ᎪᎵᏂᏗᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎨᎪᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 11
1 ᏲᎯᏉ ᎤᏍᏗᎩᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᎨᏍᎩᏰᎵᏎᏗ ᏱᎩ ᎠᎩᏁᎫ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏍᎩᏰᎵᏏ.
I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear with me.
2 ᏕᏨᏰᎷᎦᏰᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᎬᏩᏓ ᏂᎸᎢᏍᏗ ᎠᏛᏳᎨᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏗᎭ; ᏌᏉᏰᏃ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᏣᏨᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᏨᏴᏁᎸ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎵᏏᎾᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏛ ᎢᎦᎦᏛ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏫᏗᏨᏲᎯᏎᏗᏱ.
I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.
3 ᎠᏎᏃ ᏥᎾᏰᏍᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ Ꮎ ᎢᎾᏛ ᏧᎶᏄᎮᎴ ᎢᏫ ᎠᏏᎾᏌᏅ ᏥᎬᏗᏍᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏕᏣᏓᏅᏛ ᏱᏓᎪᎸᎾ ᏗᏥᏲᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏱᏂᎬᎦ ᏄᏠᎾᏍᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
But I am afraid that, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may be led astray from their single-heartedness and their fidelity to Christ.
4 ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᎢᏥᎷᏤᎯ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᏥᏌ ᎠᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏴ ᎣᏣᎵᏥᏙᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎢᏳ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏙᏣᏓᏂᎸᏨᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᏣᏓᏂᎸᏨᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᏣᏓᏂᎸᏨᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎣᏏᏳᏉ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏱᏤᎵᏒ.
If indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the One you have already received or a Good News different from that which you have already welcomed, your toleration is admirable!
5 ᎦᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬᏰᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᏅ ᎡᏍᎦ ᏱᎦᏥᏲᎠᏍᎦ ᏄᏂᎬᏫᏳᏒ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.
6 ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏅᏇᏲᏅᎾ ᏱᎩ ᎠᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏄᏍᏗ ᏥᎦᏔᎾᎥᎢ; ᏂᎦᎥᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏃᎦᏍᏛ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏃᎦᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏤᎲᎢ.
And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.
7 ᏥᎪ ᏥᏍᎦᏅᎩ ᎡᎳᏗ ᏥᎾᏆᏓᏛᏁᎸ, ᏂᎯ ᎡᏥᏌᎳᏙᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏗᏨᎬᏩᎶᏓᏁᎸᎾ ᏥᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸᎢ?
Is it a sin that I abased myself in order for you to be exalted, in that I proclaimed God's Good News to you without fee or reward?
8 ᏕᎦᏥᎾᏌᏅ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏚᎾᏓᏡᏩᏗᏒᎢ, ᏥᎩᏍᎬᎩ ᎬᏆᎫᏴᎡᎲᎢ, ᏂᎯ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎢᏨᏯᏛᏁᏗᏱ.
Other Churches I robbed, receiving pay from them in order to do you service.
9 ᎠᎴ ᎾᎯᏳ ᏥᏨᏰᎳᏗᏙᎲᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᏚᎸᎲᎥᎦ, ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏯᏆᎫᏱᏍᎨᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᎠᎩᏂᎬᏎᎲᎢ, ᎣᏣᎵᏅᏟ ᎹᏏᏙᏂ ᏅᏓᏳᏂᎶᏒᎯ ᎬᎩᏁᎲᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥᏉ ᎠᏆᏟᏂᎬᏁᎸ ᎢᏨᏐᏈᎸᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎮᏍᏗ.
And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden--for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants--and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.
10 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏣᎩᏯᎠ, ᎥᏝ ᎥᎩᏲᎯᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏢᏈᏍᎬ ᎡᎧᏯ ᏂᎬᎾᏛᎢ.
Christ knows that it is true when I say that I will not be stopped from boasting of this anywhere in Greece.
11 ᎦᏙᏃ? ᏥᎪ ᏂᏨᎨᏳᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ? ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎭ.
And why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do.
12 ᎠᏎᏃ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎲ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎦᏛᏁᎮᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏥᏲᏍᏙᏓᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏜᏓᏅᏓᏕᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏧᎾᏚᎵᎭ ᎤᎾᏜᏓᏅᏓᏕᏗᏱ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᎾᏢᏈᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏃᎦᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᎾᏍᏛ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏱᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓ.
But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.
13 ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᎾᏠᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ, ᎤᎾᏓᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏧᏤᎵ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᎠᎾᏤᎸᏍᎩ.
For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.
14 ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏳᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ; ᏎᏓᏂᏰᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎢᎦ-ᎦᏛ ᎡᎯ ᎠᏤᎸᏍᎪᎢ.
And no wonder. Satan, their master, can disguise himself as an angel of light.
15 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ ᏱᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ ᏯᎾᏤᎸᏍᎦ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎵᏍᏆᎸᏗ ᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
It is therefore no great thing for his servants also to disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be in accordance with their actions.
16 ᏔᎵᏁ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏥᏪᎭ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏁᎫ ᏯᏇᎵᏎᎮᏍᏗ; ᎢᏳ ᎠᏗᎾ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏕᏍᏗ, ᎠᏎ ᎠᎩᏁᎫ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏗᏍᎩᏯᏓᏂᎸᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏢᏈᏍᏗᏱ.
To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.
17 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏥᏪᏍᎬ ᏥᏁᎬ ᎥᏝ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᏳᏪᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᏁᎦ, ᎠᎩᏁᎫᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏥᏁᎦ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏥᎾᏰᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏥᎬᏗᎭ ᏥᎦᏢᏆᏍᎦ.
