Второ Коринтяни 9
Bulgarian Bible
9 А за даване помощ на светиите излишно е да ви пиша,
2 понеже зная вашето усърдие, за което се хваля с вас пред македонците, че Ахаия още от лани е приготвена; и вашата ревност е подбудила по-голямата част от тях.
3 А пратих братята, да не би да излезе праздна моята похвала с вас в това отношение, та да бъдете, както казвах, приготвени;
4 да не би, ако дойдат с мене македонци, та ви намерят неприготвени, да се посрамим ние, да не кажа вие, в тая наша увереност.
5 И тъй, намерих за нуждно да помоля братята да идат по-напред при вас и да приготвят предварително вашата по-отрано обещана милостиня, за да бъде готова като милостиня, а не като изнудване.
6 А това казвам, че който сее оскъдно, оскъдно ще и да пожъне; а който сее щедро, щедро ще и да пожъне.
7 Всеки да дава според както е решил в сърдцето си, без да се скъпи, и не от принуждение; защото Бог обича онзи, който дава на драго сърдце.
8 А Бог е силен да преумножи на вас всякакво благо, така щото, като имате всякога и във всичко това, което е достатъчно във всяко отношение, да изобилвате във всяко добро дело;
9 както е писано: 10 А Тоя, Който дава семе на сеяча и хляб за храна, ще даде и ще умножи вашето семе за сеене, и ще прави да изобилват плодовете на вашата правда,
11 та да бъдете във всяко отношение богати във всякаква щедрост, която чрез вашето служение произвежда благодарение на Бога.
12 Защото извършването на това служение не само запълва нуждите на светиите, но и чрез многото благодарения се излива и пред Бога;
13 понеже те славят Бога поради доказателството, което това служение дава за вашата послушност на Христовото благовестие, което изповядвате, и за щедростта на вашето общение към тях и към всички.
14 А и те, с молитви за вас, копнеят за вас поради дадената вам изобилна Божия благодат.
15 Благодарение Богу за Неговия неизказан дар!
2 Corinthians 9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Collection for Christians at Jerusalem
9 Now it is superfluous[a] for me to write to you about the offering for the saints, 2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedo′nia, saying that Acha′ia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them. 3 But I am sending the brethren so that our boasting about you may not prove vain in this case, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be; 4 lest if some Macedo′nians come with me and find that you are not ready, we be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. 5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.
6 The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. 9 As it is written,
“He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness[b] endures for ever.”
10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources[c] and increase the harvest of your righteousness.[d] 11 You will be enriched in every way for great generosity, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God; 12 for the rendering of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God. 13 Under the test of this service, you[e] will glorify God by your obedience in acknowledging the gospel of Christ, and by the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others; 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
Footnotes
- 9.1 superfluous: Yet Paul goes on to do so at some length, exhorting them to be generous.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9 Or benevolence
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 Greek sowing
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 Or benevolence
- 2 Corinthians 9:13 Or they
2 Corinthians 9
King James Version
9 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
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