| 1 Εχοντες λοιπον, αγαπητοι, ταυτας τας επαγγελιας, ας καθαρισωμεν εαυτους απο παντος μολυσμου σαρκος και πνευματος, εκπληρουντες αγιωσυνην εν φοβω Θεου. | 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God. |
| 2 Δεχθητε ημας εν υμιν? ουδενα ηδικησαμεν, ουδενα εφθειραμεν, εις ουδενα εσταθημεν πλεονεκται. | 2 Open your hearts to us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. |
| 3 Δεν λεγω τουτο προς κατακρισιν σας? διοτι προειπον οτι εισθε εν ταις καρδιαις ημων, ωστε να συναποθανωμεν και να συζωμεν. | 3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. |
| 4 Πολλην παρρησιαν εχω προς εσας, πολλην καυχησιν εχω δια σας? ειμαι πληρης παρηγοριας, εχω υπερπερισσευουσαν την χαραν εις ολην την θλιψιν ημων. | 4 I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed. |
| 5 Διοτι αφου ηλθομεν εις Μακεδονιαν ουδεμιαν ανεσιν ελαβεν η σαρξ ημων, αλλα κατα παντα εθλιβομεθα? εξωθεν μαχαι, εσωθεν φοβοι. | 5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn--fighting without and fear within. |
| 6 Αλλ' ο Θεος ο παρηγορων τους ταπεινους παρηγορησεν ημας δια της παρουσιας του Τιτου? | 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, |
| 7 και ουχι μονον δια της παρουσιας αυτου, αλλα και δια της παρηγοριας, την οποιαν παρηγορηθη δια σας, αναγγελλων προς ημας τον μεγαν ποθον σας, τον οδυρμον σας, τον ζηλον σας υπερ εμου, ωστε περισσοτερον εχαρην, | 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more. |
| 8 διοτι εαν και σας ελυπησα δια της επιστολης, δεν μετανοω, αν και μετενοουν? επειδη βλεπω οτι η επιστολη εκεινη, αν και προς ωραν, σας ελυπησε. | 8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. |
| 9 Τωρα χαιρω, ουχι οτι ελυπηθητε, αλλ' οτι ελυπηθητε προς μετανοιαν? διοτι ελυπηθητε κατα Θεον, δια να μη ζημιωθητε εξ ημων εις ουδεν. | 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. |
| 10 Διοτι η κατα Θεον λυπη γεννα μετανοιαν προς σωτηριαν αμεταμελητον? η λυπη ομως του κοσμου γεννα θανατον. | 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. |
| 11 Διοτι ιδου, αυτο τουτο, το οτι ελυπηθητε κατα Θεον, ποσην σπουδην εγεννησεν εις εσας, αλλα απολογιαν, αλλα αγανακτησιν, αλλα φοβον, αλλα ποθον, αλλα ζηλον, αλλ' εκδικησιν. Κατα παντα απεδειξατε εαυτους οτι εισθε καθαροι εις τουτο το πραγμα. | 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter. |
| 12 Λοιπον, αν και σας εγραψα, δεν εκαμον τουτο δια τον αδικησαντα, ουδε δια τον αδικηθεντα, αλλα δια να φανερωθη προς εσας η σπουδη ημων, την οποιαν εχομεν δια σας ενωπιον του Θεου. | 12 So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. |
| 13 Δια τουτο παρηγορηθημεν δια την παρηγοριαν σας, και ετι περισσοτερον εχαρημεν δια την χαραν του Τιτου, οτι ανεπαυθη το πνευμα αυτου παρα παντων υμων? | 13 Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his mind has been set at rest by you all. |
| 14 διοτι εαν εκαυχηθην τι προς αυτον δια σας, δεν κατησχυνθην, αλλα καθως σας ελαλησαμεν παντα εν αληθεια, ουτω και η καυχησις ημων η προς τον Τιτον εγεινεν αληθεια. | 14 For if I have expressed to him some pride in you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true. |
| 15 Και η αγαπη αυτου αυξανει περισσοτερον προς εσας, οταν ενθυμηται την υπακοην παντων υμων, πως μετα φοβου και τρομου εδεχθητε αυτον. | 15 And his heart goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, and the fear and trembling with which you received him. |
| 16 Χαιρω λοιπον οτι κατα παντα εχω θαρρος εις εσας. | 16 I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you. |
