembe, Katonda ow’okwagala n’emirembe anaabeeranga nammwe.

12 (I)Mulamusagane n’okulamusa okutukuvu.

13 (J)Abatukuvu bonna babalamusizza.

14 Ekisa kya Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, n’okwagala kwa Katonda, n’okussekimu okwa Mwoyo Mutukuvu, bibeerenga nammwe mwenna.

Final Warnings

13 This will be my third visit to you.(A) “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”[a](B) I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:(C) On my return I will not spare(D) those who sinned earlier(E) or any of the others, since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me.(F) He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(G) yet he lives by God’s power.(H) Likewise, we are weak(I) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(J) in our dealing with you.

Examine yourselves(K) to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.(L) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(M)—unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. We are glad whenever we are weak(N) but you are strong;(O) and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.(P) 10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh(Q) in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.(R)

Final Greetings

11 Finally, brothers and sisters,(S) rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace.(T) And the God of love(U) and peace(V) will be with you.

12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.(W) 13 All God’s people here send their greetings.(X)

14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,(Y) and the love of God,(Z) and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit(AA) be with you all.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:1 Deut. 19:15

13 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.

13 All the saints salute you.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.