2.Korinther 9 | 聖經當代譯本修訂版

1 關於捐助聖徒的事，其實我不必再寫信提醒你們，

2 因我知道你們的熱心。我向馬其頓教會的人誇耀你們，說亞該亞人的捐款在一年前就預備好了，你們的熱心激勵了許多人。

3 現在我先派這幾位弟兄到你們那裡，以便你們把捐款預備好，正如我所說的那樣，免得我們在這件事上誇耀你們的話成了虛言。

4 因為萬一有馬其頓的人與我同去，發現你們並沒有準備好，不但我們會因如此信任你們而羞愧，你們也會無地自容。

5 因此，我認為有必要請那幾位弟兄先去你們那裡，將你們從前認捐的款項收集妥當，這樣就表明你們的捐贈是出於甘心樂意，而不是出於勉強。

甘心樂意地捐助

6 要記住：「少種的少收，多種的多收。」

7 各人心裡想捐多少就捐多少，不要勉強，不要為難。因為捐得甘心樂意的人才是上帝所喜愛的。

8 上帝能夠將各樣的恩典多多賜給你們，使你們在各方面常常富足有餘，可以多行各樣的善事。

9 正如聖經上說： 「他慷慨施捨、賙濟窮人， 他的仁義永遠長存。」

10 賜農夫種子又賜人糧食的上帝，必加倍賜給你們種子，使你們收穫更多仁義的果子，

11 叫你們事事豐裕，可以多多施捨。這樣，從我們這裡得到你們幫助的人便會向上帝獻上感恩。

12 因為這件善事不單可以幫助經濟困難的聖徒，也使許多人對上帝充滿感恩。

13 通過這件善事，他們會把榮耀歸給上帝，因為看見你們信服基督的福音，慷慨地幫助他們及眾人。

14 他們也會因上帝賜給你們的豐盛恩典而熱切地為你們禱告。

15 感謝上帝，祂的恩賜真是無以言表！

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English Standard Version

The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem

1 Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,

2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

3 But I am sending* the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

4 Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.

5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift* you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.*

The Cheerful Giver

6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully* will also reap bountifully.

7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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

9 As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”

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

11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

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

13 By their approval of this service, they* will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,

14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.

15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

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