What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.
18 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏧᏂᏣᏔ ᏣᎾᏢᏈᏍᎦ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏓᎦᏢᏆᏏ.
Since many boast for merely human reasons, I too will boast.
19 ᎤᏂᏁᎫᏰᏃ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᎩ ᏙᏤᎵᏎᎭ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎢᏥᏰᎸᎭ, ᏂᎯ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎾᎢ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ.
Wise as you yourselves are, you find pleasure in tolerating fools.
20 ᎤᏁᎳᎩᏰᏃ ᎢᏤᎵᏍᎪ ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᏱᏗᏥᎾᏢᏅ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏒᎭ ᏱᏂᏨᏁᎸ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ [ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎢᏥᎲ ] ᏱᏥᎩᎡᎸ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏳᏓᎵᏌᎳᏓᏅ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᏕᏣᎧᏛ ᏱᏨᏂᎸ.
For you tolerate it, if any one enslaves you, lives at your expense, makes off with your property, gives himself airs, or strikes you on the face.
21 ᎤᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏥᏁᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏦᏥᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎪᎪᏎᎲᎢ. ᎾᎿᎭᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎩᎶ ᎬᏩᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ( ᎤᏁᎫ ᎤᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᏥᏁᎦ, ) ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏂᏥᎾᏰᏍᎬᎾ.
I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is 'courageous' --I speak in mere folly--I also am courageous.
22 ᏥᎪ ᎢᎾᏈᎷ ᎾᏍᎩ? ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ. ᏥᎪ ᎠᏂᎢᏏᎵ? ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ. ᎡᏆᎭᎻᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ? ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 ᏥᎪ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏧᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ? ( ᎤᏁᎫ ᎤᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᏥᏁᎦ, ) ᎠᏴ ᎤᏟᎢ; ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ; ᎥᎩᎵᎥᏂᎸ ᎤᏟᎯᏳ ᎢᎦᎢ; ᏗᎦᏍᏚᏗᏱ ᎥᎩᏴᏔᏅᎢ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ; ᎠᎩᏲᎱᏏᏕᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏯᏃᏉ;
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.) Much more am I His servant; serving Him more thoroughly than they by my labours, and more thoroughly also by my imprisonments, by excessively cruel floggings, and with risk of life many a time.
24 ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎯᏍᎩ ᏂᎬᎩᎵᎥᏂᎸᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᎭ ᏌᏉ ᎦᎷᎶᎩ ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᎬᏋᏂᏍᏗᏱ;
From the Jews I five times have received forty lashes all but one.
25 ᏦᎢ ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ ᎦᎾᏍᏓ ᏕᎬᎩᎵᎥᏂᏍᏔᏅᎩ; ᏌᏉ ᏅᏯ ᏂᏕᎬᏋᏂᏍᏔᏅᎩ; ᏦᎢ ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ ᏥᏳ ᎠᏆᏦᏛ ᎤᏲᏨᎩ; ᎤᎵᏨᏓᏆᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᏓᏆᏛ ᎠᏍᏛᎬ ᎾᏆᏛᏅᎩ;
Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea.
26 ᎨᏙᎲ ᏯᏃᏉ; ᎡᏉᏂ ᏕᎨᏴ ᎤᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᏗᎾᏓᎾᏌᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏂᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏂᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎦᏚᎲ ᎤᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎢᎾᎨ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎤᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎤᎾᏠᎾᏍᏗ ᎣᏣᎵᏅᏟ ᎤᏂᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ;
I have served Him by frequent travelling, amid dangers in crossing rivers, dangers from robbers; dangers from my own countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles; dangers in the city, dangers in the Desert, dangers by sea, dangers from spies in our midst;
27 ᏓᎩᏯᏪᏥᏙᎸ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎯᏍᏗ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ; ᏯᏃᎩᏳ ᏂᏥᎸᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎪᏄ ᎠᎩᏲᏏᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᏔᏕᎩᏍᎬᎢ; ᏯᏃᎩᏳ ᎠᎹᏟ ᎬᏍᎬᎢ; ᎤᏴᏢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᎭ ᎨᏒᎢ.
with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.
28 ᏂᏓᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒ ᏣᎩᎷᏤᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᏆᎦᏌᏯᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏚᎾᏓᏡᏩᏗᏒᎢ.
And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily--my anxiety for all the Churches.
29 ᎦᎪ ᎠᏩᎾᎦᎶᎢ, ᎠᏴᏃ ᏂᏥᏩᏂᎦᎸᎾ ᎨᏐᎢ? ᎦᎪ ᏚᏬᏕᎯᎰᎢ, ᎠᏴᏃ ᏂᏥᎴᏴᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏐᎢ?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, and I am not aflame with indignation?
30 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᏎ ᎠᏆᏢᏈᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᏥᏩᎾᎦᎵᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏓᎦᏢᏆᏏ.
If boast I must, it shall be of things which display my weakness.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--He who is blessed throughout the Ages--knows that I am speaking the truth. (aiōn g165)
32 ᏕᎹᏍᎦ ᏫᎨᏙᎲ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏎᏕᎩ ᎡᎵᏓ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᏪᎧᏅᎯ, ᎠᏯᏫᏍᎬᎩ ᎠᏂᏕᎹᏍᎦ ᎤᏂᏚᎲᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᎠᎩᏂᏴᏗᏱ;
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,
33 ᎠᏦᎳᏅᏃ ᏓᎬᎩᏄᎪᏫᏒᎩ ᏔᎷᏣᎩᎯ ᎬᏆᏦᏗ ᎬᏆᏠᎥᏔᏅᎩ ᎠᏐᏳᎶᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏯᏗᏫᏎᎸᎩ.
but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped his hands.
