2 Corinthians 2
1 For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.
Men jag hafver det betänkt med mig sjelf, att jag icke åter med ångest vill komma till eder.
2 If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?
Ty om jag bedröfvar eder, ho är då den som fröjdar mig, utan den som varder af mig bedröfvad?
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.
Och detsamma hafver jag skrifvit eder, att, när jag komme till eder, jag icke skulle få sorg af dem, der jag heldre skulle få glädje af; efter jag hafver den tröst till eder alla, att min fröjd är allas edra fröjd.
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.
Ty jag skref eder till uti stor bedröfvelse och hjertans ångest, med många tårar; icke på det I skullen bedröfvas, utan på det I skullen förstå den kärlek, som jag enkannerliga hafver till eder.
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.
Hvar nu någor hafver bedröfvelse åstadkommit, den hafver icke bedröfvat mig, utan endels; på det jag icke skall betunga eder alla.
6 The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;
Men det är nog, att den samme af mångom så straffad är;
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.
Så att I nu dess mer tvärtemot skolen öfverse med honom, och hugsvala honom, på det han icke skall uppsluken varda uti för mycken bedröfvelse.
8 So I entreat you to assure him of your love.
Derföre förmanar jag eder, att I bevisen honom kärlek.
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.
Ty derföre hafver jag ock skrifvit eder till, att jag skulle bepröfva eder, om I lydige ären i all ting.
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,
Den I förlåten något, den förlåter ock jag; ty hvem ock jag förlåter något, det förlåter jag för edra skull, i Christi stad;
11 so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
På det vi icke skole varda bedragna af Satana; ty oss är icke ovetterligit, hvad han i sinnet hafver.
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,
Men då jag kom till Troadem, till att predika Christi Evangelium, och mig upplåten vardt en dörr i Herranom;
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.
Hade jag ingen ro uti min anda; derföre att jag icke fann min broder Titum; utan gjorde der min afsked, och for till Macedonien.
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 Gudi vare lof, som alltid låter oss seger behålla i Christo, och uppenbarar lukten af sin kunskap, genom oss, allestäds.
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.
Ty vi äre Gudi en god Christi lukt, både ibland dem som salige varda, också ibland dem som förtappade varda;
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?
Dessom en döds lukt till döden; men dem androm lifsens lukt till lifs. Ho är nu här dogse till?
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.
Ty vi äre icke såsom månge, de der förfalska Guds ord; utan af renhet, och såsom af Gudi, tale vi för Gud i Christo.
