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

¹A o posluživanju svetih suvišno je da vam pišem.

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.

²Ta poznajem vašu spremnost s koje se vama ponosim pred Makedoncima: "Ahaja je spremna od prošle godine." I vaša gorljivost potaknu mnoge.

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,

³Ipak šaljem braću da se u tome pogledu ne opovrgne što se vama ponosimo; da budete spremni kao što sam tvrdio te se -

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.

⁴ako sa mnom dođu Makedonci i nađu vas nespremne - ne osramotimo s preuzetnosti mi, da ne kažemo vi.

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.

⁵Smatrao sam dakle potrebnim zamoliti braću da unaprijed pođu k vama i da pripreme vaš još prije obećani dar te bude pripravan - kao dar darežljivosti, a ne škrtosti.

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

⁶Ta eno: tko sije oskudno, oskudno će i žeti; a tko sije obilato, obilato će i žeti.

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

⁷Svatko neka dade kako je srcem odlučio; ne sa žalošću ili na silu jer Bog ljubi vesela darivatelja.

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.

⁸A Bog vas može obilato obdariti svakovrsnim darom da u svemu svagda imate svega dovoljno za se i izobilno za svako dobro djelo -

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

⁹kao što je pisano: Rasipno dijeli, daje sirotinji, pravednost njegova ostaje dovijeka.

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;

¹⁰A onaj koji pribavlja sjeme sijaču i kruh za jelo, pribavit će i umnožiti sjeme vaše i povećati plodove pravednosti vaše.

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

¹¹Tako ćete se u svemu obogatiti za svakovrsnu darežljivost koja se, našim posredovanjem, izvija u zahvalnicu Bogu.

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;

¹²Jer ovo bogoslužno posluživanje ne samo da podmiruje oskudicu svetih nego se i obilno prelijeva u mnoge zahvalnice Bogu.

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;

¹³Osvjedočeni ovim posluživanjem, slave Boga zbog vašega pokornog ispovijedanja evanđelja Kristova i zbog velikodušnog zajedništva prema njima i prema svima.

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

¹⁴A moleći se za vas, čeznu za vama zbog preobilne milosti Božje na vama.

¹⁵Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

¹⁵Hvala Bogu na njegovu neizrecivom daru!