2 Corinthians 10

1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Messiah; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

Torej jaz sam, Pavel, ki sem v navzočnosti med vami pohleven, toda odsoten sem drzen do vas, vas pri Kristusovi krotkosti in blagosti rotim.

2 But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

Toda rotim vas, da ne bi bil drzen, ko sem prisoten s tem zaupanjem, s katerim mislim biti do nekaterih drzen, ki mislijo o nas, kakor da smo živeli glede na meso.

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;

Kajti čeprav živimo v mesu, se ne borimo po mesu

4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,

(kajti orožja našega vojskovanja niso mesena, temveč mogočna po Bogu, da podirajo trdnjave);

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 Messiah;

podiramo zamisli in vsako visoko stvar, ki sebe povzdiguje proti spoznanju Boga ter vsako misel prinašamo v ujetništvo, v poslušnost Kristusu;

6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

in v pripravljenosti smo, da maščujemo vso neposlušnost, ko se vaša poslušnost dopolni.

7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Messiah's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Messiah's, so also we are Messiah's.

Ali gledate na stvari po zunanjem videzu? Če katerikoli človek zaupa sebi, da je Kristusov, naj sam v sebi to ponovno razmisli, da kakor je on Kristusov, točno tako smo mi Kristusovi.

8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

Kajti čeprav bi se malce bolj bahal z našo oblastjo, ki nam jo je Gospod dal za izgrajevanje in ne za vaše uničenje, ne bi bil osramočen;

9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

da ne bom videti, kakor če vas hočem strašiti s pismi.

10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."

Kajti [za] njegova pisma, pravijo, [da] so tehtna in vplivna, toda njegova telesna prisotnost je šibka in njegov govor zaničevanja vreden.

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.

Naj takšni mislijo to, da takšni, kakor smo mi z besedo po črkah, ko smo odsotni, bomo takšni tudi v dejanju, ko smo prisotni.

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 meriti ali primerjati z nekaterimi, ki priporočajo sami sebe. Toda tisti, ki sebe merijo s seboj in se primerjajo med seboj, niso modri.

13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

Toda mi se ne bomo bahali o stvareh zunaj naše mere, temveč glede na mero oblasti, ki nam jo je Bog razdelil, mero, da smo segli celó do vas.

14 For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the gospel of Messiah,

Kajti ne iztezamo se preko naše mere, kakor da nismo prispeli do vas, kajti z oznanjevanjem Kristusovega evangelija smo prišli tudi prav do vas.

15 not boasting excessively in the work done by others, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

O stvareh se ne bahamo prek naše mere, to je z napori drugih ljudi, temveč imamo upanje, ko se vaša vera okrepi, da bomo obilno povečani po vas glede na naše območje,

16 so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

da oznanimo evangelij v pokrajinah onstran vas in ne da se bahamo na področju drugega človeka o stvareh, ki so bile pripravljene k naši roki.

17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

Toda kdor se ponaša, naj se ponaša v Gospodu.

18 For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Kajti ni potrjen kdor priporoča sebe, temveč kogar priporoča Gospod.