2 Korint 8
1 Frè m' yo, mwen ta renmen nou konnen ki jan Bondye te fè wè favè l' nan legliz ki nan peyi Masedwan yo.
We want to remind you, friends, of the love that God has shown to the churches in Macedonia –
2 Patizan Kris yo te pase anba anpil eprèv avèk tout soufrans ki te tonbe sou yo. Men, yo te sitèlman kontan, yo te moutre jan yo ka bay ak tout kè yo, malgre yo te nan nesesite.
How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity.
3 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: yo bay sa yo te kapab, yo menm bay pase sa yo te kapab. San moun pa fòse yo,
I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,
4 se yo menm menm ki mande, se yo menm menm ki plede ak nou pou nou ba yo privilèj patisipe nan sekou n'ap voye pou manm pèp Bondye nan peyi Jide a.
and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.
5 Sa depase sa nou te kwè a anpil: yo ofri tèt yo bay Seyè a anvan. Apre sa, yo ofri tèt yo ban nou jan Bondye vle l' la.
And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with God’s will.
6 Se konsa, mwen mande Tit pou li al lakay nou pou l' ka kontinye travay li te kòmanse a, pou nou ka bay sa nou gen pou n' bay la ak tout kè nou.
And this led us to beg Titus, that since he had started the work for you, he should also see to the completion of this expression of your love.
7 Wi, nou rich sou tout pwen, kit se nan lafwa, kit se nan konn pale byen, kit se nan kònesans verite a, kit se nan aktivite nou pou Bondye, kit se nan renmen nou gen pou mwen. Se poutèt sa mwen ta renmen wè nou bay ak tout kè nou pou zèv sa a tankou moun ki rich.
And, remembering how you excel in everything – in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you – I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.
8 Se pa yon lòd m'ap ban nou: Men, mwen pran egzanp sou lòt yo pou nou menm tou nou ka moutre jan nou gen renmen tout bon nan kè nou.
I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.
9 Nou konnen ki favè Jezikri, Seyè a, fè nou. Li menm ki te rich, li fè tèt li tounen pòv pou nou. Konsa, lè l' fè tèt li tounen pòv la, li fè nou rich.
For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ – how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.
10 Men lide mwen fè sou keksyon sa a. Depi lanne pase anwo, se nou menm an premye ki te fè lide ede frè yo. Se nou menm an premye ki te kòmanse ranmase lajan pou sa.
I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.
11 Koulye a, se pou n' kontinye fin fè jès la nèt. Menm jan nou te mete tout kè nou lè nou t'ap pran desizyon fè l' la, mete tout kè nou pou nou fini ak sa, dapre mwayen nou.
And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness – in proportion, of course, to your means.
12 Paske si nou mete tout kè nou pou nou bay, Bondye ap asepte kado nou bay la. L'ap gade sou sa nou genyen, li p'ap gade sou sa nou pa genyen.
For, where there is willingness, a person’s gift is valued by its comparison with what they have, and not with what they do not have.
13 Sa pa vle di se pou nou mete tèt nou nan lamizè lè n'ap soulaje lòt moun. Men, se pou tout moun menm jan.
For our object is not to give relief to others and bring distress on you. It is a matter of a fair balance.
14 Si koulye a nou gen anpil, se pou n' ede sa ki nan nesesite yo. Si yon jou pita nou vin nan nesesite, epi yo menm yo gen anpil, lè sa a y'a kapab ede nou tou. Konsa tout moun va menm jan,
On this occasion what you can spare will supply what they need, at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and so things will be equal.
15 dapre sa ki te ekri nan Liv la: Moun ki te ranmase plis yo pa t' gen twòp. Moun ki te ranmase pi piti yo pa t' manke anyen.
As scripture says – “Those who had much had nothing over, and those who had little did not lack!”
16 Ann di Bondye mèsi, li menm ki fè Tit devwe pou nou, menm jan avè mwen!
I thank God for inspiring Titus with the same keen interest in your welfare that I have;
17 Tit te asepte fè sa m' te mande l' fè a. Men, li te sitèlman prese vin ede nou, se li menm menm ki pran desizyon ale lakay nou.
for Titus has responded to my appeals and, in his great earnestness, is starting to go to you of his own accord.
18 Nou voye yon frè avè li. Tout moun nan legliz yo ap nonmen non frè sa a pou jan l' travay pou anonse bon nouvèl la.
We are sending with him one of the Lord’s followers whose fame in the service of the good news has spread through all the churches;
19 Apre sa, se legliz yo menm ki te chwazi l' pou vwayaje ansanm ak nou, pou ede ranmase lajan nou t'ap bay la. Lajan sa a gen pou sèvi yon lwanj pou Bondye, anmenmtan l'ap fè wè jan nou vle ede vre.
and not only that, but he has been elected by the churches to accompany us on our journey, in connexion with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honour of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.
20 Nou pran tout prekosyon sa yo pou moun pa jwenn repwòch pou yo fè nou pou gwo lajan sa a ki nan men nou an.
What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;
21 N'ap chache fè tout bagay pwòp, pa sèlman devan Bondye, men devan tout moun tou.
for we are trying to make arrangements which will be right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of people.
22 N'ap voye yon lòt nan frè nou yo ak yo tou. Nou te swiv frè sa a anpil, li toujou moutre anpil devouman nan sèvis la. Men, koulye a li gen plis devouman toujou pou jan li fè nou konfyans anpil.
We are also sending with them another of our friends, whose earnestness we have many a time proved in many ways, and whom we now find made even more earnest by his great confidence in you.
23 Konsa, Tit se yon bon zanmi m' k'ap travay ansanm avè m' pou nou. Pou lòt frè ki avè l' yo, se legliz yo ki voye yo. Se yon lwanj pou Kris la.
If I must say anything about Titus, he is my intimate companion, and he shares my work for you; if it is our friends, they are delegates of the churches, an honour to Christ.
24 Fè yo wè jan nou renmen yo, pou legliz yo ka sèten nou renmen yo, pou yo ka konnen mwen gen rezòn pale byen pou nou konsa.
Show them, therefore – so that the churches may see it – the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.
