¹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ለመቄዶንያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት የተሰጠውን የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ እናስታውቃችኋለን፤

¹Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia;

²በብዙ መከራ ተፈትነው ሳሉ የደስታቸው ብዛትና የድህነታቸው ጥልቅነት የልግስናቸውን ባለ ጠግነት አብዝቶአል፤

²how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

³እንደ ዓቅማቸው መጠን ከዓቅማቸውም የሚያልፍ እንኳ ወደው እንደ ሰጡ እመሰክርላቸዋለሁና።

³For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, [they gave] of their own accord,

⁴ለቅዱሳን በሆነው አገልግሎት እንዲተባበሩ ይህን ቸርነት በብዙ ልመና ከእኛ ይለምኑ ነበር፥

⁴beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

⁵አስቀድመውም በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ራሳቸውን ለጌታ ለእኛም ሰጡ እንጂ እንዳሰብን አይደለም።

⁵and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

⁶ስለዚህም ቲቶ አስቀድሞ እንደ ጀመረ እንዲሁ ደግሞ ይህን ቸር ሥራ ደግሞ በእናንተ ዘንድ ሊፈጽም ለመንን።

⁶Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

⁷ነገር ግን በነገር ሁሉ፥ በእምነትና በቃል በእውቀትም በትጋትም ሁሉ ለእኛም በፍቅራችሁ እንደ ተረፋችሁ፥ በዚህ ቸር ሥራ ደግሞ ትረፉ።

⁷But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

⁸ትእዛዝ እንደምሰጥ አልልም፥ ነገር ግን በሌሎች ትጋት በኩል የፍቅራችሁን እውነተኛነት ደግሞ ልመረምር እላለሁ፤

⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

⁹የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ቸር ስጦታ አውቃችኋልና፤ ሀብታም ሲሆን፥ እናንተ በእርሱ ድህነት ባለ ጠጎች ትሆኑ ዘንድ ስለ እናንተ ድሀ ሆነ።

⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

¹⁰በዚህም ነገር ምክር እሰጣለሁ፤ ከአምና ጀምራችሁ ለማድረግ ብቻ ያይደለ ነገር ግን ለማሰብ ደግሞ አስቀድማችሁ የጀመራችሁት ይህ ይጠቅማችኋልና፤

¹⁰And herein I give [my] judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.

¹¹አሁንም ለማሰብ በጎ ፈቃድ እንደ ነበረ፥ እንዲሁ እንዳላችሁ መጠን መፈጸም ደግሞ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ ማድረጉን ደግሞ ፈጽሙ።

¹¹But now complete the doing also; that as [there was] the readiness to will, so [there may be] the completion also out of your ability.

¹²በጎ ፈቃድ ቢኖር፥ እንዳለው መጠን የተወደደ ይሆናል እንጂ እንደሌለው መጠን አይደለም።

¹²For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.

¹³ለሌሎች ዕረፍት ለእናንተም መከራ እንዲሆን አይደለም፥ ትክክል እንዲሆን ነው እንጂ፤

¹³For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;

¹⁴የእነርሱ ትርፍ ደግሞ የእናንተን ጉድለት እንዲሞላ በአሁኑ ጊዜ የእናንተ ትርፍ የእነርሱን ጉድለት ይሙላ፤ በትክክል እንዲሆን፥ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ።

¹⁴but by equality: your abundance [being a supply] at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become [a supply] for your want; that there may be equality:

¹⁵ብዙ ያከማቸ አላተረፈም፥ ጥቂትም ያከማቸ አላጎደለም።

¹⁵as it is written, He that [gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [gathered] little had no lack.

¹⁶ነገር ግን በቲቶ ልብ ስለ እናንተ ያንን ትጋት የሰጠ አምላክ ይመስገን፤

¹⁶But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

¹⁷ምክራችንን ተቀብሎአልና፥ ትጋት ግን ስለ በዛበት ወዶ ወደ እናንተ ይወጣል።

¹⁷For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth unto you of his own accord.

¹⁸ከእርሱም ጋር ስለ ወንጌል ስብከት በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ሁሉ የተመሰገነውን ወንድም እንልካለን፤

¹⁸And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel [is spread] through all the churches;

¹⁹ይህም ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን የጌታን የራሱን ክብርና የእኛን በጎ ፈቃድ ለማሳየት በምናገለግለው በዚህ ቸር ሥራ ከእኛ ጋር እንዲጓደድ በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ደግሞ ተመረጠ።

¹⁹and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in [the matter of] this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and [to show] our readiness:

²⁰ስለምናገለግለው ስለዚህ ለጋስ ስጦታ ማንም እንዳይነቅፈን እንጠነቀቃለን፤

²⁰Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in [the matter of] this bounty which is ministered by us:

²¹በጌታ ፊት ብቻ ያይደለ ነገር ግን በሰው ፊት ደግሞ መልካም የሆነውን እናስባለንና።

²¹for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²²ብዙ ጊዜም በብዙ ነገር መርምረን ትጉ እንደ ሆነ ያገኘነውን፥ አሁንም በእናንተ እጅግ ስለሚታመን ከፊት ይልቅ እጅግ ትጉ የሚሆነውን ወንድማችንን ከእነርሱ ጋር እንልካለን።

²²and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which [he hath] in you.

²³ስለ ቲቶ የሚጠይቅ ቢኖር ስለ እናንተ አብሮኝ የሚሠራ ባልንጀራዬ ነው፤ ስለ ወንድሞቻችን የሚጠይቅ ቢኖርም የአብያተ ክርስቲያናት መልእክተኞችና የክርስቶስ ክብር ናቸው።

²³Whether [any inquire] about Titus, [he is] my partner and [my] fellow-worker to you-ward, or our brethren, [they are] the messengers of the churches, [they are] the glory of Christ.

²⁴እንግዲህ የፍቅራችሁንና ስለ እናንተ ያለውን የትምክህታችንን መግለጫ በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ፊት ለእነርሱ ግለጡ።

²⁴Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.