2 Corinthians 2
1 And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,
And Y ordeynede this ilke thing at me, that Y schulde not come eftsoone in heuynes to you.
2 for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?
For if Y make you sori, who is he that gladith me, but he that is soreuful of me?
3 And I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it was necessary [for] me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,
And this same thing Y wroot to you, that whanne Y come, Y haue not sorewe on sorewe, of the whiche it behofte me to haue ioie. And Y triste in you alle, that my ioye is of alle you.
4 for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.
For of myche tribulacioun and angwisch of herte Y wroot to you by many teeris, not that ye be sori, but that ye wite what charite Y haue more plenteuously in you.
5 And if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;
For if ony man hath maad me soreuful, he hath not maad me sorewful but a parti, that Y charge not you alle.
6 sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the greater part,
This blamyng that ys maad of manye, suffisith to hym, that is sich oon;
7 so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
so that ayenward ye rathir foryyuen and coumfort, lest perauenture he that is suche a maner man, be sopun vp bi more grete heuynesse.
8 for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,
For which thing Y biseche you, that ye conferme charite in to hym.
9 for this also I wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in regard to all things.
For whi therfor Y wroot this, that Y knowe youre preuyng, whether in alle thingis ye ben obedient.
10 And to whom you forgive anything—I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you—in the person of Christ—[I forgive it, ]
For to whom ye han foryyuen ony thing, also Y haue foryyue. For Y that that Y foryaf, yif Y foryaf ony thing, haue youun for you in the persone of Crist,
11 that we may not be over-reached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
that we be not disseyued of Sathanas; for we knowen hise thouytis.
12 And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the LORD,
But whanne Y was comun to Troade for the gospel of Crist, and a dore was opened to me in the Lord,
13 I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding my brother Titus, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;
Y hadde not rest to my spirit, for Y foond not my brother Tite, but Y seide to hem farewel, and Y passide in to Macedonye.
14 and to God [is] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is revealing through us in every place;
And Y do thankyngis to God, that euere more makith vs to haue victorie in Crist Jhesu, and schewith bi vs the odour of his knowing in ech place;
15 we are a refreshing fragrance to God because of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
for we ben the good odour of Crist to God, among these that ben maad saaf, and among these that perischen.
16 to one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and who is sufficient for these things?
To othere sotheli odour of deth in to deth, but to othere we ben odour of lijf in to lijf. And to these thingis who is so able?
17 For we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity—but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we speak.
For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clennesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist.
