2 Corinthians 7
1 Dear friends, since we have these promises, we should wash ourselves clean from all that makes both body and spirit dirty, aiming for complete holiness out of reverence for God.
亲爱的朋友们，由于我们做出了这样的承诺，就应该洁净自己，除去身体和心灵上的一切污秽，通过敬畏上帝达成圣洁。
2 Please accept us as your friends! We haven't done anyone wrong, we haven't corrupted anyone, and we haven't taken advantage of anyone.
请接纳我们作为你们的朋友！我们未做过任何措施，没有让任何人堕落，也没有利用过谁。
3 I'm not saying this to condemn you—as I already told you, you mean so much to us that we live and die together with you!
我这样说不是为了定你们的罪，正如我之前所说，你们对我们如此重要，我们与你们可以同生共死。
4 I speak up very strongly for you because I am so proud of you. You are such an encouragement to me. I am so happy for you despite all our troubles.
我愿为你们振臂高呼，因为你们让我感到如此光荣。你们就是对我最大的激励，尽管我们经历各种患难，你们让我格外欢喜。
5 When we arrived in Macedonia we didn't have a minute's peace. We were attacked from every direction, with external conflicts and inner fears.
我们抵达马其顿的时候，没有感到片刻的安宁。相反，我们受到了来自各方的攻击，外有争战，内有恐惧。
6 Even so, God who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us with Titus' arrival.
尽管如此，上帝总能给沮丧之人带来鼓励。提多的到来就是我们最大的安慰。
7 Not just by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him. He told us how you were longing to see me, how sorry you were, and how concerned you were about me, which made me even happier.
我们的安慰不仅因为他的到来，还因为你们给予他的鼓励。他告诉我们，你们渴望见到我，还因为我而感到难过和忧愁，这让我更加欢喜。
8 Even though I made you sorry by the letter I wrote, I don't regret it—though I did regret it because the letter did hurt you, but just for a while.
尽管我写的那封信让你们忧伤，但我并不后悔——其实我曾经感到后悔，因为那封信伤害了你们，但只是很短的一段时间。
9 I'm happy now, not for hurting you, but because this pain led you to change your minds. You were made sorry in a way God would want, and so weren't harmed by us in any way.
现在我很快乐，不是因为伤害你们，而是因为这种痛苦让你们改变了心意。你们按照上帝的旨意感到难过，所以不会因为我们而受到任何伤害。
10 The kind of sorrow God wants us to have makes us change our minds and brings salvation. This kind of sorrow leaves no sense of regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
上帝希望我们感受到的忧伤，让我们可以改变心意，获得救赎。这种忧伤不会留下遗憾，但世俗的忧伤却会招致死亡。
11 See what happened to you when you had this very same experience of sorrow that God wants. Remember how enthusiastic you became, how keen you were to defend yourselves, how angry you were at what had happened, how seriously you took it, how you longed to do right, how concerned you were, how you wanted justice to be done. In all of this you showed that you were sincere in wanting to make things right.
当你们依照上帝的旨意感受到了这种忧伤，看看你们都发生了什么。还记得你们变得多么热情，渴望为自己辩护，对已经发生的事情感到愤怒，认真对待这一切，渴望做正确的事情，关注自己是谁，渴望实现正义。你们通过所有这些改变，表明你们多么诚心地渴望恢复良善正直。
12 So when I wrote to you, I wasn't writing about who did the wrong or who was wronged, but to show you how devoted you are to us in God's sight.
因此，以往我写信给你们，并未讨论谁做错事或被错误对待，而是表达了你们如何在上帝的面前为我们做出奉献。
13 We are so encouraged by this. Added to our own encouragement, we were so pleased to see how happy Titus was, because you set his mind at rest.
这让我们备受鼓舞。我们除了感受到鼓舞之外，还很高兴看到提多的欢喜，因为你们让他心安。
14 I boasted to him about you, and you didn't let me down. Just as all I've told you is true, my boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true too!
我向他夸赞你们，你们没有让我失望。我对你们所说的都是真话，同样，我向提多夸赞你们也是出自真心。
15 Titus cares for you even more as he remembers how you did what he told you, how you welcomed him with great respect.
提多还记起你们如何按照他所说的行事，如何以尊重的方式迎接他。这让他更加关爱你们。
16 I am so happy that I can be completely confident of you.
很高兴我可以对你们怀有充分的信心。
