2 Corinthians 8
1 Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú, ará, àwa ń sọ fún yín ní ti oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run tí a fífún àwọn ìjọ Makedonia.
Moreover we make known unto you, brethren, the favour of God which hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, —
2 Bí ó ti jẹ́ pé a dán wọn wò nípa ìpọ́njú, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ayọ̀ àti àìlódiwọ̀n àìní wọn ti kún àkúnwọ́sílẹ̀ nínú ọ̀rọ̀ ìlawọ́ wọn.
That, in a great testing of tribulation, the superabounding of their joy and their deep destitution, superabounded unto the riches of their liberality;
3 Nítorí mo jẹ́rìí pé gẹ́gẹ́ bí agbára wọn, àní ju agbára wọn, wọ́n ṣe é láti ìfẹ́ inú ara wọn.
That, according to power, I bear witness, and beyond power, of their own accord, [they acted], —
4 Wọ́n ń fi ẹ̀bẹ̀ púpọ̀ rọ̀ wá ní ti ẹ̀bùn àtinúwá yìí, láti ba à lè ní ìpín nínú iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ fún àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́.
With much exhortation, entreating of us the favour and the fellowship of the ministry which was for the saints; —
5 Àti èyí, kì í ṣe bí àwa tí rò rí, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n tètè kọ́ fi àwọn fúnra wọn fún Olúwa, àti fún wá, nípa ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run.
And, not merely as we hoped, but, themselves, gave they, first, unto the Lord and unto us through God’s will,
6 Tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwa fi gba Titu níyànjú pé, bí ó tí bẹ̀rẹ̀ náà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ó sì parí ẹ̀bùn ọ̀fẹ́ yìí nínú yín pẹ̀lú.
To the end we should exhort Titus, in order that, according as he before made a beginning, so, he should also complete unto you this favour also.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin ti pọ̀ lóhùn gbogbo, ní ìgbàgbọ́, àti ọ̀rọ̀ àti ìmọ̀, àti nínú iṣẹ́ ìyìnrere gbogbo, àti ní ìfẹ́ yín sí wa, ẹ rí i wí pé ẹ̀yin pọ̀ sí i nínú ẹ̀bùn ọ̀fẹ́ yìí pẹ̀lú.
But, just as, in everything, ye superabound, —in faith, and discourse, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in the love among you which proceedeth from us, in order that, in this favour also, ye would superabound.
8 Kì í ṣe nípa àṣẹ ni mo fi ń sọ ọ́, ṣùgbọ́n kí a lè rí ìdí òtítọ́ ìfẹ́ yín pẹ̀lú, nípa iṣẹ́ ìyìnrere ẹlòmíràn.
Not by way of injunction, do I speak, but through, others’, earnestness, and, the genuineness of your own love, putting to the test.
9 Nítorí ẹ̀yin mọ oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Olúwa wa Jesu Kristi, pé bí òun ti jẹ́ ọlọ́rọ̀ rí ṣùgbọ́n nítorí yín ó di tálákà kí a lè sọ yín di ọlọ́rọ̀ nípa àìní rẹ̀.
For ye are taking knowledge of the favour of our Lord Jesus [Christ], —how that, for your sakes, he became destitute—although he was, rich, in order that, ye, by his destitution, might be enriched.
10 Àti nínú èyí ni mo fi ìmọ̀ràn mi fún yín, nítorí èyí ṣe àǹfààní fún yín, ẹ̀yin tí ó kọ́kọ́ bẹ̀rẹ̀ níwọ̀n ọdún tí ó kọjá, kì í ṣe láti ṣe nǹkan, ṣùgbọ́n láti fẹ́ pẹ̀lú.
And, a judgment, herein, do I give, —for, this, unto you, is profitable, —who, indeed, not only of the doing, but of the desiring, made for yourselves a beginning a year ago; —
11 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, ẹ parí ṣíṣe iṣẹ́ náà pẹ̀lú; kí ó ba à lè ṣe pé, bí ìpinnu fún ṣíṣe ti wà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ìparí sì wà láti inú agbára yín.
Howbeit, now, the doing also, complete ye, in order that, even according to the forwardness of the desiring, so, may be the completing—out of what ye have.
12 Nítorí bí ìpinnu bá wà ṣáájú, ó jásí ìtẹ́wọ́gbà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí ènìyàn bá ní, kì í ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí kò ní.
