¹But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

¹ነገር ግን ዳግመኛ በኀዘን ወደ እናንተ እንዳልመጣ ስለ እኔ ቆረጥሁ።

²For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

²እኔስ ባሳዝናችሁ፥ እንግዲያስ በእኔ ምክንያት ከሚያዝን በቀር ደስ የሚያሰኘኝ ማን ነው?

³And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

³ደስ ሊያሰኙኝ ከሚገባቸውም በመምጣቴ ኀዘን እንዳይሆንብኝ ይህንኑ ጻፍሁላችሁ፥ ደስታዬ የሁላችሁ ደስታ ነው ብዬ በሁላችሁ ታምኜአለሁና።

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

⁴በብዙ መከራና ከልብ ጭንቀት በብዙም እንባ ጽፌላችሁ ነበርና፤ ይህም እናንተን አብዝቼ የምወድበትን ፍቅር እንድታውቁ እንጂ እንዳሳዝናችሁ አይደለም።

⁵But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

⁵ነገር ግን ማንም አሳዝኖ ቢሆን፥ እንዳልከብድባችሁ፥ በክፍል ሁላችሁን እንጂ እኔን ያሳዘነ አይደለም።

⁶Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

⁶እንደዚህ ላለ ሰው ይህ ከእናንተ የምትበዙት የቀጣችሁት ቅጣት ይበቃዋልና እንደዚህ ያለው ከልክ በሚበዛ ኀዘን እንዳይዋጥ፥

⁷So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

⁷ይልቅ ተመልሳችሁ ይቅር ማለትና ማጽናናት ይገባችኋል።

⁸Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

⁸ስለዚህ ከእርሱ ጋር ፍቅርን እንድታጸኑ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

⁹For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

⁹ስለዚህ ደግሞ ጽፌ ነበርና፤ በሁሉ የምትታዘዙ እንደ ሆናችሁ የእናንተን መፈተን አውቅ ዘንድ አሳቤ ነበር።

¹⁰To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

¹⁰እናንተ ግን ይቅር የምትሉትን እኔ ደግሞ ይቅር እለዋለሁ፤ እኔም ይቅር ካልሁ፥ ይቅር ያልሁትን ስለ እናንተ በክርስቶስ ፊት ይቅር ብዬአለሁ፥

¹¹Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

¹¹በሰይጣን እንዳንታለል፤ የእርሱን አሳብ አንስተውምና።

¹²Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

¹²ስለ ክርስቶስም ወንጌል ወደ ጢሮአዳ በመጣሁ ጊዜ፥ ለጌታ ሥራ በር ምንም ቢከፈትልኝ፥ ቲቶን ወንድሜን ስላላገኘሁት መንፈሴ ዕረፍት አልነበረውም፥

¹³I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

¹³ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ ተሰናብቼ ወደ መቄዶንያ ወጣሁ።

¹⁴Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

¹⁴ነገር ግን በክርስቶስ ሁልጊዜ ድል በመንሣቱ ለሚያዞረን በእኛም በየስፍራው ሁሉ የእውቀቱን ሽታ ለሚገልጥ ለአምላክ ምስጋና ይሁን፤

¹⁵For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

¹⁵በሚድኑቱና በሚጠፉቱ ዘንድ ለእግዚአብሔር የክርስቶስ መዓዛ ነንና፤

¹⁶To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁶ለእነዚህ ለሞት የሚሆን የሞት ሽታ ለእነዚያም ለሕይወት የሚሆን የሕይወት ሽታ ነን። ለዚህም ነገር የሚበቃ ማን ነው?

¹⁷For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

¹⁷የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ቀላቅለው እንደሚሸቃቅጡት እንደ ብዙዎቹ አይደለንምና፤ በቅንነት ግን ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ተላክን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በክርስቶስ ሆነን እንናገራለን።