2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of the Messiah, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
yuSmatpratyakSE namraH kintu parOkSE pragalbhaH paulO'haM khrISTasya kSAntyA vinItyA ca yuSmAn prArthayE|
2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
mama prArthanIyamidaM vayaM yaiH zArIrikAcAriNO manyAmahE tAn prati yAM pragalbhatAM prakAzayituM nizcinOmi sA pragalbhatA samAgatEna mayAcaritavyA na bhavatu|
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
yataH zarIrE carantO'pi vayaM zArIrikaM yuddhaM na kurmmaH|
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Elohim to the pulling down of strong holds; )
asmAkaM yuddhAstrANi ca na zArIrikAni kintvIzvarENa durgabhanjjanAya prabalAni bhavanti,
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of YHWH, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Messiah;
taizca vayaM vitarkAn IzvarIyatattvajnjAnasya pratibandhikAM sarvvAM cittasamunnatinjca nipAtayAmaH sarvvasagkalpanjca bandinaM kRtvA khrISTasyAjnjAgrAhiNaM kurmmaH,
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
yuSmAkam AjnjAgrAhitvE siddhE sati sarvvasyAjnjAlagghanasya pratIkAraM karttum udyatA AsmahE ca|
7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is the Messiah's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is the Messiah's, even so are we the Messiah's.
yad dRSTigOcaraM tad yuSmAbhi rdRzyatAM| ahaM khrISTasya lOka iti svamanasi yEna vijnjAyatE sa yathA khrISTasya bhavati vayam api tathA khrISTasya bhavAma iti punarvivicya tEna budhyatAM|
8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which YHWH hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
yuSmAkaM nipAtAya tannahi kintu niSThAyai prabhunA dattaM yadasmAkaM sAmarthyaM tEna yadyapi kinjcid adhikaM zlAghE tathApi tasmAnna trapiSyE|
9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
ahaM patrai ryuSmAn trAsayAmi yuSmAbhirEtanna manyatAM|
10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
tasya patrANi gurutarANi prabalAni ca bhavanti kintu tasya zArIrasAkSAtkArO durbbala AlApazca tucchanIya iti kaizcid ucyatE|
11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
kintu parOkSE patrai rbhASamANA vayaM yAdRzAH prakAzAmahE pratyakSE karmma kurvvantO'pi tAdRzA Eva prakAziSyAmahE tat tAdRzEna vAcAlEna jnjAyatAM|
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
svaprazaMsakAnAM kESAnjcinmadhyE svAn gaNayituM taiH svAn upamAtuM vA vayaM pragalbhA na bhavAmaH, yatastE svaparimANEna svAn parimimatE svaizca svAn upamibhatE tasmAt nirbbOdhA bhavanti ca|
13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which YHWH hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
vayam aparimitEna na zlAghiSyAmahE kintvIzvarENa svarajjvA yuSmaddEzagAmi yat parimANam asmadarthaM nirUpitaM tEnaiva zlAghiSyAmahE|
14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the glad tidings of the Messiah:
yuSmAkaM dEzO'smAbhiragantavyastasmAd vayaM svasImAm ullagghAmahE tannahi yataH khrISTasya susaMvAdEnAparESAM prAg vayamEva yuSmAn prAptavantaH|
15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
vayaM svasImAm ullagghya parakSEtrENa zlAghAmahE tannahi, kinjca yuSmAkaM vizvAsE vRddhiM gatE yuSmaddEzE'smAkaM sImA yuSmAbhirdIrghaM vistArayiSyatE,
16 To preach the glad tidings in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
tEna vayaM yuSmAkaM pazcimadiksthESu sthAnESu susaMvAdaM ghOSayiSyAmaH, itthaM parasImAyAM parENa yat pariSkRtaM tEna na zlAghiSyAmahE|
17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in YHWH.
yaH kazcit zlAghamAnaH syAt zlAghatAM prabhunA sa hi|
18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom YHWH commendeth.
svEna yaH prazaMsyatE sa parIkSitO nahi kintu prabhunA yaH prazaMsyatE sa Eva parIkSitaH|
