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

¹Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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

²Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.

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

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

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

⁴Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

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

⁵For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but [we were] afflicted on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.

⁶ነገር ግን ኀዘንተኞችን የሚያጽናና አምላክ በቲቶ መምጣት አጽናናን፤

⁶Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, [even] God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

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

⁷and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

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

⁸For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret [it] (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

⁹በምንም ከእኛ የተነሣ እንዳትጎዱ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ አዝናችኋልና።

⁹I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

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

¹⁰For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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።

¹¹For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

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

¹²So although I wrote unto you, I [wrote] not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.

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

¹³Therefore we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.

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

¹⁴For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

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

¹⁵And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

¹⁶በነገር ሁሉ ተማምኜባችኋለሁና ደስ ይለኛል።

¹⁶I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.