Второе послание к Коринфянам 10
1 Сам же аз Павел молю вы кротостию и тихостию Христовою, иже в лице убо смирен в вас, не сый же у вас дерзаю в вас.
Now, I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ – I who, ‘in your presence, am humble in my bearing towards you, but, when absent, am bold in my language to you’ –
2 Молю же, да не присущ дерзаю надеянием, имже помышляю смети на некия непщующыя нас яко по плоти ходящих.
I implore you not to drive me to ‘show my boldness,’ when I do come, by the confident tone which I expect to have to adopt towards some of you, who are expecting to find us influenced in our conduct by earthly motives.
3 Во плоти бо ходяще, не по плоти воинствуем:
For, though we live an earthly life, we do not wage an earthly war.
4 оружия бо воинства нашего не плотская, но сильна Богом на разорение твердем: помышления низлагающе,
The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.
5 и всяко возношение взимающееся на разум Божий, и пленяюще всяк разум в послушание Христово,
We are engaged in confuting arguments and pulling down every barrier raised against the knowledge of God. We are taking captive every hostile thought, to bring it into submission to the Christ,
6 и в готовости имуще отмстити всяко преслушание, егда исполнится ваше послушание.
and are fully prepared to punish every act of rebellion, when once your submission is complete.
7 Иже ли пред лицем, зрите? Аще кто надеется себе Христова быти, да помышляет паки от себе, зане, якоже он Христов, такожде и мы Христовы.
You look at the outward appearance of things! Let anyone, who is confident that he belongs to Christ, reflect, for himself, again on the fact – that we belong to Christ no less than he does.
8 Аще бо и лишше что похвалюся о власти нашей, юже даде нам Господь в создание, а не на разорение ваше, не постыжуся.
Even if I boast extravagantly about our authority – which the Lord gave us for building up your faith and not for overthrowing it – still I have no reason to be ashamed.
9 Но да не явлюся, яко страшя вас посланьми.
I say this so that it doesn’t seem as if I am trying to overawe you by my letters.
10 Яко послания убо, рече, тяжка и крепка, а пришествие тела немощно, и слово уничиженно:
For people say ‘His letters are impressive and vigorous, but his personal appearance is insignificant and his speaking contemptible.’
11 сие да помышляет таковый, яко яцы же есмы словом посланий, отстояще, таковии и ту суще есмы делом.
Let such a person be assured of this – that our words in our letters show us to be, when absent, just what our deeds will show us to be, when present.
12 Не смеем бо судити, или прикладовати себе иным хвалящым себе самех: но сами в себе себе измеряюще, и прилагающе себе самим себе, не разумевают.
We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.
13 Мы же не в безмерная похвалимся, но по мере правила, егоже раздели нам Бог меру, достизати даже и до вас.
We, however, will not give way to unlimited boasting, but will confine ourselves to the limits of the sphere to which God limited us, when he permitted us to come as far as Corinth.
14 Не яко бо не досяжуще до вас, паче простираем себе, даже бо и до вас достигохом благовестием Христовым:
For it is not the case, as it would be if we were not in the habit of coming to you, that we are exceeding our bounds! Why, we were the very first to reach you with the good news of the Christ!
15 не в безмерная хвалящеся в чуждих трудех, упование же имуще, растущей вере вашей, в вас величатися по правилу нашему изобильно,
Our boasting, therefore, is not unlimited, nor does it extend to the labours of others; but our hope is that, as your faith grows, our influence among you may be very greatly increased – though still confined to our sphere –
16 во еже и в дальших вас странах благовестити, не чужим правилом в готовых похвалитися.
So that we will be able to tell the good news in the districts beyond you, without trespassing on the sphere assigned to others, or boasting of what has been already done.
17 Хваляйся же, о Господе да хвалится:
Let anyone who boasts make their boast of the Lord.
18 не хваляй бо себе сей искусен, но егоже Бог восхваляет.
For it is not those who commend themselves that stand the test, but those who are commended by the Lord.
