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Kokua Da Bruddas An Sistas

I no need write you guys fo tell how you goin kokua da peopo dat stay spesho fo God. Cuz I know how you guys really like help um, an I stay telling da Macedonia church peopo how plenny you guys like kokua dem. I wen tell um dat from last year you guys from Akaia side was ready fo give money, an da way you guys was ready fo go all out, wen make da odda peopo like give money too. But I goin send da bruddas fo show dat all da good stuff we wen say bout you guys stay fo real, an dat you guys goin be ready, jalike I wen say. You know, if some Macedonia guys come wit me an find you guys not ready wit da money, we goin get plenny shame, cuz we wen trus you guys plenny. An you guys goin get plenny shame too, you know. Dass why I wen tink, good if da bruddas go ova dea first, an make everyting ready, so you guys can give da money da way you wen say you goin give. Dat goin be someting you guys like give from da heart, not someting you no like give.

But I tell you guys dis: “Da guy who plant litto bit seed, he goin get one small crop. Da guy dat plant plenny seed wit good heart, he goin get mo plenny crop, an he goin stay good inside.” Let every guy give how plenny money he wen tink fo give inside his heart. He no can have bad kine feeling wen he give um. Nobody suppose to make um give. Cuz God get plenny love an aloha fo da guy dat give from his heart an feel good inside. God can give you guys mo plenny stuffs den you need, so dat everytime you guys goin need someting, you guys goin get mo den nuff tings fo do every good ting. Da Bible wen say befo time,

“God give stuffs to da poor peopo
Wit good kine heart.
He everytime do da right ting,
An he stay lidat foeva.”

10 God give seed to da farma guys who plant. God give us bread fo eat. Dat same God goin help you guys do da right ting mo an moa, jalike you was farma guys an he goin give you guys mo an mo seed fo plant. 11 God goin give you guys mo choke tings den you guys goin need, so you guys can everytime kokua peopo wit good kine heart. Den wen we give Godʼs peopo Jerusalem side da money from you guys, dey goin tell God “Mahalo plenny.” 12 Da help you guys goin give da peopo ova dea dat stay spesho fo God, dat goin kokua dem plenny, an same time goin make plenny peopo tell God “Mahalo plenny!” 13 Wen you guys kokua da peopo, dat goin show proof dat you guys fo real. Den peopo goin talk plenny good kine bout God, cuz dey goin see dat you guys really mean um wen you guys say you trus da Good Stuff From Christ, cuz you guys do wat you say. Wen all you guys give wit good kine heart fo dem an fo all da odda peopo, den dey goin talk plenny good kine bout God too. 14 Da Christian peopo Jerusalem side goin pray fo you guys, an dey goin like see you guys mo an moa, cuz God do choke plenny good tings fo you guys. 15 “Mahalo plenny” to God fo Jesus! He da awesome Gif God wen give us, dat stay worth mo plenny den anyting.

There is no need(A) for me to write to you about this service(B) to the Lord’s people.(C) For I know your eagerness to help,(D) and I have been boasting(E) about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year(F) you in Achaia(G) were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. But I am sending the brothers(H) in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.(I) For if any Macedonians(J) come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(K) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(L) not as one grudgingly given.(M)

Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(N) Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(O) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(P) for God loves a cheerful giver.(Q) And God is able(R) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(S) you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts(T) to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”[a](U)

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(V) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(W) 11 You will be enriched(X) in every way so that you can be generous(Y) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(Z)

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs(AA) of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.(AB) 13 Because of the service(AC) by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God(AD) for the obedience that accompanies your confession(AE) of the gospel of Christ,(AF) and for your generosity(AG) in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God(AH) for his indescribable gift!(AI)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9