2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
Sam pa jaz Pavel opominjam vas po krotkosti in tihosti Kristusovej, kteri sem pričo vas res da ponižen med vami, a kedar me ni pri vas, pa drzen proti vam.
2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
Prosim pa, da mi ne bo treba, kedar bom pri vas zdrzniti se s to zaupnostjo, s ktero mislim zdrzniti se na nektere, kteri mislijo, kakor da po mesu hodimo.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
Kajti če tudi po mesu hodimo, ne vojskujemo se po mesu,
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
(Ker orožje našega vojskovanja ni meseno nego močno po Bogu za razdevanje trdnih mest),
5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
Naklepe razdevajoč in vsako visokost, ktera se vzdiguje proti poznanju Božjemu; in zavjemajoč vsako pamet na poslušnost Kristusu,
6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.
In v pripravi imajoč maščevanje za vsako neposlušnost, kedar se izpolni vaša poslušnost.
7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.
Gledate li na to, kar vam je pred očmi? Če kdo upa v sebi, da je Kristusov, misli naj zopet v sebi, da, kakor je on Kristusov, tako smo tudi mi Kristusovi.
8 For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,
Kajti če se tudi kaj obilneje pohvalim z oblastjo našo, ktero nam je dal Gospod za zidanje in ne za razdevanje vaše, ne bom se osramotil.
9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
Da se ne bo videlo, kakor da vas strašim z listovi,
10 For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
Ker so listovi, velí, težki in jaki, ali ko je s telesom nazoči, slab je in beseda mu nič ne velja.
11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
To naj misli, kdor je tak, da, kakoršni smo v besedi po listih nenazoči, takošni smo tudi nazoči v dejanji.
12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
Kajti ne drznemo se pridejati se k nekterim ali primeriti se ž njimi, kteri sami sebe povzdigujejo; nego kteri sami po sebi sami sebe merijo in primerjajo sami sebe s seboj, ne umejo.
13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
A mi se ne bomo črez nemero hvalili, nego po meri vodila, kterega nam je podelil Bog mero, da dosežemo tudi noter do vas.
14 For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
Kajti mi se ne stezamo predaleč, kakor da ne dosezamo do vas; za kaj tudi noter do vas smo prišli v evangelji Kristusovem;
15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
Ne hvaleč se črez nemero s tujimi trudi, ali up imajoč, kedar se pomnoži vera vaša, da se v vas poveličamo po vodilu svojem na obilnost,
16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
Da se onkraj vas evangelj oznani, ter se ne pohvalimo s tem, kar je po tujem vodilu narejeno.
17 But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
"Kdor se pa hvali, v Gospodu naj se hvali."
18 For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Kajti ni ta, kteri sam sebe povzdiguje, izkušen, nego ta, kogar Gospod povzdiguje.
