2 Corinthians 7
1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Sidan me då hev desse lovnaderne, mine kjære, so lat oss reinsa oss frå all ureinskap på kjøt og ånd og fullføra vår helging i Guds age!
2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
Gjev oss rom! Ingen hev me gjort urett, ingen hev me skadt, ingen hev me gjenge for nær.
3 I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
Ikkje til fordøming for dykk segjer eg dette; for eg hev sagt det fyrr, at de er i våre hjarto til å døy med oss og liva med oss.
4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
Stor er mi tiltru til dykk, stor er mi ros yver dykk, eg er fyllt med trøyst, eg er ovrik på gleda i all vår trengsla.
5 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
For då me kom til Makedonia, hadde vårt kjøt ikkje heller ro, men me vart trengde på alle måtar; utantil var strid, innantil otte.
6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
Men Gud, som trøystar det nedtrykte, han trøysta oss ved Titus’ koma,
7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
men ikkje berre ved koma hans, men og ved den trøyst han var trøysta med yver dykk, med di han fortalde oss um dykkar lengting, dykkar gråt, dykkar ihuge for meg, so eg vart endå meir glad.
8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.
For um eg og i brevet gjorde dykk sorg, so angrar eg det ikkje, um eg og fyrr angra det; for eg ser at det brevet gjorde dykk sorg, um og berre ei stund.
9 And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
No gled eg meg, ikkje for di de fekk sorg, men for di de fekk sorg til umvending; for de fekk sorg etter Gud, so de på ingen måte skulde hava skade av oss.
10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
For sorgi etter Gud verkar umvending til frelsa, som ingen angrar; men sorgi til verdi verkar daude.
11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
For sjå, dette same at de fekk sorg etter Gud, kor stor ihuge verka ikkje det hjå dykk, ja forsvar, ja harm, ja otte, ja lengting, ja brennhug, ja refsing! I alt viste de at de var reine i denne saki.
12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
Um eg då og skreiv til dykk, so var det ikkje for hans skuld som gjorde urett, eller for hans skuld som leid urett, men for di at dykkar umhug for oss skulde verta openberra hjå dykk for Guds åsyn.
13 On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
Difor er me trøysta. Og attåt vår trøyst kom den langt større gleda yver Titus’ gleda; for hans ånd er uppkveikt av dykk alle.
14 Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
For um eg til honom hev uttala meg med ros yver dykk, hev eg ikkje vorte til skammar; men liksom me hev tala alt til dykk med sanning, so hev og vår ros til Titus vorte sanning.
15 And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
Og hans kjærleik til dykk er endå sterkare, når han minnest lydnaden hjå dykk alle, korleis de tok imot honom med age og otte.
16 I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.
Eg gled meg yver at eg i alt kann lita på dykk.
