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Ang Ambagan para sa mga Taga-Jerusalem

Tungkol naman sa pag-aambagan para sa mga banal, hindi ko na kailangang sumulat pa sa inyo tungkol dito. Sapagkat alam kong handang-handa na kayong tumulong, na siya ngang aking ipinagmamalaki tungkol sa inyo sa mga taga-Macedonia. Kayong nasa Acaia ay nakapaghanda na noong nakaraang taon pa, at ang inyong sigasig ang gumising sa karamihan sa kanila. Ngunit isinugo ko ang mga kapatid upang ang ipinagmamalaki namin tungkol sa inyo ay huwag mawalan ng kabuluhan, gaya ng aking sinabi na kayo'y maghahanda. Sapagkat kung may mga taga-Macedonia na sumama sa akin at madatnan kayong hindi handa, kami—at kahit hindi ko na sabihin—kami ay lalo nang mapapahiya dahil sa gayong pagtitiwala sa inyo. Kaya't minabuti ko na kailangang pakiusapan ang mga kapatid na ito na maunang pumunta riyan sa inyo, at maihanda agad ang kaloob na nauna ninyong ipinangako. Sa gayon, maihahanda ito bilang isang handog na bukal sa loob at hindi sapilitan.

At ito ang ibig kong sabihin: Ang nagtatanim ng kaunti ay kaunti rin ang aanihin, at ang nagtatanim ng marami ay marami rin ang aanihin. Ang bawat isa ay magbigay ayon sa ipinasya ng kanyang puso, hindi nanghihinayang, o napipilitan lamang sapagkat iniibig ng Diyos ang masayang nagbibigay. Kaya ng Diyos na pagkalooban kayo ng masaganang pagpapala sa lahat ng bagay, upang maging masagana kayo sa lahat ng uri ng mabuting gawa, habang pinupunan ang lahat ng inyong mga pangangailangan sa tuwina. Gaya (A) ng nasusulat,

“Siya'y naghasik ng mga pagpapala sa mga dukha;
    ang kanyang katarungan ay nananatili magpakailanman.”

10 Siyang (B) nagbibigay ng binhi sa magsasaka at ng tinapay upang makain ng tao ay siya ring magbibigay at magdaragdag ng inyong binhing itatanim, at magpaparami ng mga bunga ng inyong mga gawang matuwid. 11 Payayamanin niya kayo sa lahat ng bagay upang lalo kayong makapagbigay at sa pamamagitan namin ay magbunga ito ng pasasalamat sa Diyos. 12 Sapagkat ang pangangasiwa sa paglilingkod na ito ay hindi lamang tumutustos sa pangangailangan ng mga banal, kundi nagiging sanhi rin ng pag-apaw ng pasasalamat sa Diyos. 13 Napatunayan ninyo ang inyong mga sarili sa pamamagitan ng paglilingkod na ito, kaya't niluluwalhati ng mga tao ang Diyos dahil sa inyong pagsunod na naaayon sa inyong pagkilala sa ebanghelyo ni Cristo, at dahil din sa inyong kagandahang-loob sa pamamahagi para sa kanila at sa lahat ng tao. 14 Habang sila naman sa pananalangin alang-alang sa inyo ay nananabik sa inyo dahil sa hindi masukat na biyayang ibinigay sa inyo ng Diyos. 15 Salamat sa Diyos dahil sa kanyang kahanga-hangang kaloob.

Administering the Gift

Now concerning (A)the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you; for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a (B)year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. (C)Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready; lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this [a]confident boasting. Therefore I thought it necessary to [b]exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a [c]grudging obligation.

The Cheerful Giver

(D)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows [d]bountifully will also reap [e]bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, (E)not grudgingly or of [f]necessity; for (F)God loves a cheerful giver. (G)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written:

(H)“He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.”

10 Now [g]may He who (I)supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, [h]supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your (J)righteousness, 11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, (K)which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only (L)supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 while, through the proof of this ministry, they (M)glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal (N)sharing with them and all men, 14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding (O)grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God (P)for His indescribable gift!

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:4 NU confidence.
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:5 encourage
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. covetousness
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  6. 2 Corinthians 9:7 compulsion
  7. 2 Corinthians 9:10 NU omits may
  8. 2 Corinthians 9:10 NU will supply

For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

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.

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:

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.

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.

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

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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:

(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.