2 Jo-Korintho 8
1 To koro jowetewa wadwaro ni ungʼe gima ngʼwono mar Nyasaye osetimo ni kanisa man Makedonia.
NOW we inform you, brethren, of the grace of God which hath been bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2 Kata obedo ni giseneno malit mokalo pimo, kendo gidhier ahinya kamano, to mago osemiyo gimedo bedo mamor moloyo, kendo chiwogi mar ngʼwono osemedore mokalo pimo.
that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, hath more abounded to the riches of their liberality.
3 Anyisou adier ni negichiwo kaka ginyalo, kendo moloyo kar tekregi, maonge achuna.
For unto their power, I bear them witness, and above their power, they were voluntarily ready to give:
4 Ne gisayowa ka giramo ni gin bende nyaka gichiw makorgi kuom konyo jo-Nyasaye.
with much entreaty praying us that we would receive the gift, and undertake the communication of the contribution for the saints.
5 Negichiwo mathoth moloyo kaka ne waparo! Mokwongo negichiwore ni Ruoth; eka bangʼe gichiwore ni wan bende, kaka Nyasaye dwaro.
And not merely as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God.
6 Omiyo ne wajiwo Tito, kaka en ema nochako tijni e dieru, mondo odhi kode nyime nyaka chop otiek tij ngʼwonono.
So that we exhorted Titus, that as he had been active before, so also he would perfect in you this grace also.
7 To ka umewo mokalo e gik moko duto ma un-go, kaka: yie maru, gi losou, gi ngʼeyou, gi ikruok maru mar konyo, kod hera muherowago; koro wadwaro ni tij ngʼwononi mar chiwo bende utimie maber moloyo.
So as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
8 Ok amiu chik kuom wachni, to anyisou kaka joma oikore konyo tich Nyasaye mondo atemgo herau ka bende en hera madier.
I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.
9 Nikech ungʼeyo ngʼwono mar Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo kaka chal, ni kata obedo ni ne en gi mwandu, to nodoko modhier, nikech un, mondo un ubed jo-mwandu nikech dhierneno.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, that ye by his poverty should be made rich.
10 Koro ma e paro ma an-go kuom wachni: Sani koro ber mondo utiek tich mane uchako higa mokalo. Un ema ne uchako tijni mokwongo, ok nukwongo chako choko kende, to nukwongo bedo gi dwaro mar chiwo giu bende.
And in this I give my opinion: for this is expedient for you, who have before begun not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago.
11 Omiyo koro dhiuru nyime gi tijno nyaka utieke! Beduru gi ikruok mar tieke mana kaka nubedo gi chenro mar chake, to timuru kamano mana gi giu maun-go.
Now then accomplish also the doing it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be also to perform out of that which ye have.
12 Nikech un gidwaro mar chiwo, to Nyasaye biro rwako chiwono kaluwore gi gik maun-go munyalo chiwo, to ok gik muongego.
For if there is first a ready mind, a man is acceptable according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
13 Dwarowa ok en mondo jomoko odongʼ gi tingʼ mayot, to un wamiu tingʼ mapek, to dwarowa en ni ji duto ochiw maromre.
For I mean not that there should be ease for others and a burden on you;
14 Kaka un gi gik mogundho e kindeni, ber mondo ukony jogo mochando mondo gin bende gibi gikonyu ka gin-go mogundho. Kamano otimore to ubiro bedo gi konyruok maromre,
but that according to equality, your abundance on the present occasion should afford a supply for their deficiency, that their abundance also may supply your deficiency, that there may be equality.
15 mana kaka ondiki niya, “Ngʼat mane ochoko mangʼeny ok ne nigi mangʼeny bende ngʼat mane ochoko matin, ok ne nigi matin ahinya.”
According as it is written, “He that gathered much had no more than others, and he who gathered little, had no less.”
16 Adwoko erokamano ni Nyasaye moseketo, e chuny Tito, dwaro mar konyou, mana kaka an bende an-go.
But thanks be to God, who put the same solicitude for you into the heart of Titus.
17 Ne ok orwako mana kwayowa kende, to ne ochiwore kende en owuon mar konyou, mi koro ero obiro iru kuom dwarone owuon.
For he received in deed the exhortation, but being more diligent, of his own ready mind he went unto you.
18 To bende waoro owadwa moro kode, mongʼere e kanisni duto nikech tije mar lando Injili.
We have sent with him also a brother, whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches;
19 To ok mano kende, kanisa noyiere mondo odhi kodwa e wuodhwa mar tero chiwo. Tijno watimo mondo wami Ruoth owuon duongʼ kendo mondo ji ongʼe ni waikore konyo.
and not only so, but who was chosen by the churches as my fellow-traveller with this charity, ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and to shew your ready mind.
20 Wadwaro mondo ji kik ne rach moro e yo mwatiye tij mich mar ngʼwononi.
Avoiding this, that no man should lay any blame to us in this abundance which is administered by us:
21 Nikech watemo matek mondo watim maber, ok e wangʼ Ruoth kende, to e wangʼ dhano bende.
providing what is fair, not only before the Lord, but also before men.
22 Ngʼat machielo mwaoro kodgi en owadwa mwasetemo mwaneno ni en ngʼama ochiwore ni tije mangʼeny, to sani koro ochiwore moloyo nikech gen mogenougo.
And we have sent with him our brother, whom we have often experienced in many things to be a man of diligence, but now much more diligent, through the great confidence which I have in you.
23 Tito to anyalo wuoyo kuome kaka ngʼat mwagenorego kendo jatich mwatiyogo kaachiel e dieru, to jowetewa mamokogo to gin joma kanisa ooro, mondo omi Kristo duongʼ.
If any inquire concerning Titus, he is my companion and fellow-labourer to you; or our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
24 Omiyo nyisuru jootewago ni un joma ohero ji, mondo kanisni duto ongʼe ni mor ma wan godo kuomu ok en mor manono.
Therefore shew unto them, and in the presence of the churches, a proof of your love, and of our just boasting in you.
