< 2 Corinthians 6 >
1 [Therefore], because I am working together with God [himself], I say this to you very strongly: God has [already] kindly [forgiven you because Christ died for you], so do not now [say] “It does not matter [if I live just to please myself].”
තස්ය සහායා වයං යුෂ්මාන් ප්රාර්ථයාමහේ, ඊශ්වරස්යානුග්රහෝ යුෂ්මාභි ර්වෘථා න ගෘහ්යතාං|
2 For God said [long ago in the Scriptures]: When it is the right time [for me] to help you, [you will ask me to help you], and I will hear you. Then I will [send] a Savior to help you. [So listen to what] I am telling you: God [has sent] his Savior, so now is the time when [God is ready to] save [people from the guilt of their sins].
තේනෝක්තමේතත්, සංශ්රෝෂ්යාමි ශුභේ කාලේ ත්වදීයාං ප්රාර්ථනාම් අහං| උපකාරං කරිෂ්යාමි පරිත්රාණදිනේ තව| පශ්යතායං ශුභකාලඃ පශ්යතේදං ත්රාණදිනං|
3 Neither I nor the men [working] with me do anything that would hinder people from trusting in Christ, and so we cannot be accused {no one can accuse [us]} [of not] serving [God properly].
අස්මාකං පරිචර්ය්යා යන්නිෂ්කලඞ්කා භවේත් තදර්ථං වයං කුත්රාපි විඝ්නං න ජනයාමඃ,
4 Instead, in everything [that we(exc) say and do], we show [people] that we serve God faithfully. We patiently endure [all the things that happen to us. People cause us] many troubles and, as a result, we are anxious [and often do not know what to do].
කින්තු ප්රචුරසහිෂ්ණුතා ක්ලේශෝ දෛන්යං විපත් තාඩනා කාරාබන්ධනං නිවාසහීනත්වං පරිශ්රමෝ ජාගරණම් උපවසනං
5 Sometimes we have been beaten [and bound] {People have beaten [us and tied us]} [with] chains in prison. [Angry mobs] have attacked us, [wanting to kill us]. We have continued working [for God until we had no more strength to work]. We have had many sleepless nights, and we have [often been without food].
නිර්ම්මලත්වං ඥානං මෘදුශීලතා හිතෛෂිතා
6 [All that we think about and all that we do is] pure [in God’s sight]. Knowing [how God wants us to conduct our lives, we do what pleases him]. We are patient [with those who oppose us]. We are kind [to everyone. We depend on] the Holy Spirit [to help us]. We love people sincerely [as God wants us to love them].
පවිත්ර ආත්මා නිෂ්කපටං ප්රේම සත්යාලාප ඊශ්වරීයශක්ති
7 We faithfully teach [the true] message [about Christ], and God [gives us] his power [as we teach it. Like soldiers] using weapons [MET] [in a battle], we, by [living] righteously, [defend God’s message and refute those who attack it].
ර්දක්ෂිණවාමාභ්යාං කරාභ්යාං ධර්ම්මාස්ත්රධාරණං
8 [We serve God faithfully], whether [people] praise us [(exc)] or [whether they] despise us, whether [people say] bad things [about us(exc)] or [whether they say] good things [about us. We keep teaching] the truth, [even though some people say that] we are deceiving [people].
මානාපමානයෝරඛ්යාතිසුඛ්යාත්යෝ ර්භාගිත්වම් ඒතෛඃ සර්ව්වෛරීශ්වරස්ය ප්රශංස්යාන් පරිචාරකාන් ස්වාන් ප්රකාශයාමඃ|
9 [Some people] know [well that we are true servants of God, and yet others], who know us, refuse to [believe that. People have often tried to] kill us [(inc)], yet we are still alive. We have [often] been beaten, but we have not been killed {[People have often] beaten us [(exc)], but [they] have not killed us}.
භ්රමකසමා වයං සත්යවාදිනෝ භවාමඃ, අපරිචිතසමා වයං සුපරිචිතා භවාමඃ, මෘතකල්පා වයං ජීවාමඃ, දණ්ඩ්යමානා වයං න හන්යාමහේ,
10 Although we [(exc)] are often very sad [because people have rejected our message], we are always joyful [because of all that God has done for us]. Even though we [(exc)] are poor, we make [it possible for] many people to be [spiritually] rich. It is true that [in this world] we [(exc)] have nothing [valuable] [HYP], but [because we belong to God’s family], all [that God has] belongs to us.
