Corinthios Ii 11
1 Utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiae meae, sed et supportare me:
O that you were bearing with me a little of the folly, but you also bear with me:
2 Aemulor enim vos Dei aemulatione. Despondi enim vos uni viro virginem castam exhibere Christo.
for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I betrothed you to one Husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,
3 Timeo autem ne sicut serpens Hevam seduxit astutia sua, ita corrumpantur sensus vestri, et excidant a simplicitate, quae est in Christo.
and I fear, lest, as the serpent deceived Eve in his subtlety, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that [is] in the Christ;
4 Nam si is, qui venit, alium Christum praedicat, quem non praedicavimus, aut alium spiritum accipitis, quem non accepistis: aut aliud Evangelium, quod non recepistis: recte pateremini.
for if, indeed, he who is coming preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, or you receive another spirit which you did not receive, or other good news which you did not accept—well were you bearing [it],
5 Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.
for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,
6 Nam etsi imperitus sermone, sed non scientia, in omnibus autem manifestus sum vobis.
and even if a commoner in speech—yet not in knowledge, but in everything we were made evident in all things to you.
7 Aut numquid peccatum feci, me ipsum humilians, ut vos exaltemini? quoniam gratis Evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis?
Did I do sin—humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I freely proclaimed the good news of God to you?
8 Alias Ecclesias expoliavi, accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum.
I robbed other assemblies, having taken wages, for your ministry;
9 Et cum essem apud vos, et egerem; nulli onerosus fui: nam quod mihi deerat, suppleverunt fratres, qui venerunt a Macedonia: et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi, et servabo.
and being present with you, and having been in want, I was chargeable to no one, for the brothers supplied my lack—having come from Macedonia—and I kept myself burdenless to you in everything, and will keep.
10 Est veritas Christi in me, quoniam haec gloriatio non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiae.
The truth of Christ is in me, because this boasting will not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of Achaia;
11 Quare? quia non diligo vos? Deus scit.
for what reason? Because I do not love you? God has known!
12 Quod autem facio, et faciam: ut amputem occasionem eorum, qui volunt occasionem, ut in quo gloriantur, inveniantur sicut et nos.
And what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;
13 Nam eiusmodi pseudoapostoli, sunt operarii subdoli, transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi.
for those such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,
14 Et non mirum: ipse enim satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis.
and no wonder—for even Satan transforms himself into a messenger of light;
15 non est ergo magnum, si ministri eius transfigurentur velut ministri iustitiae: quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum.
[it is] no great thing, then, if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness—whose end will be according to their works.
16 Iterum dico, (ne quis me putet insipientem esse, alioquin velut insipientem accipite me, ut et ego modicum quid glorier)
Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, receive me even as a fool, that I also may boast a little.
17 quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriae.
That which I speak, I do not speak according to the LORD, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
18 Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem: et ego gloriabor.
since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:
19 Libenter enim suffertis insipientes: cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
for you gladly bear with the fools—being wise,
20 Sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit, si quis devorat, si quis accipit, si quis extollitur, si quis in faciem vos caedit.
for you bear, if anyone is bringing you under bondage, if anyone devours, if anyone takes away, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone strikes you on the face;
21 Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego:
I speak in reference to dishonor, how that we were weak, and in whatever anyone is bold—in foolishness I say [it]—I also am bold.
22 Hebraei sunt, et ego: Israelitae sunt, et ego: Semen Abrahae sunt, et ego:
Are they Hebrews? I also! Are they Israelites? I also! Are they seed of Abraham? I also!
23 Ministri Christi sunt, et ego (ut minus sapiens dico) plus ego: in laboribus plurimis, in carceribus abundantius, in plagis supra modum, in mortibus frequenter.
Are they servants of Christ? As [if] beside myself I speak—I [am] more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times.
24 A Iudaeis quinquies, quadragenas, una minus, accepi.
Five times I received from Jews forty [stripes] except one;
25 Ter virgis caesus sum, semel lapidatus sum, ter naufragium feci, nocte et die in profundo maris fui,
three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I have passed a night and a day in the deep;
26 in itineribus saepe, periculis fluminum, periculis latronum, periculis ex genere, periculis ex Gentibus, periculis in civitate, periculis in solitudine, periculis in mari, periculis in falsis fratribus:
journeys many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from [my own] race, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brothers;
27 in labore et aerumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame, et siti, in ieiuniis multis, in frigore, et nuditate,
in laboriousness and painfulness, many times in watchings, in hunger and thirst, many times in fastings, in cold and nakedness;
28 praeter illa, quae extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, solicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum.
apart from the things without—the crowding on me that is daily—the care of all the assemblies.
29 Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I am not burned?
30 Si gloriari oportet: quae infirmitatis meae sunt, gloriabor.
If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of the things of my weakness;
31 Deus et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, qui est benedictus in saecula, scit quod non mentior. (aiōn g165)
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ—who is blessed for all ages—has known that I do not lie! (aiōn g165)
32 Damasci praepositus Gentis Aretae regis, custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
In Damascus the governor [under] Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,
33 et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic effugi manus eius.
and I was let down through a window in a rope basket, through the wall, and fled out of his hands.
