¹Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

¹እንግዲህ፥ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ የዚህ ተስፋ ቃል ካለን፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፍርሃት ቅድስናን ፍጹም እያደረግን ሥጋንና መንፈስን ከሚያረክስ ሁሉ ራሳችንን እናንጻ።

²receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

²በልባችሁ ስፍራ አስፉልን፤ ማንንም አልበደልንም፥ ማንንም አላጠፋንም፥ ማንንም አላታለልንም።

³not to condemn you do I say [it], for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

³ለኵነኔ አልልም፤ በአንድነት ለመሞትና በአንድነት ለመኖር በልባችን እንዳላችሁ አስቀድሜ ብዬአለሁና።

⁴great [is] my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

⁴ስለ እናንተ እምነቴ ታላቅ ነው፥ በእናንተ ምክንያት ትምክህቴ ታላቅ ነው፤ መጽናናት ሞልቶብኛል፤ በመከራችን ሁሉ ደስታዬ ከመጠን ይልቅ ይበዛል።

⁵for also we, having come to Macedonia, no relaxation hath our flesh had, but on every side we are in tribulation, without [are] fightings, within — fears;

⁵ወደ መቄዶንያም በመጣን ጊዜ፥ በሁሉ ነገር መከራን ተቀበልን እንጂ ሥጋችን ዕረፍት አልነበረውም፤ በውጭ ጠብ ነበረ፥ በውስጥ ፍርሃት ነበረ።

⁶but He who is comforting the cast-down — God — He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

⁶ነገር ግን ኀዘንተኞችን የሚያጽናና አምላክ በቲቶ መምጣት አጽናናን፤

⁷and not only in his presence, but also in the comfort with which he was comforted over you, declaring to us your longing desire, your lamentation, your zeal for me, so that the more I did rejoice,

⁷በመምጣቱም ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን ናፍቆታችሁንና ልቅሶአችሁን ስለ እኔም ቅንዓታችሁን ሲናገረን በእናንተ ላይ በተጽናናበት መጽናናት ደግሞ ነው፤ ስለዚህም ከፊት ይልቅ ደስ አለን።

⁸because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent — if even I did repent — for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

⁸በመልእክቴ ያሳዘንኋችሁ ብሆን እንኳ አልጸጸትም፤ የተጸጸትሁ ብሆን እንኳ፥ ያ መልእክት ጥቂት ጊዜ ብቻ እንዳሳዘናችሁ አያለሁና አሁን ለንስሐ ስላዘናችሁ ደስ ብሎኛል እንጂ ስላዘናችሁ አይደለም፤

⁹I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

⁹በምንም ከእኛ የተነሣ እንዳትጎዱ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ አዝናችኋልና።

¹⁰for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

¹⁰እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የሆነ ኀዘን ጸጸት የሌለበትን፥ ወደ መዳንም የሚያደርሰውን ንስሐ ያደርጋልና፤ የዓለም ኀዘን ግን ሞትን ያመጣል።

¹¹for, lo, this same thing — your being made sorry toward God — how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

¹¹እነሆ፥ ይህ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የሆነ ኀዘን እንዴት ያለ ትጋት፥ እንዴት ያለ መልስ፥ እንዴት ያለ ቁጣ፥ እንዴት ያለ ፍርሃት፥ እንዴት ያለ ናፍቆት፥ እንዴት ያለ ቅንዓት፥ እንዴት ያለ በቀል በመካከላችሁ አደረገ። በዚህ ነገር ንጹሐን እንደ ሆናችሁ በሁሉ አስረድታችኋል።

¹²If, then, I also wrote to you — not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God —

¹²እንግዲያስ የጻፍሁላችሁ ብሆን እንኳ፥ ስለ እኛ ያላችሁ ትጋታችሁ ከእናንተ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እንዲገለጥ እንጂ፥ ስለ በዳዩ ወይም ስለ ተበዳዩ አልጻፍሁም። ስለዚህ ተጽናንተናል።

¹³because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;

¹³በመጽናናታችንም ስለ ቲቶ ደስታ አብልጦ ደስ አለን፥ መንፈሱ በሁላችሁ ዐርፎአልና፤

¹⁴because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

¹⁴ለእርሱ በምንም ስለ እናንተ የተመካሁ እንደ ሆነ አላፈርሁምና፥ ነገር ግን ሁሉን ለእናንተ በእውነት እንደ ተናገርን፥ እንደዚህ ደግሞ ትምክህታችን በቲቶ ፊት እውነት ሆነ።

¹⁵and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;

¹⁵ስለዚህም በፍርሃትና በመንቀጥቀጥ እንዴት እንደተቀበላችሁት፥ የሁላችሁን መታዘዝ እያሰበ ፍቅሩ በእናንተ ላይ እጅግ በዝቶአል።

¹⁶I rejoice, therefore, that in everything I have courage in you.

¹⁶በነገር ሁሉ ተማምኜባችኋለሁና ደስ ይለኛል።