ශෝකයුක්තාශ්ච වයං සදානන්දාමඃ, දරිද්රා වයං බහූන් ධනිනඃ කුර්ම්මඃ, අකිඤ්චනාශ්ච වයං සර්ව්වං ධාරයාමඃ|
11 You [fellow believers] in Corinth, [I have been] completely honest with you. [I have told you exactly how we(exc) feel about you, that] we love you very much [IDM].
හේ කරින්ථිනඃ, යුෂ්මාකං ප්රති මමාස්යං මුක්තං මමාන්තඃකරණාඤ්ච විකසිතං|
12 We are not [treating you as though we do not] love you, but you are [treating us as though you do] not love us.
යූයං මමාන්තරේ න සඞ්කෝචිතාඃ කිඤ්ච යූයමේව සඞ්කෝචිතචිත්තාඃ|
13 In return [for our loving you, will you not] love [us] [IDM] just as [much as we love you?] I am writing [to you] as if you were my own children.
කින්තු මහ්යං න්යාය්යඵලදානාර්ථං යුෂ්මාභිරපි විකසිතෛ ර්භවිතව්යම් ඉත්යහං නිජබාලකානිව යුෂ්මාන් වදාමි|
14 Do not (team up/have a close relationship) with anyone who does not trust [in Christ. I say this] because we who [trust in Christ and do] what is right should not [RHQ] [want to do things] with wicked people. Or [to say it in another way], just like light and darkness never join together, so [those who belong to Christ and those who belong to Satan should never join together] [RHQ].
අපරම් අප්රත්යයිභිඃ සාර්ද්ධං යූයම් ඒකයුගේ බද්ධා මා භූත, යස්මාද් ධර්ම්මාධර්ම්මයෝඃ කඃ සම්බන්ධෝ(අ)ස්ති? තිමිරේණ සර්ද්ධං ප්රභායා වා කා තුලනාස්ති?
15 There is no [RHQ] agreement of any kind between Christ and Satan. [So], believers have no [RHQ] common [spiritual] interests with unbelievers.
බිලීයාලදේවේන සාකං ඛ්රීෂ්ටස්ය වා කා සන්ධිඃ? අවිශ්වාසිනා සාර්ද්ධං වා විශ්වාසිලෝකස්යාංශඃ කඃ?
16 [Just] as no one would [dare to bring] idols into the Temple [in Jerusalem], believers should never [RHQ] join with those who worship idols. [I say that] because [MET] [the Holy Spirit is in us, and so] we are [like] the Temple of the all-powerful God. [It is] as God himself said [in the Scriptures]: I will live in [my people]. I will always be with/helping them. [They will say to me], “You are our God,” and [I will say to them], “You are my people.”
ඊශ්වරස්ය මන්දිරේණ සහ වා දේවප්රතිමානාං කා තුලනා? අමරස්යේශ්වරස්ය මන්දිරං යූයමේව| ඊශ්වරේණ තදුක්තං යථා, තේෂාං මධ්යේ(අ)හං ස්වාවාසං නිධාස්යාමි තේෂාං මධ්යේ ච යාතායාතං කුර්ව්වන් තේෂාම් ඊශ්වරෝ භවිෂ්යාමි තේ ච මල්ලෝකා භවිෂ්යන්ති|
17 [In another place in the Scriptures we read that] the Lord said: Get away from those who do evil things; keep yourselves separated from them. Do [nothing sinful that would make you] unacceptable to me. Then I will welcome you [as members of my family].
අතෝ හේතෝඃ පරමේශ්වරඃ කථයති යූයං තේෂාං මධ්යාද් බහිර්භූය පෘථග් භවත, කිමප්යමේධ්යං න ස්පෘශත; තේනාහං යුෂ්මාන් ග්රහීෂ්යාමි,
18 [The Lord also said]: I will [care for you] as [MET] a loving father [cares for his children], and [it will be as though] you are my own sons and daughters. I, the all-powerful Lord, am saying this [to you].
යුෂ්මාකං පිතා භවිෂ්යාමි ච, යූයඤ්ච මම කන්යාපුත්රා භවිෂ්යථේති සර්ව්වශක්තිමතා පරමේශ්වරේණෝක්තං|