2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
Koulye a, mwen menm Paul, mwen ankouraje nou pa imilite ak dousè a Kris la—mwen menm ki enb lè mwen fasafas avèk nou, men plen ak kouraj anvè nou lè m absan!
2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
Mwen mande ke lè m prezan ke m p ap oblije vin parèt ak menm fòs kouraj la pou mwen ta vin advèsè kèk moun ki konsidere nou tankou moun ki te mache selon lachè.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;
Paske malgre ke n ap mache nan lachè, nou pa fè lagè selon lachè,
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
paske zam lagè nou yo pa nan lachè, men ranpli ak pwisans Bondye pou detwi barikad yo.
5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
N ap detwi tout sipozisyon avèk tout ògèy ki vin leve kont konesans Bondye a, e nou ap mennen tout panse kaptif yo nan obeyisans a Kris la.
6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.
Konsa, nou prè pou pini tout dezobeyisans, lè obeyisans nou an fin ranpli.
7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.
Nou menm ap gade bagay yo kòmsi, pa deyò. Si nenpòt moun gen konfyans nan tèt li ke li pou Kris, kite li konsidere sa ankò nan lespri li, ke menm jan li nan Kris la nou menm osi, nou nan Li.
8 For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,
Paske menm si m ta vante tèt mwen yon ti kras anplis pou otorite nou ke Senyè a te bay pou bati nou menm e pa pou detwi nou, mwen p ap wont.
9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
Paske mwen pa vle li sanble ke m ta entimide nou pa lèt mwen yo.
10 For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
Paske, yo di: “Lèt li yo lou e dyanm, men prezans pèsonèl li pa enpresyonan ditou, e jan li pale vrèman meprizab.”
11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
Kite yon moun konsa konsidere sa; ke sa nou ye nan lèt nou yo lè nou absan, se menm moun nan ke nou ye nan aksyon lè nou la.
12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
Paske nou p ap tante sèvi kouraj nou pou konpare oswa klase nou menm avèk kèk nan sila ki rekòmande tèt yo. Men lè yo mezire tèt yo ak yo menm e konpare tèt yo avèk yo menm, yo san konprann.
13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
Men nou p ap vante tèt nou plis ke mezi nou, men nan domèn kote Bondye te chwazi nou kòm yon mezi, pou menm rive kote nou ye a.
14 For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
Paske nou p ap lonje depase kapasite nou menm, kòmsi li pa t rive bò kote nou, paske nou te premye pou vini jis rive kote ou nan levanjil Kris la.
15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
Nou p ap vante tèt nou depase mezi pa nou, kòmsi, nan zèv a lòt moun, men avèk espwa ke pandan lafwa nou ap grandi, nou va, nan mezi nou, agrandi menm plis akoz nou menm.
16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
Konsa nou ka preche levanjil menm nan zòn pi lwen nou yo, e pa vante tèt nou nan travay ki te fèt nan landwa a yon lòt.
17 But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
Men “Sila k ap vante tèt li a, kite li vante tèt li nan Senyè a.”
18 For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Paske se pa sila ki rekòmande tèt li a ki apwouve, men se sila ki rekòmande pa Bondye a.
