2 Corinthians 12
1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. 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 knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; ) such an 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 knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; )
In poznal sem takšnega človeka (bodisi v telesu ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve),
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
kako je bil vzet gor v raj in je slišal neizgovorljive besede, ki jih človeku ni zakonito izreči.
5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
S takšnim se bom ponašal. Vendar se ne bom ponašal sam s seboj, temveč s svojimi slabotnostmi.
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or [that] he heareth of 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 I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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 this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
Za to stvar sem trikrat rotil Gospoda, da bi jo odstranil od mene.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon 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 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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 a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though 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 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among 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 it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
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, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not 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 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
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 burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Toda naj bo tako, nisem vas bremenil; kljub temu sem vas, ker sem prebrisan, ujel z zvijačo.
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
Ali sem vas izkoristil po kom od teh, ki sem jih poslal k vam?
18 I desired Titus, and with [him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked 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 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
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, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
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 [And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which 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.
