Mek-tu Leta for Olketa Corinthians
8 And distaem olketa brata, mifala laek story lo iufala abaotem bigfala kaeness* wea God showim lo olketa kongregeson lo Macedonia.+ 2 Taem olketa kasem hard taem bikos lo wanfala big test, olketa hapi for givim samting nomata olketa poor tumas. Datwan showim dat olketa barava kaen. 3 Olketa givim evri samting wea olketa fit for givim+ and olketa givim winim wanem olketa garem. Miseleva lukim datwan.+ 4 Olketa seleva nao gohed askem mifala for letem olketa for garem privilege for givim samting, and for share lo datfala relief ministry for helpem olketa holy wan.+ 5 And wat olketa duim hem winim wat mifala expectim, bikos olketa givim olketa seleva lo Lord and lo mifala followim will blo God. 6 So mifala encouragem Titus+ for completim kolekson wea hem startim midol lo iufala, wea hem nao datfala present wea iufala hapi for givim. 7 Iufala gohed strong finis lo evri samting, olsem faith, toktok, knowledge, willing for waka, and iufala lovem pipol olsem mifala lovem iufala, so iufala mas gohed strong tu lo disfala waka for givim samting.+
8 Mi talem diswan, no for forcem iufala bat for mekem iufala savve dat olketa narawan waka hard, and for testim iufala sapos love blo iufala hem tru wan. 9 Iufala savve finis lo bigfala kaeness* blo Lord blo iumi Jesus Christ dat nomata hem rich, hem kamap poor for iufala,+ mekem iufala savve kamap rich bikos lo wei wea hem poor.
10 And diswan nao tingting blo mi:+ Diswan hem for mekem iufala kasem gud samting bikos wan year go finis iufala no startim nomoa kolekson hia, bat iufala showim tu dat iufala laekem tumas for duim datwan. 11 So completim wat iufala startim. Sapos iufala duim datwan, bae iufala completim datwan fitim wat iufala garem olsem iufala laek for duim lo firstaem. 12 Present wea man givim from heart hem samting wea God acceptim, bikos God hem expectim man for givim samting wea hem garem,+ no samting wea hem no garem. 13 Bikos mi no laek for mekem diswan isi for olketa narawan and hevi for iufala, 14 bat for mekem evriting balance, iusim extra samting wea iufala garem distaem for helpem olketa lo wat olketa short lo hem, mekem olketa tu savve iusim extra samting wea olketa garem for helpem iufala lo wat iufala short lo hem, and then evri samting bae balance. 15 Olsem olketa Holy Raeting talem finis: “Man wea garem staka samting bae no garem staka samting tumas, and man wea garem lelebet samting nomoa bae no short tu.”+
16 Mifala thankiu lo God bikos hem putim sem feeling wea mifala garem for tingim iufala insaed lo heart blo Titus,+ 17 bikos hem willing for duim wat mifala encouragem hem for duim, and tu hem laekem tumas for helpem iufala, so hemseleva nao disaed for bae hem kam lo iufala. 18 Bae mifala sendem wanfala brata witim hem, wea evri kongregeson praisem hem bikos lo wat hem duim for datfala gud nius. 19 Ino datwan nomoa, bat olketa kongregeson appointim hem for travel witim mifala, and hem bae helpem mifala for sharem kolekson wea iufala givim. Disfala kolekson bae givim glory lo Lord, and taem mifala duim datwan mifala pruvim dat mifala redi for helpem olketa narawan. 20 Mifala duim olsem mekem no eniwan savve blamem mifala taem mifala duim waka for sharem datfala big contribution.+ 21 Bikos mifala ‘honest lo evri samting wea mifala duim, no lo eye blo Jehovah* nomoa, bat lo eye blo olketa man tu.’+
22 And mifala sendem nara brata witim olketa tu wea mifala testim hem lo olketa difren waka and mifala savve dat hem waka hard lo evri samting. Bat distaem hem laek tumas for helpem iufala bikos hem trustim dat iufala bae duim stret samting. 23 Bat sapos eniwan askem eni kwestin abaotem Titus, hem travel* witim mi and hem waka witim mi for helpem iufala. Or sapos eniwan askem eni kwestin abaotem olketa brata blo iumi, olketa hia aposol lo olketa kongregeson and olketa givim glory lo Christ. 24 So showimaot love blo iufala for olketa,+ and showim lo olketa kongregeson why mifala tok praod abaotem iufala.