| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ራሳችሁ ወደ እናንተ መግባታችን ከንቱ እንዳልሆነ ታውቃላችሁና። | For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: |
| 2 | ነገር ግን እንደምታውቁት በፊልጵስዩስ አስቀድመን መከራ ተቀብለን ተንገላትተንም፥ በብዙ ገድል የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለእናንተ እንናገር ዘንድ በአምላካችን ደፈርን። | But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. |
| 3 | ልመናችን ከስሕተት ወይም ከርኵሰት ወይም ከተንኰል አልነበረምና፤ | For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: |
| 4 | ነገር ግን ወንጌልን አደራ ይሰጠን ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር የታመንን ሆነን እንዳገኘን መጠን፥ እንዲሁ እንናገራለን፥ ልባችንን የሚመረምር እግዚአብሔርን እንጂ ሰውን ደስ እንደምናሰኝ አይደለም። | But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. |
| 5 | እንደምታውቁ፥ እያቈላመጥን ከቶ አልተናገርንም፥ እግዚአብሔርም እንደሚመሰክር እያመካኘን በመጐምጀት አልሠራንም፤ | For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: |
| 6 | የክርስቶስም ሐዋርያት እንደ መሆናችን ልንከብድባችሁ ስንችል፥ ከእናንተ ቢሆን ወይም ከሌሎች ክብርን ከሰው አልፈለግንም። | Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. |
| 7 | ነገር ግን ሞግዚት የራስዋን ልጆች እንደምትከባከብ፥ በመካከላችሁ የዋሆች ሆንን፤ | But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: |
| 8 | እንዲሁም እያፈቀርናችሁ የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለማካፈል ብቻ ሳይሆን የገዛ ነፍሳችንን ደግሞ እናካፍላችሁ ዘንድ በጎ ፈቃዳችን ነበረ፥ ለእኛ የተወደዳችሁ ሆናችሁ ነበርና። | So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. |
| 9 | ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ድካማችንና ጥረታችን ትዝ ይላችኋልና፤ ከእናንተ በአንዱ ስንኳ እንዳንከብድበት ሌሊትና ቀን እየሠራን፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለእናንተ ሰበክን። | For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. |
| 10 | በእናንተ በምታምኑ ዘንድ በእንዴት ያለ ቅድስናና ጽድቅ ነቀፋም በሌለበት ኑሮ እንደ ሄድን፥ እናንተና እግዚአብሔር ምስክሮች ናችሁ፤ | Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: |
| 11 | ወደ መንግሥቱ ወደ ክብሩም ለጠራችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እየመከርንና እያጸናን እየመሰከርንላችሁም፥ አባት ለልጆቹ እንደሚሆን ለእያንዳንዳችሁ እንደ ሆንን ታውቃላችሁና። | As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, |
| 13 | ስለዚህም የመልእክትን ቃል እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ከእኛ በተቀበላችሁ ጊዜ፥ በእውነት እንዳለ በእናንተ በምታምኑ ደግሞ እንደሚሠራ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ቃል እንጂ እንደ ሰው ቃል አድርጋችሁ ስላልተቀበላችሁት፥ እኛ ደግሞ እግዚአብሔርን ሳናቋርጥ እናመሰግናለን። | For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that be |
| 14 | እናንተ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በይሁዳ የሚኖሩትን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ያሉትን የእግዚአብሔርን ማኅበሮች የምትመስሉ ሆናችኋልና፤ እነርሱ ከአይሁድ መከራ እንደ ተቀበሉ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ ያንን መከራ ከአገራችሁ ሰዎች ተቀብላችኋልና። | For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: |
| 15 | እነዚያም ጌታን ኢየሱስን ደግሞ ገደሉ ነቢያትንም እኛንም አሳደዱ፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ደስ አያሰኙም፥ ሰዎችንም ሁሉ ይቃወማሉ፥ | Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: |
| 16 | ሁልጊዜ ኃጢአታቸውን ይፈጽሙ ዘንድ አሕዛብ እንዲድኑ እንዳንናገራቸው ይከለክሉናልና። ነገር ግን ቍጣው ወደ እነርሱ ፈጽሞ ደርሶአል። | Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. |
| 17 | እኛ ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በልብ ያይደለ ፊት ለፊት ለጥቂት ጊዜ አጥተናችሁ፥ በብዙ ናፍቆት ፊታችሁን ለማየት እጅግ ሞከርን፤ | But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. |
| 18 | ወደ እናንተ ልንመጣ ወደን ነበርና፥ እኔ ጳውሎስም አንድና ሁለት ጊዜ፥ ሰይጣን ግን አዘገየን። | Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. |
| 19 | ተስፋችን ወይስ ደስታችን ወይስ የትምክህታችን አክሊል ማን ነው? በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ፊት በመምጣቱ እናንተ አይደላችሁምን? | For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? |
| 20 | እናንተ ክብራችን ደስታችንም ናችሁና። | For ye are our glory and joy. |
| 12 | That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. |