2 Corinthians 12
1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
ātmaślāghā mamānupayuktā kintvahaṁ prabho rdarśanādeśānām ākhyānaṁ kathayituṁ pravartte|
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
itaścaturdaśavatsarebhyaḥ pūrvvaṁ mayā paricita eko janastṛtīyaṁ svargamanīyata, sa saśarīreṇa niḥśarīreṇa vā tat sthānamanīyata tadahaṁ na jānāmi kintvīśvaro jānāti|
3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
sa mānavaḥ svargaṁ nītaḥ san akathyāni marttyavāgatītāni ca vākyāni śrutavān|
4 was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
kintu tadānīṁ sa saśarīro niḥśarīro vāsīt tanmayā na jñāyate tad īśvareṇaiva jñāyate|
5 I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
tamadhyahaṁ ślāghiṣye māmadhi nānyena kenacid viṣayeṇa ślāghiṣye kevalaṁ svadaurbbalyena ślāghiṣye|
6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
yadyaham ātmaślāghāṁ karttum iccheyaṁ tathāpi nirbbodha iva na bhaviṣyāmi yataḥ satyameva kathayiṣyāmi, kintu lokā māṁ yādṛśaṁ paśyanti mama vākyaṁ śrutvā vā yādṛśaṁ māṁ manyate tasmāt śreṣṭhaṁ māṁ yanna gaṇayanti tadarthamahaṁ tato viraṁsyāmi|
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
aparam utkṛṣṭadarśanaprāptito yadaham ātmābhimānī na bhavāmi tadarthaṁ śarīravedhakam ekaṁ śūlaṁ mahyam adāyi tat madīyātmābhimānanivāraṇārthaṁ mama tāḍayitā śayatāno dūtaḥ|
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
mattastasya prasthānaṁ yācitumahaṁ tristamadhi prabhumuddiśya prārthanāṁ kṛtavān|
9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
tataḥ sa māmuktavān mamānugrahastava sarvvasādhakaḥ, yato daurbbalyāt mama śaktiḥ pūrṇatāṁ gacchatīti| ataḥ khrīṣṭasya śakti ryanmām āśrayati tadarthaṁ svadaurbbalyena mama ślāghanaṁ sukhadaṁ|
10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
tasmāt khrīṣṭaheto rdaurbbalyanindādaridratāvipakṣatākaṣṭādiṣu santuṣyāmyahaṁ| yadāhaṁ durbbalo'smi tadaiva sabalo bhavāmi|
11 I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
etenātmaślāghanenāhaṁ nirbbodha ivābhavaṁ kintu yūyaṁ tasya kāraṇaṁ yato mama praśaṁsā yuṣmābhireva karttavyāsīt| yadyapyam agaṇyo bhaveyaṁ tathāpi mukhyatamebhyaḥ preritebhyaḥ kenāpi prakāreṇa nāhaṁ nyūno'smi|
12 The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
sarvvathādbhutakriyāśaktilakṣaṇaiḥ preritasya cihnāni yuṣmākaṁ madhye sadhairyyaṁ mayā prakāśitāni|
13 In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
mama pālanārthaṁ yūyaṁ mayā bhārākrāntā nābhavataitad ekaṁ nyūnatvaṁ vināparābhyaḥ samitibhyo yuṣmākaṁ kiṁ nyūnatvaṁ jātaṁ? anena mama doṣaṁ kṣamadhvaṁ|
14 See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
paśyata tṛtīyavāraṁ yuṣmatsamīpaṁ gantumudyato'smi tatrāpyahaṁ yuṣmān bhārākrāntān na kariṣyāmi| yuṣmākaṁ sampattimahaṁ na mṛgaye kintu yuṣmāneva, yataḥ pitroḥ kṛte santānānāṁ dhanasañcayo'nupayuktaḥ kintu santānānāṁ kṛte pitro rdhanasañcaya upayuktaḥ|
15 And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
aparañca yuṣmāsu bahu prīyamāṇo'pyahaṁ yadi yuṣmatto'lpaṁ prama labhe tathāpi yuṣmākaṁ prāṇarakṣārthaṁ sānandaṁ bahu vyayaṁ sarvvavyayañca kariṣyāmi|
16 Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
yūyaṁ mayā kiñcidapi na bhārākrāntā iti satyaṁ, kintvahaṁ dhūrttaḥ san chalena yuṣmān vañcitavān etat kiṁ kenacid vaktavyaṁ?
17 Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
yuṣmatsamīpaṁ mayā ye lokāḥ prahitāsteṣāmekena kiṁ mama ko'pyarthalābho jātaḥ?
18 I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
ahaṁ tītaṁ vinīya tena sārddhaṁ bhrātaramekaṁ preṣitavān yuṣmattastītena kim artho labdhaḥ? ekasmin bhāva ekasya padacihneṣu cāvāṁ kiṁ na caritavantau?
19 Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
yuṣmākaṁ samīpe vayaṁ puna rdoṣakṣālanakathāṁ kathayāma iti kiṁ budhyadhve? he priyatamāḥ, yuṣmākaṁ niṣṭhārthaṁ vayamīśvarasya samakṣaṁ khrīṣṭena sarvvāṇyetāni kathayāmaḥ|
20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
ahaṁ yadāgamiṣyāmi, tadā yuṣmān yādṛśān draṣṭuṁ necchāmi tādṛśān drakṣyāmi, yūyamapi māṁ yādṛśaṁ draṣṭuṁ necchatha tādṛśaṁ drakṣyatha, yuṣmanmadhye vivāda īrṣyā krodho vipakṣatā parāpavādaḥ karṇejapanaṁ darpaḥ kalahaścaite bhaviṣyanti;
21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
tenāhaṁ yuṣmatsamīpaṁ punarāgatya madīyeśvareṇa namayiṣye, pūrvvaṁ kṛtapāpān lokān svīyāśucitāveśyāgamanalampaṭatācaraṇād anutāpam akṛtavanto dṛṣṭvā ca tānadhi mama śoko janiṣyata iti bibhemi|
