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¶ Mwen pa wè rezòn pou m' voye di nou anyen sou keksyon sekou n'ap voye bay manm pèp Bondye ki nan peyi Jide a.

Mwen konnen jan nou vle ede, mwen pa t' manke kontan pale byen pou nou ak moun Masedwan yo lè m' te di yo: Depi lanne pase anwo, frè ki nan peyi Lakayi yo pare pou ede. Se konsa lanpresman nou pou bay te eksite anpil ladan yo bay tou.

Malgre sa, m'ap voye frè sa yo bò kote nou pou bèl pawòl mwen te di pou nou sou zafè sekou sa a pa pase pou manti. Mwen ta renmen wè nou pare vre, jan mwen te di l' la.

Ala wont mwen ta wont si, pou lè moun peyi Masedwan yo ta vin ansanm avè m', yo ta jwenn nou pa pare! Jan m' te konte sou nou sa! Mwen pa bezwen pale jan nou menm tou nou ta wont!

Se sak fè, mwen kwè se te nesesè pou m' te mande frè sa yo pou y' al lakay nou anvan mwen, pou nou ka pare kado nou te pwòmèt nou t'ap bay la. Konsa, lè m'a rive mwen menm, kado a va tou pare. Lè sa a, moun yo va wè nou bay paske nou vle, pa paske yo fòse nou.

¶ Chonje sa byen: Moun ki simen ti kras va rekòlte ti kras. Moun ki simen anpil va rekòlte anpil.

Se pou chak moun bay jan yo te deside nan kè yo, san yo pa règrèt anyen, san moun pa bezwen fòse yo, paske Bondye renmen moun ki bay ak kè kontan.

Bondye menm gen pouvwa pou l' ban nou tout kalite benediksyon an kantite. Li fè sa, pa sèlman pou nou ka toujou genyen tou sa nou bezwen, men pou nou ka gen rès ki rete pou n' fè tout kalite bon zèv.

Se sa menm ki ekri nan Liv la: Li bay moun ki nan nesesite yo san gad dèyè. L'ap toujou gen kè nan men.

10 Bondye ki bay moun k'ap simen an grenn pou l' simen ak pen pou l' manje, l'a ban nou tou sa nou bezwen pou simen. L'a fè l' pouse pou nou, pou nou ka fè yon bèl rekòt lè nou bay an kantite konsa.

11 Bondye ap toujou fè nou rich ase pou nou ka toujou bay ak tout kè nou. Konsa, anpil moun va di Bondye mèsi pou kado n'a ban mwen pou yo.

12 Se pou nou konn sa byen: sèvis n'ap rann lè nou bay lajan sa a, se pa sèlman pou bay moun pèp Bondye sa yo bezwen. Men, akòz sèvis sa a, anpil moun pral lapriyè Bondye pou di l' mèsi.

13 Sèvis sa a ap fè yo wè ki kalite moun nou ye. Yo pral fè lwanj Bondye, paske sekou sa a pral fè yo wè jan nou soumèt, jan nou kwè nan bon nouvèl ki pale sou Kris la. Y'a fè lwanj Bondye tou pou jan nou separe byen nou yo ak yo ansanm ak tout lòt yo.

14 Y'a lapriyè pou nou, y'a renmen nou anpil akòz gwo favè sa a Bondye fè pou nou.

15 Ann di Bondye mèsi pou gwo kado sa a li ban nou, yon kado ki pa gen parèy li!

There is no need(A) for me to write to you about this service(B) to the Lord’s people.(C) For I know your eagerness to help,(D) and I have been boasting(E) about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year(F) you in Achaia(G) were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. But I am sending the brothers(H) in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.(I) For if any Macedonians(J) come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(K) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(L) not as one grudgingly given.(M)

Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(N) Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(O) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(P) for God loves a cheerful giver.(Q) And God is able(R) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(S) you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts(T) to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”[a](U)

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(V) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(W) 11 You will be enriched(X) in every way so that you can be generous(Y) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(Z)

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs(AA) of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.(AB) 13 Because of the service(AC) by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God(AD) for the obedience that accompanies your confession(AE) of the gospel of Christ,(AF) and for your generosity(AG) in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God(AH) for his indescribable gift!(AI)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9