¹Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹እንግዲህ፥ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ የዚህ ተስፋ ቃል ካለን፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፍርሃት ቅድስናን ፍጹም እያደረግን ሥጋንና መንፈስን ከሚያረክስ ሁሉ ራሳችንን እናንጻ።

²Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

²በልባችሁ ስፍራ አስፉልን፤ ማንንም አልበደልንም፥ ማንንም አላጠፋንም፥ ማንንም አላታለልንም።

³I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

³ለኵነኔ አልልም፤ በአንድነት ለመሞትና በአንድነት ለመኖር በልባችን እንዳላችሁ አስቀድሜ ብዬአለሁና።

⁴Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

⁴ስለ እናንተ እምነቴ ታላቅ ነው፥ በእናንተ ምክንያት ትምክህቴ ታላቅ ነው፤ መጽናናት ሞልቶብኛል፤ በመከራችን ሁሉ ደስታዬ ከመጠን ይልቅ ይበዛል።

⁵For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

⁵ወደ መቄዶንያም በመጣን ጊዜ፥ በሁሉ ነገር መከራን ተቀበልን እንጂ ሥጋችን ዕረፍት አልነበረውም፤ በውጭ ጠብ ነበረ፥ በውስጥ ፍርሃት ነበረ።

⁶Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

⁶ነገር ግን ኀዘንተኞችን የሚያጽናና አምላክ በቲቶ መምጣት አጽናናን፤

⁷And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

⁷በመምጣቱም ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን ናፍቆታችሁንና ልቅሶአችሁን ስለ እኔም ቅንዓታችሁን ሲናገረን በእናንተ ላይ በተጽናናበት መጽናናት ደግሞ ነው፤ ስለዚህም ከፊት ይልቅ ደስ አለን።

⁸For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

⁸በመልእክቴ ያሳዘንኋችሁ ብሆን እንኳ አልጸጸትም፤ የተጸጸትሁ ብሆን እንኳ፥ ያ መልእክት ጥቂት ጊዜ ብቻ እንዳሳዘናችሁ አያለሁና አሁን ለንስሐ ስላዘናችሁ ደስ ብሎኛል እንጂ ስላዘናችሁ አይደለም፤

⁹Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

⁹በምንም ከእኛ የተነሣ እንዳትጎዱ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ አዝናችኋልና።

¹⁰For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

¹⁰እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የሆነ ኀዘን ጸጸት የሌለበትን፥ ወደ መዳንም የሚያደርሰውን ንስሐ ያደርጋልና፤ የዓለም ኀዘን ግን ሞትን ያመጣል።

¹¹For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

¹¹እነሆ፥ ይህ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የሆነ ኀዘን እንዴት ያለ ትጋት፥ እንዴት ያለ መልስ፥ እንዴት ያለ ቁጣ፥ እንዴት ያለ ፍርሃት፥ እንዴት ያለ ናፍቆት፥ እንዴት ያለ ቅንዓት፥ እንዴት ያለ በቀል በመካከላችሁ አደረገ። በዚህ ነገር ንጹሐን እንደ ሆናችሁ በሁሉ አስረድታችኋል።

¹²Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

¹²እንግዲያስ የጻፍሁላችሁ ብሆን እንኳ፥ ስለ እኛ ያላችሁ ትጋታችሁ ከእናንተ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እንዲገለጥ እንጂ፥ ስለ በዳዩ ወይም ስለ ተበዳዩ አልጻፍሁም። ስለዚህ ተጽናንተናል።

¹³Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

¹³በመጽናናታችንም ስለ ቲቶ ደስታ አብልጦ ደስ አለን፥ መንፈሱ በሁላችሁ ዐርፎአልና፤

¹⁴For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

¹⁴ለእርሱ በምንም ስለ እናንተ የተመካሁ እንደ ሆነ አላፈርሁምና፥ ነገር ግን ሁሉን ለእናንተ በእውነት እንደ ተናገርን፥ እንደዚህ ደግሞ ትምክህታችን በቲቶ ፊት እውነት ሆነ።

¹⁵And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

¹⁵ስለዚህም በፍርሃትና በመንቀጥቀጥ እንዴት እንደተቀበላችሁት፥ የሁላችሁን መታዘዝ እያሰበ ፍቅሩ በእናንተ ላይ እጅግ በዝቶአል።

¹⁶I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

¹⁶በነገር ሁሉ ተማምኜባችኋለሁና ደስ ይለኛል።