2 Corinthians 2
1 So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
aparañcāhaṁ punaḥ śokāya yuṣmatsannidhiṁ na gamiṣyāmīti manasi niracaiṣaṁ|
2 For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
yasmād ahaṁ yadi yuṣmān śokayuktān karomi tarhi mayā yaḥ śokayuktīkṛtastaṁ vinā kenāpareṇāhaṁ harṣayiṣye?
3 I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
mama yo harṣaḥ sa yuṣmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ harṣa eveti niścitaṁ mayābodhi; ataeva yairahaṁ harṣayitavyastai rmadupasthitisamaye yanmama śoko na jāyeta tadarthameva yuṣmabhyam etādṛśaṁ patraṁ mayā likhitaṁ|
4 For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
vastutastu bahukleśasya manaḥpīḍāyāśca samaye'haṁ bahvaśrupātena patramekaṁ likhitavān yuṣmākaṁ śokārthaṁ tannahi kintu yuṣmāsu madīyapremabāhulyasya jñāpanārthaṁ|
5 Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
yenāhaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastena kevalamahaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastannahi kintvaṁśato yūyaṁ sarvve'pi yato'hamatra kasmiṁścid doṣamāropayituṁ necchāmi|
6 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
bahūnāṁ yat tarjjanaṁ tena janenālambhi tat tadarthaṁ pracuraṁ|
7 So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
ataḥ sa duḥkhasāgare yanna nimajjati tadarthaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ sa kṣantavyaḥ sāntvayitavyaśca|
8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
iti hetoḥ prarthaye'haṁ yuṣmābhistasmin dayā kriyatāṁ|
9 My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
yūyaṁ sarvvakarmmaṇi mamādeśaṁ gṛhlītha na veti parīkṣitum ahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhitavān|
10 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
yasya yo doṣo yuṣmābhiḥ kṣamyate tasya sa doṣo mayāpi kṣamyate yaśca doṣo mayā kṣamyate sa yuṣmākaṁ kṛte khrīṣṭasya sākṣāt kṣamyate|
11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
śayatānaḥ kalpanāsmābhirajñātā nahi, ato vayaṁ yat tena na vañcyāmahe tadartham asmābhiḥ sāvadhānai rbhavitavyaṁ|
12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
aparañca khrīṣṭasya susaṁvādaghoṣaṇārthaṁ mayi troyānagaramāgate prabhoḥ karmmaṇe ca madarthaṁ dvāre mukte
13 I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
satyapi svabhrātustītasyāvidyamānatvāt madīyātmanaḥ kāpi śānti rna babhūva, tasmād ahaṁ tān visarjjanaṁ yācitvā mākidaniyādeśaṁ gantuṁ prasthānam akaravaṁ|
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
ya īśvaraḥ sarvvadā khrīṣṭenāsmān jayinaḥ karoti sarvvatra cāsmābhistadīyajñānasya gandhaṁ prakāśayati sa dhanyaḥ|
15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
yasmād ye trāṇaṁ lapsyante ye ca vināśaṁ gamiṣyanti tān prati vayam īśvareṇa khrīṣṭasya saugandhyaṁ bhavāmaḥ|
16 To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
vayam ekeṣāṁ mṛtyave mṛtyugandhā apareṣāñca jīvanāya jīvanagandhā bhavāmaḥ, kintvetādṛśakarmmasādhane kaḥ samartho'sti?
17 For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
anye bahavo lokā yadvad īśvarasya vākyaṁ mṛṣāśikṣayā miśrayanti vayaṁ tadvat tanna miśrayantaḥ saralabhāveneśvarasya sākṣād īśvarasyādeśāt khrīṣṭena kathāṁ bhāṣāmahe|
