2 Qorontos 9

1 Waaʼee tajaajila qulqullootaaf kennamu kanaa isinii barreessuu na hin barbaachisu.

Now concerning the relief intended for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

2 Ani akka isin gargaaruuf hinaaftan nan beekaatii; anis, “Warri Akaayaa bara darbee jalqabanii gargaarsa kennuuf qophaaʼaniiru” jedhee namoota Maqedooniyaa biratti of jajeen ture; fedhiin keessanis isaan keessaa namoota baayʼee hojiif kakaaseera.

for I know your readiness of mind, which I boast of concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath excited many.

3 Egaa ani akkuman “Isaan qophaaʼaniiru” jedhee dubbadhe sanatti, akka isin qophooftanii argamtaniif malee waaʼee kanaatiif isiniin of jajuun keenya waan akkasumaan dubbatame akka hin taane ani obboloota ergeera.

But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting of you might not become vain in this respect, but that ye might be ready, as I had said:

4 Yoo namoonni Maqedooniyaa kam iyyuu na wajjin dhufanii akka isin hin qophaaʼin argan, nu warri akkas isin amananne iyyuu waaʼee keessan waan jennu dhabnee ni qaanofna.

least if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, we should be ashamed (not to say you also) in this confident boasting.

5 Kanaafuu akka obboloonni kunneen duraan dursanii gara keessan dhufanii kennaa arjummaa kan isin waadaa galtan sana qopheessaniif isaan gorsuun barbaachisaa natti fakkaate. Yoos kennaan sun akka dirqamaatti utuu hin taʼin akka kennaa arjummaatti qopheeffama.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go first to you, and before our coming to collect your bounty beforementioned, that it may be ready, as of munificence, and not of force.

6 Waan kana yaadadhaa: Namni harka isaa utuu hin guutin facaasu utuu harka isaa hin guutin galfata; namni harka isaa guutee facaasu immoo harka isaa guutee galfata.

But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

7 Tokkoon tokkoon namaa utuu sassataan yookaan dirqamaan hin taʼin waan kennuuf garaa keessatti yaade haa kennu; Waaqni nama gammachuun kennu jaallataatii.

Let every one give as he chuses in his own heart; not with reluctance, or constraint: for God loveth a chearful giver.

8 Isin yeroo hundumaa waan hundumaan waan isin barbaachisu hunda qabaattanii hojii gaarii hundumaan akka guutamtaniifis Waaqni ayyaana hunda isinii baayʼisuu ni dandaʼa.

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that having always all sufficiency in every thing, ye may abound in every good work:

9 Kunis akkuma, “Inni ni bittinneesse; hiyyeeyyiif ni kenne; qajeelummaan isaa bara baraan ni jiraata” jedhamee barreeffamee dha. (aiōn g165)

(as it is written, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his righteousness continueth for ever." (aiōn g165)

10 Inni namicha facaasuuf sanyii, kan nyaatuuf immoo buddeena kennu sun isinis akka facaafattaniif sanyii isinii kenna; isinii baayʼisas; ija qajeelummaa keessaniis ni baayʼisa.

And may He, who supplieth seed to the sower, and giveth bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your bounty: )

11 Isinis yeroo hunda akka arjoomtaniif karaa hundaan ni sooromfamtu; arjummaan keessanis karaa keenyaan Waaqaaf galata fida.

being in every thing enriched to all liberality, which produceth through us thanksgiving to God.

12 Tajaajilli isin kennitan kun waan qulqullootaaf barbaachisu guutuu qofa utuu hin taʼin, akka galanni baayʼeen guutee Waaqaaf irra dhangalaʼu taasisa.

For the ministration of this service not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also, through many thanksgivings, to the glory of God.

13 Sababii tajaajila isin ittiin of mirkaneessitan sanaatiin, wangeela Kiristoos lallabuun ajajamuu keessanii fi arjummaan keessan kan isin isaanii fi warra kaan hundaaf arjoomtan sanaaf namoonni Waaqa jajatu.

(While from the experience of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and the liberality of your communication to them, and to all men.)

14 Isaanis kadhannaa isiniif kadhatan keessatti sababii ayyaana guddaa kan Waaqni isinii kenne sanaatiif isin yaadu.

And in their prayer for you, who long after you because of the transcendent grace of God towards you.

15 Kennaa isaa kan ibsamuu hin dandeenye sanaaf galanni Waaqaaf haa taʼu!

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!