2 Corinthians 11
1 Would that you could put up with a little "folly" from me! Nay, do bear with me.
Kungathi lingangibekezelela kancane ebuthutheni bami; yebo lani lingibekezelele.
2 I have a divine jealousy on your behalf; for I betrothed you to one only husband, even to Christ, that I might present you to him, a chaste virgin.
Ngoba ngilobukhwele ngani ngobukhwele bukaNkulunkulu; ngoba ngaliganela endodeni yinye ukuthi ngilise kuKristu liyintombi emsulwa.
3 But I fear lest, just as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your minds should be seduced from your single-mindedness and purity toward Christ.
Kodwa ngiyesaba ukuthi hlezi njengalokhu inyoka yakhohlisa uEva ngobuqili bayo, ngokunjalo imicabango yenu ingaduhiswa ebuqothweni obukuKristu.
4 If indeed some one is coming to preach another Jesus, whom I did not preach, or you are receiving a Spirit other than you once received, or another gospel which you did not accept before, you would do well to bear with me.
Ngoba uba ofikayo etshumayela omunye uJesu esingamtshumayelanga, loba lisemukela omunye umoya elingamemukelanga, loba elinye ivangeli elingalemukelanga, kuhle ukuthi limbekezelele.
5 For I reckon that I am in no respect behind your superapostolic apostles.
Ngoba ngithi kangisileli ngalutho kulabobaphostoli abaqakathekileyo sibili.
6 Yes, though I be unskilled in speech, at least I am not in knowledge; indeed I made this perfectly plain to you in all things and among all men.
Njalo uba lami ngingafundanga ekukhulumeni, kanti kungeyisikho elwazini; kodwa entweni yonke sibonakalisiwe kini ezintweni zonke.
7 Is it a sin, forsooth, that I humbled myself that you might be exalted, in preaching the gospel to you free of cost?
Kumbe ngenze isono yini ngokuzithoba ukuze liphakanyiswe lina, lokhu ngilitshumayeze ivangeli likaNkulunkulu ngesihle?
8 Other churches I spoiled, and took their wages to do you service.
Ngaphanga amanye amabandla, ngithatha iholo ukuze ngilisize;
9 Even when I lacked the actual necessities of life while I was with you, I was a burden to no one; for whatever I lacked, the brothers from Macedonia supplied, when they came. So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
lalapho ngangikhona kini ngiswele kangibanga ngumthwalo ngitsho emuntwini; ngoba abazalwane, abavela eMakedoniya, bagcwalisa inswelo yami; njalo kukho konke ngizigcinile ukuthi ngingabi ngumthwalo kini, futhi ngizazigcina.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine shall not be stopped within the boundaries of Greece!
Njengoba iqiniso likaKristu likimi, ukuthi lokhukuzincoma kakuyikumiswa ngami ezabelweni zeAkaya.
11 And why? Because I love you not? God knows I do.
Ngenxa yani? Ngoba ngingalithandi yini? UNkulunkulu uyazi.
12 I am doing and will continue to do this in order to cut away the ground from under those who wish some cause for slander; and that the ground of their boasting may appear as does mine.
Kodwa engikwenzayo, ngizakwenza futhi, ukuze ngiqume ithuba kwabafuna ithuba, ukuze kulokho abazincoma ngakho, baficwe benjengathi labo.
13 For such fellows are sham apostles of Christ.
Ngoba abanje bangabaphostoli bamanga, izisebenzi ezikhohlisayo, beziphendula babe ngabaphostoli bakaKristu.
14 No wonder! for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light.
Kakumangalisi-ke; ngoba uSathane uqobo uziphendula abe yingilosi yokukhanya.
15 It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.
Ngakho kakusinto enkulu uba lazo inceku zakhe ziziphendula zisiba njengenceku zokulunga, okuphela kwazo kuzakuba njengokwemisebenzi yazo.
16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. Or, if you must, at least bear with me as a fool, that I, too, may do a little boasting.
Ngiyaphinda ngithi: Kakungabi lomuntu ocabanga ukuthi ngiyisithutha; kodwa uba kungenjalo ngemukelani lanjengesithutha, ukuze lami ngizincome kancinyane.
17 What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord’s command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.
Lokho engikutshoyo, kangikutsho ngokweNkosi, kodwa njengebuthutheni, kulesisibindi sokuzincoma.
18 Since so many are making worldly boasts, I shall boast, too!
Lokhu abanengi bezincoma ngokwenyama, lami ngizazincoma.
19 Although you are wise, you put up with fools willingly enough!
Ngoba libekezelela abayizithutha ngentokozo, lina lingabahlakaniphileyo.
20 You put up with it, though they make slaves of you, live on you, seize your property, lord it over you, even strike you in the face, in the way of degradation!
Ngoba liyabekezela, uba umuntu elenza izigqili, uba umuntu elidla aliqede, uba umuntu elemuka, uba umuntu eziphakamisa, uba umuntu elitshaya ebusweni.
21 I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold.
Ngitsho ngenhloni, kuze kungathi thina besibuthakathaka; kodwa lakukuphi umuntu alesibindi ngakho (ngikhulumela ebuthutheni) lami ngilesibindi ngakho.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they descendants of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
BangamaHebheru yini? Lami. BangamaIsrayeli yini? Lami. Bayinzalo kaAbrahama yini? Lami.
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.
Bayizikhonzi zikaKristu yini? (Ngikhuluma njengohlanya) ngiyiso kulabo; emisebenzini enzima okwengezelelweyo kakhulu, emivimvinyeni okwedlula amalawulo, ezintolongweni okungezelelweyo kakhulu, ezimfeni kanengi;
24 Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes.
kumaJuda ngemukela kahlanu imivimvinya engamatshumi amane kusala owodwa.
25 Three times I have been scourged by the Romans; once I have been stoned; three times have I been shipwrecked; a night and a day have I been adrift in the open sea.
Ngatshaywa kathathu ngezinduku, ngakhandwa ngamatshe kanye, kathathu ngachithekelwa ngumkhumbi, ubusuku lemini ngisekujuleni kolwandle;
26 My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers;
ekuhambeni kanengi; engozini zemifula, engozini zabaphangi, ezingozini kwabakithi, ezingozini kwabezizwe, ezingozini emzini, ezingozini enkangala, engozini olwandle, ezingozini kubazalwane bamanga,
27 in toil and weariness, often in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst, often without anything to eat; in cold and in nakedness.
ekutshikatshikeni lebunzimeni, ekungalalini kanengi, ekulambeni lekomeni, ekuzileni ukudla kanengi, ekugodoleni lekuhambenize.
28 Not to mention other things, there is the crowding pressure of each day upon me, the care of all the churches.
Ngaphandle kwezinto ezingaphandle, okungicindezelayo insuku zonke yikukhathalela wonke amabandla.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, but I burn with indignation?
Ngubani obuthakathaka, ngingabi buthakathaka lami? Ngubani okhutshekiswayo, lami ngingatshiseki?
30 If boast I must, it shall be concerning my weakness.
Uba kumele ukuzincoma, ngizazincoma ngezinto zobuthakathaka bami.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am telling the truth. (aiōn g165)
UNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, obongekayo kuze kube nini lanini, uyazi ukuthi kangiqambi manga. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the King, kept guard over the city of the Damascus, to arrest me;
EDamaseko induna yenkosi uAretha yalinda umuzi wabeDamaseko, efuna ukungibamba;
33 but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped and out of his hands.
njalo ngehliswa ngewindi esilulwini ngomduli, ngasengiphepha ezandleni zayo.
