| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | ለቅዱሳን ስለሚሆነው አገልግሎት ልጽፍላችሁ አያስፈልግምና፤ | For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: |
| 2 | በጎ ፈቃዳችሁን አውቄአለሁና፤ ስለዚህም። አካይያ ከአምና ጀምሮ ተዘጋጅቶአል ብዬ ለመቄዶንያ ሰዎች በእናንተ እመካለሁ፥ ቅንዓታችሁም የሚበዙቱን አነሣሥቶአል። | 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 | ነገር ግን ለእነርሱ እንዳልሁ፥ የተዘጋጃችሁ ትሆኑ ዘንድ በዚህም ነገር ስለ እናንተ ያለው ትምክህታችን ከንቱ እንዳይሆን ወንድሞችን እልካለሁ፤ | 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 | ምናልባት የመቄዶንያ ሰዎች ከእኔ ጋር ቢመጡ፥ ያልተዘጋጃችሁም ሆናችሁ ቢያገኙአችሁ፥ እናንተ እንድታፍሩ አላልንም እኛ ግን በዚህ እምነታችን እንድናፍር አይሁን። | 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 | እንግዲህ እንደ በረከት ሆኖ ከስስት የማይሆን ይህ የተዘጋጀ ይሆን ዘንድ አስቀድመው ወደ እናንተ መጥተው፥ አስቀድማችሁ ተስፋ የሰጣችሁትን በረከት አስቀድመው እንዲፈጽሙ ወንድሞችን እለምን ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገኝ አሰብሁ። | 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 | ይህንም እላለሁ። በጥቂት የሚዘራ በጥቂት ደግሞ ያጭዳል፥ በበረከትም የሚዘራ በበረከት ደግሞ ያጭዳል። | But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. |
| 7 | እግዚአብሔር በደስታ የሚሰጠውን ይወዳልና እያንዳንዱ በልቡ እንዳሰበ ይስጥ፥ በኀዘን ወይም በግድ አይደለም። | 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 | በተነ፥ ለምስኪኖች ሰጠ፥ ጽድቁ ለዘላለም ይኖራል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ እግዚአብሔር፥ ሁልጊዜ በነገር ሁሉ ብቃትን ሁሉ አግኝታችሁ ለበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ትበዙ ዘንድ፥ ጸጋን ሁሉ ሊያበዛላችሁ ይችላል። | 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: |
| 10 | ለዘሪ ዘርን ለመብላትም እንጀራን በብዙ የሚሰጥ እርሱም የምትዘሩትን ዘር ይሰጣችኋል ያበረክትላችሁማል፥ የጽድቃችሁንም ፍሬ ያሳድጋል፤ | 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 | በእኛ በኩል ለእግዚአብሔር የምስጋና ምክንያት የሚሆነውን ልግስና ሁሉ እንድታሳዩ በሁሉ ነገር ባለ ጠጎች ትሆናላችሁ። | Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. |
| 12 | የዚህ ረድኤት አገልግሎት ለቅዱሳን የሚጎድላቸውን በሙሉ የሚሰጥ ብቻ አይደለምና፥ ነገር ግን ደግሞ በብዙ ምስጋና ለእግዚአብሔር ይበዛል፤ | For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; |
| 13 | በዚህ አገልግሎት ስለ ተፈተናችሁ፥ በክርስቶስ ወንጌል በማመናችሁ ስለሚሆን መታዘዝ እነርሱንና ሁሉንም ስለምትረዱበት ልግስና እግዚአብሔርን ያከብራሉ፥ | 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 | ራሳቸውም ስለ እናንተ ሲያማልዱ፥ በእናንተ ላይ ከሚሆነው ከሚበልጠው ከእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ የተነሣ ይናፍቁአችኋል። | And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. |
| 15 | ስለማይነገር ስጦታው እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን። | Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. |
| 9 | (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. |