¹It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

¹ለቅዱሳን ስለሚሆነው አገልግሎት ልጽፍላችሁ አያስፈልግምና፤

²for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.

²በጎ ፈቃዳችሁን አውቄአለሁና፤ ስለዚህም። አካይያ ከአምና ጀምሮ ተዘጋጅቶአል ብዬ ለመቄዶንያ ሰዎች በእናንተ እመካለሁ፥ ቅንዓታችሁም የሚበዙቱን አነሣሥቶአል።

³But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

³ነገር ግን ለእነርሱ እንዳልሁ፥ የተዘጋጃችሁ ትሆኑ ዘንድ በዚህም ነገር ስለ እናንተ ያለው ትምክህታችን ከንቱ እንዳይሆን ወንድሞችን እልካለሁ፤

⁴so that I won’t by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.

⁴ምናልባት የመቄዶንያ ሰዎች ከእኔ ጋር ቢመጡ፥ ያልተዘጋጃችሁም ሆናችሁ ቢያገኙአችሁ፥ እናንተ እንድታፍሩ አላልንም እኛ ግን በዚህ እምነታችን እንድናፍር አይሁን።

⁵I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.

⁵እንግዲህ እንደ በረከት ሆኖ ከስስት የማይሆን ይህ የተዘጋጀ ይሆን ዘንድ አስቀድመው ወደ እናንተ መጥተው፥ አስቀድማችሁ ተስፋ የሰጣችሁትን በረከት አስቀድመው እንዲፈጽሙ ወንድሞችን እለምን ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገኝ አሰብሁ።

⁶Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

⁶ይህንም እላለሁ። በጥቂት የሚዘራ በጥቂት ደግሞ ያጭዳል፥ በበረከትም የሚዘራ በበረከት ደግሞ ያጭዳል።

⁷Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

⁷እግዚአብሔር በደስታ የሚሰጠውን ይወዳልና እያንዳንዱ በልቡ እንዳሰበ ይስጥ፥ በኀዘን ወይም በግድ አይደለም።

⁸And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

⁸በተነ፥ ለምስኪኖች ሰጠ፥ ጽድቁ ለዘላለም ይኖራል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ እግዚአብሔር፥ ሁልጊዜ በነገር ሁሉ ብቃትን ሁሉ አግኝታችሁ ለበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ትበዙ ዘንድ፥ ጸጋን ሁሉ ሊያበዛላችሁ ይችላል።

⁹As it is written, “He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” Psalm 112:9

¹⁰ለዘሪ ዘርን ለመብላትም እንጀራን በብዙ የሚሰጥ እርሱም የምትዘሩትን ዘር ይሰጣችኋል ያበረክትላችሁማል፥ የጽድቃችሁንም ፍሬ ያሳድጋል፤

¹⁰Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

¹¹በእኛ በኩል ለእግዚአብሔር የምስጋና ምክንያት የሚሆነውን ልግስና ሁሉ እንድታሳዩ በሁሉ ነገር ባለ ጠጎች ትሆናላችሁ።

¹¹you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

¹²የዚህ ረድኤት አገልግሎት ለቅዱሳን የሚጎድላቸውን በሙሉ የሚሰጥ ብቻ አይደለምና፥ ነገር ግን ደግሞ በብዙ ምስጋና ለእግዚአብሔር ይበዛል፤

¹²For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;

¹³በዚህ አገልግሎት ስለ ተፈተናችሁ፥ በክርስቶስ ወንጌል በማመናችሁ ስለሚሆን መታዘዝ እነርሱንና ሁሉንም ስለምትረዱበት ልግስና እግዚአብሔርን ያከብራሉ፥

¹³seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;

¹⁴ራሳቸውም ስለ እናንተ ሲያማልዱ፥ በእናንተ ላይ ከሚሆነው ከሚበልጠው ከእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ የተነሣ ይናፍቁአችኋል።

¹⁴while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

¹⁵ስለማይነገር ስጦታው እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን።

¹⁵Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!