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

¹But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

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

²For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?

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

³And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

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

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

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

⁵But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

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

⁶Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;

⁷ይልቅ ተመልሳችሁ ይቅር ማለትና ማጽናናት ይገባችኋል።

⁷so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

⁸ስለዚህ ከእርሱ ጋር ፍቅርን እንድታጸኑ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

⁸Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

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

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

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

¹⁰But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;

¹¹በሰይጣን እንዳንታለል፤ የእርሱን አሳብ አንስተውምና።

¹¹that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

¹³ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ ተሰናብቼ ወደ መቄዶንያ ወጣሁ።

¹³I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

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

¹⁴But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.

¹⁵በሚድኑቱና በሚጠፉቱ ዘንድ ለእግዚአብሔር የክርስቶስ መዓዛ ነንና፤

¹⁵For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

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

¹⁶to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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

¹⁷For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.