2 Corinthians 11
1 Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.
Utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiæ meæ, sed et supportare me:
2 For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy [which is] of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin to Christ.
Æmulor enim vos Dei æmulatione. Despondi enim vos uni viro virginem castam exhibere Christo.
3 But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, [so] your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.
Timeo autem ne sicut serpens Hevam seduxit astutia sua, ita corrumpantur sensus vestri, et excidant a simplicitate, quæ est in Christo.
4 For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with [it].
Nam si is, qui venit, alium Christum prædicat, quem non prædicavimus, aut alium spiritum accipitis, quem non accepistis: aut aliud Evangelium, quod non recepistis: recte pateremini.
5 For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.
Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.
6 But if [I am] a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making [the truth] manifest in all things to you.
Nam etsi imperitus sermone, sed non scientia, in omnibus autem manifestati sumus vobis.
7 Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that ye might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?
Aut numquid peccatum feci, me ipsum humilians, ut vos exaltemini? quoniam gratis Evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis?
8 I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.
Alias Ecclesias expoliavi, accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum.
9 And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked, ) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.
Et cum essem apud vos, et egerem; nulli onerosus fui: nam quod mihi deerat, suppleverunt fratres, qui venerunt a Macedonia: et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi, et servabo.
10 [The] truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be stopped as to me in the regions of Achaia.
Est veritas Christi in me, quoniam hæc gloriatio non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiæ.
11 Why? because I do not love you? God knows.
Quare? quia non diligo vos? Deus scit.
12 But what I do, I will also do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those wishing [for] an opportunity, that wherein they boast they may be found even as we.
Quod autem facio, et faciam: ut amputem occasionem eorum, qui volunt occasionem, ut in quo gloriantur, inveniantur sicut et nos.
13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
Nam eiusmodi pseudoapostoli, sunt operarii subdoli, transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi.
14 And [it is] not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
Et non mirum: ipse enim satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis.
15 It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
non est ergo magnum, si ministri eius transfigurentur velut ministri iustitiæ: quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum.
16 Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that I also may boast myself some little.
Iterum dico, (ne quis me putet insipientem esse, alioquin velut insipientem accipite me, ut et ego modicum quid glorier)
17 What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriæ.
18 Since many boast according to flesh, I also will boast.
Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem: et ego gloriabor.
19 For ye bear fools readily, being wise.
Libenter enim suffertis insipientes: cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
20 For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour [you], if any one get [your money], if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.
Sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit, si quis devorat, si quis accipit, si quis extollitur, si quis in faciem vos cædit.
21 I speak as to dishonour, as though we had been weak; but wherein any one is daring, (I speak in folly, ) I also am daring.
Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego:
22 Are they Hebrews? I also. Are they Israelites? I also. Are they seed of Abraham? I also.
Hebræi sunt, et ego: Israelitæ sunt, et ego: Semen Abrahæ sunt, et ego:
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.
Ministri Christi sunt, (ut minus sapiens dico) plus ego: in laboribus plurimis, in carceribus abundantius, in plagis supra modum, in mortibus frequenter.
24 From the Jews five times have I received forty [stripes], save one.
A Iudæis quinquies, quadragenas, una minus, accepi.
25 Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:
Ter virgis cæsus sum, semel lapidatus sum, ter naufragium feci, nocte et die in profundo maris fui,
26 in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from [my own] race, in perils from [the] nations, in perils in [the] city, in perils in [the] desert, in perils on [the] sea, in perils among false brethren;
in itineribus sæpe, periculis fluminum, periculis latronum, periculis ex genere, periculis ex Gentibus, periculis in civitate, periculis in solitudine, periculis in mari, periculis in falsis fratribus:
27 in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
in labore et ærumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame, et siti, in ieiuniis multis, in frigore, et nuditate,
28 Besides those things that are without, the crowd [of cares] pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.
præter illa, quæ extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror?
30 If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
Si gloriari oportet: quæ infirmitatis meæ sunt, gloriabor.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows — he who is blessed for ever — that I do not lie. (aiōn g165)
Deus et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, qui est benedictus in sæcula, scit quod non mentior. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
Damasci præpositus Gentis Aretæ regis, custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
33 and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic effugi manus eius.
