2 Korinthierbrevet 11
1 Jag skulle önska att I villen hava fördrag med mig, om jag nu talar något litet efter dårars sätt. Dock, I haven helt visst fördrag med mig.
[But now, because my opponents are saying that Christ sent them to you as his representatives and that he did not send me], please be patient with me, too, [while I say a] few things [that may sound as if] [IRO] [I am praising myself, like] a foolish person [would do. You have been] ([putting up with/tolerating]) [those who teach what is false; ] now then, (put up with/tolerate) me [too].
2 Ty jag nitälskar för eder såsom Gud nitälskar, och jag har trolovat eder med Kristus, och ingen annan, för att kunna ställa fram inför honom en ren jungfru.
I really do care about [what happens to] you, just as God cares about [what happens to you. Just like a father wants his daughter to be sexually pure when he presents her to the man she will marry] [MET], I [want you to belong] to Christ [alone and to no other]. I want to present you [to him] as people who remain faithful to him [only, and who have not believed the deceitful message of those who are teaching what is false].
3 Men jag fruktar att såsom ormen i sin illfundighet bedrog Eva, så skola till äventyrs också edra sinnen fördärvas och dragas ifrån den uppriktiga troheten mot Kristus.
However, just like [Satan, when he] cunningly [appeared as a] snake, deceived Eve [and caused her to disobey the Lord God], I am concerned that [those teachers] will cause you to think wrongly so that you will no longer [be faithful to] Christ alone.
4 Om någon kommer och predikar en annan Jesus, än den vi hava predikat, eller om I undfån ett annat slags ande, än den I förut haven undfått, eller ett annat slags evangelium, än det I förut haven mottagit, då fördragen I ju sådant alltför väl.
[I say that] because some people have come among you who are teaching [their own thoughts about] Jesus. They [are saying about him] things that are [entirely] different from what I taught you. [They are urging] you to receive a [powerful] spirit who [would come to live in you], but it is not the same [Spirit] that you received [from God when you believed in Christ]. They preach [what they call] a good message, and you accept [their message, even though it is not the same as the good message about Christ that you heard from me. And] you have gladly accepted them and their message!
5 Jag menar nu att jag icke i något stycke står tillbaka för dessa så övermåttan höga "apostlar".
I consider that [LIT] none of those [men, even though they think of themselves as being] [IRO] extra-special apostles, are in any way greater than I am.
6 Om jag än är oförfaren i talkonsten, så är jag det likväl icke i fråga om kunskap. Tvärtom, vi hava på allt sätt, i alla stycken, lagt vår kunskap i dagen inför eder.
[I admit that] I am not an eloquent speaker, but I do know [God’s message]. I have made that clear to you by everything [that I have done among you and by everything that I have taught you].
7 Eller var det väl en synd jag begick, när jag för intet förkunnade Guds evangelium för eder och sålunda ödmjukade mig, på det att I skullen bliva upphöjda?
[I refused to accept money] from you as pay for teaching you God’s message about Christ. (It is ridiculous for you to think that what I did was wrong!/Was that wrong?) [RHQ] [I know that by teaching you without pay], I made myself seem [IRO] unimportant to you. [But I did it] to honor you.
8 Andra församlingar plundrade jag, i det jag, för att kunna tjäna eder, tog lön av dem.
[Some people might say that it was as though] [IRO] I was robbing other congregations because I accepted money from them in order that I might work among you.
9 Och när jag under min vistelse hos eder led brist, låg jag ändå ingen till last; ty den brist jag led avhjälptes av bröderna, när de kommo från Macedonien. Ja, på allt sätt aktade jag mig för att vara eder till tunga, och allt framgent skall jag akta mig därför.
Furthermore, when I was [there] with you and had no [money to buy the things that I needed], I did not cause any [of you] ([to have difficulties by my depending on you/by asking you for money/support]), because our [(inc)] fellow believers who came from [here in] Macedonia [province] brought enough [money for me to buy everything] that I needed. So I have not caused you any difficulty at all [by asking you for money], and I never will [ask you for money] [EUP].
