¹But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

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

²For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

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

³And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

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.

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

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.

⁵But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

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.

⁶Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

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

⁷so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

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

⁸Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

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

⁹For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

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

¹⁰Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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]

¹¹that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

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

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

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

¹³I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

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

¹⁴Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

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.

¹⁵For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

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

¹⁶to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

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.

¹⁷For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

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.