2 Qorontos 7
1 Kanaafuu yaa jaallatamtoota, nu waan waadaawwan kanneen qabnuuf kottaa Waaqa sodaachaa qulqullina fiixaan baasuudhaan waan foonii fi hafuura xureessu hundumaa irraa of qulqulleessinaa.
My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.
2 Isin garaa nuu balʼadhaa. Nu nama tokko illee hin yakkine; nama tokko illee amala hin balleessine; nama tokko illee gowwoomsinee waa irraa hin fudhanne.
So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).
3 Kana jechuun koos isinitti muruuf miti; nu isin wajjin duʼuu fi jiraachuuf akka isin garaa keenya keessa jirtan ani duraan dursee himeeraatii.
[It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.
4 Ani guddiseen isin amanadha; guddisees isiniin nan boona. Ani baayʼee jajjabeeffameera; rakkina keenya hunda keessattis gammachuun koo hamma hin qabu.
I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.
5 Yeroo Maqedooniyaa dhufnettis nu qixa hundaan dhiphachaa turre malee foon keenya kun boqonnaa hin arganne; alaan lola, keessaan immoo sodaatu nurra ture.
Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].
6 Waaqni warra gaddan jajjabeessu garuu dhufaatii Tiitootiin nu jajjabeesse;
But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.
7 kun immoo isin isa jajjabeessuu keessaniinis malee dhufaatii isaa qofaan miti. Innis na yaaduu keessan, gadduu keessan, hinaaffaa isin naaf qabdan nutti himeera; kanaafuu ani hamma duraa caalaa gammadeera.
I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.
8 Ani yoon xalayaa kootiin isin gaddisiise illee waan kana gochuu kootiif hin gaabbu. Ani yoon gaabbe illee akka xalayaan sun isin gaddisiise nan hubadha; taʼus isin gaddisiisuun isaa yeruma gabaabaaf;
Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.
9 amma garuu sababii isin gadditaniif utuu hin taʼin sababii gaddi keessan gara qalbii jijjiirrachuutti isin geesseef ani nan gammada. Isin akka fedhii Waaqaatti gadditaniitii; kanaafuu isin karaa kamiin iyyuu nuun hin miidhamne.
[So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.
10 Gaddi akka fedhii Waaqaatti taʼu qalbii jijjiirrannaa gara fayyinaatti nama geessu fida malee gaabbii hin fidu; gaddi akka fedhii addunyaatti taʼu garuu duʼa fida.
[The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.
11 Gaddi akka fedhii Waaqaatti taʼe kun tattaaffii akkamii, dandeettii falmachuu akkamii, dheekkamsa akkamii, sodaa akkamii, namaa yaaduu akkamii, hinaaffaa qajeelaa akkamii, murtii qajeelaa akkamii isin keessatti akka uume mee ilaalaa! Isin waan kana irratti karaa hundaan akka qulqulloota taatan mirkaneeffattaniirtu.
But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.
12 Kanaafuu ani isinii barreessu iyyuu, isin fuula Waaqaa duratti hammam akka nuuf of kennitan akka ofuma keessaniin argitaniif malee sababii namicha nama miidheetiif yookaan sababii namicha miidhameetiif miti.
So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].
13 Nuus kana hundaanuu ni jajjabaanna. Jajjabina keenyatti dabalees keessumattuu Tiitoon gammaduu isaa arginee gammanneerra; hafuurri isaa isin hundaan haaromfameeraatii.
So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].
14 Ani isiniin isatti booneen ture; isinis na hin qaanessine. Garuu akkuma wanni nu isinitti himne sun hundi dhugaa taʼe, waaʼee keessan Tiitootti boonuun keenyas akkasuma dhugaa taʼuun isaa mirkanaaʼeera.
I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.
15 Innis ajajamuu hunda keessanii akkasumas sodaa fi hollannaa isin ittiin isa simattan sana yeroo yaadatutti jaalalli inni isiniif qabu isa durii caalaa dabalama.
Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].
16 Ani abdii guutuu isin irraa qaba; kanaafuu nan gammada.
[As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].
