2 Corinthians 9

1 For of the relief which is for the saints, it is needless for me to write to you.

pavitralOkAnAm upakArArthakasEvAmadhi yuSmAn prati mama likhanaM niSprayOjanaM|

2 For I know your readiness of mind, on account of which I boasted of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago: and your zeal has incited very many.

yata AkhAyAdEzasthA lOkA gatavarSam Arabhya tatkAryya udyatAH santIti vAkyEnAhaM mAkidanIyalOkAnAM samIpE yuSmAkaM yAm icchukatAmadhi zlAghE tAm avagatO'smi yuSmAkaM tasmAd utsAhAccAparESAM bahUnAm udyOgO jAtaH|

3 But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting of you in this respect may not be in vain; that you may be ready, as I said:

kinjcaitasmin yuSmAn adhyasmAkaM zlAghA yad atathyA na bhavEt yUyanjca mama vAkyAnusArAd yad udyatAstiSThEta tadarthamEva tE bhrAtarO mayA prESitAH|

4 lest, possibly, should the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say you) might be made ashamed by this same confident boasting.

yasmAt mayA sArddhaM kaizcit mAkidanIyabhrAtRbhirAgatya yUyamanudyatA iti yadi dRzyatE tarhi tasmAd dRPhavizvAsAd yuSmAkaM lajjA janiSyata ityasmAbhi rna vaktavyaM kintvasmAkamEva lajjA janiSyatE|

5 Therefore, I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go before to you, and make ready beforehand your bounty, which has been so much talked of before, that this might be ready as a bounty, and not as a gift extorted from you.

ataH prAk pratijnjAtaM yuSmAkaM dAnaM yat sanjcitaM bhavEt tacca yad grAhakatAyAH phalam abhUtvA dAnazIlatAyA Eva phalaM bhavEt tadarthaM mamAgrE gamanAya tatsanjcayanAya ca tAn bhrAtRn AdESTumahaM prayOjanam amanyE|

6 But remember this, that he who sows sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully, shall also reap bountifully.

aparamapi vyAharAmi kEnacit kSudrabhAvEna bIjESUptESu svalpAni zasyAni karttiSyantE, kinjca kEnacid bahudabhavEna bIjESUptESu bahUni zasyAni karttiSyantE|

7 Let each one give, as he purposes in his heart; not with grief, nor from necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

EkaikEna svamanasi yathA nizcIyatE tathaiva dIyatAM kEnApi kAtarENa bhItEna vA na dIyatAM yata IzvarO hRSTamAnasE dAtari prIyatE|

8 And God is able to confer every gift upon you abundantly, that you, always having all sufficiency in every thing, may have enough for every good work;

aparam IzvarO yuSmAn prati sarvvavidhaM bahupradaM prasAdaM prakAzayitum arhati tEna yUyaM sarvvaviSayE yathESTaM prApya sarvvENa satkarmmaNA bahuphalavantO bhaviSyatha|

9 as it is written: He has scattered abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever. (aiōn g165)

Etasmin likhitamAstE, yathA, vyayatE sa janO rAyaM durgatEbhyO dadAti ca| nityasthAyI ca taddharmmaH (aiōn g165)

10 Now, he that furnishes seed to the sower will both furnish bread for food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

bIjaM bhEjanIyam annanjca vaptrE yEna vizrANyatE sa yuSmabhyam api bIjaM vizrANya bahulIkariSyati yuSmAkaM dharmmaphalAni varddhayiSyati ca|

11 that you may be enriched in every thing, for all liberality which produces through us thanksgiving to God;

tEna sarvvaviSayE sadhanIbhUtai ryuSmAbhiH sarvvaviSayE dAnazIlatAyAM prakAzitAyAm asmAbhirIzvarasya dhanyavAdaH sAdhayiSyatE|

12 because the administration of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but also abounds in many thanksgivings to God;

EtayOpakArasEvayA pavitralOkAnAm arthAbhAvasya pratIkArO jAyata iti kEvalaM nahi kintvIzcarasya dhanyavAdO'pi bAhulyEnOtpAdyatE|

13 (since through the proof which this service gives, they glorify God for your acknowledged subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution for them, and for all; )

yata EtasmAd upakArakaraNAd yuSmAkaM parIkSitatvaM buddhvA bahubhiH khrISTasusaMvAdAggIkaraNE yuSmAkam AjnjAgrAhitvAt tadbhAgitvE ca tAn aparAMzca prati yuSmAkaM dAtRtvAd Izvarasya dhanyavAdaH kAriSyatE,

14 and in their prayer for you, since they have strong affection for you on account of the eminent grace of God that is in you.

yuSmadarthaM prArthanAM kRtvA ca yuSmAsvIzvarasya gariSThAnugrahAd yuSmAsu taiH prEma kAriSyatE|

15 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

aparam IzvarasyAnirvvacanIyadAnAt sa dhanyO bhUyAt|