¹ለቅዱሳን ስለሚሆነው አገልግሎት ልጽፍላችሁ አያስፈልግምና፤

¹For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

²በጎ ፈቃዳችሁን አውቄአለሁና፤ ስለዚህም። አካይያ ከአምና ጀምሮ ተዘጋጅቶአል ብዬ ለመቄዶንያ ሰዎች በእናንተ እመካለሁ፥ ቅንዓታችሁም የሚበዙቱን አነሣሥቶአል።

²for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.

³ነገር ግን ለእነርሱ እንዳልሁ፥ የተዘጋጃችሁ ትሆኑ ዘንድ በዚህም ነገር ስለ እናንተ ያለው ትምክህታችን ከንቱ እንዳይሆን ወንድሞችን እልካለሁ፤

³But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared:

⁴ምናልባት የመቄዶንያ ሰዎች ከእኔ ጋር ቢመጡ፥ ያልተዘጋጃችሁም ሆናችሁ ቢያገኙአችሁ፥ እናንተ እንድታፍሩ አላልንም እኛ ግን በዚህ እምነታችን እንድናፍር አይሁን።

⁴lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

⁵እንግዲህ እንደ በረከት ሆኖ ከስስት የማይሆን ይህ የተዘጋጀ ይሆን ዘንድ አስቀድመው ወደ እናንተ መጥተው፥ አስቀድማችሁ ተስፋ የሰጣችሁትን በረከት አስቀድመው እንዲፈጽሙ ወንድሞችን እለምን ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገኝ አሰብሁ።

⁵I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

⁶ይህንም እላለሁ። በጥቂት የሚዘራ በጥቂት ደግሞ ያጭዳል፥ በበረከትም የሚዘራ በበረከት ደግሞ ያጭዳል።

⁶But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

⁷እግዚአብሔር በደስታ የሚሰጠውን ይወዳልና እያንዳንዱ በልቡ እንዳሰበ ይስጥ፥ በኀዘን ወይም በግድ አይደለም።

⁷[Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

⁸በተነ፥ ለምስኪኖች ሰጠ፥ ጽድቁ ለዘላለም ይኖራል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ እግዚአብሔር፥ ሁልጊዜ በነገር ሁሉ ብቃትን ሁሉ አግኝታችሁ ለበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ትበዙ ዘንድ፥ ጸጋን ሁሉ ሊያበዛላችሁ ይችላል።

⁸And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

¹⁰ለዘሪ ዘርን ለመብላትም እንጀራን በብዙ የሚሰጥ እርሱም የምትዘሩትን ዘር ይሰጣችኋል ያበረክትላችሁማል፥ የጽድቃችሁንም ፍሬ ያሳድጋል፤

⁹as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

¹¹በእኛ በኩል ለእግዚአብሔር የምስጋና ምክንያት የሚሆነውን ልግስና ሁሉ እንድታሳዩ በሁሉ ነገር ባለ ጠጎች ትሆናላችሁ።

¹⁰And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

¹²የዚህ ረድኤት አገልግሎት ለቅዱሳን የሚጎድላቸውን በሙሉ የሚሰጥ ብቻ አይደለምና፥ ነገር ግን ደግሞ በብዙ ምስጋና ለእግዚአብሔር ይበዛል፤

¹¹ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

¹³በዚህ አገልግሎት ስለ ተፈተናችሁ፥ በክርስቶስ ወንጌል በማመናችሁ ስለሚሆን መታዘዝ እነርሱንና ሁሉንም ስለምትረዱበት ልግስና እግዚአብሔርን ያከብራሉ፥

¹²For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;

¹⁴ራሳቸውም ስለ እናንተ ሲያማልዱ፥ በእናንተ ላይ ከሚሆነው ከሚበልጠው ከእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ የተነሣ ይናፍቁአችኋል።

¹³seeing that through the proving [of you] by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of [your] contribution unto them and unto all;

¹⁵ስለማይነገር ስጦታው እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን።

¹⁴while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

¹⁵Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.