2 Corinthians 11
1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
Ke solofela gore lo tlaa nna pelotelele le nna fa ke ntse ke bua jaaka seeleele jaana. Ntetlang go bua se se mo pelong ya me.
2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Ke lo tlhwaafaletse ka tlhwaafalo ya Modimo, ke tlhwaafaletse gore lorato lwa lona e nne lwa ga Keresete a le nosi, fela jaaka kgarebane e e itshekileng e bolokela monna a le mongwe lorato lwa yone, yo e tlang nnang ene monna wa gagwe.
3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the sincerity and purity that is in Christ.
Mme ke a boifa, ke tshaba gore ka tsela nngwe lo tlaa timediwa mo boitshekong jwa lona mo Moreneng, fela jaaka Efa a ne a tsiediwa ke Satane mo tshimong ya Edene.
4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different Good News, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.
Lo lebega lo tsietsega ka bonako: lo dumela sengwe le sengwe se mongwe fela o se lo bolelelang le fa a rera kaga Jesu yo mongwe go na le yo re mo rerang, kgotsa mewa e e farologaneng go na le Mowa O O Boitshepo o lo o amogetseng, kgotsa a lo supegetsa tsela e sele ya go bolokwa. Lo dumela gotlhe.
5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
Le fa go ntse jalo, ga ke bone gore “Barongwa ba ba hakgamatsang” ba ba ipitsang gore ba tswa kwa Modimong, ga ba nkgaise ka gope.
6 Even though I am unskilled in speech, I am not unskilled in knowledge. But in every way we have made this known to you in all things.
Fa ke le sebui se se bokoa, mme ke itse se ke buang kaga sone, jaaka ke akanya gore lo gopola jalo jaanong, gonne re go tlhomamisitse gangwe le gape.
7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?
A ke kile ka dira phoso ka ingotla go dira gore lo ntebele kwa tlase ka ntlha ya gore ke lo reretse Mafoko a Modimo a a Molemo kwa ntle ga go lo kopa sepe.
8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
Mo boemong jwa moo ke “thopile” diphuthego tse dingwe ka go tsaya se ba neng ba se nthomeletse mme ka se dirisa fa ke santse ke na le lona, gore ke tle ke lo direle kwa ntle ga tuelo epe. Mme fa moo go setse go fetile mme ke tshwerwe ke tlala, ke ne ke ntse ke sa lo kope sepe, gonne Bakeresete ba ba neng ba tswa kwa Masedonia ba ntletse mpho e nngwe. Ga ke ise nke ke lo kope le fa e le ledi ebile ga ke kitla ke dira jalo.
9 When I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
Ke solofetsa se ka selekanyo sengwe le sengwe sa boammaaruri jo ke nang najo, gore ke tlaa bolelela mongwe le mongwe mo Akaia ka gone!
11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.
Ka ntlha ya eng? A ke ka ntlha ya gore lwa re ga ke lo rate? Modimo o a itse gore ke a lo rata.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.
Mme ke tlaa go dira gore ke tlhokise ba ba ipelafatsang seipato sa gore ba dira tiro ya Modimo jaaka re e dira.
13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.
Modimo ga o a roma batho bao gotlhelele; ke “batsietsi” ba ba lo tsietsang gore lo gopole gore ke baaposetoloi ba ga Keresete.
14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
Le fa go ntse jalo ga ke hakgamale! Satane o ka iphetola moengele wa lesedi,
15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
jalo ga go hakgamatse gore batlhanka ba gagwe ba ka dira jalo le bone, ba bonale jaaka baruti ba Modimo. Kwa bokhutlong ba tlaa amogela kotlhao nngwe le nngwe e e tshwanelang ditiro tsa bone tsa boikepo.
16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
Gape ke a lo kopa, se gopoleng gore ke latlhile botlhale jwa me go bua jaana; mme le fa lo gopola jalo, ntheetsang, nna seeleele, sematla, fa le nna ke ipelafatsa go se kae jaaka ba dira.
