Corinthios Ii 2
1 Statui autem hoc ipsum apud me, ne iterum in tristitia venirem ad vos.
For I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
2 Si enim ego contristo vos: et quis est, qui me lætificet, nisi qui contristatur ex me?
For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
3 Et hoc ipsum scripsi vobis, ut non cum venero, tristitiam super tristitiam habeam, de quibus oportuerat me gaudere: confidens in omnibus vobis, quia meum gaudium, omnium vestrum est.
And I wrote this very thing, so that, when I came, I would not have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
4 Nam ex multa tribulatione, et angustia cordis scripsi vobis per multas lacrymas: non ut contristemini: sed ut sciatis, quam charitatem habeam abundantius in vobis.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
5 Si quis autem contristavit, non me contristavit: sed ex parte, ut non onerem omnes vos.
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
6 Sufficit illi, qui eiusmodi est, obiurgatio hæc, quæ fit a pluribus:
Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
7 ita ut econtrario magis donetis, et consolemini, ne forte abundantiori tristitia absorbeatur qui eiusmodi est.
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
8 Propter quod obsecro vos, ut confirmetis in illum charitatem.
Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.
9 Ideo enim et scripsi, ut cognoscam experimentum vestrum, an in omnibus obedientes sitis.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
10 Cui autem aliquid donastis, et ego: nam et ego quod donavi, si quid donavi, propter vos in persona Christi,
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
11 ut non circumveniamur a Satana: non enim ignoramus cogitationes eius.
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12 Cum venissem autem Troadem propter Evangelium Christi, et ostium mihi apertum esset in Domino,
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 non habui requiem spiritui meo, eo quod non invenerim Titum fratrem meum, sed valefaciens eis, profectus sum in Macedoniam.
I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
14 Deo autem gratias, qui semper triumphat nos in Christo Iesu, et odorem notitiæ suæ manifestat per nos in omni loco:
Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
15 quia Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in iis, qui salvi fiunt, et in iis, qui pereunt:
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
16 aliis quidem odor mortis in mortem: aliis autem odor vitæ in vitam. Et ad hæc quis tam idoneus?
to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
17 Non enim sumus sicut plurimi, adulterantes verbum Dei, sed ex sinceritate, sed sicut ex Deo, coram Deo, in Christo loquimur.
For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
