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

¹Fa ninia toy izao tato am-poko aho, dia ny tsy hankatỳ aminareo indray amin'alahelo.

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

²Fa raha mampalahelo anareo aho, iza moa no mampifaly ahy, afa-tsy ilay nampalaheloviko ihany?

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.

³Ary nanoratra izany indrindra aho, fandrao, rehefa tonga aho, dia hahazo alahelo amin'izay tokony hifaliako, satria matoky anareo rehetra aho, fa ny fifaliako dia anareo rehetra koa.

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.

⁴Fa tamin'ny haben'ny fahoriana sy ny alahelon'ny foko no nanoratako taminareo tamin'ny ranomaso be, tsy ny hampalahelovana anareo, fa ny mba hahafantaranareo ny fitiavana izay itiavako anareo indrindra.

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

⁵Fa raha nisy efa nampalahelo, dia tsy nampalahelo ahy ihany izy (nefa tsy ta-hanao teny mafy loatra aho), fa mba nampalahelo anareo rehetra koa.

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

⁶Ampy ho amin'izany olona izany ny fampijaliana nataon'ny maro,

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

⁷ka dia aleo mamela heloka sy mampifaly azy kosa ianareo, fandrao dia resin'ny fitomboan'alahelo izany olona izany.[Gr. atelin']

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

⁸Koa mananatra anareo aho mba hekenareo horaisina tsara amin'ny fitiavana izy.

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

⁹Fa izany koa no nanoratako, mba ho fantatro izay toetrareo, na manaiky amin'ny zavatra rehetra ianareo,na tsia.

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;

¹⁰Fa izay avelanareo heloka dia mba avelako heloka koa; ary izaho anefa,raha nisy heloka navelako, dia noho ny aminareo no namelako azy teo imason'i Kristy,[Na: nisolo anay]

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

¹¹fandrao ho resin'ny fitak'i Satana isika, fa fantatsika ny hafetseny.

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

¹²Ary rehefa tonga tany Troasy hitory ny filazantsaran'i Kristy aho, ka novohana varavarana ao amin'ny Tompo,

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.

¹³dia tsy tafandry ny fanahiko, satria tsy nahita an'i Titosy rahalahiko aho; fa nanao veloma ny olona aho, dia niala teo nankany Makedonia.

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.

¹⁴Fa isaorana anie Andriamanitra, Izay mitondra anay mandrakariva ao amin'i Kristy toy ny fanaon'izay avy nandresy, ka dia ampisehoany ny hanitry ny fahalalana Azy eny tontolo eny izahay.

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

¹⁵Fa hanitr'i Kristy ho an'Andriamanitra izahay amin'izay hovonjena sy izay ho very:

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?

¹⁶amin'ny sasany dia hanitra avy amin'ny fahafatesana ho amin'ny fahafatesana; fa amin'ny sasany kosa dia hanitra avy amin'ny fiainana ho amin'ny fiainana. Koa iza moa no antonona ho amin'izany zavatra izany?Fa tsy mba toy ny maro izay manatsatso ny tenin'Andriamanitra hahazoam-bola izahay; fa toy ny amin'ny fahadiovam-po kosa, dia avy amin'Andriamanitra sady eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra no itenenanay ao amin'i Kristy.

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.

¹⁷Fa tsy mba toy ny maro izay manatsatso ny tenin'Andriamanitra hahazoam-bola izahay; fa toy ny amin'ny fahadiovam-po kosa, dia avy amin'Andriamanitra sady eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra no itenenanay ao amin'i Kristy.