¹ነገር ግን ዳግመኛ በኀዘን ወደ እናንተ እንዳልመጣ ስለ እኔ ቆረጥሁ።

¹But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

²እኔስ ባሳዝናችሁ፥ እንግዲያስ በእኔ ምክንያት ከሚያዝን በቀር ደስ የሚያሰኘኝ ማን ነው?

²For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

³ደስ ሊያሰኙኝ ከሚገባቸውም በመምጣቴ ኀዘን እንዳይሆንብኝ ይህንኑ ጻፍሁላችሁ፥ ደስታዬ የሁላችሁ ደስታ ነው ብዬ በሁላችሁ ታምኜአለሁና።

³And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

⁴በብዙ መከራና ከልብ ጭንቀት በብዙም እንባ ጽፌላችሁ ነበርና፤ ይህም እናንተን አብዝቼ የምወድበትን ፍቅር እንድታውቁ እንጂ እንዳሳዝናችሁ አይደለም።

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

⁵ነገር ግን ማንም አሳዝኖ ቢሆን፥ እንዳልከብድባችሁ፥ በክፍል ሁላችሁን እንጂ እኔን ያሳዘነ አይደለም።

⁵But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

⁶እንደዚህ ላለ ሰው ይህ ከእናንተ የምትበዙት የቀጣችሁት ቅጣት ይበቃዋልና እንደዚህ ያለው ከልክ በሚበዛ ኀዘን እንዳይዋጥ፥

⁶Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

⁷ይልቅ ተመልሳችሁ ይቅር ማለትና ማጽናናት ይገባችኋል።

⁷so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

⁸ስለዚህ ከእርሱ ጋር ፍቅርን እንድታጸኑ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

⁸Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

⁹ስለዚህ ደግሞ ጽፌ ነበርና፤ በሁሉ የምትታዘዙ እንደ ሆናችሁ የእናንተን መፈተን አውቅ ዘንድ አሳቤ ነበር።

⁹For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

¹⁰እናንተ ግን ይቅር የምትሉትን እኔ ደግሞ ይቅር እለዋለሁ፤ እኔም ይቅር ካልሁ፥ ይቅር ያልሁትን ስለ እናንተ በክርስቶስ ፊት ይቅር ብዬአለሁ፥

¹⁰Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

¹¹በሰይጣን እንዳንታለል፤ የእርሱን አሳብ አንስተውምና።

¹¹that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

¹²ስለ ክርስቶስም ወንጌል ወደ ጢሮአዳ በመጣሁ ጊዜ፥ ለጌታ ሥራ በር ምንም ቢከፈትልኝ፥ ቲቶን ወንድሜን ስላላገኘሁት መንፈሴ ዕረፍት አልነበረውም፥

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

¹³ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ ተሰናብቼ ወደ መቄዶንያ ወጣሁ።

¹³I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

¹⁴ነገር ግን በክርስቶስ ሁልጊዜ ድል በመንሣቱ ለሚያዞረን በእኛም በየስፍራው ሁሉ የእውቀቱን ሽታ ለሚገልጥ ለአምላክ ምስጋና ይሁን፤

¹⁴Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

¹⁵በሚድኑቱና በሚጠፉቱ ዘንድ ለእግዚአብሔር የክርስቶስ መዓዛ ነንና፤

¹⁵For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

¹⁶ለእነዚህ ለሞት የሚሆን የሞት ሽታ ለእነዚያም ለሕይወት የሚሆን የሕይወት ሽታ ነን። ለዚህም ነገር የሚበቃ ማን ነው?

¹⁶to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁷የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ቀላቅለው እንደሚሸቃቅጡት እንደ ብዙዎቹ አይደለንምና፤ በቅንነት ግን ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ተላክን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በክርስቶስ ሆነን እንናገራለን።

¹⁷For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.