¹And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you — through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ — who in presence, indeed [am] humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

¹እኔም ራሴ ጳውሎስ፥ በእናንተ ዘንድ ፊት ለፊት ሳለሁ ትሑት የሆንሁ፥ ከእናንተ ግን ብርቅ የምደፍራችሁ፥ በክርስቶስ የዋህነትና ገርነት እመክራችኋለሁ፤

²and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

²በዓለማዊ ልማድ እንደምንመላለስ በሚቆጥሩን በአንዳንዶች ላይ አምኜ ልደፍር አስባለሁ፥ በዚያ እምነት ግን ከእናንተ ጋር ሆኜ እንዳልደፍር እለምንችኋለሁ።

³for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

³በሰው ልማድ ምንም እንኳ የምንመላለስ ብንሆን፥ እንደ ሰው ልማድ አንዋጋም፤

⁴for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

⁴የጦር ዕቃችን ሥጋዊ አይደለምና፥ ምሽግን ለመስበር ግን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ብርቱ ነው፤

⁵reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

⁵የሰውንም አሳብ በእግዚአብሔርም እውቀት ላይ የሚነሣውን ከፍ ያለውን ነገር ሁሉ እናፈርሳለን ለክርስቶስም ለመታዘዝ አእምሮን ሁሉ እንማርካለን፥

⁶and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience may be fulfilled.

⁶መታዘዛችሁም በተፈጸመች ጊዜ አለመታዘዝን ሁሉ ልንበቀል ተዘጋጅተናል።

⁷The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ`s, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ`s, so also we [are] Christ`s;

⁷በፊታችሁ ያለውን ተመልከቱ። ማንም የክርስቶስ መሆኑን ተረድቶ ቢሆን፥ ይህን እንደ ገና በራሱ ይቁጠረው፤ እርሱ የክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ እኛ ደግሞ እንዲሁ ነን።

⁸for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

⁸ጌታ እናንተን ለማነጽ እንጂ እናንተን ለማፍረስ ያይደለ በሰጠው በሥልጣናችን ከፊት ይልቅ ብመካ እንኳ አላፍርም።

⁹that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

⁹በመልእክቶቼ የማስደነግጣችሁ አይምሰላችሁ።

¹⁰`because the letters indeed — saith one — [are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.`

¹⁰መልእክቶቹስ ከባድና ኃይለኛ ናቸው፥ ሰውነቱ ግን ሲታይ ደካማ ነው፥ ንግግሩም የተናቀ ነው ይላሉና።

¹¹This one — let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, [we are] in deed.

¹¹እንዲሁ የሚል ይህን ይቁጠረው፤ በሩቅ ሳለን በመልእክታችን በኩል በቃል እንዳለን፥ በፊቱ ደግሞ ሳለን በሥራ እንዲሁ ነን።

¹²For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

¹²ራሳቸውን ከሚያመሰግኑ ከአንዳንዶች ጋር ራሳችንን ልንቆጥር ወይም ራሳችንን ልናስተያይ አንደፍርምና፤ ነገር ግን እነርሱ ራሳቸውን ከራሳቸው ጋር ሲያመዛዝኑ፥ ራሳቸውንም ከራሳቸው ጋር ሲያስተያዩ፥ አያስተውሉም።

¹³and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us — to reach even unto you;

¹³እኛ ግን እግዚአብሔር እንደ ወሰነልን እስከ እናንተ እንኳ እንደሚደርስ እንደ ክፍላችን ልክ እንጂ ያለ ልክ አንመካም።

¹⁴for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you did we come in the good news of the Christ,

¹⁴ወደ እናንተ እንደማንደርስ አድርገን ከመጠን አናልፍምና፥ የክርስቶስን ወንጌል በመስበክ እስከ እናንተ እንኳ ደርሰናልና፤

¹⁵not boasting of the things not measured, in other men`s labours, and having hope — your faith increasing — in you to be enlarged, according to our line — into abundance,

¹⁵በሌሎች ድካም ያለ ልክ አንመካም፥ ነገር ግን እምነታችሁ ሲያድግ ከእናንተ ወዲያ ባለው አገር እስክንሰብክ ሥራችንን እየጨመርን፥ በክፍላችን በእናንተ ዘንድ እንድንከብር ተስፋ እናደርጋለን፤ በሌላው ክፍል ስለ ተዘጋጀው ነገር አንመካም።

¹⁶in the [places] beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another`s line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

¹⁷የሚመካ ግን በጌታ ይመካ፤ እግዚአብሔር የሚያመሰግነው እንጂ ራሱን የሚያመሰግን እርሱ ተፈትኖ የሚወጣ አይደለምና።

¹⁷and he who is boasting — in the Lord let him boast;

¹⁸for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.