2 Corinthians 7

1 My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.

Efter vi nu hafve sådana löfte, mine käreste, så görom oss rena af all köttsens och andans besmittelse fullbordande helgelsen i Guds räddhåga.

2 So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).

Fatter oss; vi hafve ingom gjort skada, vi hafve ingen bedragit, vi hafve ingen besvikit.

3 [It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.

Sådana säger jag icke till att fördöma eder; ty jag sade eder tillförene, att I ären i vår hjerta, till att dö och lefva med eder.

4 I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.

Jag hafver mycken tröst till eder; jag berömmer mig mycket af eder; jag är uppfylld med hugsvalelse; jag är uti osägeliga glädje, i all vår bedröfvelse.

5 Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].

Ty när vi kommom uti Macedonien, då hade vårt kött ingen ro, utan allestädes vorom vi uti bedröfvelse; utvärtes strid, invärtes räddhåge.

6 But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.

Men Gud, som hugsvalar dem som förtryckte äro, han hugsvalade oss genom Titi tillkommelse;

7 I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.

Dock icke allenast genom hans tillkommelse, utan jemväl genom den hugsvalelse han fått hade af eder; och förkunnade oss edra åstundan, edar gråt, edart nit om mig, så att jag blef ända yttermera glad.

8 Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.

Ty det jag bedröfvade eder med mitt bref, det ångrar mig intet; och om det än ångrade mig, dock, medan jag ser att samma bref hafver tilläfventyrs en tid långt bedröfvat eder;

9 [So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.

Så fröjdar jag mig nu icke deraf, att I vorden bedröfvade, utan att I vorden bedröfvade till bättring; ty I ären bedröfvade vordne efter Guds sinne, så att I ingen skada lidit hafven af oss i någor måtto.

10 [The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.

Ty den sorg, som är efter Guds sinne, hon kommer åstad bättring till salighet, den man icke ångrar; men verldenes sorg, hon kommer åstad döden.

11 But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.

Si, detsamma, att I bedröfvade vorden efter Guds sinne, hvilken omsorg det hafver gjort i eder; ja sannerliga, ursäkt, misshag, räddhåga, åstundan, nit, hämnd; ty I hafven bevisat i all stycken, att I rene ären uti den saken.

12 So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].

Derföre, ändock jag skref eder till, så är det likväl icke skedt för hans skull, som skadan gjort hade; icke heller för hans skull, som skadan skedd var; utan fördenskull, att vår nit till eder skulle uppenbar varda när eder för Gudi.

13 So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].

Derföre hafve vi nu fått hugsvalelse, deraf att I hugsvalade ären; dock än mycket mer hafve vi gladt oss för Titi fröjds skull; ty hans ande vardt vederqvickt af allom eder.

14 I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.

Hvad jag hafver berömt mig om eder för honom, det blyges mig intet; utan såsom vi all ting i sanningen hafve eder sagt, så är ock vår berömmelse för Tito sann vorden.

15 Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].

Och hans hjerta är öfvermåtton väl till sinnes om eder, då han tänker på allas edra lydno, huruledes I undfingen honom med räddhåga och bäfvan.

16 [As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].

Jag fröjdar mig, att jag allt godt må förse mig till eder.