2 karinthinaH 13

1 etattRtIyavAram ahaM yuSmatsamIpaM gacchAmi tena sarvvA kathA dvayostrayANAM vA sAkSiNAM mukhena nizceSyate|

2 pUrvvaM ye kRtapApAstebhyo'nyebhyazca sarvvebhyo mayA pUrvvaM kathitaM, punarapi vidyamAnenevedAnIm avidyamAnena mayA kathyate, yadA punarAgamiSyAmi tadAhaM na kSamiSye|

3 khrISTo mayA kathAM kathayatyetasya pramANaM yUyaM mRgayadhve, sa tu yuSmAn prati durbbalo nahi kintu sabala eva|

4 yadyapi sa durbbalatayA kruza Aropyata tathApIzvarIyazaktayA jIvati; vayamapi tasmin durbbalA bhavAmaH, tathApi yuSmAn prati prakAzitayezvarIyazaktyA tena saha jIviSyAmaH|

5 ato yUyaM vizvAsayuktA Adhve na veti jJAtumAtmaparIkSAM kurudhvaM svAnevAnusandhatta| yIzuH khrISTo yuSmanmadhye vidyate svAnadhi tat kiM na pratijAnItha? tasmin avidyamAne yUyaM niSpramANA bhavatha|

6 kintu vayaM niSpramANA na bhavAma iti yuSmAbhi rbhotsyate tatra mama pratyAzA jAyate|

7 yUyaM kimapi kutsitaM karmma yanna kurutha tadaham Izvaramuddizya prArthaye| vayaM yat prAmANikA iva prakAzAmahe tadarthaM tat prArthayAmaha iti nahi, kintu yUyaM yat sadAcAraM kurutha vayaJca niSpramANA iva bhavAmastadarthaM|

8 yataH satyatAyA vipakSatAM karttuM vayaM na samarthAH kintu satyatAyAH sAhAyyaM karttumeva|

9 vayaM yadA durbbalA bhavAmastadA yuSmAn sabalAn dRSTvAnandAmo yuSmAkaM siddhatvaM prArthayAmahe ca|

10 ato hetoH prabhu ryuSmAkaM vinAzAya nahi kintu niSThAyai yat sAmarthyam asmabhyaM dattavAn tena yad upasthitikAle kAThinyaM mayAcaritavyaM na bhavet tadartham anupasthitena mayA sarvvANyetAni likhyante|

11 he bhrAtaraH, zeSe vadAmi yUyam Anandata siddhA bhavata parasparaM prabodhayata, ekamanaso bhavata praNayabhAvam Acarata| premazAntyorAkara Izvaro yuSmAkaM sahAyo bhUyAt|

12 yUyaM pavitracumbanena parasparaM namaskurudhvaM|

13 pavitralokAH sarvve yuSmAn namanti|

14 prabho ryIzukhrISTasyAnugraha Izvarasya prema pavitrasyAtmano bhAgitvaJca sarvvAn yuSmAn prati bhUyAt| tathAstu|