2 Corinthians 2

1 For I have determined, unto myself, this—not, again, in grief, to come unto you.

And Y ordeynede this ilke thing at me, that Y schulde not come eftsoone in heuynes to you.

2 For, if, I, grieve you, who then is he that is to gladden me, —save he who is being grieved through me;

For if Y make you sori, who is he that gladith me, but he that is soreuful of me?

3 And I wrote this very thing—lest, if I came, I should have, grief, from those over whom I had need to rejoice, —having confidence in you all, that, my joy, is the joy, of you all.

And this same thing Y wroot to you, that whanne Y come, Y haue not sorewe on sorewe, of the whiche it behofte me to haue ioie. And Y triste in you alle, that my ioye is of alle you.

4 For, out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, —not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

For of myche tribulacioun and angwisch of herte Y wroot to you by many teeris, not that ye be sori, but that ye wite what charite Y haue more plenteuously in you.

5 Now, if anyone hath caused grief, not unto me hath he caused grief, but—that I may not bear too heavily—unto you all.

For if ony man hath maad me soreuful, he hath not maad me sorewful but a parti, that Y charge not you alle.

6 Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which [was inflicted] by the many;

This blamyng that ys maad of manye, suffisith to hym, that is sich oon;

7 So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.

so that ayenward ye rathir foryyuen and coumfort, lest perauenture he that is suche a maner man, be sopun vp bi more grete heuynesse.

8 Wherefore, I beseech you, assure him, of love;

For which thing Y biseche you, that ye conferme charite in to hym.

9 For, to this end, I also wrote, —that I might know the proof of you, whether, in all things, ye are obedient.

For whi therfor Y wroot this, that Y knowe youre preuyng, whether in alle thingis ye ben obedient.

10 Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, [have I forgiven it].

For to whom ye han foryyuen ony thing, also Y haue foryyue. For Y that that Y foryaf, yif Y foryaf ony thing, haue youun for you in the persone of Crist,

11 Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

that we be not disseyued of Sathanas; for we knowen hise thouytis.

12 Moreover, although I came unto Troas for the glad-message of the Christ, and a door for me had been opened in the Lord,

But whanne Y was comun to Troade for the gospel of Crist, and a dore was opened to me in the Lord,

13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but, taking my leave of them, I came away into Macedonia.

Y hadde not rest to my spirit, for Y foond not my brother Tite, but Y seide to hem farewel, and Y passide in to Macedonye.

14 But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, through us, in every place,

And Y do thankyngis to God, that euere more makith vs to haue victorie in Crist Jhesu, and schewith bi vs the odour of his knowing in ech place;

15 That, of Christ, a grateful odour, are we, unto God, —in them who are being saved, and in them who are being lost:

for we ben the good odour of Crist to God, among these that ben maad saaf, and among these that perischen.

16 In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

To othere sotheli odour of deth in to deth, but to othere we ben odour of lijf in to lijf. And to these thingis who is so able?

17 For we are not, as the many, driving a petty trade with the word of God; but, as of sincerity, but, as of God, before God, in Christ, we speak.

For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clennesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist.