哥林多后书 7
1 亲爱的弟兄啊，我们既有这等应许，就当洁净自己，除去身体、灵魂一切的污秽，敬畏 神，得以成圣。
Dear friends, since we have these promises, we should wash ourselves clean from all that makes both body and spirit dirty, aiming for complete holiness out of reverence for God.
2 你们要心地宽大收纳我们。我们未曾亏负谁，未曾败坏谁，未曾占谁的便宜。
Please accept us as your friends! We haven't done anyone wrong, we haven't corrupted anyone, and we haven't taken advantage of anyone.
3 我说这话，不是要定你们的罪。我已经说过，你们常在我们心里，情愿与你们同生同死。
I'm not saying this to condemn you—as I already told you, you mean so much to us that we live and die together with you!
4 我大大地放胆，向你们说话；我因你们多多夸口，满得安慰；我们在一切患难中分外的快乐。
I speak up very strongly for you because I am so proud of you. You are such an encouragement to me. I am so happy for you despite all our troubles.
5 我们从前就是到了马其顿的时候，身体也不得安宁，周围遭患难，外有争战，内有惧怕。
When we arrived in Macedonia we didn't have a minute's peace. We were attacked from every direction, with external conflicts and inner fears.
6 但那安慰丧气之人的 神借着提多来安慰了我们；
Even so, God who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us with Titus' arrival.
7 不但借着他来，也借着他从你们所得的安慰，安慰了我们；因他把你们的想念、哀恸，和向我的热心，都告诉了我，叫我更加欢喜。
Not just by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him. He told us how you were longing to see me, how sorry you were, and how concerned you were about me, which made me even happier.
8 我先前写信叫你们忧愁，我后来虽然懊悔，如今却不懊悔；因我知道，那信叫你们忧愁不过是暂时的。
Even though I made you sorry by the letter I wrote, I don't regret it—though I did regret it because the letter did hurt you, but just for a while.
9 如今我欢喜，不是因你们忧愁，是因你们从忧愁中生出懊悔来。你们依着 神的意思忧愁，凡事就不至于因我们受亏损了。
I'm happy now, not for hurting you, but because this pain led you to change your minds. You were made sorry in a way God would want, and so weren't harmed by us in any way.
10 因为依着 神的意思忧愁，就生出没有后悔的懊悔来，以致得救；但世俗的忧愁是叫人死。
The kind of sorrow God wants us to have makes us change our minds and brings salvation. This kind of sorrow leaves no sense of regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
11 你看，你们依着 神的意思忧愁，从此就生出何等的殷勤、自诉、自恨、恐惧、想念、热心、责罚。在这一切事上，你们都表明自己是洁净的。
See what happened to you when you had this very same experience of sorrow that God wants. Remember how enthusiastic you became, how keen you were to defend yourselves, how angry you were at what had happened, how seriously you took it, how you longed to do right, how concerned you were, how you wanted justice to be done. In all of this you showed that you were sincere in wanting to make things right.
12 我虽然从前写信给你们，却不是为那亏负人的，也不是为那受人亏负的，乃要在 神面前把你们顾念我们的热心表明出来。
So when I wrote to you, I wasn't writing about who did the wrong or who was wronged, but to show you how devoted you are to us in God's sight.
13 故此，我们得了安慰。 并且在安慰之中，因你们众人使提多心里畅快欢喜，我们就更加欢喜了。
We are so encouraged by this. Added to our own encouragement, we were so pleased to see how happy Titus was, because you set his mind at rest.
14 我若对提多夸奖了你们什么，也觉得没有惭愧；因我对提多夸奖你们的话成了真的，正如我对你们所说的话也都是真的。
I boasted to him about you, and you didn't let me down. Just as all I've told you is true, my boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true too!
15 并且提多想起你们众人的顺服，是怎样恐惧战兢地接待他，他爱你们的心肠就越发热了。
Titus cares for you even more as he remembers how you did what he told you, how you welcomed him with great respect.
16 我如今欢喜，能在凡事上为你们放心。
I am so happy that I can be completely confident of you.
