२ कोरिन्थी 8

1 भाइहरू हो, माकेडोनियाका मण्डलीहरूलाई परमेश्‍वरले दिनुभएको अनुग्रहको बारेमा तिमीहरूले थाहा पाएको हामी चाहन्छौँ ।

Now, my fellow believers, I want to tell you [what happened because of] God’s [acting] kindly [in the lives] of [the believers in] the congregations [here] in Macedonia [province].

2 कष्‍टको भयङ्कर परीक्षाको समयमा पनि तिनीहरूको प्रशस्तताको शान्ति र घोर दरिद्रताले तिनीहरूमा उदारताको ठुलो धन उत्पन्‍न गरायो ।

Even though [the non-believers here] have been causing the believers to suffer severely, the believers are always very joyful. [Although they] are very poor, [they gave] very generously [to help other believers].

3 म साक्षी छु, कि तिनीहरूले जति सके दिए, र दिन सक्‍नेभन्दा पनि बढ्ता र आफ्नो स्वेच्छाले दिए ।

[I know that this is true], because I have seen for myself that they not only gave [money] [EUP] that they were able [to give], they gave [so much money that they did] not even keep enough [to buy what they needed for themselves]. Without anyone telling them [to share their possessions],

4 तिनीहरूले विश्‍वासीहरूका बिचको सेवामा सहभागिताको अवसरको लागि हामीहरूसँग धेरै बिन्‍ती गरे ।

they themselves kept requesting us to let them participate in what [other believers] are doing in [sending a gift of money to] [EUP] God’s people [in Judea province].

5 यो हामीले आशा गरेबमोजिम भएन । बरु, तिनीहरूले पहिले आफैँलाई प्रभुमा सुम्पिदिए । त्यसपछि परमेश्‍वरको इच्छाअनुसार आफैँलाई हामीकहाँ सुम्पिदिए ।

I thought [that they would give only a little of their money, but] they did much [more than that]. First, they told the Lord [Jesus] that they wanted to do [what pleases him. After that, they told] me that they wanted to do [whatever I thought was good for them to do, because they were sure that] would be what God [wanted them to do].

6 त्यसपछि तीतसले यो काम अघिबाटै सुरु गरेको हुनाले उदारताको यो काम तिमीहरूका माझमा पनि पुरा गरुन् भनेर हामीले तिनलाई अनुरोध गर्‍यौँ ।

So, because Titus was the one who [helped you to] begin [gathering the money] [EUP, MTY] for your gift, I urged him to also [help you] finish [collecting the rest of] your generous and loving gift.

7 तर तिमीहरू सबै कुरामा बढेर गएका छौ, अर्थात् विश्‍वासमा, बोलीवचनमा, ज्ञानमा, सबै लगावमा र हामी प्रतिको प्रेममा । त्यसकारण, उदारको यो काममा पनि तिनीहरू बढेर जाने कुरामा ख्याल राख ।

You are doing very well in so many [other] ways. [God’s Spirit enables you to] believe that [God] will [do miracles. His Spirit has given you the ability to] tell [God’s message to others. His Spirit makes you able to] know things that he reveals to you. You eagerly [want to help people], and you love us [(exc)] very much. [So now], try to also do well in getting your generous [gift of money] [EUP] [ready to send to the believers in Judea province].

8 म यसलाई आज्ञाको रूपमा भन्दिनँ । बरु, अरू मानिसहरूको तत्परतासँग तिमीहरूको इमानदारी तुलना गरेर जाँच्नको निम्ति म यो भन्छु ।

I am not commanding you [to do this]. But [because I have seen how believers in] other [places] are eager [to help other believers who do not have] ([what they need/enough to live on]), I want you similarly to show that you love others sincerely.

9 किनकि हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्‍टको अनुग्रह तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ । उहाँ धनी हुनुभए तापनि तिमीहरूका खातिर गरिब हुनुभयो, ताकि उहाँको गरिबीबाट तिमीहरू धनी बन्‍न सक ।

You already know [how much] our Lord Jesus [did for you] that you did not deserve. Everything [in heaven] belonged to him. But in order to benefit you, [he left all of those things behind and became a human being. Here on earth he had] very few possessions [of his own]. But because he became poor like that, he is [able to cause] you [(pl)] to become [spiritually] rich.

10 यस कुरामा म तिमीहरूलाई सल्लाह दिन्छु जसले तिमीहरूलाई सहयोग मिल्नेछ । एक वर्षअघि तिमीहरूले केही कुरा सुरु मात्र गरेनौ, तर त्यो गर्ने चाहना पनि गर्‍यौ ।

So, [as you think of our Lord’s example, I will tell you] what I think that you should do in this matter [of giving money. As you know], last year, because you desired [to give money to help God’s people in Judea province], you began [collecting money] [EUP].

11 अब यसलाई पुरा गर । जसरी त्यस बेला तिमीहरूमा केही गर्ने इच्छा र चाहना थियो, तिमीहरूले त्यसलाई पुरा गर्न पनि जति सक्दो प्रयास गर ।

So now you should finish [collecting] the money [EUP] that you began [to gather]. In that way, [everyone will know that you are just] as ready to finish [collecting this gift] as you were to begin collecting it. Give what you are able to give.

12 किनकि यदि तिमीहरू यो काम गर्न इच्छुक छौ भने, यो असल र ग्रहणयोग्य कुरा हो । यो कुनै व्यक्‍तिसँग भएको कुरामा त्यसमा भर पर्नुपर्छ, उसँग नभएको कुरामा होइन ।

[Keep in mind that] if you really want to [give something to help others], whatever any one of you is [able to give] will be pleasing [to God. God does not expect his people to give more] than they can afford to give.

