2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I, who present indeed am lowly among you, but am bold toward you when absent;
Koulye a, mwen menm Paul, mwen ankouraje nou pa imilite ak dousè a Kris la—mwen menm ki enb lè mwen fasafas avèk nou, men plen ak kouraj anvè nou lè m absan!
2 but I entreat you, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence wherewith I think of being bold towards some, who think of us as walking according to the flesh.
Mwen mande ke lè m prezan ke m p ap oblije vin parèt ak menm fòs kouraj la pou mwen ta vin advèsè kèk moun ki konsidere nou tankou moun ki te mache selon lachè.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,
Paske malgre ke n ap mache nan lachè, nou pa fè lagè selon lachè,
4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, )
paske zam lagè nou yo pa nan lachè, men ranpli ak pwisans Bondye pou detwi barikad yo.
5 casting down reasonings, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing every purpose into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
N ap detwi tout sipozisyon avèk tout ògèy ki vin leve kont konesans Bondye a, e nou ap mennen tout panse kaptif yo nan obeyisans a Kris la.
6 and being in readiness to punish every disobedience, when the measure of your obedience shall be full.
Konsa, nou prè pou pini tout dezobeyisans, lè obeyisans nou an fin ranpli.
7 Ye look at the outward appearance. If any one trusteth to himself that he belongeth to Christ, let him of himself consider this again, that as he belongeth to Christ, so also do we.
Nou menm ap gade bagay yo kòmsi, pa deyò. Si nenpòt moun gen konfyans nan tèt li ke li pou Kris, kite li konsidere sa ankò nan lespri li, ke menm jan li nan Kris la nou menm osi, nou nan Li.
8 For even if I should boast still more highly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for building you up, and not pulling you down, I should not be put to shame;
Paske menm si m ta vante tèt mwen yon ti kras anplis pou otorite nou ke Senyè a te bay pou bati nou menm e pa pou detwi nou, mwen p ap wont.
9 that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Paske mwen pa vle li sanble ke m ta entimide nou pa lèt mwen yo.
10 For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
Paske, yo di: “Lèt li yo lou e dyanm, men prezans pèsonèl li pa enpresyonan ditou, e jan li pale vrèman meprizab.”
11 Let such a one count upon this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such will we be also in deed when present.
Kite yon moun konsa konsidere sa; ke sa nou ye nan lèt nou yo lè nou absan, se menm moun nan ke nou ye nan aksyon lè nou la.
12 For we do not venture to reckon ourselves among, or compare ourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise.
Paske nou p ap tante sèvi kouraj nou pou konpare oswa klase nou menm avèk kèk nan sila ki rekòmande tèt yo. Men lè yo mezire tèt yo ak yo menm e konpare tèt yo avèk yo menm, yo san konprann.
13 But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us, —a measure to reach even to you.
Men nou p ap vante tèt nou plis ke mezi nou, men nan domèn kote Bondye te chwazi nou kòm yon mezi, pou menm rive kote nou ye a.
14 For we do not stretch ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you; (for as far as even to you did we come, in the gospel of Christ; )
Paske nou p ap lonje depase kapasite nou menm, kòmsi li pa t rive bò kote nou, paske nou te premye pou vini jis rive kote ou nan levanjil Kris la.
15 not boasting of things that are without measure, in other men's labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that our line will through you be still further extended,
Nou p ap vante tèt nou depase mezi pa nou, kòmsi, nan zèv a lòt moun, men avèk espwa ke pandan lafwa nou ap grandi, nou va, nan mezi nou, agrandi menm plis akoz nou menm.
16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you; not boasting, in another's line, of things made ready to our hand.
Konsa nou ka preche levanjil menm nan zòn pi lwen nou yo, e pa vante tèt nou nan travay ki te fèt nan landwa a yon lòt.
17 But “he that boasteth, let him boast in the Lord.”
Men “Sila k ap vante tèt li a, kite li vante tèt li nan Senyè a.”
18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.
Paske se pa sila ki rekòmande tèt li a ki apwouve, men se sila ki rekòmande pa Bondye a.
