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

¹እንግዲህ፥ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ የዚህ ተስፋ ቃል ካለን፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፍርሃት ቅድስናን ፍጹም እያደረግን ሥጋንና መንፈስን ከሚያረክስ ሁሉ ራሳችንን እናንጻ።

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

²በልባችሁ ስፍራ አስፉልን፤ ማንንም አልበደልንም፥ ማንንም አላጠፋንም፥ ማንንም አላታለልንም።

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

³ለኵነኔ አልልም፤ በአንድነት ለመሞትና በአንድነት ለመኖር በልባችን እንዳላችሁ አስቀድሜ ብዬአለሁና።

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.

⁴ስለ እናንተ እምነቴ ታላቅ ነው፥ በእናንተ ምክንያት ትምክህቴ ታላቅ ነው፤ መጽናናት ሞልቶብኛል፤ በመከራችን ሁሉ ደስታዬ ከመጠን ይልቅ ይበዛል።

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.

⁵ወደ መቄዶንያም በመጣን ጊዜ፥ በሁሉ ነገር መከራን ተቀበልን እንጂ ሥጋችን ዕረፍት አልነበረውም፤ በውጭ ጠብ ነበረ፥ በውስጥ ፍርሃት ነበረ።

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

⁶ነገር ግን ኀዘንተኞችን የሚያጽናና አምላክ በቲቶ መምጣት አጽናናን፤

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.

⁷በመምጣቱም ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን ናፍቆታችሁንና ልቅሶአችሁን ስለ እኔም ቅንዓታችሁን ሲናገረን በእናንተ ላይ በተጽናናበት መጽናናት ደግሞ ነው፤ ስለዚህም ከፊት ይልቅ ደስ አለን።

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.

⁸በመልእክቴ ያሳዘንኋችሁ ብሆን እንኳ አልጸጸትም፤ የተጸጸትሁ ብሆን እንኳ፥ ያ መልእክት ጥቂት ጊዜ ብቻ እንዳሳዘናችሁ አያለሁና አሁን ለንስሐ ስላዘናችሁ ደስ ብሎኛል እንጂ ስላዘናችሁ አይደለም፤

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.

⁹በምንም ከእኛ የተነሣ እንዳትጎዱ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ አዝናችኋልና።

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

¹⁰እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የሆነ ኀዘን ጸጸት የሌለበትን፥ ወደ መዳንም የሚያደርሰውን ንስሐ ያደርጋልና፤ የዓለም ኀዘን ግን ሞትን ያመጣል።

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.

¹¹እነሆ፥ ይህ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የሆነ ኀዘን እንዴት ያለ ትጋት፥ እንዴት ያለ መልስ፥ እንዴት ያለ ቁጣ፥ እንዴት ያለ ፍርሃት፥ እንዴት ያለ ናፍቆት፥ እንዴት ያለ ቅንዓት፥ እንዴት ያለ በቀል በመካከላችሁ አደረገ። በዚህ ነገር ንጹሐን እንደ ሆናችሁ በሁሉ አስረድታችኋል።

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.

¹²እንግዲያስ የጻፍሁላችሁ ብሆን እንኳ፥ ስለ እኛ ያላችሁ ትጋታችሁ ከእናንተ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እንዲገለጥ እንጂ፥ ስለ በዳዩ ወይም ስለ ተበዳዩ አልጻፍሁም። ስለዚህ ተጽናንተናል።

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.

¹³በመጽናናታችንም ስለ ቲቶ ደስታ አብልጦ ደስ አለን፥ መንፈሱ በሁላችሁ ዐርፎአልና፤

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.

¹⁴ለእርሱ በምንም ስለ እናንተ የተመካሁ እንደ ሆነ አላፈርሁምና፥ ነገር ግን ሁሉን ለእናንተ በእውነት እንደ ተናገርን፥ እንደዚህ ደግሞ ትምክህታችን በቲቶ ፊት እውነት ሆነ።

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

¹⁵ስለዚህም በፍርሃትና በመንቀጥቀጥ እንዴት እንደተቀበላችሁት፥ የሁላችሁን መታዘዝ እያሰበ ፍቅሩ በእናንተ ላይ እጅግ በዝቶአል።

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

¹⁶በነገር ሁሉ ተማምኜባችኋለሁና ደስ ይለኛል።