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 purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear.

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

²Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruined no one, we have made gain of no one.

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

³I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said 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 towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.

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

⁵For indeed, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but [we were] afflicted in every way; without combats, within fears.

⁶ነገር ግን ኀዘንተኞችን የሚያጽናና አምላክ በቲቶ መምጣት አጽናናን፤

⁶But he who encourages those that are [brought] low, [even] God, encouraged 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 through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.

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

⁸For if also I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret [it], if even I have regretted it; for I see that that letter, if even [it were] only for a time, grieved you.

⁹በምንም ከእኛ የተነሣ እንዳትጎዱ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ አዝናችኋልና።

⁹Now I rejoice, not that ye have been grieved, but that ye have been grieved to repentance; for ye have been grieved according to God, that in nothing ye might be injured by us.

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

¹⁰For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works 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 same thing, your being grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought in *you*, but [what] excusing [of yourselves], but [what] indignation, but [what] fear, but [what] ardent desire, but [what] zeal, but [what] vengeance: in every way ye have proved 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 then, if also I wrote to you, [it was] not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.

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

¹³For this reason we have been encouraged. And we the rather rejoiced in our encouragement more abundantly by reason of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has 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።

¹⁴Because if I boasted to him anything about you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken to you all things in truth, so also our boasting to Titus has been [the] truth;

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

¹⁵and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind 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 confident as to you.