10 Så visst som Kristi sannfärdighet är i mig, den berömmelsen skall icke få tagas ifrån mig i Akajas bygder.
[And] as [sure as you know that] everything that Christ says is true, [you can be sure that what] I say [to you now is true. Wherever I go] there in Achaia [province], [I do not let you believers pay me for doing God’s work among you]. And no one will be able to prevent me from boasting [about that].
11 Varför? Månne därför att jag icke älskar eder? Gud vet att jag så gör.
No one should wrongly [RHQ] think that it is because I do not love you that [I do not take pay from you]. God knows [that you truly/really are very dear to me].
12 Och vad jag nu gör, det skall jag ock framgent göra, för att de som trakta efter tillfälle att bliva likställda med oss i fråga om berömmelse skola genom mig berövas tillfället därtill.
There are [some men there among you] who would like to be able to say boastfully that they [work among you] just as I do. So, in order to make it impossible [IDM] [for them to say that], I have [refused to accept pay from you], and I will continue doing that.
13 Ty de männen äro falska apostlar, oredliga arbetare, som förskapa sig till Kristi apostlar.
Those men are lying [when they say that they are] apostles. They work deceitfully. [Even though they say that they work for God, they are working only for themselves]. They try to make people think that Christ [sent them] as his apostles, [but they do not truly represent him].
14 Och detta är icke att undra på. Satan själv förskapar sig ju till en ljusets ängel.
I am not surprised [that they act like that], because Satan himself causes people to think [that he has come] as a shining messenger [from God].
15 Det är då icke något märkligt, om jämväl hans tjänare så förskapa sig, att de likna rättfärdighetens tjänare. Men deras ände skall svara emot deras gärningar.
So it should not surprise [you] if these men, who [really] serve [Satan, do good things in order] to make you think they [serve God]. Some day God will [punish them] according to what they deserve because of the [evil] things that they do.
16 Åter säger jag: Ingen må mena att jag är en dåre; men om jag vore det, så mån I ändå hålla till godo med mig -- låt vara såsom med en dåre -- så att ock jag får berömma mig något litet.
I say again: I do not want any of you to think that my [boasting about myself] is like foolish [people] boast. But even if anyone [thinks that I am boasting about myself like a foolish person boasts, listen to] what I [have to say anyway, just like you listen to those false apostles]. They really [speak] foolishly! Listen to me while I also boast a little.
17 Vad jag talar, då jag nu med sådan tillförsikt berömmer mig, det talar jag icke efter Herrens sinne, utan efter dårars sätt.
About the things that I am [going to tell you], boasting confidently [about myself, surely you know that they are not the kind of things] that the Lord [Jesus] would say. Instead, [I will speak] as a foolish [person would speak].
18 Då så många berömma sig på köttsligt vis, vill ock jag berömma mig;
Because many among you are boasting [about their own work], as unbelievers do, I will also boast [about myself and my work] [MTY, IRO].
19 I haven ju gärna fördrag med dårar, I som själva ären så kloka.
[I am sure that you, who think that you are so wise, will accept what I say] because you gladly [accept the] false teachers and the foolish things [that they say].
20 I fördragen ju, om man trälbinder eder, om man utsuger eder, om man fångar eder, om man förhäver sig över eder, om man slår eder i ansiktet.
When people [treat] you as if they were your bosses, you gladly submit [to them. You think that it is all right when others] force you to provide for their needs. You think that it is all right [when people] take control over you, when they boast about themselves, [or when they insult you by] slapping you in the face.
21 Till vår skam måste jag tillstå att vi för vår del hava "varit för svaga" till sådant. Men eljest, vadhelst andra kunna göra sig stora med, det kan också jag göra mig stor med -- om jag nu får tala efter dårars sätt.
I agree that I was not bold enough to treat you in such ways. [Ha! Do you think that] [IRO] I should feel ashamed [because I did not do that?] So now, talking like a person who does not have any sense, I will boldly tell you [some things about myself, just like those false apostles tell you things about themselves].
22 Äro de hebréer, så är jag det ock. Äro de israeliter, så är jag det ock. Äro de Abrahams säd, så är jag det ock.
