2 Corinthians 12
1 I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.
Zame ni primerno, da bi se sedaj poveličeval. Prišel bom k videnjem in razodetjem od Gospoda.
2 I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago – whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows – was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third heaven.
Pred okoli štirinajstimi leti sem spoznal človeka v Kristusu (bodisi v telesu, ne morem reči; ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve), nekoga vzetega gor do tretjih nebes.
3 And I know that this man – whether in the body or separated from the body I do not know; God knows –
In poznal sem takšnega človeka (bodisi v telesu ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve),
4 Was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable things of which no human being may tell.
kako je bil vzet gor v raj in je slišal neizgovorljive besede, ki jih človeku ni zakonito izreči.
5 About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.
S takšnim se bom ponašal. Vendar se ne bom ponašal sam s seboj, temveč s svojimi slabotnostmi.
6 Yet if I choose to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will be speaking no more than the truth. But I refrain, in case anyone should credit me with more than he can see in me or hear from me, and because of the marvelous character of the revelations.
Kajti kljub temu da bi se želel ponašati, ne bom bedak; kajti povedal bom resnico. Toda sedaj potrpim, da ne bi katerikoli človek mislil o meni več, kakor me vidi, da sem ali kar sliši o meni.
7 It was for this reason, and to prevent my thinking too highly of myself, that a thorn was sent to pierce my flesh – an instrument of Satan to discipline me – so that I should not think too highly of myself.
In da se ne bi zaradi obilja razodetij, prek mere povišal, mi je bil dan v meso trn, Satanov poslanec, da me udari, da ne bi bil prek mere vzvišen.
8 About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me.
Za to stvar sem trikrat rotil Gospoda, da bi jo odstranil od mene.
9 But his reply has been – ‘My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.’ Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.
In mi je rekel: »Dovolj ti je moja milost, kajti moja moč je izpopolnjena v slabotnosti.« Torej se bom z največjim veseljem raje ponašal s svojimi slabotnostmi, da bo na meni lahko počivala Kristusova moč.
10 That is why I delight in weakness, ill treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!
Torej bom zaradi Kristusa užival v slabotnostih, v grajah, v potrebah, v preganjanjih, v tegobah; kajti kadar sem slaboten, tedaj sem močan.
11 I have been “playing the fool!” It is you who drove me to it. For it is you who ought to have been commending me! Although I am nobody, in no respect did I prove inferior to the most eminent apostles.
Postal sem bedak v ponašanju. Prisilili ste me, kajti od vas bi moral biti priporočen. Kajti v ničemer ne zaostajam za vašimi najvodilnejšimi apostoli, čeprav nisem nič.
12 The marks of the true apostle were exhibited among you in constant endurance, as well as by signs, by marvels, and by miracles.
Resnično, znamenja apostola so bila med vami storjena v vsej potrpežljivosti, z znamenji in čudeži ter mogočnimi dejanji.
13 In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I did to you!
Kajti kaj je to, v čemer ste bili slabši do drugih cerkvá, razen tega, da vam jaz nisem bil v breme? Odpustite mi to krivico.
14 Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I will refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.
Glejte, tretjič sem pripravljen priti k vam, in vam ne bom v breme, kajti ne iščem vašega, temveč vas. Kajti ne bi smeli biti otroci obvezani varčevati za starše, temveč starši za otroke.
15 For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
In zelo rad se hočem razdati in biti razdan za vas; četudi vas obilneje ljubim, sem manj ljubljen.
16 You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was “crafty” and caught you “by a trick”!
Toda naj bo tako, nisem vas bremenil; kljub temu sem vas, ker sem prebrisan, ujel z zvijačo.
17 Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?
Ali sem vas izkoristil po kom od teh, ki sem jih poslal k vam?
18 I urged Titus to go, and I sent another follower with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we live in the same Spirit, and tread in the same footsteps?
Naprosil sem Tita in z njim sem poslal brata. Ali vas je izkoristil Tit? Ali nisva hodila v istem duhu? Ali nisva hodila po istih stopinjah?
19 Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;
Ponovno, ali mislite, da se vam opravičujemo? Govorimo pred Bogom v Kristusu. Toda, srčno ljubljeni, vse stvari počenjamo v vaše izgrajevanje.
20 for I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarreling, jealousy, ill feeling, rivalry, slandering, backbiting, self-assertion, and disorder.
Kajti bojim se, da ko pridem, vas ne bom našel takšnih, kakor vas želim in da me boste vi našli takšnega, kakor si ne želite; da ne bi bilo razpravljanj, zavisti, jeze, prepirov, obrekovanj, šepetanj, napihovanj, uporov.
21 I am afraid that, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.
In da me ne bi, ko ponovno pridem, moj Bog med vami ponižal in da bom objokoval mnoge, ki so že grešili in se niso pokesali od nečistosti in prešuštvovanja in pohotnosti, ki so jih zagrešili.