17 That which I speak, I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
Go ikgantsha mo go ntseng jalo ga se sengwe se Morena o se ntaoletseng go se dira, gonne ke dira jaaka seeleele se se senang tlhaloganyo.
18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
Le fa go ntse jalo batho bao ba tsweletse ka go lo bolelela gore ba ditswerere go le kae, le nna ke tlaa tswelela jalo.
19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
(Lo gopola gore lo botlhale thata, le fa go ntse jalo lo reetsa dieleele tseo; ka boitumelo; ga lo re sepe fa di lo dira makgoba a tsone di bo di tsaya sengwe le sengwe se lo nang naso, ba lo ja ntsoma, di lo faphamola sefatlhogo.
20 For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.
21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
Ketlhabiwa ke ditlhong gore ke re ga ke a nonofa mme ke le pelokgale jalo! Mme le fa e le eng se ba ka ipelafatsang ka sone, ke bua jaaka seeleele gape, ke ka ipelafatsa ka sone le nna).
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Ba ikgantsha gore ke Bahebera, a ke bone? Ee, le nna ke Mohebera, ebile ba re ke Baiseraele, batho ba ba itlhophetsweng ke Modimo? Le nna ke Moiseraele. Ebile ba re ke bo morwa Aberahame? Ee, le nna ke morwawe.
23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
Ba re ba direla Keresete? Mme ke mo diretse go feta! (A ke kile ka ipelafatsa jaana?) Ke dirile thata, ke golegilwe gantsinyana, ke iteilwe mo go senang palo, mme ka lebagana le loso gantsintsi.
24 Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
Makgetho a matlhano a a farologanyeng, Bajuta ba ntiteile dithupa di le masome a mararo le boferabongwe.
25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
Ke iteilwe ka dithobane gararo. Ka kgobotlediwa ka maje gangwe fela. Ka thubegelwa ke sekepe gararo, ka tlhola mo lewatleng bosigo jotlhe le letsatsi le le latelang.
26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from those who are not Jews, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;
Ke tsamaile maeto a maleele a a lapisang ebile ke tsenye mo kotsing ya merwalela gantsi, mo bothukuthing, le mo go bagaetsho, Bajuta, le mo diatleng tsa Badichaba. Ke ne ka lebagana le dikotsi tse di diphatsa thata di tswa mo bathong ba bantsi ba metse le mo losong mo dikakeng le mo matsubutsubung a mawatle le mo bathong ba ba ipitsang bakaulengwe mo Moreneng mme e se bone.
27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
Ke tshedile ka letsapa, le ditlhabi le masigo ke sa robale. Ke bolailwe ke tlala gantsi le lenyora ka bo ka felelwa ke dijo; ke roromisitswe ke serame gantsi, ke sena diaparo tse di lekanyeng go nthuthafatsa.
28 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.
Jalo, mo godimo ga tse tsotlhe, ke na le tlhobaelo e e tsweletseng pele gore diphuthego di tsamaya jang:
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
Ke mang yo e a reng a dirile phoso ke se ke ke mo utlwele botlhoko? Ke mang yo e a reng fa a wa ke se ke ke rate go thusa? Ke mang yo e a reng fa a utlwisitswe botlhoko mo moweng ke nne fela ke sa gakalele yo o mo utlwisitseng botlhoko?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
Mme fa e le gore ke tshwanetse go ikgantsha, ke ka mpa ka ikgantsha kaga dilo tse di mpontshang bokoa jwa me.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I do not lie. (aiōn g165)
Modimo, Rraagwe Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete, yo o tshwanetseng go bakwa ka metlha le metlha, o a itse gore ke bolela boammaaruri. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, desiring to arrest me.
Jaaka erile kwa Damaseko molaodi wa kgosi Aretase a mpeela badisa mo dikgorong tsa motse go ntshwara;
33 Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
mme ke ne ka falotshiwa ka thapo le seroto mo phatlheng ya lokotswana lo lo ageletseng motse mme jalo ka tswa! (A go itsege mo go golo!).
