2 Corinthians 11
1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
yūyaṁ mamājñānatāṁ kṣaṇaṁ yāvat sōḍhum arhatha, ataḥ sā yuṣmābhiḥ sahyatāṁ|
2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
īśvarē mamāsaktatvād ahaṁ yuṣmānadhi tapē yasmāt satīṁ kanyāmiva yuṣmān ēkasmin varē'rthataḥ khrīṣṭē samarpayitum ahaṁ vāgdānam akārṣaṁ|
3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
kintu sarpēṇa svakhalatayā yadvad havā vañcayāñcakē tadvat khrīṣṭaṁ prati satītvād yuṣmākaṁ bhraṁśaḥ sambhaviṣyatīti bibhēmi|
4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
asmābhiranākhyāpitō'paraḥ kaścid yīśu ryadi kēnacid āgantukēnākhyāpyatē yuṣmābhiḥ prāgalabdha ātmā vā yadi labhyatē prāgagr̥hītaḥ susaṁvādō vā yadi gr̥hyatē tarhi manyē yūyaṁ samyak sahiṣyadhvē|
5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
kintu mukhyēbhyaḥ prēritēbhyō'haṁ kēnacit prakārēṇa nyūnō nāsmīti budhyē|
6 But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
mama vākpaṭutāyā nyūnatvē satyapi jñānasya nyūnatvaṁ nāsti kintu sarvvaviṣayē vayaṁ yuṣmadgōcarē prakāśāmahē|
7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?
yuṣmākam unnatyai mayā namratāṁ svīkr̥tyēśvarasya susaṁvādō vinā vētanaṁ yuṣmākaṁ madhyē yad aghōṣyata tēna mayā kiṁ pāpam akāri?
8 I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
yuṣmākaṁ sēvanāyāham anyasamitibhyō bhr̥ti gr̥hlan dhanamapahr̥tavān,
9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
yadā ca yuṣmanmadhyē'va'rttē tadā mamārthābhāvē jātē yuṣmākaṁ kō'pi mayā na pīḍitaḥ; yatō mama sō'rthābhāvō mākidaniyādēśād āgatai bhrātr̥bhi nyavāryyata, itthamahaṁ kkāpi viṣayē yathā yuṣmāsu bhārō na bhavāmi tathā mayātmarakṣā kr̥tā karttavyā ca|
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
khrīṣṭasya satyatā yadi mayi tiṣṭhati tarhi mamaiṣā ślāghā nikhilākhāyādēśē kēnāpi na rōtsyatē|
11 Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.
ētasya kāraṇaṁ kiṁ? yuṣmāsu mama prēma nāstyētat kiṁ tatkāraṇaṁ? tad īśvarō vētti|
12 But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in which they boast, they may be recognized just like us.
yē chidramanviṣyanti tē yat kimapi chidraṁ na labhantē tadarthamēva tat karmma mayā kriyatē kāriṣyatē ca tasmāt tē yēna ślāghantē tēnāsmākaṁ samānā bhaviṣyanti|
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
tādr̥śā bhāktaprēritāḥ pravañcakāḥ kāravō bhūtvā khrīṣṭasya prēritānāṁ vēśaṁ dhārayanti|
14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
taccāścaryyaṁ nahi; yataḥ svayaṁ śayatānapi tējasvidūtasya vēśaṁ dhārayati,
15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
tatastasya paricārakā api dharmmaparicārakāṇāṁ vēśaṁ dhārayantītyadbhutaṁ nahi; kintu tēṣāṁ karmmāṇi yādr̥śāni phalānyapi tādr̥śāni bhaviṣyanti|
16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
ahaṁ puna rvadāmi kō'pi māṁ nirbbōdhaṁ na manyatāṁ kiñca yadyapi nirbbōdhō bhavēyaṁ tathāpi yūyaṁ nirbbōdhamiva māmanugr̥hya kṣaṇaikaṁ yāvat mamātmaślāghām anujānīta|
17 That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
ētasyāḥ ślāghāyā nimittaṁ mayā yat kathitavyaṁ tat prabhunādiṣṭēnēva kathyatē tannahi kintu nirbbōdhēnēva|
18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
aparē bahavaḥ śārīrikaślāghāṁ kurvvatē tasmād ahamapi ślāghiṣyē|
19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
buddhimantō yūyaṁ sukhēna nirbbōdhānām ācāraṁ sahadhvē|
20 For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
kō'pi yadi yuṣmān dāsān karōti yadi vā yuṣmākaṁ sarvvasvaṁ grasati yadi vā yuṣmān harati yadi vātmābhimānī bhavati yadi vā yuṣmākaṁ kapōlam āhanti tarhi tadapi yūyaṁ sahadhvē|
21 To my shame, I speak as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
daurbbalyād yuṣmābhiravamānitā iva vayaṁ bhāṣāmahē, kintvaparasya kasyacid yēna pragalbhatā jāyatē tēna mamāpi pragalbhatā jāyata iti nirbbōdhēnēva mayā vaktavyaṁ|
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.
