1 PBS Ebapa neteng elolo ja batoto keweleg hetokoto bapa keke mete Makedonia. BSB BSB: Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
2 PBS Tere hipela japa reng re pa peng wo, hefeng tete ing bapale te ing ana teba japaka te ing pa te ing ja lelepa. BSB BSB: In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
3 PBS Te ing nife ja tereni wa hupalang tete. BSB BSB: For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
4 PBS Wa nepara tetewo tepoji ne tera hefeng terere janokang terere teba to. BSB BSB: they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
5 PBS Ja nawo tereni ana ne pung to nepara tete teweni Tata fang fa wa Tata pa to ne. 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 PBS Peanya, Titus nefana keto nera kefefe jano nene ma kelele anara jano lopana keloi nya. BSB BSB: So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
7 PBS Bang ana ejapa lelepa pa moto hupa pung wa pilang pa japa elo bamua-bamua hefeng meme mepe ne me japa wa jano hefeng ing ane. 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 PBS Piwe nile keing jano pa ja nina lungko teba kaum bapo nite ahanile hupalang pa hefeng Ee. BSB BSB: I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
9 PBS Hefeng ing epo lang to wa Tata Yesus Kristus ke kele nepa kelelang keba feng keing jalelepa nera keleko jalelepa pa, anara japa ka-nya. 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 PBS Kewe pina nine wa japa ing ang japa hefeng to me bamua wa felang ro tefoa eja elepa bang elu eleko ra kaka. 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 PBS Ung ang we japa ing uang bang wefa eleko kaka jano pain hefeng pa aya aling jaing elele ana ee jaing moto." BSB BSB: Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.
12 PBS Ee pung to ja elo leg lele pa jaing terere japa ing moto ne keing ana me japa ing ka. 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 PBS Ee pung to ja elo leg lele pa jaing terere japa ing moto me keine ana me japa ing ka. BSB BSB: It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
14 PBS Ee ja ee nawo teba japa ka metete ja nawo tete teronini neba japa ka ung hapapafa. 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 PBS Ana potekote teba ja nawo telo te ing ja nawo ka teba ja atale te ing japaka. BSB BSB: As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
16 PBS Hefeng wa Tata to ee jana hefeng wa Titus hupalang ke nekele topipi le. BSB BSB: But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
17 PBS Ke nekelola hefeng nene wa hefeng keke bapale ke pung le paketo e. BSB BSB: For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
18 PBS Kepa nekopa keba ung piteni bapa tete jano hoho ropo kewekara-i. BSB BSB: Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
19 PBS Pefaka keno terung bapa norung ko ne kelo kaka jano wea neteko Tata ana jana hefeng nene. 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 PBS Nenana pong ne kabuang kekaku jano kang wea neronete pa jana pepe ing ang. BSB BSB: We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.
21 PBS Nejapa hefeng huneong keing Tata hokefaka teba hote rain. 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 PBS Wa bapa tera keba hing ung keig la narang -rang nekefu pa keing kelapa ja keena hefeng bapale kele ne. 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 PBS Titus bato nine jano ana kelopa wa ee teba holakang teing teba pa Tata fefeke. 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 PBS Peanya ja ena lung-lug teba pa jana hefeng pa japa nine wa ee to. 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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