2 Corinthians 9

1 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

1 关于捐助圣徒的事，其实我不必再写信提醒你们，

2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

2 因我知道你们的热心。我向马其顿教会的人夸耀你们，说亚该亚人的捐款在一年前就预备好了，你们的热心激励了许多人。

3 But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

3 现在我先派这几位弟兄到你们那里，以便你们把捐款预备好，正如我所说的那样，免得我们在这件事上夸耀你们的话成了虚言。

4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

4 因为万一有马其顿的人与我同去，发现你们并没有准备好，别说我们会因如此信任你们而羞愧，你们更会无地自容。

5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

5 因此，我认为有必要请那几位弟兄先去你们那里，将你们从前认捐的款项收集妥当，这样就表明你们的捐赠是出于甘心乐意，而不是出于勉强。

6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

6 要记住：“少种的少收，多种的多收。”

7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

7 各人心里想捐多少就捐多少，不要勉强，不要为难。因为捐得甘心乐意的人才是上帝所喜爱的。

8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

8 上帝能够把各样恩典多多赐给你们，使你们在各方面常常富足有余，可以多行各种善事。

9 As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

9 正如圣经上说： “他慷慨施舍、周济穷人， 他的公义永远长存。”

10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

10 赐农夫种子又赐人粮食的上帝，必加倍赐给你们种子，使你们收获更多仁义的果实，

11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.

11 叫你们事事丰裕，可以多多施舍。这样，从我们这里得到你们帮助的人便会向上帝献上感恩。

12 For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

12 因为这件善事不单可以帮助经济困难的圣徒，也使许多人对上帝充满感恩。

13 Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.

13 通过这件善事，他们会把荣耀归给上帝，因为看见你们信服基督的福音，慷慨地帮助他们及众人。

14 And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

14 他们也会因上帝赐给你们的丰盛恩典而热切地为你们祷告。

15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

15 感谢上帝，祂的恩赐真是无以言表！