Προς Κορινθιους Β΄ 8
1 Γνωρίζομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δεδομένην ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τῆς Μακεδονίας
he bhrātaraḥ, mākidaniyādeśasthāsu samitiṣu prakāśito ya īśvarasyānugrahastamahaṁ yuṣmān jñāpayāmi|
2 ὅτι ἐν πολλῇ δοκιμῇ θλίψεως ἡ περισσεία τῆς χαρᾶς αὐτῶν καὶ ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία αὐτῶν ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς (τὸ πλοῦτος *N(k)O*) τῆς ἁπλότητος αὐτῶν,
vastuto bahukleśaparīkṣāsamaye teṣāṁ mahānando'tīvadīnatā ca vadānyatāyāḥ pracuraphalam aphalayatāṁ|
3 ὅτι κατὰ δύναμιν, μαρτυρῶ, καὶ (παρὰ *N(k)O*) δύναμιν αὐθαίρετοι,
te svecchayā yathāśakti kiñcātiśakti dāna udyuktā abhavan iti mayā pramāṇīkriyate|
4 μετὰ πολλῆς παρακλήσεως δεόμενοι ἡμῶν τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους (δέξασθαι ἡμᾶς, *K*)
vayañca yat pavitralokebhyasteṣāṁ dānam upakārārthakam aṁśanañca gṛhlāmastad bahununayenāsmān prārthitavantaḥ|
5 καὶ οὐ καθὼς ἠλπίσαμεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς ἔδωκαν πρῶτον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ
vayaṁ yādṛk pratyai̤kṣāmahi tādṛg akṛtvā te'gre prabhave tataḥ param īśvarasyecchayāsmabhyamapi svān nyavedayan|
6 εἰς τὸ παρακαλέσαι ἡμᾶς Τίτον, ἵνα καθὼς προενήρξατο οὕτως καὶ ἐπιτελέσῃ εἰς ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν χάριν ταύτην.
ato hetostvaṁ yathārabdhavān tathaiva karinthināṁ madhye'pi tad dānagrahaṇaṁ sādhayeti yuṣmān adhi vayaṁ tītaṁ prārthayāmahi|
7 ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐν παντὶ περισσεύετε, πίστει καὶ λόγῳ καὶ γνώσει καὶ πάσῃ σπουδῇ καὶ τῇ ἐξ (ἡμῶν *N(K)O*) ἐν (ὑμῖν *N(K)O*) ἀγάπῃ, ἵνα καὶ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ χάριτι περισσεύητε.
ato viśvāso vākpaṭutā jñānaṁ sarvvotsāho 'smāsu prema caitai rguṇai ryūyaṁ yathāparān atiśedhve tathaivaitena guṇenāpyatiśedhvaṁ|
8 οὐ κατ᾽ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἑτέρων σπουδῆς καὶ τὸ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀγάπης γνήσιον δοκιμάζων·
etad aham ājñayā kathayāmīti nahi kintvanyeṣām utsāhakāraṇād yuṣmākamapi premnaḥ sāralyaṁ parīkṣitumicchatā mayaitat kathyate|
9 γινώσκετε γὰρ τὴν χάριν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι δι᾽ ὑμᾶς ἐπτώχευσεν πλούσιος ὤν, ἵνα ὑμεῖς τῇ ἐκείνου πτωχείᾳ πλουτήσητε.
yūyañcāsmatprabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasyānugrahaṁ jānītha yatastasya nirdhanatvena yūyaṁ yad dhanino bhavatha tadarthaṁ sa dhanī sannapi yuṣmatkṛte nirdhano'bhavat|
10 καὶ γνώμην ἐν τούτῳ δίδωμι· τοῦτο γὰρ ὑμῖν συμφέρει, οἵτινες οὐ μόνον τὸ ποιῆσαι ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ θέλειν προενήρξασθε ἀπὸ πέρυσι.
etasmin ahaṁ yuṣmān svavicāraṁ jñāpayāmi| gataṁ saṁvatsaram ārabhya yūyaṁ kevalaṁ karmma karttaṁ tannahi kintvicchukatāṁ prakāśayitumapyupākrābhyadhvaṁ tato heto ryuṣmatkṛte mama mantraṇā bhadrā|
11 νυνὶ δὲ καὶ τὸ ποιῆσαι ἐπιτελέσατε, ὅπως καθάπερ ἡ προθυμία τοῦ θέλειν οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἐπιτελέσαι ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν.
ato 'dhunā tatkarmmasādhanaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ kriyatāṁ tena yadvad icchukatāyām utsāhastadvad ekaikasya sampadanusāreṇa karmmasādhanam api janiṣyate|
12 εἰ γὰρ ἡ προθυμία πρόκειται, καθὸ ἐὰν ἔχῃ (τις, *k*) εὐπρόσδεκτος, οὐ καθὸ οὐκ ἔχει.
