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.

¹Keď tedy máme tieto zasľúbenia, milovaní, očistime sa od každého poškvrnenia tela i ducha dovršujúc tak svätosť v bázni Božej.

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

²Dajte nám miesta v srdci! Nikomu sme neukrivdili, nikoho nezkazili, nikoho neoklamali.

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

³Nehovorím toho na odsúdenie, lebo som už tu vyššie povedal, že ste v našich srdciach, aby sme spolu mreli i spolu žili.

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.

⁴Som veľmi priamoreký a smelý voči vám; mnoho sa vami chválim; naplnený som potešením; naplnený som radosťou pri všetkom našom súžení.

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.

⁵Lebo aj keď sme boli prišli do Macedonie, nemalo naše telo nijakého odpočinku; ale všade vo všetkom sme boli súžení, zvonku boje, zdnuká strachy.

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

⁶Ale ten, ktorý teší ponížených, Bôh, potešil nás príchodom Títovým,

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.

⁷no, nie len jeho príchodom, ale aj potešením, ktorým sa potešil nad vami zvestujúc nám vašu túžbu, vaše kvílenie, vašu horlivosť za mňa, tak že som sa tým väčšmi zaradoval.

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.

⁸Lebo ak som vás aj zarmútil tým listom, neľutujem, ak som aj ľutoval, lebo vidím, že rečený list, ak vás aj na malú chvíľu bol zarmútil,

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.

⁹teraz sa radujem, nie že ste sa boli zarmútili, ale že ste sa zarmútili na pokánie; lebo ste sa zarmútili podľa Boha, aby ste z nás v ničom nemali škody.

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

¹⁰Lebo zármutok podľa Boha pôsobí pokánie na spasenie, ktorého zármutku nikdy neoľutuje človek; ale zármutok sveta pôsobí smrť.

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.

¹¹Lebo, hľa, práve to, že ste sa boli zarmútili podľa Boha, jakú velikú vám to spôsobilo snahu! Ba čo: koľkú obranu, koľkú nevoľu, koľkú bázeň, koľkú túžbu, koľkú horlivosť a pomstu! Vo všetkom ste preukázali, že ste čistí vo veci.

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.

¹²A tedy ak som vám aj písal, nie pre toho, ktorý spáchal krivdu, ani pre toho, komu sa stala krivda, ale aby sa ukázala naša snaha za vás u vás pred Bohom.

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.

¹³Preto sme sa tešili z vášho potešenia, a ešte o mnoho viacej sme sa zaradovali nad radosťou Títovou, že jeho duch okrial od vás od všetkých.

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.

¹⁴Lebo ak som sa mu niečo chválil za vás, nebol som zahanbený, ale jako všetko, čo sme vám hovorili, zakladalo sa na pravde, tak i naša chvála pred Títom sa dokázala pravdou.

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.

¹⁵I jeho srdce ľne k vám ešte o mnoho viacej, keď sa rozpomína na poslušnosť všetkých vás, ako ste ho prijali s bázňou a s trasením.

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

¹⁶A tak sa radujem, že vám môžem vo všetkom dôverovať.