2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

¹From Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of the congregation of God in the city of Corinth, and to all the saints in the land of Achaia. ²Peace to you, and grace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. ³Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercy and the God of all comfort. ⁴He comforts us in all our suffering, so that we can comfort all who suffer with the same comfort God has given us. ⁵Just as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our comfort also overflows through Christ. ⁶If we suffer, it is so that you may be saved and comforted. If we are comforted, it is so that you may be comforted and grow strong in enduring the same suffering we also endure. ⁷Our hope for you is firm. Just as you share in our sufferings, so you also share in our comfort. ⁸Brothers, I want you to know how we suffered in Asia. They loaded us down far beyond our strength, until we despaired even of life. ⁹We had resigned ourselves to death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises the dead and who rescued us from so great a death. ¹⁰We trust him to rescue us again, while you help us by your prayers, so that we may find favor through the prayers of many, and you too may be praised by everyone. ¹¹For this is our boast and the witness of our freedom, through his mercy and his turning toward us. [unclear in the Ge'ez] ¹²By the grace of God we have lived in the world, not by human teaching, and all the more so among you. ¹³We write you nothing except what you read and understand and what is plain to you. ¹⁴I trust that you will always understand this, just as you have come to know us in part: that we are your pride, and you are ours, on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵With this joy and confidence I planned to come to you first, so that you might receive a double grace. ¹⁶I meant to go on to Macedonia and come back to you from there, and then you would send me on to the land of Judea. ¹⁷So when I made this plan, did I act like a fool? Do I make my plans by human standards? Your word should be either yes, yes or no, no. ¹⁸God is faithful, and our word was not false. It was not a mixture of yes and no. ¹⁹For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we preached to you (I, Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy), was not yes and no. In him it has always been yes. ²⁰Everything God promised has proved true in Christ. That is why, through him and for his sake, we say Amen and give glory to God. ²¹It is God who makes us firm together with you in faith in Christ. ²²Through him he anointed us, sealed us, and gave us the pledge of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. ²³I call God as witness upon my soul that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth. ²⁴Not that we force you to believe. We only help you toward your joy, for you stand by faith and hold firm in the faith. ²⁵ምዕረ፡ ወገሩኒ፡ በአእባን፡ ሥልሰ፡ ሰኰየት፡ ሐመርየ። ቤትኩ፡ ወወዐልኩ፡ እንዘ፡ እጸብት፡ ውስተ፡ ዕመቀ፡ ባሕር። ²⁶ወመንገድሂ፡ ዘልፈ፡ እትመነደብ፡ በተከዚኒ፡ አመንደቡኒ፡ ፈያት። አመንደቡኒ፡ አዝማድየ፡ አመንደቡኒ፡ አሕዛብ። ተመንደብኩ፡ በሀገር፡ ወተመንደብኩ፡ በሐቅል፡ ተመንደብኩ፡ በባሕር፡ አመንደቡኒ፡ ቢጽ፡ ሐሳውያን። ²⁷በጻማ፡ ወበሥራሕ፡ ወበትጋህ፡ ብዙኅ። በረኃብ፡ ወበጽምእ፡ በጾም፡ ብዙኅ፡ በቊር፡ ወበዕርቃን። ²⁸ወዘእንበለ፡ ዝ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ባዕድ፡ ዘረከበኒ፡ ኵሎ፡ አሚረ፡ እንዘ፡ እኄሊ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያናት። ²⁹መኑ፡ ዘይደዊ፡ ወኢየሐምም፡ አነ፡ ወመኑ፡ ዘይስሕት፡ ወኢይደነግፅ። ³⁰ወእመሰ፡ ይደሉ፡ ተመክሖ፡ አነኒ፡ እትሜካሕ፡ በሕማምየ። ³¹የአምር፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አቡሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። ዘውእቱ፡ አምላክ፡ ቡሩክ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ከመ፡ ኢይሔሱ። ³²በሀገረ፡ ደማስቆ፡ መልአከ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ አርስጣስዮስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ዐቃቤ፡ ሀገር፡ ደማስቆናዊ፡ ፈቀደ፡ የአኀዘኒ። ³³ወአውረዱኒ፡ በሰብሳብ፡ እንተ፡ መስኮት፡ እምዐረፍት፡ ወአምሰጥኩ፡ እምእዴሁ። *በእንተ፡ ራእይ፡ ዘርእየ፡ ጳውሎስ*