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

¹But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

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

²but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

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

³For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

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

⁴For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;

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

⁵overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;

⁶መታዘዛችሁም በተፈጸመች ጊዜ አለመታዘዝን ሁሉ ልንበቀል ተዘጋጅተናል።

⁶and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.

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

⁷Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.

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

⁸For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;

⁹በመልእክቶቼ የማስደነግጣችሁ አይምሰላችሁ።

⁹that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

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

¹⁰because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

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

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

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

¹²For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.

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

¹³Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

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

¹⁴For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the 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 boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

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

¹⁶to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.

¹⁷But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

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