tē kim ibrilōkāḥ? ahamapībrī| tē kim isrāyēlīyāḥ? ahamapīsrāyēlīyaḥ| tē kim ibrāhīmō vaṁśāḥ? ahamapībrāhīmō vaṁśaḥ|
23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
tē kiṁ khrīṣṭasya paricārakāḥ? ahaṁ tēbhyō'pi tasya mahāparicārakaḥ; kintu nirbbōdha iva bhāṣē, tēbhyō'pyahaṁ bahupariśramē bahuprahārē bahuvāraṁ kārāyāṁ bahuvāraṁ prāṇanāśasaṁśayē ca patitavān|
24 Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.
yihūdīyairahaṁ pañcakr̥tva ūnacatvāriṁśatprahārairāhatastrirvētrāghātam ēkakr̥tvaḥ prastarāghātañca praptavān|
25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
vāratrayaṁ pōtabhañjanēna kliṣṭō'ham agādhasalilē dinamēkaṁ rātrimēkāñca yāpitavān|
26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;
bahuvāraṁ yātrābhi rnadīnāṁ saṅkaṭai rdasyūnāṁ saṅkaṭaiḥ svajātīyānāṁ saṅkaṭai rbhinnajātīyānāṁ saṅkaṭai rnagarasya saṅkaṭai rmarubhūmēḥ saṅkaṭai sāgarasya saṅkaṭai rbhāktabhrātr̥ṇāṁ saṅkaṭaiśca
27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
pariśramaklēśābhyāṁ vāraṁ vāraṁ jāgaraṇēna kṣudhātr̥ṣṇābhyāṁ bahuvāraṁ nirāhārēṇa śītanagnatābhyāñcāhaṁ kālaṁ yāpitavān|
28 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.
tādr̥śaṁ naimittikaṁ duḥkhaṁ vināhaṁ pratidinam ākulō bhavāmi sarvvāsāṁ samitīnāṁ cintā ca mayi varttatē|
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
yēnāhaṁ na durbbalībhavāmi tādr̥śaṁ daurbbalyaṁ kaḥ pāpnōti?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
yadi mayā ślāghitavyaṁ tarhi svadurbbalatāmadhi ślāghiṣyē|
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie. (aiōn g165)
mayā mr̥ṣāvākyaṁ na kathyata iti nityaṁ praśaṁsanīyō'smākaṁ prabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya tāta īśvarō jānāti| (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
dammēṣakanagarē'ritārājasya kāryyādhyakṣō māṁ dharttum icchan yadā sainyaistad dammēṣakanagaram arakṣayat
33 I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.
tadāhaṁ lōkaiḥ piṭakamadhyē prācīragavākṣēṇāvarōhitastasya karāt trāṇaṁ prāpaṁ|
