2 Corinthians 8
1 Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,
Kami püi he aw, Maketawniha sangcim hea veia Pamhnam naw bäkhäknak a jah pet kami ning jah ksing hlüsaki.
2 how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.
Acuna sangcim he cun ami awmnaka khuikhanak aktäa khamei u lü m'yenkseki he, acunsepi aktäa petmsawtnak üng ktha naki he kyase ami jekyainak dämki.
3 For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
Ami khyaih khawjah pe u lü acuna thea pi peki he tia ka ksingki. Ami pet hlüa kba peki he ni.
4 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
Acukba petmsawtnak üng khyang ngcim he jah kpüi yüm vaia Judah khawa jah nghui naki he.
5 This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
Kami ngaiha kthaka, akcüka Bawipa veia ngpe kyu u lü; acunüng Pamhnama ngjakhlüa amimät keimia veia ngpe kyuki he.
6 So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
Acunakyase, Petmsawtnaka khut tünei maki Tihtuh naw petmsawtnaka khut a kpäng vaia kami mthehki.
7 But 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.
Acunakyase, ahmäi üng jummeinak, ngthu sangnak, ksingkhyapnak, ahmäi hmäi üng ngsümtawmnak, keimi nami jah jawngnak nami mdana kba, acuna bäkhäknak pi nami mdan vaia ktha na ua.
8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
Ngthupeta kba am ka ning jah mthehki, khyang kcea jah kpüi vai ihlawka yängki he ti la, jawngnak akcang la am akcang ti mhnüteinaka ka pyen na kyaki ni.
9 For 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.
Mi Bawipa Jesuh Khritawa bäkhäknak nami ksingki ni; ani cun nangmi nami bawimangnak vaia phäha amät naw amät m'yenkse saki ni. Acun cun Nangmi nami bawimangnak vaia phäha m'yenkse lawki.
10 I give advice in this: it is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
Tuh kum üng nami tüneinak atuh nami kpäng vai ka ngja lüki. Nangmi cun nami tünei khai dänga am kya lü nami tünei vai nami ngjahlü kcükia pi nami kyaki.
11 But 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.
Acunakyase, ajana petmsawt hlünaka mlungmthin nami taka kba, atuh nami khyaiha pe u lü ngpängsak ua.
12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.
Petmsawt hlünaka mlung a ve üng, am na tak am ni, na takca i pi na pet cun Mhnam naw ning dokhamei pe khai.
13 For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
Akce he phüiha jang vaia nami khana phüih k’yüh am ta veng. Atuh nami bawimangnak am amimi jah kpüi u lü, tuha amimi ami bawimang law üng ning jah kpüi khai he. Ahinkba atänga ve ua.
14 but 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.
15 As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
Cangcim naw, “Mcun dämki naw am da na law naw, apica mcunki pi a tak am jaw naw” tia a pyena kba.
16 But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
Ning jah kpüi vaia kami kthanaka kba Tihtuh naw pi a kthanak vaia mlung pekia Pamhnam kami jenaki.
17 For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
Ani cun, ka nghuinak, a ngai dänga am kya lü mlung hlünak am nami veia a hlüa lawki.
18 We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known throughout all the assemblies.
Acunüng, thangkdaw a khüihnak üng sangcim he naw aktäa ami leisawnga bena, ani am atänga kami tüih law khai.
19 Not only so, but he 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.
Acun dänga am kya, Bawipa hlüngtainak vaia kami bilawh, petmsawtnak kami cehpüi üng jah ngkhahpüi khai la, kpüi vaia kami yängnak mdang khaia, sangcim he naw ami xüa kyaki.
20 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.
Acunüng, acuna petmsawtnaka khutbi kami bilawh üng, u naw am a jah mkatei vaia kami mceiki.
21 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Bawipa ngaih dänga am kya lü khyanga ngaiha pi dawkya khaia kami ngaiki he ni.
22 We 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.
Ami veia kami bena kce pi kami tüih si khai; ani cun ahmäi üng khüi lü kthanaki ti khawvei kami ksing päng, atuh pi ning jah üp na lü ning jah kpüi khaia yäng bawk bawki.
23 As 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.
Tihtuh cun ka püi la nami phäha ka khüihpüia kyaki; ani mah maha lawki hea bena kce he cun sangcim hea jah tüih law, Khritawa hlüngtainaka kyaki he.
24 Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.
Acun hea veia nami jawngnak jah mdan u; acunüng kami ning jah awhcahnak cun sangcim he naw ksing khai he.