Do [they tell you] that they are Hebrews [and can speak the Hebrew language?] Well, I can say the same thing [about myself]. Do they [tell you that they] belong [to God’s people], the nation of Israel? Well, I can say the same thing [about myself]. [Do they tell you that] they are descendants of [our great] ancestor Abraham? Well, he is my ancestor, too.
23 Äro de Kristi tjänare, så är jag det ännu mer -- om jag nu får tala såsom vore jag en dåre. Jag har haft mer arbete, oftare varit i fängelse, fått hugg och slag till överflöd, varit i dödsnöd många gånger.
[Do they tell you how much] work they have done for Christ? Now I am talking like a crazy person talks [EUP]. Well, I work for Christ much more [than they do. I have been] in prison many more times [than they have. Many times I] have been beaten {[people] have beaten me} very severely [because I believe in and obey Christ]. Many times I almost died [because of serving Christ].
24 Av judarna har jag fem gånger fått fyrtio slag, på ett när.
On five occasions Jewish [religious leaders] beat me 39 times with a whip.
25 Tre gånger har jag blivit piskad med spön, en gång har jag blivit stenad, tre gånger har jag lidit skeppsbrott, ett helt dygn har jag drivit omkring på djupa havet.
On three occasions I was beaten {[Roman] officials beat me} with wooden sticks. On one occasion [a large crowd of people] threw stones at me [to kill me]. On three occasions the ship [that I was traveling on] was wrecked [and sank. On one of those occasions] I was [floating] in the water a night and a day [before I was rescued].
26 Jag har ofta måst vara ute på resor; jag har utstått faror på floder, faror bland rövare, faror genom landsmän, faror genom hedningar, faror i städer, faror i öknar, faror på havet, faror bland falska bröder --
As I have often traveled to other places, [I have often risked losing my life. For example], sometimes I have been in danger [crossing] rivers. [I have been] in danger [traveling in places] where there were bandits. [At times I have been in] danger among people of my own nation, [the Jews], and [at other times I been in] danger among those who are not Jews. [I have been] in danger in cities, and I have been in dangerous situations in barren areas. I have been in dangerous situations [when I was traveling in ships]. [I have been in] danger among people who falsely [claim to be] fellow believers.
27 allt under arbete och möda, under mångfaldiga vakor, under hunger och törst, under svält titt och ofta, under köld och nakenhet.
I have worked very hard [DOU] [to earn] ([a living/what I need]), and often I did not sleep. At times I was hungry and thirsty, and at times I did not have enough time to eat. Sometimes I was cold [because] I did not have enough clothes [to wear].
28 Och till allt annat kommer det, att jag var dag är överlupen, då jag måste hava omsorg om alla församlingarna.
In addition to all that, I am constantly and deeply concerned about all the congregations [that I have helped to begin].
29 Vem är svag, utan att också jag bliver svag? Vem kommer på fall, utan att jag bliver upptänd? --
[Every time that I hear about fellow believers] [RHQ] who are not strong [spiritually], I sympathize with them [and try to help them. Every time that I learn about a fellow believer] [RHQ] who causes [another believer] to do something wrong, that makes me very angry.
30 Om jag nu måste berömma mig, så vill jag berömma mig av min svaghet.
Because [it seems that] it is necessary for me to [continue] boasting [about myself], I will boast about things that [caused some people to think of me] as being weak.
God, who is the Father of our [(inc)] Lord Jesus, and who is the one [whom we should] praise forever, knows that I am not lying [about this]. (aiōn g165)
32 I Damaskus lät konung Aretas' ståthållare sätta ut vakt vid damaskenernas stad för att gripa mig;
[One time when I was] in Damascus [city], the governor whom King Aretas [had appointed] to rule [part of his area, told his soldiers] to guard [the gates of] the city so that they could seize me [if I tried to leave the city].
33 och jag måste i en korg släppas ned genom en öppning på muren och kom så undan hans händer.
But [my friends] helped me to escape [by] putting me in a large basket and lowering me [to the ground by a rope] through an opening in the [city] wall. [That was really humiliating]!
