¹Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;

¹A na znanje vam, bratje, dajemo milost Božjo, ki je dana v cerkvah macedonskih,

²how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

²da se je vkljub mnogim stiskam, v katerih so bili preizkušeni, obilost njih radosti in njih prevelika revščina povzpela do bogate radodarnosti.

³For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

³Kajti po svoji moči, da, pričam, čez svojo moč so dali dobrovoljno,

⁴begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

⁴z mnogo prošnjo nas proseč te milosti, da se smejo udeležiti službe za svete;

⁵This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

⁵in ne samo to, kakor smo upali, marveč sebe so dali najprej Gospodu in nam po volji Božji;

⁶So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.

⁶tako da smo zaprosili Tita, da bi, kakor je prej započel, tako tudi dokončal pri vas tudi to milost.

⁷But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.

⁷Ali kakor ste v vsem bogati: v veri in besedi in spoznanju in vsaki marljivosti in svoji ljubezni do nas, bogati bodite tudi v tej milosti.

⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

⁸Ne govorim po zapovedi, temuč da po marljivosti drugih izkusim resničnost vaše ljubezni.

⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

⁹Kajti poznate milost Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, da je, ko je bil bogat, zavoljo vas obubožal, da bi vi po njegovem uboštvu obogateli.

¹⁰I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

¹⁰In v tem vam dajem svet: to je namreč na prid vam, ki ste prvi, od lani, započeli ne samo to delati, ampak tudi hoteti.

¹¹But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

¹¹Sedaj pa dokončajte tudi dejanje; kakor je bila dobra volja hoteti, tako naj bode tudi izvršitev po tem, kar imate.

¹²For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

¹²Kajti če je dobra volja, prijetna je po tem, kar kdo ima, ne po tem, česar nima.

¹³For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,

¹³Ne mislim namreč, da naj imajo drugi olajšavo, a vi stisko,

¹⁴but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.

¹⁴temuč po načelu enakosti: vaša obilost v sedanjem času naj služi za njih pomanjkanje, da bi tudi onih obilost služila za vaše pomanjkanje, da bode enakost;

¹⁵As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.” Exodus 16:8

¹⁵kakor je pisano: „Kdor je mnogo nabral, ni imel preobilo, in kdor je malo, ni mu manjkalo.“

¹⁶But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

¹⁶Hvala pa Bogu, ki je dal isto marljivost za vas v srce Titovo,

¹⁷For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.

¹⁷da je našo prošnjo sprejel, a ker je sam bil silno marljiv, je radovoljno odšel k vam.

¹⁸We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the assemblies.

¹⁸Poslali pa smo ž njim vred brata, čigar hvala zaradi službe v evangeliju je po vseh cerkvah;

¹⁹Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

¹⁹a ne samo to, ampak cerkve so ga tudi izvolile za sopotnika našega s tem milodarom, ki ga oskrbujemo za samega Gospoda slavo in v dokaz naše dobre volje;

²⁰We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

²⁰ogibajoč se tega, da nam kdo kaj ne očita glede te bogate miloščine, ki jo oskrbujemo:

²¹Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²¹skrbimo namreč za poštenost ne samo pred Gospodom, ampak tudi pred ljudmi.

²²We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

²²Poslali smo pa ž njima vred brata svojega, ki smo ga izkusili v mnogih stvareh mnogokrat, da je marljiv, sedaj pa da je mnogo marljivejši po mnogem zaupanju, ki ga ima do vas.

²³As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

²³Kar se pa tiče Tita, on je moj tovariš in sodelavec za vas; kar se tiče naših bratov, ona sta poslanca cerkva, slava Kristusova.Pokažite torej v pričo cerkva do njih dokaz svoje ljubezni in naše hvale z vami.

²⁴Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

²⁴Pokažite torej v pričo cerkva do njih dokaz svoje ljubezni in naše hvale z vami.