Corinthios Ii 1

1 Paulus Apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater, Ecclesiae Dei, quae est Corinthi cum omnibus sanctis, qui sunt in universa Achaia.

To the Church of God which is in Corinth, and to all the saints throughout Greece. from Paul, by God’s will an apostle of Christ, and from brother Timothy.

2 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father in the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, Pater misericordiarum, et Deus totius consolationis,

Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,

4 qui consolatur nos in omni tribulatione nostra: ut possimus et ipsi consolari eos, qui in omni pressura sunt, per exhortationem, qua exhortamur et ipsi a Deo.

who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me.

5 Quoniam sicut abundant passiones Christi in nobis: ita et per Christum abundat consolatio nostra.

For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort.

6 Sive autem tribulamur pro vestra salute, sive consolamur pro vestra consolatione, sive exhortamur pro vestra exhortatione, quae operatur tolerantiam earundem passionum, quas et nos patimur:

If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort - a comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.

7 ut spes nostra firma sit pro vobis: scientes quod sicut socii passionum estis, sic eritis et consolationis.

My hope for you is firm; for I know that as you are comrades in my sufferings, so also are you comrades in my comfort.

8 Non enim volumus ignorare vos fratres de tribulatione nostra, quae facta est in Asia, quoniam supra modum gravati sumus supra virtutem, ita ut taederet nos etiam vivere.

Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself.

9 Sed ipsi in nobismetipsis responsum mortis habuimus, ut non simus fidentes in nobis, sed in Deo, qui suscitat mortuos:

Indeed, I had in myself, and still have, the sentence of death, in order that I might not rely on myself, but on God who raises the dead to life.

10 qui de tantis periculis nos eripuit, et eruit: in quem speramus quoniam et adhuc eripiet,

He delivered me from such a death, and will deliver me. On him I have set my hopes that he will continue to deliver me,

11 adiuvantibus et vobis in oratione pro nobis: ut ex multarum personis facierum eius quae in nobis est donationis, per multos gratiae agantur pro nobis.

while all of you also are helping me by your prayers; so that from many lips thanksgiving may rise on my behalf for the blessings vouchsafed to me through the intercessions of many.

12 Nam gloria nostra haec est, testimonium conscientiae nostrae, quod in simplicitate cordis et sinceritate Dei: et non in sapientia carnali, sed in gratia Dei conversati sumus in hoc mundo: abundantius autem ad vos.

For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

13 Non enim alia scribimus vobis, quam quae legistis, et cognovistis. Spero autem quod usque in finem cognoscetis,

For I am writing to you nothing different from what you read aloud and very well recognize, and I hope will continue to recognize to the very end,

14 sicut et cognovistis nos ex parte, quod gloria vestra sumus, sicut et vos nostra, in die Domini nostri Iesu Christi.

as some indeed did recognize in part at last, that I am your cause of boasting, just as you will be mine on the Day of Jesus our Lord.

15 Et hac confidentia volui prius venire ad vos, ut secundum gratiam haberetis:

And in this confidence I intended to visit you, before going elsewhere, that you might have a pleasure twice over.

16 et per vos transire in Macedoniam, et iterum a Macedonia venire ad vos, et a vobis deduci in Iudaeam.

I intended to go by you into Macedonia, and to come again to you from Macedonia, and by you to be sent forward on my way to Judea.

17 Cum ergo hoc voluissem, numquid levitate usus sum? Aut quae cogito, secundum carnem cogito, ut sit apud me EST, et NON?

In purposing this did I display "caprice"? Or what I purpose do I purpose in a worldly way, so that it may mean either "Yes, yes," or "No, no"?

18 Fidelis autem Deus, quia sermo noster, qui fuit apud vos, non est in illo EST, et NON sed est in illo EST.

As God is faithful, my message to you is not now "Yes," now "No."

19 Dei enim filius Iesus Christus, qui in vobis per nos praedicatus est, per me, et Silvanum, et Timotheum, non fuit in illo EST et NON, sed EST in illo fuit.

For Jesus Christ, Son of God, who was proclaimed among you by us, that is, by Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not wavering between "Yes" and "No," but in him is the everlasting "Yes."

20 Quotquot enim promissiones Dei sunt, in illo EST: ideo et per ipsum Amen Deo ad gloriam nostram.

For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him let the Amen be said by our voices to the glory of God.

21 Qui autem confirmat nos vobiscum in Christo, et qui unxit nos Deus:

And he who has established me with you in the Anointed One, and has anointed me, is God.

22 qui et signavit nos, et dedit pignus Spiritus in cordibus nostris.

He has also set his seal upon me, and given me the pledge of his Spirit in my heart.

23 Ego autem testem Deum invoco in animam meam, quod parcens vobis, non veni ultra Corinthum:

But for my part I call God to witness, as my soul shall answer for it, that it was to spare you that I came not to Corinth

24 non quia dominamur fidei vestae, sed adiutores sumus gaudii vestri: nam fide statis.

(not that I am attempting to lord it over your faith, but rather to work with you for your happiness); for your faith is stedfast.