2 Corinthians 2
1 For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.
Pero esto lo determiné para mí, para no volver a ir a vosotros con pena.
2 If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?
Porque si os hago entristecer, ¿quién me alegrará a mí, sino el que es hecho entristecer por mí?
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.
Y os escribí esto mismo, para que cuando viniera, no tuviera tristeza de parte de aquellos de quienes debía alegrarme; teniendo confianza en todos vosotros de que mi alegría sería compartida por todos vosotros.
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.
Porque de mucha aflicción y angustia de corazón os escribí con muchas lágrimas, no para que os entristecierais, sino para que conocierais el amor que os tengo en abundancia.
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.
Pero si alguno ha causado dolor, no me lo ha causado a mí, sino en parte (para que no os apriete demasiado) a todos vosotros.
6 The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;
Este castigo que fue infligido por los muchos es suficiente para tal;
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.
de modo que, por el contrario, debéis más bien perdonarle y consolarle, no sea que por algún medio tal sea tragado con su excesiva pena.
8 So I entreat you to assure him of your love.
Por eso os ruego que confirméis vuestro amor hacia él.
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.
Porque para esto también escribí, para conocer la prueba de vosotros, si sois obedientes en todo.
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,
Ahora bien, yo también perdono a quien tú perdonas algo. Porque si en verdad he perdonado algo, lo he hecho por vosotros en presencia de Cristo,
11 so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
para que Satanás no nos saque ventaja, pues no ignoramos sus maquinaciones.
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,
Cuando llegué a Troas por la Buena Nueva de Cristo, y cuando se me abrió una puerta en el Señor,
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.
no tuve alivio para mi espíritu, porque no encontré a Tito, mi hermano; pero despidiéndome de ellos, salí hacia Macedonia.
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.
Ahora bien, gracias a Dios, que nos lleva siempre en triunfo en Cristo, y revela por medio de nosotros el dulce aroma de su conocimiento en todo lugar.
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.
Porque somos un dulce aroma de Cristo para Dios, tanto en los que se salvan como en los que se pierden:
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?
para los unos, un hedor de muerte a muerte; para los otros, un dulce aroma de vida a vida. ¿Quién se basta para estas cosas?
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.
Porque no somos como muchos, que venden la palabra de Dios. Sino que como de sinceridad, pero como de Dios, a la vista de Dios, hablamos en Cristo.
