2 Corinthians 2
1 For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.
Men mwen te deside sa pou koz pa mwen, pou mwen pa ta vin kote nou menm nan tristès ankò.
2 If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?
Paske si m fè nou tris, kilès k ap fè m kontan, sof ke sila ke m te fè tris la.
3 So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.
Sa se menm bagay ke m te ekri nou an, jis pou lè m te vini, pou mwen pa ta twouve tristès nan sila ki ta dwe fè m rejwi yo. Paske mwen gen konfyans ke m gen nan nou tout la, pou lajwa pa m ta kapab lajwa pa nou tout.
4 I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.
Paske se te nan anpil afliksyon ak soufrans nan kè mwen, ke m te ekri nou avèk anpil dlo nan zye; pa pou m ta fè nou tris, men pou nou ta kapab konnen lanmou pwofon ke mwen gen pou nou an.
5 Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent – not to be too severe – pained every one of you.
Men si yon moun fè nou tris, se pa mwen li fè tris la, men, nan yon sèten sans, (jis pou m pa di twòp) a nou tout.
6 The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;
Sifi pou yon moun konsa se pinisyon ki te enpoze pa majorite a.
7 so that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.
Donk okontrè, nou ta pito rekonfòte e padone li, otreman pou yon moun konsa ta sibi yon tristès ki depase limit.
8 So I entreat you to assure him of your love.
Pou sa, mwen ankouraje nou pou fè l konnen ankò, lanmou nou gen anvè li a.
9 I had this further object, also, in what I wrote – to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.
Paske nan bi sa, mwen osi te ekri nou pou m te kapab teste nou, si nou obeyisan nan tout bagay.
10 Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,
Men sila ke nou te padone a, mwen te padone li tou; paske anverite, sa ke m te padone a, si vrèman mwen te padone yon bagay, mwen te fè l pou koz nou nan prezans a Kris la
11 so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
pou Satan pa t kab vin pwofite de nou; paske nou pa inyoran de manèv li yo.
12 When I went to the district round Troas to tell the good news of the Christ, even though there was an opening for serving the Master,
Alò, lè m te vini Troas pou levanjil a Kris la, e lè yon pòt te vin ouvri pou mwen nan Senyè a,
13 I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my friend; so I took leave of the people there, and went on to Macedonia.
mwen pa t gen repo nan lespri mwen, akoz mwen pa t twouve Tite, frè mwen an. Konsa, mwen te kite yo, pou mwen te kontinye vè Macédoine.
14 All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet perfume of the knowledge of him in every place.
Men gras a Bondye, ki toujou mennen nou nan viktwa Li an Kris la, e ki toujou fè parèt nan nou yon pafen ki santi bon de konesans a Li nan tout kote.
15 For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God – both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.
Paske nou se odè santi bon a Kris la vè Bondye pami sila k ap vin sove yo, e pami sila k ap peri yo.
16 To the latter we are a stench which arises from death and tells of death; to the former a fragrance which arises from life and tells of life. But who is equal to such a task?
Pou youn, yon movèz odè ki soti nan lanmò pou rive nan lanmò, pou lòt la, yon odè ki soti nan lavi pou rive nan lavi. E kilès nan nou ki gen ase de fòs pou bagay sa yo?
17 Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God’s message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God’s commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.
Paske nou pa tankou anpil moun, k ap vann pawòl Bondye a. Men nan senserite, devan ze Bondye, nou pale nan Kris.
