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

¹Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies 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 to the riches of their liberality.

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

³For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

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

⁴begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

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

⁵This was 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።

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

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 be willing, 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 to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

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

¹³For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,

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

¹⁴but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.

¹⁵ብዙ ያከማቸ አላተረፈም፥ ጥቂትም ያከማቸ አላጎደለም።

¹⁵As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.” Exodus 16:8

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁸We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the assemblies.

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

¹⁹Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

²⁰ስለምናገለግለው ስለዚህ ለጋስ ስጦታ ማንም እንዳይነቅፈን እንጠነቀቃለን፤

²⁰We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

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

²¹Having regard for honorable things, 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።

²²We 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 has in you.

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

²³As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

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

²⁴Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.