2nd Corinthians — 9
The Collection for the Qadash Assemblies in Yahushalam
1 I really do not need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Yahushalam.
2 For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the Qadash Assemblies in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving.
3 But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been telling them, and that your money is all collected. I do not want to be wrong in my boasting about you.
4 We would be embarrassed, not to mention your own embarrassment if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you were not ready after all I had told them!
5 So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly.
6 Remember this, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop of harvest. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop of harvest.
7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And do not give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
8 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
9 As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”
10 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
11 Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will give Tudah to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
12 So two good things will result from this ministry of giving the needs of the believers in Yahushalam will be met, and they will joyfully express their Tudah to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
13 As a result of your ministry, they will give Kabad to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Basurah (Good News) of Ha'Mashyach.
14 And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing favor 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has given to you.
15 Tudah be to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH for HIS gift that is too wonderful to describe.