13 किनकि यो काम तिमीहरूलाई भार होस् र अरूलाई हलुका होस् भनेर होइन । बरु, निष्पक्षता हुनुपर्छ ।

I do not mean that [you should give so much to help others that] you yourselves do not have what you need. No, what I want is that [both you and others] will have what [you need].

14 तिमीहरूमा अहिले भएको प्रशस्तताले तिनीहरूको आवश्यकता पुरा गर्नेछ । यो यसकारणले पनि हो कि तिनीहरूका प्रशस्तताबाट तिमीहरूका आवश्यकताहरू पुरा हुन सकोस् र समानता कायम होस् ।

Right now, when you have (more [than you need/] ) and [the believers in Judea] do not have (enough/all that they need), [with your gift you will enable them to have enough. Maybe some day] when you do not have (enough/all that you need) and they have more than they need, they will [be able to] help you. Then everyone will have enough (OR, In that way each will share alike).

15 यसरी लेखिएको छः “धेरै हुनेसँग केही बाँकी रहेन, र थोरै हुनेसँग कुनै अभाव भएन ।”

[If that happens, the result will be like it is written] {[like someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about the time when God provided manna for his people], If someone gathered a lot [of manna], he still did not have more than he needed, [because he gave some to someone who did not have enough]. And those who gathered only a little [manna] still had all that they needed [LIT], [because others who gathered more than they needed gave some manna to them].

16 तर परमेश्‍वरलाई धन्यवाद होस्, जसले तीतसको हृदयमा पनि मेरो जस्तै साँचो फिक्रीको मन हालिदिनुभयो ।

[So now I am sending Titus to visit you again]. God has caused him to be just as eager [to help you prepare your gift] as I am. I thank God for that.

17 किनकि तिनले हाम्रो अनुरोधलाई ग्रहण मात्र गरेनन्, तर उनी यसप्रति धेरै उत्साहित पनि भए । तिनी आफ्नै स्वतन्त्र इच्छाले तिमीहरूकहाँ आए ।

[He is going there], not only because we urged him to go, but because he himself is very eager [to visit you again].

18 सुसमाचार प्रचार गर्ने काममा सबैका माझमा प्रख्यात भएका एक भाइलाई पनि हामीले तिनको साथमा पठाएका छौँ ।

I am sending with Titus another believer [whom you know well]. All the groups of believers [in this area] think highly of him because he has [faithfully taught] the good message [about Christ].

19 त्यति मात्र होइन, तिनी हाम्रो यो उदारताको काममा हामीसँगै यात्रा गर्नको निम्ति मण्डलीहरूद्वारा छानिएका थिए । यो परमेश्‍वरको आफ्नै आदर र सहयोग गर्ने हाम्रो उत्कट इच्छाको निम्ति हो ।

Not only that, but he was appointed by the congregations [in this area] {the congregations [in this area] appointed him} to [go] to Jerusalem with us [(exc)]. He [will go] with us [when we take] the generous gift of money [EUP] [to the believers in Jerusalem. We are taking this] gift to honor the Lord [Jesus] and to show them that we all [very much] want to [help them].

20 हामीले गरिरहेको यो उदारताको कामको विषयमा कसैले गर्ने उजुरीको सम्भावनालाई हामी पन्छाइरहेका छौँ ।

[The believers have] given money [EUP] generously. So, [by sending that fellow believer along with Titus] to take the money [to Jerusalem], we are trying to make sure that no one will be able to accuse us [(exc) of taking some of the money for ourselves].

21 हामी परमप्रभुको अगाडि मात्र होइन, तर मानिसहरूका अघि पनि आदरणीय भएको कुरा गर्ने कुरामा ख्याल राख्छौँ ।

[I say that] because we [(exc)] want to make sure that the Lord [God] will see that what we [(exc)] do is right, and other people will see it, too.

22 हामी अर्को भाइलाई पनि तिनीहरूसँग पठाउँदै छौँ । हामीले तिनको धेरै पल्ट जाँच गर्‍यौँ र हामीले तिनलाई धेरै काममा जोसिलो भएको भेट्टायौँ । तिमीहरूप्रति भएको भरोसाको कारण तिनी अहिले झन् मेहनती भएका छन् ।

Furthermore, there is also another believer [here] whom we are sending [to you along with the two] men [whom I have just mentioned]. Many times I have seen his good work [for the Lord], and I know that he is eager [to serve the Lord]. Now, because he knows for sure that you [want to give this gift the same as other believers do], he is even more eager than he was before [to go with the two other men].

23 तीतसको सन्दर्भमा भन्‍नुपर्दा, तिमीहरूको निम्ति तिनी मेरा साझेदार र सहकर्मी हुन् । भाइहरूचाहिँ मण्डलीहरूबाट पठाइएका हुन् । तिनीहरू ख्रीष्‍टका महिमा हुन् ।

As for Titus, [I have chosen him because] he is my partner, and he has worked faithfully with me [to help you]. As for the other two men, the congregations [in this area] are sending them as their messengers. These two men honor Christ [by everything they do].

24 त्यसैले, तिनीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको प्रेम देखाओ, र तिमीहरूका विषयमा गरिएको हाम्रो गर्वको कारण मण्डलीहरूलाई देखाओ ।

So then, show them that you truly love [others], and [in that way] help other congregations to understand [why] we [(exc)] are always saying such good things about you.