2 Corinthians 12
1 If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed), but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Zame ni primerno, da bi se sedaj poveličeval. Prišel bom k videnjem in razodetjem od Gospoda.
2 I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven.
Pred okoli štirinajstimi leti sem spoznal človeka v Kristusu (bodisi v telesu, ne morem reči; ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve), nekoga vzetega gor do tretjih nebes.
3 And I know such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth),
In poznal sem takšnega človeka (bodisi v telesu ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve),
4 That he was caught up into paradise, and heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to utter.
kako je bil vzet gor v raj in je slišal neizgovorljive besede, ki jih človeku ni zakonito izreči.
5 For such an one I will glory; but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities.
S takšnim se bom ponašal. Vendar se ne bom ponašal sam s seboj, temveč s svojimi slabotnostmi.
6 For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me.
Kajti kljub temu da bi se želel ponašati, ne bom bedak; kajti povedal bom resnico. Toda sedaj potrpim, da ne bi katerikoli človek mislil o meni več, kakor me vidi, da sem ali kar sliši o meni.
7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.
In da se ne bi zaradi obilja razodetij, prek mere povišal, mi je bil dan v meso trn, Satanov poslanec, da me udari, da ne bi bil prek mere vzvišen.
8 For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me.
Za to stvar sem trikrat rotil Gospoda, da bi jo odstranil od mene.
9 And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
In mi je rekel: »Dovolj ti je moja milost, kajti moja moč je izpopolnjena v slabotnosti.« Torej se bom z največjim veseljem raje ponašal s svojimi slabotnostmi, da bo na meni lahko počivala Kristusova moč.
10 For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful.
Torej bom zaradi Kristusa užival v slabotnostih, v grajah, v potrebah, v preganjanjih, v tegobah; kajti kadar sem slaboten, tedaj sem močan.
11 I am become foolish: you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.
Postal sem bedak v ponašanju. Prisilili ste me, kajti od vas bi moral biti priporočen. Kajti v ničemer ne zaostajam za vašimi najvodilnejšimi apostoli, čeprav nisem nič.
12 Yet the signs of my apostleship have been wrought on you, in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
Resnično, znamenja apostola so bila med vami storjena v vsej potrpežljivosti, z znamenji in čudeži ter mogočnimi dejanji.
13 For what is there that you have had less than the other churches, but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury.
Kajti kaj je to, v čemer ste bili slabši do drugih cerkvá, razen tega, da vam jaz nisem bil v breme? Odpustite mi to krivico.
14 Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Glejte, tretjič sem pripravljen priti k vam, in vam ne bom v breme, kajti ne iščem vašega, temveč vas. Kajti ne bi smeli biti otroci obvezani varčevati za starše, temveč starši za otroke.
15 But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less.
In zelo rad se hočem razdati in biti razdan za vas; četudi vas obilneje ljubim, sem manj ljubljen.
16 But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught you by guile.
Toda naj bo tako, nisem vas bremenil; kljub temu sem vas, ker sem prebrisan, ujel z zvijačo.
17 Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?
Ali sem vas izkoristil po kom od teh, ki sem jih poslal k vam?
18 I desired Titus, and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? did we not in the same steps?
Naprosil sem Tita in z njim sem poslal brata. Ali vas je izkoristil Tit? Ali nisva hodila v istem duhu? Ali nisva hodila po istih stopinjah?
19 Of old, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ; but all things, my dearly beloved, for your edification.
Ponovno, ali mislite, da se vam opravičujemo? Govorimo pred Bogom v Kristusu. Toda, srčno ljubljeni, vse stvari počenjamo v vaše izgrajevanje.
20 For I fear lest perhaps when I come I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you.
Kajti bojim se, da ko pridem, vas ne bom našel takšnih, kakor vas želim in da me boste vi našli takšnega, kakor si ne želite; da ne bi bilo razpravljanj, zavisti, jeze, prepirov, obrekovanj, šepetanj, napihovanj, uporov.
21 Lest again, when I come, God humble me among you: and I mourn many of them that sinned before, and have not done penance for the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, that they have committed.
In da me ne bi, ko ponovno pridem, moj Bog med vami ponižal in da bom objokoval mnoge, ki so že grešili in se niso pokesali od nečistosti in prešuštvovanja in pohotnosti, ki so jih zagrešili.
