2 Korinterne 1
1 Paulus, ved Guds Villie Kristi Jesu Apostel, og Broderen Timotheus til Guds Menighed, som er i Korinth, tillige med alle de hellige, som ere i hele Akaja:
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 Naade være med eder og Fred fra Gud vor Fader og den Herre Jesus Kristus!
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3 Lovet være Gud og vor Herres Jesu Kristi Fader, Barmhjertighedens Fader og al Trøsts Gud,
Blessed [is] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,
4 som trøster os under al vor Trængsel, for at vi maa kunne trøste dem, som ere i alle Haande Trængsel, med den Trøst, hvormed vi selv trøstes af Gud!
who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;
5 Thi ligesom Kristi Lidelser komme rigeligt over os, saaledes bliver ogsaa vor Trøst rigelig ved Kristus.
because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;
6 Men hvad enten vi lide Trængsel, sker det til eders Trøst og Frelse, eller vi trøstes, sker det til eders Trøst, som viser sin Kraft i, at I udholde de samme Lidelser, som ogsaa vi lide; og vort Haab om eder er fast,
and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;
7 efterdi vi vide, at ligesom I ere delagtige i Lidelserne, saaledes ere I det ogsaa i Trøsten.
and our hope [is] stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings — so also of the comfort.
8 Thi vi ville ikke, Brødre! at I skulle være uvidende om den Trængsel, som kom over os i Asien, at vi bleve overvættes besværede, over Evne, saa at vi endog mistvivlede om Livet.
For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above [our] power, so that we despaired even of life;
9 Ja, selv have vi hos os selv faaet det Svar: „Døden‟, for at vi ikke skulde forlade os paa os selv, men paa Gud, som oprejser de døde,
but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,
10 han, som friede os ud af saa stor en Dødsfare og vil fri os, til hvem vi have sat vort Haab, at han ogsaa fremdeles vil fri os,
who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;
11 idet ogsaa I komme os til Hjælp med Bøn for os, for at der fra mange Munde maa blive rigeligt takket for os, for den Naade, som er bevist os.
ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.
12 Thi dette er vor Ros, vor Samvittigheds Vidnesbyrd, at i Guds Hellighed og Renhed, ikke i kødelig Visdom, men i Guds Naade have vi færdedes i Verden, men mest hos eder.
For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;
13 Thi vi skrive eder ikke andet til end det, som I læse eller ogsaa erkende; men jeg haaber, at I indtil Enden skulle erkende,
for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,
14 ligesom I ogsaa til Dels have erkendt om os, at vi ere eders Ros, ligesom I ere vor, paa den Herres Jesu Dag.
according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye [are] ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;
15 Og i Tillid hertil havde jeg i Sinde at komme først til eder, for at I skulde faa Naade to Gange,
and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
16 og om ad eder at drage til Makedonien og atter fra Makedonien at komme til eder og blive befordret videre af eder til Judæa.
and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.
17 Naar jeg nu havde dette i Sinde, mon jeg da saa handlede i Letsindighed? Eller hvad jeg beslutter, beslutter jeg det efter Kødet, for at der hos mig skal være Ja, Ja og Nej, Nej?
This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?
18 Saa sandt Gud er trofast, er vor Tale til eder ikke Ja og Nej.
and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
19 Thi Guds Søn, Kristus Jesus, som blev prædiket iblandt eder ved os, ved mig og Silvanus og Timotheus, han blev ikke Ja og Nej, men Ja er vorden i ham.
for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached — through me and Silvanus and Timotheus — did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes;
20 Thi saa mange som Guds Forjættelser ere, i ham have de deres Ja; derfor faa de ogsaa ved ham deres Amen, Gud til Ære ved os.
for as many as [are] promises of God, in him [are] the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
21 Men den, som holder os med eder fast til Kristus og salvede os, er Gud,
and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, [is] God,
22 som ogsaa beseglede os og gav os Aandens Pant i vore Hjerter.
who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 Men jeg kalder Gud til Vidne over min Sjæl paa, at det var for at skaane eder, at jeg ikke igen kom til Korinth.
And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
24 Ikke at vi ere Herrer over eders Tro, men vi ere Medarbejdere paa eders Glæde; thi i Troen staa I.
not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.
