¹捐得乐意的人为　神喜爱

¹For, indeed, concerning the ministration that [is] for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

²因为我知道你们有这个心愿。我对马其顿人称赞你们，说：“亚该亚人去年已经预备好了。”你们的热心就激励了许多的人。

²for I have known your readiness of mind, which in your behalf I boast of to Macedonians, that Achaia hath been prepared a year ago, and the zeal of you did stir up the more part,

³我派了那几位弟兄前来，为了要使我们在这事上对你们的称赞不至落空，好让你们可以照着我所说的准备妥当，

³and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,

⁴免得一旦马其顿人和我一同来到的时候，见你们还没有准备好，我们就因为这样信任你们而感到羞愧，你们就更不用说了。

⁴lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we — we may be put to shame (that we say not — ye) in this same confidence of boasting.

⁵因此，我认为必须劝那几位弟兄先到你们那里去，使你们事先筹足从前所答应的捐款。那么，你们这样的准备，就是出于乐意的，不是勉强的。

⁵Necessary, therefore, I thought [it] to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

⁶还有，少种的少收，多种的多收。

⁶And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

⁷各人要照着心里所决定的捐输，不要为难，不必勉强，因为捐得乐意的人，是　神所喜爱的。

⁷each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

⁸　神能把各样的恩惠多多地加给你们，使你们凡事常常充足，多作各样的善事。

⁸and God [is] able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

⁹如经上所说：“他广施钱财，赒济穷人；他的仁义，存到永远。”

⁹(according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,`)

¹⁰但那赐种子给撒种的，又赐食物给人吃的　神，必定把种子加倍地供给你们，也必增添你们的义果。

¹⁰and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

¹¹你们既然凡事富裕，就可以慷慨地捐输，使众人借着我们，对　神生出感谢的心。

¹¹in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

¹²因为这供应的事，不仅补足了圣徒的缺乏，也使许多人对　神感谢的心格外增多。

¹²because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

¹³众圣徒因为你们承认和服从了基督的福音，并且慷慨地捐输给他们和众人，借着你们在这供应的事上所得的凭据，就把荣耀归给　神。

¹³through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and [for] the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

¹⁴因着　神在你们身上的厚恩，他们就为你们祷告，切切地想念你们。

¹⁴and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

¹⁵感谢　神，他的恩赐难以形容。

¹⁵thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!