yasmin icchukatā vidyate tena yanna dhāryyate tasmāt so'nugṛhyata iti nahi kintu yad dhāryyate tasmādeva|
13 οὐ γὰρ ἵνα ἄλλοις ἄνεσις, ὑμῖν (δὲ *k*) θλῖψις,
yata itareṣāṁ virāmeṇa yuṣmākañca kleśena bhavitavyaṁ tannahi kintu samatayaiva|
14 ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ ἰσότητος· ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ τὸ ὑμῶν περίσσευμα εἰς τὸ ἐκείνων ὑστέρημα, ἵνα καὶ τὸ ἐκείνων περίσσευμα γένηται εἰς τὸ ὑμῶν ὑστέρημα, ὅπως γένηται ἰσότης
varttamānasamaye yuṣmākaṁ dhanādhikyena teṣāṁ dhananyūnatā pūrayitavyā tasmāt teṣāmapyādhikyena yuṣmākaṁ nyūnatā pūrayiṣyate tena samatā janiṣyate|
15 καθὼς γέγραπται· ὁ τὸ πολὺ οὐκ ἐπλεόνασεν καὶ ὁ τὸ ὀλίγον οὐκ ἠλαττόνησεν.
tadeva śāstre'pi likhitam āste yathā, yenādhikaṁ saṁgṛhītaṁ tasyādhikaṁ nābhavat yena cālpaṁ saṁgṛhītaṁ tasyālpaṁ nābhavat|
16 Χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ τῷ (δόντι *N(k)O*) τὴν αὐτὴν σπουδὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ Τίτου,
yuṣmākaṁ hitāya tītasya manasi ya īśvara imam udyogaṁ janitavān sa dhanyo bhavatu|
17 ὅτι τὴν μὲν παράκλησιν ἐδέξατο, σπουδαιότερος δὲ ὑπάρχων αὐθαίρετος ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
tīto'smākaṁ prārthanāṁ gṛhītavān kiñca svayam udyuktaḥ san svecchayā yuṣmatsamīpaṁ gatavān|
18 συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ διὰ πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.
tena saha yo'para eko bhrātāsmābhiḥ preṣitaḥ susaṁvādāt tasya sukhyātyā sarvvāḥ samitayo vyāptāḥ|
19 οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ χειροτονηθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν συνέκδημος ἡμῶν (σὺν *NK(o)*) τῇ χάριτι ταύτῃ τῇ διακονουμένῃ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν πρὸς τὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου δόξαν καὶ προθυμίαν (ἡμῶν. *N(K)O*)
prabho rgauravāya yuṣmākam icchukatāyai ca sa samitibhiretasyai dānasevāyai asmākaṁ saṅgitve nyayojyata|
20 στελλόμενοι τοῦτο, μή τις ἡμᾶς μωμήσηται ἐν τῇ ἁδρότητι ταύτῃ τῇ διακονουμένῃ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν·
yato yā mahopāyanasevāsmābhi rvidhīyate tāmadhi vayaṁ yat kenāpi na nindyāmahe tadarthaṁ yatāmahe|
21 (προνοοῦμεν *N(k)O*) (γὰρ *no*) καλὰ οὐ μόνον ἐνώπιον κυρίου ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνώπιον ἀνθρώπων.
yataḥ kevalaṁ prabhoḥ sākṣāt tannahi kintu mānavānāmapi sākṣāt sadācāraṁ karttum ālocāmahe|
22 συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν, ὃν ἐδοκιμάσαμεν ἐν πολλοῖς πολλάκις σπουδαῖον ὄντα, νυνὶ δὲ πολὺ σπουδαιότερον πεποιθήσει πολλῇ τῇ εἰς ὑμᾶς.
tābhyāṁ sahāpara eko yo bhrātāsmābhiḥ preṣitaḥ so'smābhi rbahuviṣayeṣu bahavārān parīkṣita udyogīva prakāśitaśca kintvadhunā yuṣmāsu dṛḍhaviśvāsāt tasyotsāho bahu vavṛdhe|
23 εἴτε ὑπὲρ Τίτου, κοινωνὸς ἐμὸς καὶ εἰς ὑμᾶς συνεργός· εἴτε ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν, ἀπόστολοι ἐκκλησιῶν, δόξα Χριστοῦ.
yadi kaścit tītasya tattvaṁ jijñāsate tarhi sa mama sahabhāgī yuṣmanmadhye sahakārī ca, aparayo rbhrātrostattvaṁ vā yadi jijñāsate tarhi tau samitīnāṁ dūtau khrīṣṭasya pratibimbau ceti tena jñāyatāṁ|
24 τὴν οὖν ἔνδειξιν τῆς ἀγάπης ὑμῶν καὶ ἡμῶν καυχήσεως ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν εἰς αὐτοὺς (ἐνδεικνύμενοι *N(k)O*) (καὶ *k*) εἰς πρόσωπον τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.
ato hetoḥ samitīnāṁ samakṣaṁ yuṣmatpremno'smākaṁ ślāghāyāśca prāmāṇyaṁ tān prati yuṣmābhiḥ prakāśayitavyaṁ|
