¹For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

¹ለቅዱሳን ስለሚሆነው አገልግሎት ልጽፍላችሁ አያስፈልግምና፤

²For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

²በጎ ፈቃዳችሁን አውቄአለሁና፤ ስለዚህም። አካይያ ከአምና ጀምሮ ተዘጋጅቶአል ብዬ ለመቄዶንያ ሰዎች በእናንተ እመካለሁ፥ ቅንዓታችሁም የሚበዙቱን አነሣሥቶአል።

³Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

³ነገር ግን ለእነርሱ እንዳልሁ፥ የተዘጋጃችሁ ትሆኑ ዘንድ በዚህም ነገር ስለ እናንተ ያለው ትምክህታችን ከንቱ እንዳይሆን ወንድሞችን እልካለሁ፤

⁴Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

⁴ምናልባት የመቄዶንያ ሰዎች ከእኔ ጋር ቢመጡ፥ ያልተዘጋጃችሁም ሆናችሁ ቢያገኙአችሁ፥ እናንተ እንድታፍሩ አላልንም እኛ ግን በዚህ እምነታችን እንድናፍር አይሁን።

⁵Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

⁵እንግዲህ እንደ በረከት ሆኖ ከስስት የማይሆን ይህ የተዘጋጀ ይሆን ዘንድ አስቀድመው ወደ እናንተ መጥተው፥ አስቀድማችሁ ተስፋ የሰጣችሁትን በረከት አስቀድመው እንዲፈጽሙ ወንድሞችን እለምን ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገኝ አሰብሁ።

⁶But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

⁶ይህንም እላለሁ። በጥቂት የሚዘራ በጥቂት ደግሞ ያጭዳል፥ በበረከትም የሚዘራ በበረከት ደግሞ ያጭዳል።

⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

⁷እግዚአብሔር በደስታ የሚሰጠውን ይወዳልና እያንዳንዱ በልቡ እንዳሰበ ይስጥ፥ በኀዘን ወይም በግድ አይደለም።

⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

⁸በተነ፥ ለምስኪኖች ሰጠ፥ ጽድቁ ለዘላለም ይኖራል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ እግዚአብሔር፥ ሁልጊዜ በነገር ሁሉ ብቃትን ሁሉ አግኝታችሁ ለበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ትበዙ ዘንድ፥ ጸጋን ሁሉ ሊያበዛላችሁ ይችላል።

⁹(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

¹⁰ለዘሪ ዘርን ለመብላትም እንጀራን በብዙ የሚሰጥ እርሱም የምትዘሩትን ዘር ይሰጣችኋል ያበረክትላችሁማል፥ የጽድቃችሁንም ፍሬ ያሳድጋል፤

¹⁰Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

¹¹በእኛ በኩል ለእግዚአብሔር የምስጋና ምክንያት የሚሆነውን ልግስና ሁሉ እንድታሳዩ በሁሉ ነገር ባለ ጠጎች ትሆናላችሁ።

¹¹Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

¹²የዚህ ረድኤት አገልግሎት ለቅዱሳን የሚጎድላቸውን በሙሉ የሚሰጥ ብቻ አይደለምና፥ ነገር ግን ደግሞ በብዙ ምስጋና ለእግዚአብሔር ይበዛል፤

¹²For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

¹³በዚህ አገልግሎት ስለ ተፈተናችሁ፥ በክርስቶስ ወንጌል በማመናችሁ ስለሚሆን መታዘዝ እነርሱንና ሁሉንም ስለምትረዱበት ልግስና እግዚአብሔርን ያከብራሉ፥

¹³Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

¹⁴ራሳቸውም ስለ እናንተ ሲያማልዱ፥ በእናንተ ላይ ከሚሆነው ከሚበልጠው ከእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ የተነሣ ይናፍቁአችኋል።

¹⁴And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

¹⁵ስለማይነገር ስጦታው እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን።

¹⁵Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.