2 Korint 8
1 Frè m' yo, mwen ta renmen nou konnen ki jan Bondye te fè wè favè l' nan legliz ki nan peyi Masedwan yo.
Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,
2 Patizan Kris yo te pase anba anpil eprèv avèk tout soufrans ki te tonbe sou yo. Men, yo te sitèlman kontan, yo te moutre jan yo ka bay ak tout kè yo, malgre yo te nan nesesite.
how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.
3 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: yo bay sa yo te kapab, yo menm bay pase sa yo te kapab. San moun pa fòse yo,
For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
4 se yo menm menm ki mande, se yo menm menm ki plede ak nou pou nou ba yo privilèj patisipe nan sekou n'ap voye pou manm pèp Bondye nan peyi Jide a.
begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the holy ones.
5 Sa depase sa nou te kwè a anpil: yo ofri tèt yo bay Seyè a anvan. Apre sa, yo ofri tèt yo ban nou jan Bondye vle l' la.
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.
6 Se konsa, mwen mande Tit pou li al lakay nou pou l' ka kontinye travay li te kòmanse a, pou nou ka bay sa nou gen pou n' bay la ak tout kè nou.
So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
7 Wi, nou rich sou tout pwen, kit se nan lafwa, kit se nan konn pale byen, kit se nan kònesans verite a, kit se nan aktivite nou pou Bondye, kit se nan renmen nou gen pou mwen. Se poutèt sa mwen ta renmen wè nou bay ak tout kè nou pou zèv sa a tankou moun ki rich.
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.
8 Se pa yon lòd m'ap ban nou: Men, mwen pran egzanp sou lòt yo pou nou menm tou nou ka moutre jan nou gen renmen tout bon nan kè nou.
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
9 Nou konnen ki favè Jezikri, Seyè a, fè nou. Li menm ki te rich, li fè tèt li tounen pòv pou nou. Konsa, lè l' fè tèt li tounen pòv la, li fè nou rich.
For you know the grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 Men lide mwen fè sou keksyon sa a. Depi lanne pase anwo, se nou menm an premye ki te fè lide ede frè yo. Se nou menm an premye ki te kòmanse ranmase lajan pou sa.
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.
11 Koulye a, se pou n' kontinye fin fè jès la nèt. Menm jan nou te mete tout kè nou lè nou t'ap pran desizyon fè l' la, mete tout kè nou pou nou fini ak sa, dapre mwayen nou.
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.
12 Paske si nou mete tout kè nou pou nou bay, Bondye ap asepte kado nou bay la. L'ap gade sou sa nou genyen, li p'ap gade sou sa nou pa genyen.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
13 Sa pa vle di se pou nou mete tèt nou nan lamizè lè n'ap soulaje lòt moun. Men, se pou tout moun menm jan.
For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
14 Si koulye a nou gen anpil, se pou n' ede sa ki nan nesesite yo. Si yon jou pita nou vin nan nesesite, epi yo menm yo gen anpil, lè sa a y'a kapab ede nou tou. Konsa tout moun va menm jan,
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 dapre sa ki te ekri nan Liv la: Moun ki te ranmase plis yo pa t' gen twòp. Moun ki te ranmase pi piti yo pa t' manke anyen.
As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
16 Ann di Bondye mèsi, li menm ki fè Tit devwe pou nou, menm jan avè mwen!
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
17 Tit te asepte fè sa m' te mande l' fè a. Men, li te sitèlman prese vin ede nou, se li menm menm ki pran desizyon ale lakay nou.
For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
18 Nou voye yon frè avè li. Tout moun nan legliz yo ap nonmen non frè sa a pou jan l' travay pou anonse bon nouvèl la.
We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known throughout all the assemblies.
19 Apre sa, se legliz yo menm ki te chwazi l' pou vwayaje ansanm ak nou, pou ede ranmase lajan nou t'ap bay la. Lajan sa a gen pou sèvi yon lwanj pou Bondye, anmenmtan l'ap fè wè jan nou vle ede vre.
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.
20 Nou pran tout prekosyon sa yo pou moun pa jwenn repwòch pou yo fè nou pou gwo lajan sa a ki nan men nou an.
We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.
21 N'ap chache fè tout bagay pwòp, pa sèlman devan Bondye, men devan tout moun tou.
Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22 N'ap voye yon lòt nan frè nou yo ak yo tou. Nou te swiv frè sa a anpil, li toujou moutre anpil devouman nan sèvis la. Men, koulye a li gen plis devouman toujou pou jan li fè nou konfyans anpil.
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.
23 Konsa, Tit se yon bon zanmi m' k'ap travay ansanm avè m' pou nou. Pou lòt frè ki avè l' yo, se legliz yo ki voye yo. Se yon lwanj pou Kris la.
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the emissaries of the assemblies, the glory of Messiah.
24 Fè yo wè jan nou renmen yo, pou legliz yo ka sèten nou renmen yo, pou yo ka konnen mwen gen rezòn pale byen pou nou konsa.
Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.
