# 林后-2Co 9 ## 林后9:1 论到供给圣徒的事，我不必写信给你们， 2Co 9:1 “Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,” ## 林后9:2 因为我知道你们乐意的心，常对马其顿人夸奖你们，说亚该亚人预备好了，已经有一年了，并且你们的热心激动了许多人。 2Co 9:2 “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.” ## 林后9:3 但我打发那几位弟兄去，要叫你们照我的话预备妥当，免得我们在这事上夸奖你们的话落了空。 2Co 9:3 “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.” ## 林后9:4 万一有马其顿人与我同去，见你们没有预备，就叫我们所确信的，反成了羞愧；你们羞愧，更不用说了。 2Co 9:4 “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.” ## 林后9:5 因此，我想不得不求那几位弟兄先到你们那里去，把从前所应许的捐资预备妥当，就显出你们所捐的，是出于乐意，不是出于勉强。 2Co 9:5 “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.” ## 林后9:6 “少种的少收，多种的多收，”这话是真的。 2Co 9:6 “The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” ## 林后9:7 各人要随本心所酌定的，不要作难，不要勉强，因为捐得乐意的人是神所喜爱的。 2Co 9:7 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” ## 林后9:8 神能将各样的恩惠多多地加给你们，使你们凡事常常充足，能多行各样善事。 2Co 9:8 “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.” ## 林后9:9 如经上所记：“他施舍钱财，周济贫穷；他的仁义存到永远。” 2Co 9:9 “As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” ## 林后9:10 那赐种给撒种的，赐粮给人吃的，必多多加给你们种地的种子，又增添你们仁义的果子； 2Co 9:10 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. ## 林后9:11 叫你们凡事富足，可以多多施舍，就藉着我们使感谢归于神。 2Co 9:11 “You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.” ## 林后9:12 因为办这供给的事，不但补圣徒的缺乏，而且叫许多人越发感谢神。 2Co 9:12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. ## 林后9:13 他们从这供给的事上得了凭据，知道你们承认基督，顺服他的福音，多多地捐钱给他们和众人，便将荣耀归与神。 2Co 9:13 “By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,” ## 林后9:14 他们也因神极大的恩赐显在你们心里，就切切地想念你们，为你们祈祷。 2Co 9:14 “while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.” ## 林后9:15 感谢神，因他有说不尽的恩赐！ 2Co 9:15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!