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

¹Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

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

²yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

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

⁴(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),

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

⁵casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

⁶መታዘዛችሁም በተፈጸመች ጊዜ አለመታዘዝን ሁሉ ልንበቀል ተዘጋጅተናል።

⁶and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.

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

⁷Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.

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

⁸For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:

⁹በመልእክቶቼ የማስደነግጣችሁ አይምሰላችሁ።

⁹that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

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

¹⁰For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

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

¹¹Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.

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

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

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

¹³But we will not glory beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

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

¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

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።

¹⁵not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,

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

¹⁶so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.

¹⁷But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.