2 Corinthians 13
1 This will be my third visit to you. Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be confirmed.
Ecce tertio hoc venio ad vos: In ore duorum, vel trium testium stabit omne verbum.
2 I have said formerly, and I now forewarn you as when I was present the second time, so now when I am absent the second time, so now when I am absent, saying to those who had sinned before, and to all the rest, "If I come again, I will not spare,"
Praedixi enim, et praedico, ut praesens vobis, et nunc absens iis, qui ante peccaverunt, et ceteris omnibus, quoniam si venero iterum, non parcam.
3 Since you want a proof of Christ who is speaking in me, he who is not feeble toward you, but powerful among you.
An experimentum quaeritis eius, qui in me loquitur Christus, qui in vobis non infirmatur, sed potens est in vobis?
4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he now lives through the power of God. I also am weak, sharing in his weakness, but I shall live with him by the power of God.
Nam etsi crucifixus est ex infirmitate: sed vivit ex virtute Dei. Nam et nos infirmi sumus in illo: sed vivimus cum eo ex virtute Dei in vobis.
5 Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith; put your own selves to the proof. Or do you not know, your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed you fail to abide the proof?
Vosmetipsos tentate si estis in fide: ipsi vos probate. An non cognoscitis vosmetipsos quia Christus Iesus in vobis est? nisi forte reprobi estis.
6 But I hope you will find that I abide the proof.
Spero autem quod cognoscetis, quia nos non sumus reprobi.
7 And my prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that I may appear approved, but that you may do what is noble, though I should seem unable to abide the proof.
Oramus autem Deum ut nihil mali faciatis, non ut nos probati appareamus, sed ut vos quod bonum est faciatis: nos autem ut reprobi simus.
8 For I have no power against the truth, but only in defense of the truth.
Non enim possumus aliquid adversus veritatem, sed pro veritate.
9 For I am always glad whenever I am weak, but you are strong. For this also I am praying, for your perfect reformation.
Gaudemus enim, quoniam nos infirmi sumus, vos autem potentes estis. Hoc et oramus vestram consummationem.
10 For this reason I am writing thus while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.
Ideo haec absens scribo, ut non praesens durius agam secundum potestatem, quam Dominus dedit mihi in aedificationem, et non in destructionem.
11 Finally, brothers, farewell. Aim at perfection, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace; so shall the God of love and peace be with you.
De cetero, fratres, gaudete, perfecti estote, exhortamini, idem sapite, pacem habete, et Deus pacis, et dilectionis erit vobiscum.
12 Salute one another with a holy kiss.
Salutate invicem in osculo sancto.
13 All the saints salute you.
Salutant vos omnes sancti.
14 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Gratia Domini nostri Iesu Christi, et charitas Dei, et communicatio sancti Spiritus sit cum omnibus vobis. Amen.
