2 Corinthians 11
1 Would that ye could bear with me in a little folly! and indeed ye do bear with me.
I wolde that ye wolden suffre a litil thing of myn vnwisdom, but also supporte ye me.
2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I espoused you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ;
For Y loue you bi the loue of God; for Y haue spousid you to oon hosebonde, to yelde a chast virgyn to Crist.
3 but I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from single-heartedness toward Christ.
But Y drede, lest as the serpent disseyuede Eue with his sutil fraude, so youre wittis ben corrupt, and fallen doun fro the symplenesse that is in Crist.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye did not receive, or another gospel, which ye did not accept, well might ye bear with it.
For if he that cometh, prechith anothir Crist, whom we precheden not, or if ye taken another spirit, whom ye token not, or another gospel, which ye resseyueden not, riytli ye schulden suffre.
5 For I suppose that I am in no respect behind the very foremost apostles.
For Y wene that Y haue don no thing lesse than the grete apostlis.
6 And though I am rude in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; but this did we in every respect manifest to you in all things.
For thouy Y be vnlerud in word, but not in kunnyng. For in alle thingis Y am open to you.
7 Did I commit an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God without charge?
Or whether Y haue don synne, mekynge my silf, that ye be enhaunsid, for freli Y prechide to you the gospel of God?
8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, in order to do you service;
Y made nakid othere chirchis, and Y took sowde to youre seruyce.
9 and when I was present with you, and in want, I was a charge to no one; (for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied my wants; ) and in every thing I kept myself and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.
And whanne Y was among you, and hadde nede, Y was chargeouse to no man; for britheren that camen fro Macedonye, fulfilliden that that failide to me. And in alle thingis Y haue kept, and schal kepe me with outen charge to you.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting shall not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of Achaia.
The treuthe of Crist is in me; for this glorie schal not be brokun in me in the cuntreis of Acaie.
11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth!
Whi? for Y loue not you?
12 But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off occasion from those who wish for an occasion, in order that in the matter of which they boast they may be found even as we.
God woot. For that that Y do, and that Y schal do, is that Y kitte awei the occasioun of hem that wolen occasioun, that in the thing, in which thei glorien, thei be foundun as we.
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
For siche false apostlis ben trecherouse werk men, and transfiguren hem in to apostlis of Crist.
14 And no wonder; for even Satan transformeth himself into an angel of light.
And no wondur, for Sathanas hym silf transfigurith hym in to an aungel of light.
15 It is no great thing, then, if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Therfor it is not greet, if hise mynystris ben transfigurid as the mynystris of riytwisnesse, whos ende schal be aftir her werkis.
16 I say again, let no one suppose me a fool; if otherwise, yet even as a fool receive me, that I too may boast myself a little.
Eft Y seie, lest ony man gesse me to be vnwise; ellis take ye me as vnwise, that also Y haue glorie a litil what.
17 What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
That that Y speke, Y speke not aftir God, but as in vnwisdom, in this substaunce of glorie.
18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will boast also.
For many men glorien aftir the fleisch, and Y schal glorie.
19 For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise;
For ye suffren gladli vnwise men, whanne ye silf ben wise.
20 for ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.
For ye susteynen, if ony man dryueth you in to seruage, if ony man deuourith, if ony man takith, if ony man is enhaunsid, if ony man smytith you on the face.
21 I say it to my reproach, that we were weak; but in whatever any one is bold, (I speak in folly, ) I am bold also.
Bi vnnoblei Y seie, as if we weren sike in this parti. In what thing ony man dar, in vnwisdom Y seie, and Y dar.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abram's offspring? So am I.
Thei ben Ebrewis, and Y; thei ben Israelitis, and Y; thei ben the seed of Abraham, and Y;
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself, ) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;
thei ben the mynystris of Crist, and Y. As lesse wise Y seie, Y more; in ful many trauelis, in prisouns more plenteuousli, in woundis aboue maner, in deethis ofte tymes.
24 of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one;
Y resseyuede of the Jewis fyue sithis fourti strokis oon lesse;
25 thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have spent in the deep;
thries Y was betun with yerdis, onys Y was stonyd, thries Y was at shipbreche, a nyyt and a dai Y was in the depnesse of the see;
26 by journeyings often; by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren;
in weies ofte, in perelis of floodis, in perelis of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perelis of hethene men, in perelis in citee, in perelis in desert, in perelis in the see, in perelis among false britheren, in trauel and nedynesse,
27 by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
in many wakyngis, in hungur, in thirst, in many fastyngis, in coold and nakidnesse.
28 Besides the other troubles, there is that which presseth upon me daily, the anxiety for all the churches.
Withouten tho thingis that ben withoutforth, myn ech daies trauelyng is the bisynesse of alle chirchis.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is in danger of stumbling, and I do not burn?
Who is sijk, and Y am not sijk? who is sclaundrid, and Y am not brent?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things which belong to my weakness.
If it bihoueth to glorie, Y schal glorie in tho thingis that ben of myn infirmyte.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)
God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is blessid in to worldis, woot that Y lie not. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept guard over the city of the Damascenes, in order to apprehend me;
The preuost of Damask, of the kyng of the folk Arethe, kepte the citee of Damascenes to take me;
33 and through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
and bi a wyndow in a leep Y was latun doun bi the wal, and so Y ascapide hise hondis.
