¹Havante do cxi tiujn promesojn, amataj, ni purigu nin de cxia malpureco karna kaj spirita, perfektigante sanktecon en la timo al Dio.

¹Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

²Malfermu al ni viajn korojn; ni kontraux neniu maljuste agis, ni ruinigis neniun, al neniu ni friponis.

²Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

³Ne por vin kondamni mi tion diras; cxar mi antauxe diris, ke vi estas en niaj koroj, por kune vivi kaj kune morti.

³I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

⁴Granda estas mia parola libereco al vi, granda estas mia fiereco pri vi:mi estas plena de konsolo, al mi superabundas la gxojo meze de nia tuta aflikto.

⁴Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

⁵CXar ecx kiam ni jam alvenis en Makedonujon, nia karno tute ne faciligxis, sed ni cxiel depremigxis; ekstere estis bataloj, interne timoj.

⁵For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.

⁶Tamen Dio, kiu konsolas la humilulojn, konsolis nin per la alveno de Tito;

⁶Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

⁷kaj ne nur per lia alveno, sed ankaux per la konsolo, per kiu li konsoligxis pri vi, dum li pridiris al ni vian sopiron, vian doloron, vian fervoron pro mi; tiel, ke mi ankoraux pli gxojis.

⁷and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.

⁸CXar kvankam mi vin malgxojigis per mia epistolo, mi ne bedauxras pri tio, kvankam mi ja bedauxris; cxar mi vidas, ke tiu epistolo vin malgxojigis, sed nur mallonge.

⁸For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.

⁹Mi nun gxojas, ne pro tio, ke vi malgxojis, sed pro tio, ke vi malgxojis gxis pento; cxar vi laux Dio malgxojis, por ke vi havu nenian malutilon per ni.

⁹I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

¹⁰CXar la malgxojo laux Dio elfaras penton gxis savo, ne bedauxrindan; sed la malgxojo de la mondo elfaras morton.

¹⁰For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

¹¹CXar jen kian zorgemon tiu sama malgxojo laux Dio elfaris en vi, plue kian senkulpigon, plue kian indignon, plue kian timon, plue kian sopiron, plue kian fervoron, plue kian vengxon! En cxio vi elmontris vin puraj pri la afero.

¹¹For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

¹²Tial kvankam mi skribis al vi, tamen tio estis ne pro tiu, kiu faris la malbonon, nek pro tiu, kiu suferis la malbonon, sed por ke via zorgemo por ni elmontrigxu al vi mem antaux Dio.

¹²So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

¹³Tial ni konsoligxis; kaj en nia konsolo ni gxojis des pli multege pro la gxojo de Tito, cxar lia animo estas refresxigita de vi cxiuj.

¹³Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

¹⁴CXar se en io mi fanfaronis al li pro vi, mi ne hontis; sed kiel ni cxion parolis vereme al vi, tiel same ankaux nia fanfaronado, kiun mi faris antaux Tito, montrigxis vera.

¹⁴For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

¹⁵Kaj lia interna amo pli abundas al vi, dum li memoras la obeadon de vi cxiuj, kiel kun timo kaj tremo vi lin akceptis.

¹⁵His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

¹⁶Mi gxojas, ke en cxio mi povas fidi al vi.

¹⁶I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.