1 PBL Nehe, kawan erai butung, kain kakan ko ketoan nget anugerah Allah ye apu na akoi tong jemaat-jemaat te Makedonia. BSB BSB: Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
2 PBL Nget suang ke deo ye ujian kesusahan, kelimpahan ego ali solai ke susah dali apu belimpah suang penatau ke tulus aseng ate dali. BSB BSB: In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
3 PBL Ab besaksi nget dali ngokoi sesuai ali pengahan dali, leka deo ke kemampuan ye suang ke rela dali gales. BSB BSB: For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
4 PBL Dali kaweng, bene tong kain, et anugerah dian siut mahan bagian suang pelayanan ulun-ulun kudus. BSB BSB: they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
5 PBL Ali, ihe ye na ene kain, sa nget ye kain harap, pertama, dali ngokoi unuk dali gegales tong Allah, uli kero tong kain ade nget na ga Allah. BSB BSB: And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.
6 PBL Jaji, kain ngedesak Titus, nge me da apu nyentela ye, nget iro ade da sagar nyempunah pengkoe anugerah ihe te botuk ko. BSB BSB: So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
7 PBL Et, sama nget ko berkelimpahan suang segala hal, suang iman, papanderan, pengetoan segala usaha, ali suang kasih ko terhadap kain, buen ye ko ade berlimpah suang anugerah. BSB BSB: But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 PBL Ab sa ngulek hal ihe nget perintah, et dian nguji lalo gagah ulun bali ali ke iklasan kasih ko. BSB BSB: I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
9 PBL Leka, ko ketoan anugrah Tuhan taka Yesus Kristus, et nget me da tatau, da hukun jaji susah dian ko tau lalo kesusahan Da, ko jaji tatau BSB BSB: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
10 PBL Ali, suang hal ihe ab ngakoi pendapat ab, hal ihe dian keuntugan ko ye ke taun one, ko sa je ngene ye, et ade bepenyeng kana dian ngegawi ye. BSB BSB: And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
11 PBL Jaji, nehe, tempunah ade pengkoe iro dian sama ali kerelaan ko dian nyempunah se ye naan te ko. BSB BSB: Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.
12 PBL Leka, aka naan kesiapan ngakoi, pengakoian iro sagar na terima, nget dasar se ye na tempun erai ulun, ali sa bedasar se ye sa na tempuun da. BSB BSB: For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
13 PBL Hal ihe sa dian penean ulun bali ali jaji pedoyat dali, et dian naan keseimbangan. BSB BSB: It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
14 PBL Dion lah kelewian ko nehe nyesukup ke kurangan dali dian kesimbangan. BSB BSB: At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.
15 PBL Nget iye te surat suang kitab suci, ulun ie ngumpul deo, sa kalewian ali ulun ye ngumpul idis sa kekurangan. BSB BSB: As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
16 PBL Syukur tong Allah ye ngondok suang ate Titus kebenean ye sa ma ali ye naan te ab tong ko. BSB BSB: But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
17 PBL Leka, Da sa je nerima anjuran kain, et ali kebenean ye solai, da sulet tong ko suang ga da gegales. BSB BSB: For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
18 PBL Sendro Titus, kain ngutus erai butung ye na puji-puji te botok kawus jemaat suang hal pemberitaan Injil. BSB BSB: Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
19 PBL Sa iro ade, da ade na tunru ene jemaat jemaat dian tulak sendro kain suang pelayanan anugrah ye na, ene dian ngoit kemuliaan tong Tuhan ali dian nundru kerelaan kain. BSB BSB: More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
20 PBL Kain harus berhati-hati dian sa naan ulun ye sagar pesala kain suang hal kain ngatur pengakoi ye solai ihe. BSB BSB: We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.
21 PBL Kain beusaha ngene se ye bene, sa je suang pandangan Tuhan, et ade suang pandang meresia. BSB BSB: For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
22 PBL Sendro dali, kain ngutus erai butung kain ye apu gagah kain uji ali tabukti rajin suang deo hal-hal, lewi eso nehe da makin rajin leka da ali keyakinan ye solai terhadap ko. BSB BSB: And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
23 PBL Nehe nget leen Titus da ye pasangan ali uyang mengkoe ab ye sagar beguna dian ko nget ali erai butung taka ye bali, dali utusan jemaat-jemaat, kemuliaan tong Kristus. BSB BSB: As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
24 PBL Jaji, tundru tong dali, te hadapan jemaat-jemaat, bukti kasih ko ali kebanggaan kain suang ko. BSB BSB: In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
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