For, if the forwardness is set forth, according to what one may have, he is well approved, not according to what one hath not.
13 Nítorí èmi kò fẹ́ kí àwọn ẹlòmíràn wà ní ìrọ̀rùn, kí ó sì jẹ́ ìpọ́njú fún yín, ṣùgbọ́n pé nípa mímú dọ́gba.
For, not that unto others should be relief, and unto you distress [do I speak], but, by equality, in the present season, your surplus for their deficiency, —
14 Ní àkókò yìí, pé kí àníṣẹ́kù yín lè ṣe déédé àìní wọn, kí àníṣẹ́kù tiwọn pẹ̀lú ba à lè ṣe déédé àìní yín, kí ìmúdọ́gba ba à lè wà.
In order that their surplus may come to be for your deficiency: that there may come about an equality: —
15 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Ẹni tí ó kó púpọ̀ kò ní púpọ̀ jù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹni tí ó kó ìwọ̀nba kò ní kéré jù.”
Even as it is written—He that [gathered] the much, had not more than enough, and, he that [gathered] the little, had not less,
16 Ṣùgbọ́n ọpẹ́ ní fún Ọlọ́run ẹni tí ó fi ìtara àníyàn kan náà yìí sí ọkàn Titu fún yín.
Thanks, however, unto God!—who is putting the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus,
17 Nítorí kì í ṣe pé òun gba ọ̀rọ̀ ìyànjú wa nìkan ni; ṣùgbọ́n bí òun ti ní ìtara púpọ̀, òun tìkára rẹ̀ tọ̀ yín wá, fúnra rẹ̀.
In that, though, indeed, the exhortation, he welcomed; yet already being, greatly in earnest, of his own accord, hath he gone forth unto you.
18 Àwa ti rán arákùnrin náà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, ìyìn ẹni tí ó wà nínú ìyìnrere yíká gbogbo ìjọ.
Howbeit, we also set forward, with him, the brother, whose praise in the Glad Tidings, [hath gone] through all the assemblies: —
19 Kì í sì í ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí a tí yàn wá pẹ̀lú láti ọ̀dọ̀ ìjọ láti máa bá wa rìn kiri nínú ọ̀rọ̀ oore-ọ̀fẹ́ yìí, tí àwa ń ṣe ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ fún ògo Olúwa àti ìmúra ìtara wa.
Not only so, however, but he hath also been appointed by the assemblies, as a fellow-traveler with us in this favour, which is being ministered by us with a view to the Lord’s glory and our earnest desire: —
20 Àwa ń yẹra fún èyí, kí ẹnikẹ́ni má ba à rí wí sí wa ní ti ẹ̀bùn àtinúwá yìí tí àwa pín.
Arranging this—lest anyone, upon us, should cast blame, in this munificence which is being ministered by us;
21 Àwa ń gbèrò ohun rere, kì í ṣe níwájú Olúwa nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n níwájú ènìyàn pẹ̀lú.
For we provide things honourable, not only before [the] Lord, but also before men.
22 Àwa sì ti rán arákùnrin wa pẹ̀lú wọn, ẹni tí àwa rí dájú nígbà púpọ̀ pé ó ní ìtara nínú ohun púpọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ní ìsinsin yìí ni ìtara rẹ̀ túbọ̀ pọ̀ sí i nípa ìfọkàntán ńlá tí ó ní sí yín.
Moreover we have set forward, with them, our brother whom we have proved, in many things, ofttimes, earnest, —but, now, much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence [which he hath] towards you.
23 Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá béèrè ẹni tí Titu jẹ́, ẹlẹgbẹ́ àti olùbáṣiṣẹ́ mi ni, nítorí yín; tàbí ní ti àwọn arákùnrin wa ni ẹnikẹ́ni ń béèrè, ìránṣẹ́ ìjọ ni wọ́n jẹ́, àti ògo Kristi.
Whether as regardeth Titus, he is a partner of mine, and, towards you, a fellow-worker. or our brethren, apostles of assemblies, and Christ’s glory.
24 Nítorí náà ẹ fi ẹ̀rí ìfẹ́ yín hàn wọ́n níwájú ìjọ, àti ìṣògo wa nítorí yín.
The proof of your love, therefore, and of our boasting in your behalf, shew ye, unto them, in the face of the assemblies.
