2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
īśvarasyecchayā yīśukhrīṣṭasya preritaḥ paulastimathirbhrātā ca dvāvetau karinthanagarasthāyai īśvarīyasamitaya ākhāyādeśasthebhyaḥ sarvvebhyaḥ pavitralokebhyaśca patraṁ likhataḥ|
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
asmākaṁ tātasyeśvarasya prabhoryīśukhrīṣṭasya cānugrahaḥ śāntiśca yuṣmāsu varttatāṁ|
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
kṛpāluḥ pitā sarvvasāntvanākārīśvaraśca yo'smatprabhoryīśukhrīṣṭasya tāta īśvaraḥ sa dhanyo bhavatu|
4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
yato vayam īśvarāt sāntvanāṁ prāpya tayā sāntvanayā yat sarvvavidhakliṣṭān lokān sāntvayituṁ śaknuyāma tadarthaṁ so'smākaṁ sarvvakleśasamaye'smān sāntvayati|
5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
yataḥ khrīṣṭasya kleśā yadvad bāhulyenāsmāsu varttante tadvad vayaṁ khrīṣṭena bahusāntvanāḍhyā api bhavāmaḥ|
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
vayaṁ yadi kliśyāmahe tarhi yuṣmākaṁ sāntvanāparitrāṇayoḥ kṛte kliśyāmahe yato'smābhi ryādṛśāni duḥkhāni sahyante yuṣmākaṁ tādṛśaduḥkhānāṁ sahanena tau sādhayiṣyete ityasmin yuṣmānadhi mama dṛḍhā pratyāśā bhavati|
7 And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
yadi vā vayaṁ sāntvanāṁ labhāmahe tarhi yuṣmākaṁ sāntvanāparitrāṇayoḥ kṛte tāmapi labhāmahe| yato yūyaṁ yādṛg duḥkhānāṁ bhāgino'bhavata tādṛk sāntvanāyā api bhāgino bhaviṣyatheti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
he bhrātaraḥ, āśiyādeśe yaḥ kleśo'smān ākrāmyat taṁ yūyaṁ yad anavagatāstiṣṭhata tanmayā bhadraṁ na manyate| tenātiśaktikleśena vayamatīva pīḍitāstasmāt jīvanarakṣaṇe nirupāyā jātāśca,
9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
ato vayaṁ sveṣu na viśvasya mṛtalokānām utthāpayitarīśvare yad viśvāsaṁ kurmmastadartham asmābhiḥ prāṇadaṇḍo bhoktavya iti svamanasi niścitaṁ|
10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
etādṛśabhayaṅkarāt mṛtyo ryo 'smān atrāyatedānīmapi trāyate sa itaḥ paramapyasmān trāsyate 'smākam etādṛśī pratyāśā vidyate|
11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
etadarthamasmatkṛte prārthanayā vayaṁ yuṣmābhirupakarttavyāstathā kṛte bahubhi ryācito yo'nugraho'smāsu varttiṣyate tatkṛte bahubhirīśvarasya dhanyavādo'pi kāriṣyate|
12 And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
aparañca saṁsāramadhye viśeṣato yuṣmanmadhye vayaṁ sāṁsārikyā dhiyā nahi kintvīśvarasyānugraheṇākuṭilatām īśvarīyasāralyañcācaritavanto'trāsmākaṁ mano yat pramāṇaṁ dadāti tena vayaṁ ślāghāmahe|
13 For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
yuṣmābhi ryad yat paṭhyate gṛhyate ca tadanyat kimapi yuṣmabhyam asmābhi rna likhyate taccāntaṁ yāvad yuṣmābhi rgrahīṣyata ityasmākam āśā|
14 as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
yūyamitaḥ pūrvvamapyasmān aṁśato gṛhītavantaḥ, yataḥ prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya dine yadvad yuṣmāsvasmākaṁ ślāghā tadvad asmāsu yuṣmākamapi ślāghā bhaviṣyati|
15 Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
aparaṁ yūyaṁ yad dvitīyaṁ varaṁ labhadhve tadarthamitaḥ pūrvvaṁ tayā pratyāśayā yuṣmatsamīpaṁ gamiṣyāmi
16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
yuṣmaddeśena mākidaniyādeśaṁ vrajitvā punastasmāt mākidaniyādeśāt yuṣmatsamīpam etya yuṣmābhi ryihūdādeśaṁ preṣayiṣye ceti mama vāñchāsīt|
17 When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
etādṛśī mantraṇā mayā kiṁ cāñcalyena kṛtā? yad yad ahaṁ mantraye tat kiṁ viṣayiloka̮iva mantrayāṇa ādau svīkṛtya paścād asvīkurvve?
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
yuṣmān prati mayā kathitāni vākyānyagre svīkṛtāni śeṣe'svīkṛtāni nābhavan eteneśvarasya viśvastatā prakāśate|
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
mayā silvānena timathinā ceśvarasya putro yo yīśukhrīṣṭo yuṣmanmadhye ghoṣitaḥ sa tena svīkṛtaḥ punarasvīkṛtaśca tannahi kintu sa tasya svīkārasvarūpaeva|
20 For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
īśvarasya mahimā yad asmābhiḥ prakāśeta tadartham īśvareṇa yad yat pratijñātaṁ tatsarvvaṁ khrīṣṭena svīkṛtaṁ satyībhūtañca|
21 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
yuṣmān asmāṁścābhiṣicya yaḥ khrīṣṭe sthāsnūn karoti sa īśvara eva|
22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
sa cāsmān mudrāṅkitān akārṣīt satyāṅkārasya paṇakharūpam ātmānaṁ asmākam antaḥkaraṇeṣu nirakṣipacca|
23 I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
aparaṁ yuṣmāsu karuṇāṁ kurvvan aham etāvatkālaṁ yāvat karinthanagaraṁ na gatavān iti satyametasmin īśvaraṁ sākṣiṇaṁ kṛtvā mayā svaprāṇānāṁ śapathaḥ kriyate|
24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
vayaṁ yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya niyantāro na bhavāmaḥ kintu yuṣmākam ānandasya sahāyā bhavāmaḥ, yasmād viśvāse yuṣmākaṁ sthiti rbhavati|
