¹Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear.

¹Koa raha manana ireo teny fikasana ireo isika, ry malala, dia aoka isika hanadio ny tenantsika ho afaka amin'ny fahalotoana rehetra, na amin'ny nofo, na amin'ny fanahy, ka hahatanteraka ny fahamasinana amin'ny fahatahorana an'Andriamanitra.

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

²Ataovy omby anay ny fonareo, tsy nanao izay tsy marina tamin'ny olona izahay, tsy nanimba olona, tsy nanambaka olona.

³I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.

³Tsy miteny izany ho fanamelohana aho; fa efa nilaza rahateo aho fa ao am-ponay ianareo, mba hiara-maty sy hiara-belona isika.

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.

⁴Be ny fahatokiako anareo, lehibe ny reharehako ny aminareo; feno fiononana aho sady be hafaliana indrindra amin'ny fahorianay rehetra.

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

⁵Fa na dia efa tonga tany Makedonia aza izahay, dia tsy hiainan'ny nofonay, fa nampahorina tamin'ny zavatra rehetra: teo ivelany nisy ady, tao anatiny nisy tahotra.

⁶But he who encourages those that are [brought] low, [even] God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus;

⁶Fa Andriamanitra, Izay mampionona ny mpandefitra, no efa nampionona anay tamin'ny nahatongavan'i Titosy,

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.

⁷ary tsy tamin'ny nahatongavany ihany, fa tamin'ny fampiononana izay nampiononanareo azy koa, raha nambarany taminay ny fanirianareo sy ny fitomanianareo sy ny fahazotoanareo hanaiky ahy; ka dia mainka nifaly aho.

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.

⁸Fa na dia nampalahelo anareo tamin'ny epistily aza aho, dia tsy manenina intsony, na dia nanenina ihany aza teo; fa fantatro fa efa nampalahelo anareo izany epistily izany, kanefa vetivety ihany.

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.

⁹Ary mifaly kosa aho ankehitriny, nefa tsy noho ny nampalahelovana anareo, fa noho ny nampalahelovana anareo mba hibebaka; fa nampahelovina araka an'Andriamanitra ianareo, mba tsy hataonay matiantoka na amin'inona na amin'inona.

¹⁰For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.

¹⁰Fa ny alahelo araka an'Andriamanitra miasa fibebahana ho famonjena tsy hanenenana; fa miasa fahafatesana kosa ny alahelon'izao tontolo izao.

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.

¹¹Fa, indro, izany nampalahelovana araka an'Andriamanitra izany indrindra dia nahatonga fahazotoana manao ahoana teo aminareo! eny, fialan-tsiny manao ahoana! fahatezerana manao ahoana! fahatahorana manao ahoana! faniriana manao ahoana! zotom-po manao ahoana! famaliana ny ratsy natao manao ahoana! Tamin'izany rehetra izany dia nampiseho ny fahadiovanareo ny amin'izany raharaha izany ianareo.

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.

¹²Koa na dia nanoratra taminareo aza aho, dia tsy noho ny nanao izay tsy marina, na noho ny niaritra izay tsy marina, fa mba haseho aminareo eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra ny fahazotoanareo hanaiky anay.

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.

¹³Ary noho izany dia nampiononina izahay, ary tamin'ny nampiononana anay dia vao mainka nifaly izahay noho ny fifalian'i Titosy, fa ianareo rehetra efa namelombelona ny fanahiny.

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;

¹⁴Ary raha nisy nataoko rehareha taminy ny aminareo, dia tsy mahamenatra ahy izany; fa tahaka ny nilazanay marina taminareo ny zavatra rehetra, dia tonga marina koa ny reharehanay tamin'i Titosy ny aminareo.

¹⁵and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

¹⁵Ary vao mainka miraikitra aminareo aza ny fony, raha mahatsiaro ny fanarahanareo rehetra izy, dia ny haben'ny fahatahorana sy ny fangovitana nandraisanareo azy.Ary faly aho fa matoky anareo amin'ny zavatra rehetra.

¹⁶I rejoice that in everything I am confident as to you.

¹⁶Ary faly aho fa matoky anareo amin'ny zavatra rehetra.