2 Korinthierbrevet 2
1 Jag satte mig nämligen i sinnet att jag icke åter skulle komma till eder med bedrövelse.
Anyway, I definitely decided that I would not come to visit you again [now. If I had come, I would have spoken severely to you again, and] I would have made you unhappy as I did the last time [I visited you].
2 Ty om jag bedrövade eder, vem skulle då bereda mig glädje? Månne någon annan än den som genom mig hade blivit bedrövad?
[And] if I make you unhappy, I will have made unhappy [the only people who can cheer me up], so (there will be none of you to cheer me up!/who would cheer me up?) [RHQ]
3 Och vad jag skrev, det skrev jag, för att jag icke vid min ankomst skulle få bedrövelse från dem som jag borde få glädje av. Ty jag har den tillförsikten till eder alla, att min glädje är allas eder glädje.
So, [instead of going to visit you at that time], I wrote a letter [and sent it to you]. I wrote it the way I did so that [you would know what you should do. Then] when I come to visit you, you will not make me unhappy when you should be causing me to rejoice. I was quite sure that all of you [would do what I told you to do in that letter, and because of that] I would be happy and you would be happy, too.
4 Och det var i stor nöd och hjärteångest, under många tårar, som jag skrev till eder, icke för att I skullen bliva bedrövade, utan för att I skullen förstå den synnerliga kärlek som jag har till eder.
I wrote to you [the way I did] because I felt very troubled and distressed about you. I was even crying very much as I wrote. [My purpose in writing was] not in order to make you feel bad, but, instead, in order that you might know how deeply/much I love you.
5 Men om en viss man har vållat bedrövelse, så är det icke särskilt mig han har bedrövat, utan eder alla, i någon mån -- för att jag nu icke skall tala för strängt.
[Now I want to write about the man who] caused all this anguish. [What he did was very wrong, but] I know that it has caused you much more sorrow than it has caused me, because [what he did] has [affected] all of you [to some extent. I say], “to some extent,” [because I do not want to say that he has] done more harm [than he really has done].
6 Nu är det likväl nog med den näpst som han har fått mottaga från de flesta bland eder.
[Since he has now stopped sinning in that way], the punishment that nearly all of you [decided was right for him] has continued long enough.
7 I mån alltså nu tvärtom snarare förlåta och trösta honom, så att han icke till äventyrs går under genom sin alltför stora bedrövelse.
So now, instead [of punishing him any longer], you need to forgive him and deal kindly with him. [If you do not forgive him], he may become so sad that he will begin to [think that you will never forgive him] (OR, will stop [believing in Christ]).
8 Därför uppmanar jag eder att fatta gemensamt beslut om att bemöta honom med kärlek.
For those reasons, I beg you to [forgive him and accept him into your group again, and by doing that] assure him that you truly love him.
9 Ty när jag skrev, var det just för att få veta huru I skullen hålla provet, huruvida I voren lydiga i allting.
[I feel sure that you will do as I ask], because when I wrote [severely] to you [before], I did it to test you by finding out whether or not you really would do everything [that I, as your apostle, asked you to do].
10 Den som I förlåten något, honom förlåter ock jag, likasom jag också förut, om jag har haft något att förlåta, har inför Kristi ansikte förlåtit det för eder skull.
So [since you obeyed what I told you before, I feel sure that now you will obey what I am writing in this letter] and forgive the man, as I have done, because I indeed have forgiven him for the wrong thing that he did. Anything he needed me to forgive him for, I have forgiven, and Christ knows [that I have forgiven him sincerely. I have done that mainly] to help you [so that you and I will again have fellowship with each other, and that you will accept him into your group again].
11 Jag vill nämligen icke att vi skola lida förfång av Satan; ty vad han har i sinnet, därom äro vi icke i okunnighet.
[I want you to forgive him] so that Satan will not be able to take advantage of [the problems among] us [and make the situation worse]. We know very well [LIT] that Satan is always planning to [cause problems among us].
12 Jag kom till Troas för att förkunna evangelium om Kristus, och en dörr till verksamhet i Herren öppnades för mig;
[I will continue by telling you what I did after I wrote to you from Ephesus city]. I went to Troas [city] in order to [tell people] the message [about] Christ. [When I arrived there], I found [many people] who had been prepared by the Lord [Jesus] [MET] [to listen to what I told them about him].
13 men jag fick ingen ro i min ande, ty jag fann icke där min broder Titus. Jag tog då avsked av dem som voro där och begav mig till Macedonien.
But because my fellow believer Titus had not [arrived with a report from you], I still felt very anxious and concerned [about you]. So, [after spending only a short time at Troas], I said goodbye to [the believers who were there] and came [here] to Macedonia [province to find Titus].
14 Men Gud vare tack, som i Kristus alltid för oss fram i segertåg och genom oss allestädes utbreder hans kunskaps vällukt!
However, [before I tell you any more about that], I [want to] thank God [for what he is doing. As a great leader of fighting men causes all his prisoners to take part in his victory parade] [MET], God leads us [who are his workers] to always be victorious [over Satan because of our(exc) close relationship with Christ. God causes people to come to] know Jesus Christ as a result of our [(exc) teaching his message. That message is like] [MET] the smell of perfume.
15 Ty vi äro en Kristi välluktande rökelse inför Gud, både ibland dem som bliva frälsta och ibland dem som gå förlorade.
[When we(exc) tell God’s message] about Christ, it [spreads out among people] like the smell of perfume. [Those who believe the message that we tell them] are saved {[Jesus Christ] saves them} [from the guilt of their sin. But those who reject that message] will be separated from God [forever].
16 För dessa senare äro vi en lukt från död till död; för de förra äro vi en lukt från liv till liv. Vem är nu skicklig härtill?
To those who [are on the way to hell, our message is like] [MET] a foul smell [because it is about dying] and being separated from God forever. But, to those [on the way to heaven, the message that we teach is like] a pure fragrant smell, [because we tell them] that they will live [forever with God. As we think about that, we think] (no one is able [to do] such important work [for God!]/how can anyone be able [to do] such important work [for God]?) [RHQ] (questioned)
17 Jo, vi förfalska ju icke av vinningslystnad Guds ord, såsom så många andra göra; utan av rent sinne, drivna av Gud, förkunna vi ordet i Kristus, inför Gud.
[But perhaps God considers us(exc) able], because we do not work/act like so many [others whom you know]. They teach God’s message in a way that [they think people will like, and they think that] people will pay them for teaching that way. We [(exc) certainly do not do that]. On the contrary, [as servants of] Christ, and knowing that God is watching us [(exc)], we teach sincerely [the message that] God sent us to proclaim.
