¹Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

¹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ለመቄዶንያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት የተሰጠውን የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ እናስታውቃችኋለን፤

²How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

²በብዙ መከራ ተፈትነው ሳሉ የደስታቸው ብዛትና የድህነታቸው ጥልቅነት የልግስናቸውን ባለ ጠግነት አብዝቶአል፤

³For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

³እንደ ዓቅማቸው መጠን ከዓቅማቸውም የሚያልፍ እንኳ ወደው እንደ ሰጡ እመሰክርላቸዋለሁና።

⁴Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

⁴ለቅዱሳን በሆነው አገልግሎት እንዲተባበሩ ይህን ቸርነት በብዙ ልመና ከእኛ ይለምኑ ነበር፥

⁵And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

⁵አስቀድመውም በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ራሳቸውን ለጌታ ለእኛም ሰጡ እንጂ እንዳሰብን አይደለም።

⁶Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

⁶ስለዚህም ቲቶ አስቀድሞ እንደ ጀመረ እንዲሁ ደግሞ ይህን ቸር ሥራ ደግሞ በእናንተ ዘንድ ሊፈጽም ለመንን።

⁷Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

⁷ነገር ግን በነገር ሁሉ፥ በእምነትና በቃል በእውቀትም በትጋትም ሁሉ ለእኛም በፍቅራችሁ እንደ ተረፋችሁ፥ በዚህ ቸር ሥራ ደግሞ ትረፉ።

⁸I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

⁸ትእዛዝ እንደምሰጥ አልልም፥ ነገር ግን በሌሎች ትጋት በኩል የፍቅራችሁን እውነተኛነት ደግሞ ልመረምር እላለሁ፤

⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

⁹የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ቸር ስጦታ አውቃችኋልና፤ ሀብታም ሲሆን፥ እናንተ በእርሱ ድህነት ባለ ጠጎች ትሆኑ ዘንድ ስለ እናንተ ድሀ ሆነ።

¹⁰And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

¹⁰በዚህም ነገር ምክር እሰጣለሁ፤ ከአምና ጀምራችሁ ለማድረግ ብቻ ያይደለ ነገር ግን ለማሰብ ደግሞ አስቀድማችሁ የጀመራችሁት ይህ ይጠቅማችኋልና፤

¹¹Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

¹¹አሁንም ለማሰብ በጎ ፈቃድ እንደ ነበረ፥ እንዲሁ እንዳላችሁ መጠን መፈጸም ደግሞ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ ማድረጉን ደግሞ ፈጽሙ።

¹²For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

¹²በጎ ፈቃድ ቢኖር፥ እንዳለው መጠን የተወደደ ይሆናል እንጂ እንደሌለው መጠን አይደለም።

¹³For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

¹³ለሌሎች ዕረፍት ለእናንተም መከራ እንዲሆን አይደለም፥ ትክክል እንዲሆን ነው እንጂ፤

¹⁴But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

¹⁴የእነርሱ ትርፍ ደግሞ የእናንተን ጉድለት እንዲሞላ በአሁኑ ጊዜ የእናንተ ትርፍ የእነርሱን ጉድለት ይሙላ፤ በትክክል እንዲሆን፥ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ።

¹⁵As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

¹⁵ብዙ ያከማቸ አላተረፈም፥ ጥቂትም ያከማቸ አላጎደለም።

¹⁶But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

¹⁶ነገር ግን በቲቶ ልብ ስለ እናንተ ያንን ትጋት የሰጠ አምላክ ይመስገን፤

¹⁷For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

¹⁷ምክራችንን ተቀብሎአልና፥ ትጋት ግን ስለ በዛበት ወዶ ወደ እናንተ ይወጣል።

¹⁸And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

¹⁸ከእርሱም ጋር ስለ ወንጌል ስብከት በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ሁሉ የተመሰገነውን ወንድም እንልካለን፤

¹⁹And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

¹⁹ይህም ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን የጌታን የራሱን ክብርና የእኛን በጎ ፈቃድ ለማሳየት በምናገለግለው በዚህ ቸር ሥራ ከእኛ ጋር እንዲጓደድ በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ደግሞ ተመረጠ።

²⁰Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:

²⁰ስለምናገለግለው ስለዚህ ለጋስ ስጦታ ማንም እንዳይነቅፈን እንጠነቀቃለን፤

²¹Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²¹በጌታ ፊት ብቻ ያይደለ ነገር ግን በሰው ፊት ደግሞ መልካም የሆነውን እናስባለንና።

²²And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

²²ብዙ ጊዜም በብዙ ነገር መርምረን ትጉ እንደ ሆነ ያገኘነውን፥ አሁንም በእናንተ እጅግ ስለሚታመን ከፊት ይልቅ እጅግ ትጉ የሚሆነውን ወንድማችንን ከእነርሱ ጋር እንልካለን።

²³Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.

²³ስለ ቲቶ የሚጠይቅ ቢኖር ስለ እናንተ አብሮኝ የሚሠራ ባልንጀራዬ ነው፤ ስለ ወንድሞቻችን የሚጠይቅ ቢኖርም የአብያተ ክርስቲያናት መልእክተኞችና የክርስቶስ ክብር ናቸው።

²⁴Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

²⁴እንግዲህ የፍቅራችሁንና ስለ እናንተ ያለውን የትምክህታችንን መግለጫ በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ፊት ለእነርሱ ግለጡ።