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

¹And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

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

²for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

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.

³and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

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.

⁴for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward 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.

⁵And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

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

⁶sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the more part,

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

⁷so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

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

⁸wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

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

⁹for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

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]

¹⁰And to whom ye forgive anything — I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you — in the person of Christ — [I forgive it,]

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

¹¹that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

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

¹²And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,

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

¹³I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

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.

¹⁴and to God [are] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

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

¹⁵because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

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.

¹⁶to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

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.

¹⁷for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity — but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.