1So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. 2For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? 3I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy. 4For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
Forgiveness for the Offender
5If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely. 6The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. 7Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. 9Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. 10Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Ministers of the New Covenant
12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. 14But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
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1Yog li ntawd kuv thiaj ua ib siab tsis tuaj xyuas nej lawm, kom nej thiaj tsis muaj kev nyuaj siab. 2Yog kuv ua rau nej nyuaj siab lawm, leejtwg yuav ua rau kuv rov zoo siab? Tsuas yog nej cov uas kuv ua rau nyuaj siab lawm thiaj yuav ua rau kuv zoo siab xwb. 3Twb yog vim li no kuv thiaj sau thawj tsab ntawv ntawd tuaj rau nej, kuv tsis tuaj xyuas nej nyob tsam cov uas ua rau kuv zoo siab lawm yuav ua rau kuv nyuaj siab. Kuv cia siab hais tias thaum kuv zoo siab nej sawvdaws yeej yuav zoo siab thiab. 4Thaum kuv sau tsab ntawv ntawd tuaj rau nej, kuv nyuaj siab, ntxhov siab thiab los kuv kua muag kawg li; tsis yog kuv txhob txwm ua kom nej nyuaj siab, tiamsis yog kuv xav kom nej paub hais tias kuv hlub nej heev.
Zam Txim Rau Tus Uas Ua Txhaum Rau Yus
5Yog leejtwg ua rau ib tug twg nyuaj siab, tsis yog nws ua rau kuv xwb, tiamsis yog nws ua rau nej thiab, qhov uas kuv hais tias leejtwg, twb yog kuv tsis xav hais hnyav rau tus ntawd. 6Kuv xav hais tias nej cov uas rau txim rau tus ntawd nej twb rau txaus lawm. 7Yog li ntawd, nej yuav tsum zam txim rau tus ntawd thiab ua tib zoo ntuas nws, nyob tsam nws tej kev nyuaj siab ntawd ua rau nws tso Vajtswv tseg. 8Yog li ntawd, kuv thov nej ua tib zoo hais rau nws paub hais tias nej hlub nws. 9Kuv sau tsab ntawv ntawd tuaj rau nej, twb yog kuv sim saib nej puas mloog kuv lus. 10Thaum nej zam txim rau leejtwg, kuv yeej zam txim rau tus ntawd ib yam nkaus thiab. Yog tsimnyog kuv zam txim rau leejtwg, kuv yeej zam tus ntawd lub txim tabmeeg Yexus Khetos, vim kuv saib rau saum nej sawvdaws. 11Kuv ua li no kom dab Ntxwgnyoog thiaj ntxias tsis tau peb; rau qhov peb twb paub nws tes haujlwm tas lawm.
Paulus Nyuaj Siab Heev Thaum Nws Nyob Hauv Lub Nroog Tau-as
12Thaum kuv mus txog hauv lub nroog Tau-as kuv qhia Txojmoo Zoo uas hais txog Yexus Khetos, kuv pom tus Tswv twb qhib kev rau kuv ua haujlwm nyob hauv lub nroog ntawd lawm. 13Tiamsis kuv ntxhov siab heev, rau qhov kuv tsis pom peb tus kwv Titus nyob hauv. Yog li ntawd kuv thiaj ncaim cov neeg ntawd thiab mus rau pem Makedaunias lawm.
Yexus Khetos Ua Rau Peb Muaj Yeej
14Peb cia li ua Vajtswv tsaug, rau qhov Vajtswv niaj hnub coj peb txoj haukev, rau qhov Yexus Khetos twb ua rau peb muaj yeej lawm. Vajtswv txib peb mus qhia Yexus Khetos zaj rau txhua qhov ib yam li tej pa tshuaj tsw qab uas tsw thoob plaws txhua qhov txhia chaw. 15Rau qhov peb zoo li tej pa tshuaj tsw qab uas Yexus Khetos muab fij rau Vajtswv, tej pa ntawd tsw qab ntxiag mus rau cov neeg uas tabtom yuav dim thiab cov neeg uas tabtom yuav raug kev puastsuaj. 16Cov neeg uas tabtom yuav raug kev puastsuaj, lawv suav hais tias tej pa ntawd yog tej uas ua rau lawv raug kev ploj kev tuag; tiamsis cov neeg uas tabtom yuav dim, lawv suav hais tias tej pa ntawd yog tej uas ua rau lawv tau txojsia. Leejtwg thiaj yuav tsimnyog ua tes haujlwm no? 17Peb tsis zoo li cov neeg uas muab Vajtswv txojlus coj mus muag noj muag haus, tiamsis yog Vajtswv txib peb, peb thiaj qhia ncaj qhia ncees tabmeeg Vajtswv, rau qhov peb yog Yexus Khetos cov tubtxib tiag.