¹And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

¹ነገር ግን ዳግመኛ በኀዘን ወደ እናንተ እንዳልመጣ ስለ እኔ ቆረጥሁ።

²for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

²እኔስ ባሳዝናችሁ፥ እንግዲያስ በእኔ ምክንያት ከሚያዝን በቀር ደስ የሚያሰኘኝ ማን ነው?

³and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

³ደስ ሊያሰኙኝ ከሚገባቸውም በመምጣቴ ኀዘን እንዳይሆንብኝ ይህንኑ ጻፍሁላችሁ፥ ደስታዬ የሁላችሁ ደስታ ነው ብዬ በሁላችሁ ታምኜአለሁና።

⁴for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

⁴በብዙ መከራና ከልብ ጭንቀት በብዙም እንባ ጽፌላችሁ ነበርና፤ ይህም እናንተን አብዝቼ የምወድበትን ፍቅር እንድታውቁ እንጂ እንዳሳዝናችሁ አይደለም።

⁵And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

⁵ነገር ግን ማንም አሳዝኖ ቢሆን፥ እንዳልከብድባችሁ፥ በክፍል ሁላችሁን እንጂ እኔን ያሳዘነ አይደለም።

⁶sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the more part,

⁶እንደዚህ ላለ ሰው ይህ ከእናንተ የምትበዙት የቀጣችሁት ቅጣት ይበቃዋልና እንደዚህ ያለው ከልክ በሚበዛ ኀዘን እንዳይዋጥ፥

⁷so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

⁷ይልቅ ተመልሳችሁ ይቅር ማለትና ማጽናናት ይገባችኋል።

⁸wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

⁸ስለዚህ ከእርሱ ጋር ፍቅርን እንድታጸኑ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

⁹for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

⁹ስለዚህ ደግሞ ጽፌ ነበርና፤ በሁሉ የምትታዘዙ እንደ ሆናችሁ የእናንተን መፈተን አውቅ ዘንድ አሳቤ ነበር።

¹⁰And to whom ye forgive anything — I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you — in the person of Christ — [I forgive it,]

¹⁰እናንተ ግን ይቅር የምትሉትን እኔ ደግሞ ይቅር እለዋለሁ፤ እኔም ይቅር ካልሁ፥ ይቅር ያልሁትን ስለ እናንተ በክርስቶስ ፊት ይቅር ብዬአለሁ፥

¹¹that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

¹¹በሰይጣን እንዳንታለል፤ የእርሱን አሳብ አንስተውምና።

¹²And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,

¹²ስለ ክርስቶስም ወንጌል ወደ ጢሮአዳ በመጣሁ ጊዜ፥ ለጌታ ሥራ በር ምንም ቢከፈትልኝ፥ ቲቶን ወንድሜን ስላላገኘሁት መንፈሴ ዕረፍት አልነበረውም፥

¹³I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

¹³ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ ተሰናብቼ ወደ መቄዶንያ ወጣሁ።

¹⁴and to God [are] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

¹⁴ነገር ግን በክርስቶስ ሁልጊዜ ድል በመንሣቱ ለሚያዞረን በእኛም በየስፍራው ሁሉ የእውቀቱን ሽታ ለሚገልጥ ለአምላክ ምስጋና ይሁን፤

¹⁵because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

¹⁵በሚድኑቱና በሚጠፉቱ ዘንድ ለእግዚአብሔር የክርስቶስ መዓዛ ነንና፤

¹⁶to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

¹⁶ለእነዚህ ለሞት የሚሆን የሞት ሽታ ለእነዚያም ለሕይወት የሚሆን የሕይወት ሽታ ነን። ለዚህም ነገር የሚበቃ ማን ነው?

¹⁷for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity — but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

¹⁷የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ቀላቅለው እንደሚሸቃቅጡት እንደ ብዙዎቹ አይደለንምና፤ በቅንነት ግን ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ተላክን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በክርስቶስ ሆነን እንናገራለን።