¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

¹በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ ወንድሙም ጢሞቴዎስ፥ በአካይያ አገር ሁሉ ከሚኖሩ ቅዱሳን ሁሉ ጋር በቆሮንቶስ ላለች ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ ክርስቲያን፤

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

³የርኅራኄ አባት የመጽናናትም ሁሉ አምላክ የሆነ የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክና አባት ይባረክ።

⁴who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁴እርሱ በመከራችን ሁሉ ያጽናናናል፥ ስለዚህም እኛ ራሳችን በእግዚአብሔር በምንጽናናበት መጽናናት በመከራ ሁሉ ያሉትን ማጽናናት እንችላለን።

⁵For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

⁵የክርስቶስ ሥቃይ በእኛ ላይ እንደ በዛ፥ እንዲሁ መጽናናታችን ደግሞ በክርስቶስ በኩል ይበዛልናልና።

⁶But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

⁶ዳሩ ግን መከራ ብንቀበል፥ ስለ መጽናናታችሁና ስለ መዳናችሁ ነው፤ ብንጽናናም፥ እኛ ደግሞ የምንሣቀይበት በዚያ ሥቃይ በመጽናት ስለሚደረግ ስለ መጽናናታችሁ ነው።

⁷Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

⁷ተስፋችንም ስለ እናንተ ጽኑ ነው፤ ሥቃያችንን እንደ ተካፈላችሁ እንዲሁም መጽናናታችንን ደግሞ እንድትካፈሉ እናውቃለንና።

⁸For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

⁸በእስያ ስለ ደረሰብን መከራችን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ታውቁ ዘንድ እንወዳለንና፤ ስለ ሕይወታችን እንኳ ተስፋ እስክንቆርጥ ድረስ ከዓቅማችን በላይ ያለ ልክ ከብዶብን ነበር፤

⁹Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

⁹አዎን፥ ሙታንን በሚያነሣ በእግዚአብሔር እንጂ በራሳችን እንዳንታመን፥ እኛ ራሳችን የሞትን ፍርድ በውስጣችን ሰምተን ነበር።

¹⁰who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

¹⁰እርሱም ይህን ከሚያህል ሞት አዳነን፥ ያድነንማል፤ እናንተም ደግሞ ስለ እኛ እየጸለያችሁ አብራችሁ ስትረዱን፥ በብዙ ሰዎች በኩል ስለ ተሰጠን ስለ ጸጋ ስጦታ ብዙዎች ስለ እኛ ያመሰግኑ ዘንድ፥ ወደ ፊት ደግሞ እንዲያድን በእርሱ ተስፋ አድርገናል።

¹¹you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

¹²ትምክህታችን ይህ ነውና፤ በእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ እንጂ በሥጋዊ ጥበብ ሳይሆን፥ በእግዚአብሔር ቅድስናና ቅንነት በዚህ ዓለም ይልቁንም በእናንተ ዘንድ እንደኖርን የሕሊናችን ምስክርነት ነው።

¹²For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

¹³ከምታነቡትና ከምታስተውሉት በቀር ሌላ አንጽፍላችሁምና፤ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ቀን እናንተ ደግሞ ትምክህታችን እንደምትሆኑ እንዲሁ ትምክህታችሁ እንድንሆን፥ በከፊል ስለ እኛ እንዳስተዋላችሁ ፈጽማችሁ ታስተውሉት ዘንድ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።

¹³For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;

¹⁵በዚህም ታምኜ፥ ሁለተኛ ጸጋ ታገኙ ዘንድ አስቀድሜ ወደ እናንተ እንድመጣ፥

¹⁴as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

¹⁶በእናንተም መካከል ወደ መቄዶንያ እንዳልፍ ደግሞም ከመቄዶንያ ወደ እናንተ መጥቼ ወደ ይሁዳ በጉዞዬ እንድትረዱኝ አሰብሁ።

¹⁵In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;

¹⁷እንግዲህ ይህን ሳስብ ያን ጊዜ ቅሌትን አሳየሁን? ወይስ በእኔ ዘንድ አዎን አዎን አይደለም አይደለም ማለት እንዲሆን ያን የማስበው በዓለማዊ ልማድ ነውን?

¹⁶and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

¹⁸እግዚአብሔር ግን የታመነ ነው፥ ለእናንተም የሚነገረው ቃላችን አዎንና አይደለም አይሆንም።

¹⁷When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”

¹⁹በእኛ ማለት በእኔና በስልዋኖስ በጢሞቴዎስም በመካከላችሁ የተሰበከ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አዎንና አይደለም አልነበረም፥ ነገር ግን በእርሱ አዎን ሆኖአል።

¹⁸But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”

²⁰እግዚአብሔር ለሰጠው የተስፋ ቃል ሁሉ አዎን ማለት በእርሱ ነውና፥ ስለዚህ ለእግዚአብሔር ስለ ክብሩ በእኛ የሚነገረው አሜን በእርሱ ደግሞ ነው።

¹⁹For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

²¹በክርስቶስም ከእናንተ ጋር የሚያጸናንና የቀባን እግዚአብሔር ነው፥

²⁰For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen,” to the glory of God through us.

²²ደግሞም ያተመን የመንፈሱንም መያዣ በልባችን የሰጠን እርሱ ነው።

²¹Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

²³እኔ ግን ልራራላችሁ ስል እንደ ገና ወደ ቆሮንቶስ እንዳልመጣሁ በነፍሴ ላይ እግዚአብሔርን ምስክር እጠራለሁ።

²²who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

²⁴ለደስታችሁ ከእናንተ ጋር የምንሠራ ነን እንጂ፥ በእምነታችሁ በእናንተ ላይ የምንገዛ አይደለንም። በእምነታችሁ ቆማችኋልና።

²³But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

²⁴Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.