¹But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.

¹Fa ninia toy izao tato am-poko aho, dia ny tsy hankatỳ aminareo indray amin'alahelo.

²For if *I* grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?

²Fa raha mampalahelo anareo aho, iza moa no mampifaly ahy, afa-tsy ilay nampalaheloviko ihany?

³And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.

³Ary nanoratra izany indrindra aho, fandrao, rehefa tonga aho, dia hahazo alahelo amin'izay tokony hifaliako, satria matoky anareo rehetra aho, fa ny fifaliako dia anareo rehetra koa.

⁴For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

⁴Fa tamin'ny haben'ny fahoriana sy ny alahelon'ny foko no nanoratako taminareo tamin'ny ranomaso be, tsy ny hampalahelovana anareo, fa ny mba hahafantaranareo ny fitiavana izay itiavako anareo indrindra.

⁵But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.

⁵Fa raha nisy efa nampalahelo, dia tsy nampalahelo ahy ihany izy (nefa tsy ta-hanao teny mafy loatra aho), fa mba nampalahelo anareo rehetra koa.

⁶Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;

⁶Ampy ho amin'izany olona izany ny fampijaliana nataon'ny maro,

⁷so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

⁷ka dia aleo mamela heloka sy mampifaly azy kosa ianareo, fandrao dia resin'ny fitomboan'alahelo izany olona izany.[Gr. atelin']

⁸Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.

⁸Koa mananatra anareo aho mba hekenareo horaisina tsara amin'ny fitiavana izy.

⁹For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.

⁹Fa izany koa no nanoratako, mba ho fantatro izay toetrareo, na manaiky amin'ny zavatra rehetra ianareo,na tsia.

¹⁰But to whom ye forgive anything, *I* also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ;

¹⁰Fa izay avelanareo heloka dia mba avelako heloka koa; ary izaho anefa,raha nisy heloka navelako, dia noho ny aminareo no namelako azy teo imason'i Kristy,[Na: nisolo anay]

¹¹that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of *his* thoughts.

¹¹fandrao ho resin'ny fitak'i Satana isika, fa fantatsika ny hafetseny.

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,

¹²Ary rehefa tonga tany Troasy hitory ny filazantsaran'i Kristy aho, ka novohana varavarana ao amin'ny Tompo,

¹³I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.

¹³dia tsy tafandry ny fanahiko, satria tsy nahita an'i Titosy rahalahiko aho; fa nanao veloma ny olona aho, dia niala teo nankany Makedonia.

¹⁴But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.

¹⁴Fa isaorana anie Andriamanitra, Izay mitondra anay mandrakariva ao amin'i Kristy toy ny fanaon'izay avy nandresy, ka dia ampisehoany ny hanitry ny fahalalana Azy eny tontolo eny izahay.

¹⁵For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:

¹⁵Fa hanitr'i Kristy ho an'Andriamanitra izahay amin'izay hovonjena sy izay ho very:

¹⁶to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?

¹⁶amin'ny sasany dia hanitra avy amin'ny fahafatesana ho amin'ny fahafatesana; fa amin'ny sasany kosa dia hanitra avy amin'ny fiainana ho amin'ny fiainana. Koa iza moa no antonona ho amin'izany zavatra izany?Fa tsy mba toy ny maro izay manatsatso ny tenin'Andriamanitra hahazoam-bola izahay; fa toy ny amin'ny fahadiovam-po kosa, dia avy amin'Andriamanitra sady eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra no itenenanay ao amin'i Kristy.

¹⁷For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.

¹⁷Fa tsy mba toy ny maro izay manatsatso ny tenin'Andriamanitra hahazoam-bola izahay; fa toy ny amin'ny fahadiovam-po kosa, dia avy amin'Andriamanitra sady eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra no itenenanay ao amin'i Kristy.