2 Qorontos 8
1 Yaa obboloota, waaʼee ayyaana Waaqni waldoota kiristaanaa Maqedooniyaatiif kennee isin akka beektan ni barbaanna.
We want to remind you, friends, of the love that God has shown to the churches in Macedonia –
2 Isaanis utuu dhiphina baayʼeen qoramuutti jiranuu, baayʼinni gammachuu isaaniitii fi akka malee deeguun isaanii arjummaa isaanii baayʼiseera.
How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity.
3 Ani akka isaan hamma dandeettii isaanii, dandeettii isaaniitii olis fedhii isaaniitiin kennan dhugaa nan baʼaatii. Isaan guutumaan guutuutti ofuma isaaniitiin
I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,
4 carraa qulqulloota tajaajiluu kana keessatti akka hirmaatan cimsanii nu kadhatan.
and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.
5 Isaan garuu duraan dursanii Gooftaaf, ergasii immoo fedhii Waaqaatiin nuuf of kennan malee akka nu eegne hin goone.
And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with God’s will.
6 Kanaafuu Tiitoon akkuma duraan jalqabe sana hojii arjummaa kana gama keessaniin akka fiixaan baasuuf isa kadhanne.
And this led us to beg Titus, that since he had started the work for you, he should also see to the completion of this expression of your love.
7 Isin garuu akkuma waan hundaan jechuunis amantiin, dubbiin, beekumsaan, tattaaffii guutuu fi jaalala nuuf qabdaniin caaltan sana, kennaa arjummaa kaaniinis akka caaltan mirkaneessaa.
And, remembering how you excel in everything – in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you – I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.
8 Ani tattaaffii namoota kaaniitiin wal bira qabee jaalalli keessan dhugaa taʼuu isaa qoruu barbaadeeti malee isin ajajaa hin jiru.
I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.
9 Isin ayyaana Gooftaa keenya Yesuus Kiristoos ni beektuutii; inni utuu sooressa taʼee jiruu akka isin hiyyummaa isaatiin sooromtaniif isiniif jedhee hiyyoome.
For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ – how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.
10 Waan kana irratti gorsi ani waaʼee waan hunda caalaa isiniif wayyuu irratti kennu kanaa dha. Isin waggaa darbe kennuu qofaan utuu hin taʼin fedhii kennuuf qabdaniinis kanneen jalqabaa turtan.
I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.
11 Ammas fedhiin cimaan isin hojii sanaaf qabdan isa fiixa baasuu keessaniin akka mirkanaaʼuuf waanuma qabdaniin hojii sana fiixaan baasaa.
And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness – in proportion, of course, to your means.
12 Erga fedhiin jiraate kennaan sun akkuma waan namni qabuutti fudhatama malee akka waan namni hin qabneetti miti.
For, where there is willingness, a person’s gift is valued by its comparison with what they have, and not with what they do not have.
13 Fedhiin keenya akka isin rakkattanii warra kaanitti immoo toluuf utuu hin taʼin akka wal qixxummaan jiraatuuf.
For our object is not to give relief to others and bring distress on you. It is a matter of a fair balance.
14 Akka wanti isaan irraa hafu hirʼina keessan guutuuf, yeroo ammaa wanti isin irraa hafu hirʼina isaanii ni guuta. Yoos wal qixxummaan ni jiraata;
On this occasion what you can spare will supply what they need, at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and so things will be equal.
15 kunis akkuma, “Isa baayʼee walitti qabateef baayʼeen hin hafne; isa xinnoo walitti qabatettis wanni tokko iyyuu hin hirʼanne” jedhamee barreeffamee dha.
As scripture says – ‘Those who had much had nothing over, and those who had little did not lack!’
16 Waaqa yaaduma ani isiniif qabu garaa Tiitoo keessa kaaʼe sana nan galateeffadha.
I thank God for inspiring Titus with the same keen interest in your welfare that I have;
17 Tiitoon gorsa keenya fudhachuu qofaan utuu hin taʼin fedhii guddaan ofuma isaatiin kaʼee gara keessan dhufaa jiraatii.
for Titus has responded to my appeals and, in his great earnestness, is starting to go to you of his own accord.
18 Nus obboleessa tajaajila wangeelaatiin waldoota kiristaanaa hundaan jajame sana isa wajjin ni ergina.
We are sending with him one of the Lord’s followers whose fame in the service of the good news has spread through all the churches;
19 Kana malees inni hojii nu ulfina Gooftaatii fi fedhii gaarii qabnu mulʼisuuf hojjennu keessatti akka nu wajjin deemuuf waldoota kiristaanaatiin filatameera.
and not only that, but he has been elected by the churches to accompany us on our journey, in connexion with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honor of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.
20 Nu kennaa arjummaa kana hojii irra oolchuu keessatti akka namni kam iyyuu maqaa nu hin balleessine of eegganna.
What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;
21 Nu utuu fuula Gooftaa qofa duratti hin taʼin fuula namootaa durattis waan qajeelaa hojjechuuf tattaaffanna.
for we are trying to make arrangements which will be right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of people.
22 Kana malees obboleessa keenya isa nu yeroo baayʼee waan hedduun qorree nama hisataa taʼuu isaa mirkaneeffanne sana isaan wajjin ergineerra; innis waan amantii guddaa isin irraa qabuuf kan duraa caalaa ni yaada.
We are also sending with them another of our friends, whose earnestness we have many a time proved in many ways, and whom we now find made even more earnest by his great confidence in you.
23 Waaʼee Tiitoo irratti, inni garee koo kan na wajjin isin gidduu hojjetuu dha; waaʼee obboloota keenyaa immoo isaan bakka buʼoota waldoota kiristaanaatii fi ulfina Kiristoos.
If I must say anything about Titus, he is my intimate companion, and he shares my work for you; if it is our friends, they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ.
24 Kanaafuu akka waldoonni kiristaanaa arguu dandaʼaniif dhugaa jaalala keessaniitii fi sababii nu isiniin of jajnuuf namoota kanneenitti argisiisaa.
Show them, therefore – so that the churches may see it – the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.
