Fordi Gud vil gi oss slike belønninger, kjære brødre, la oss rense oss fra all ondskap i kjøtt og ånd, og bli fullstendig hellige i frykt for Gud.

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

La hjertene deres være åpne for oss: vi har ikke gjort noen urett, ingen har blitt skadet av oss, vi har ikke tjent på noen.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

Jeg sier dette ikke for å dømme dere; for jeg har tidligere sagt at dere er i våre hjerter for liv og død sammen.

It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

Mine ord til dere er uten frykt, jeg er full av stolthet på grunn av dere: jeg har stor trøst og glede midt i alle våre problemer.

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

For da vi kom til Makedonia hadde kroppen vår ingen hvile, men vi var plaget på alle kanter; det var stridigheter utenfor og frykt inni.

For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

Men Gud, som gir trøst til de fattige i ånden, ga oss trøst ved Titus' ankomst.

But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

Og ikke bare ved hans ankomst, men også ved den trøsten han hadde i dere, da han fortalte oss om deres lengsel, deres sorg, deres omsorg for meg; så jeg ble enda mer glad.

And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

For selv om brevet mitt ga dere smerte, angrer jeg ikke nå, selv om jeg gjorde det før; for jeg ser at brevet ga dere smerte, men bare for en tid.

For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.

Nå er jeg glad, ikke fordi dere sørget, men fordi sorgen førte til en sinnets forandring; for deres sorg var en hellig sorg slik at dere ikke skulle lide noe tap gjennom oss.

Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

For den sorgen som Gud gir, fører til frelse gjennom en sinnets forandring, uten grunn til sorg; men verdens sorg fører til død.

For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.

For dere ser hvilken omsorg deres sorg for Gud skapte i dere, hva slags renselse, hvilken vrede mot synd, hvilken frykt, hvilken lengsel, hvilket alvor, hvilken straff. I alt har dere vist at dere er fri fra synd i denne saken.

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

Så selv om jeg sendte dere et brev, var det ikke bare for den mannen som gjorde urett, eller for den som det ble gjort urett mot, men for at deres sanne omsorg for oss skulle bli klar for Gud.

So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

Så vi har blitt trøstet, og vi hadde enda større glede i vår trøst på grunn av Titus' glede, for hans ånd ble gjort glad av dere alle.

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

For jeg ble ikke gjort til skamme i noe av det jeg har gjort klart for ham, min stolthet i dere; men slik vi ikke sa noe annet enn sannheten til dere, ble de gode tingene jeg sa til Titus om dere, vist seg å være sanne.

For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

Og hans kjærlighet til dere har økt enda mer ved hans minne om dere alle, hvordan dere ga etter for hans autoritet og tok imot ham med frykt og ære.

And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

Det gir meg stor glede å se at dere lever opp til min gode mening om dere på alle måter.

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.