2 Corinthians 11

1 I could wish ye would bear with me as to some little foolishness, —Nay! do even bear with me!

I wolde that ye wolden suffre a litil thing of myn vnwisdom, but also supporte ye me.

2 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy, of God; for I myself betrothed you unto one husband, to present, a chaste virgin, unto the Christ, —

For Y loue you bi the loue of God; for Y haue spousid you to oon hosebonde, to yelde a chast virgyn to Crist.

3 But I fear lest, by any means, as, the serpent, completely deceived Eve, in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the singleness [and the chasteness] which are [due] unto the Christ.

But Y drede, lest as the serpent disseyuede Eue with his sutil fraude, so youre wittis ben corrupt, and fallen doun fro the symplenesse that is in Crist.

4 For, if, indeed, he that cometh, is proclaiming, another Jesus, whom we have not proclaimed, or, a different Spirit, ye are receiving, which ye had not received, or a different glad-message, which ye have never welcomed, ye are, well, bearing.

For if he that cometh, prechith anothir Crist, whom we precheden not, or if ye taken another spirit, whom ye token not, or another gospel, which ye resseyueden not, riytli ye schulden suffre.

5 For I reckon not to have come a whit behind the exceeding overmuch apostles;

For Y wene that Y haue don no thing lesse than the grete apostlis.

6 And, even if uncultured in my discourse, certainly not in my knowledge, —but, in every way, having made [it] manifest, in all things, unto you.

For thouy Y be vnlerud in word, but not in kunnyng. For in alle thingis Y am open to you.

7 Or, a sin, did I commit—abasing, myself, that, ye, might be exalted, —in that, free of charge, God’s glad-message, I announced unto you?

Or whether Y haue don synne, mekynge my silf, that ye be enhaunsid, for freli Y prechide to you the gospel of God?

8 Other assemblies, I despoiled, receiving supplies that I might minister, unto you;

Y made nakid othere chirchis, and Y took sowde to youre seruyce.

9 And, being present with you, and having come short, I was not burdensome to anyone, —for, my deficiency, the brethren, coming from Macedonia, helped to make up; —and, in everything, without burden unto you, I kept, myself—and will keep!

And whanne Y was among you, and hadde nede, Y was chargeouse to no man; for britheren that camen fro Macedonye, fulfilliden that that failide to me. And in alle thingis Y haue kept, and schal kepe me with outen charge to you.

10 Truth of Christ is in me, that, this boasting, shall not be silenced unto me, in the regions of Achaia.

The treuthe of Crist is in me; for this glorie schal not be brokun in me in the cuntreis of Acaie.

11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God, knoweth!

Whi? for Y loue not you?

12 But, what I am doing, I also will do, —that I may cut off the occasion of them who are wishing an occasion, that, wherein they are boasting themselves, they may be found even as also, we.

God woot. For that that Y do, and that Y schal do, is that Y kitte awei the occasioun of hem that wolen occasioun, that in the thing, in which thei glorien, thei be foundun as we.

13 For, such as these, are false apostles, deceitful workers, transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ.

For siche false apostlis ben trecherouse werk men, and transfiguren hem in to apostlis of Crist.

14 And no marvel! for, Satan himself, doth transfigure himself into a messenger of light!

And no wondur, for Sathanas hym silf transfigurith hym in to an aungel of light.

15 No great thing, therefore, if, his ministers also, are transfiguring themselves as ministers of righteousness!—whose end, shall be according to their works.

Therfor it is not greet, if hise mynystris ben transfigurid as the mynystris of riytwisnesse, whos ende schal be aftir her werkis.

16 Again, I say—let no one deem me to be, foolish; but, otherwise, at least, as foolish, give me welcome, that, I also, some little, may boast myself.

Eft Y seie, lest ony man gesse me to be vnwise; ellis take ye me as vnwise, that also Y haue glorie a litil what.

17 What I am saying, not according to the Lord, am I saying, but as in foolishness, —in this my boastful confidence!

That that Y speke, Y speke not aftir God, but as in vnwisdom, in this substaunce of glorie.

18 Since, many, are boasting after the flesh, I also, will boast;

For many men glorien aftir the fleisch, and Y schal glorie.

19 For, gladly, do ye bear with the foolish, being [yourselves], discreet, —

For ye suffren gladli vnwise men, whanne ye silf ben wise.

20 For ye bear with it—if anyone enslaveth you, if any devoureth, if anyone taketh, if anyone lifteth himself up, if anyone, on the face, doth smite you!

For ye susteynen, if ony man dryueth you in to seruage, if ony man deuourith, if ony man takith, if ony man is enhaunsid, if ony man smytith you on the face.

21 By way of disparagement, am I speaking, —as though, we, had been weak! whereas, in whatsoever anyone dareth, in foolishness I speak, I also, dare: —

Bi vnnoblei Y seie, as if we weren sike in this parti. In what thing ony man dar, in vnwisdom Y seie, and Y dar.

22 Hebrews, are they? I also, Israelites, are they? I also, seed of Abraham, are they? I also,

Thei ben Ebrewis, and Y; thei ben Israelitis, and Y; thei ben the seed of Abraham, and Y;

23 Ministers of Christ, are they? As one deranged I am talking, I, above measure!—in toils, superabundantly, in prisons, superabundantly, in stripes, to excess, in deaths, oft, —

thei ben the mynystris of Crist, and Y. As lesse wise Y seie, Y more; in ful many trauelis, in prisouns more plenteuousli, in woundis aboue maner, in deethis ofte tymes.

24 From Jews, five times, forty-save-one, have I received,

Y resseyuede of the Jewis fyue sithis fourti strokis oon lesse;

25 Thrice, have I been beaten with rods, once, have I been stoned, thrice, have I been shipwrecked, a day and night, in the deep, have I spent;

thries Y was betun with yerdis, onys Y was stonyd, thries Y was at shipbreche, a nyyt and a dai Y was in the depnesse of the see;

26 In journeyings oft, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils by the sea, in perils among false brethren,

in weies ofte, in perelis of floodis, in perelis of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perelis of hethene men, in perelis in citee, in perelis in desert, in perelis in the see, in perelis among false britheren, in trauel and nedynesse,

27 in toil and hardship, in watchings, oft, in hunger and thirst, in fasting, oft, in cold and nakedness: —

in many wakyngis, in hungur, in thirst, in many fastyngis, in coold and nakidnesse.

28 Apart from the things without, my daily care, —my anxiety for all the assemblies; —

Withouten tho thingis that ben withoutforth, myn ech daies trauelyng is the bisynesse of alle chirchis.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and, I, am not burning?

Who is sijk, and Y am not sijk? who is sclaundrid, and Y am not brent?

30 If, to boast, is needful, in the things that concern my weakness, will I boast.

If it bihoueth to glorie, Y schal glorie in tho thingis that ben of myn infirmyte.

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus, knoweth—He who is blessed unto the ages—that I am not speaking falsely: (aiōn g165)

God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is blessid in to worldis, woot that Y lie not. (aiōn g165)

32 In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of Damascenes, to apprehend me, —

The preuost of Damask, of the kyng of the folk Arethe, kepte the citee of Damascenes to take me;

33 And, through a window, was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

and bi a wyndow in a leep Y was latun doun bi the wal, and so Y ascapide hise hondis.