2 Corinthians 11
1 I could wish that you would tolerate a little folly in me! But indeed you do tolerate me.
Utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiæ meæ, sed et supportare me:
2 I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I promised you in marriage as a pure bride, to one husband – the Christ.
æmulor enim vos Dei æmulatione. Despondi enim vos uni viro, virginem castam exhibere Christo.
3 Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the snake by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.
Timeo autem ne sicut serpens Hevam seduxit astutia sua, ita corrumpantur sensus vestri, et excidant a simplicitate, quæ est in Christo.
4 For, if some newcomer is proclaiming a Jesus other than him whom we proclaimed, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the Spirit which you received, or a good news different from that which you welcomed, then you are marvellously tolerant!
Nam si is qui venit, alium Christum prædicat, quem non prædicavimus, aut alium spiritum accipitis, quem non accepistis: aut aliud Evangelium, quod non recepistis: recte pateremini.
5 I do not regard myself as in any way inferior to the most eminent apostles!
Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.
6 Though I am no trained orator, yet I am not without knowledge; indeed we made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
Nam etsi imperitus sermone, sed non scientia, in omnibus autem manifestati sumus vobis.
7 Perhaps you say that I did wrong in humbling myself that you might be exalted – I mean because I told you God’s good news without payment.
Aut numquid peccatum feci, meipsum humilians, ut vos exaltemini? quoniam gratis Evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis?
8 I robbed other churches by taking pay from them, so that I might serve you!
Alias ecclesias expoliavi, accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum.
9 And, when I was with you in need, I did not become a burden to any of you; for our friends, on coming from Macedonia, supplied my needs. I kept myself, and will keep myself from being an expense to you in any way.
Et cum essem apud vos, et egerem, nulli onerosus fui: nam quod mihi deerat, suppleverunt fratres, qui venerunt a Macedonia: et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi, et servabo.
10 As surely as I know anything of the truth of Christ, this boast, as far as I am concerned, will not be stopped in any part of Greece.
Est veritas Christi in me, quoniam hæc gloriatio non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiæ.
11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do!
Quare? quia non diligo vos? Deus scit.
12 What I am doing now I will continue to do in order to cut away the ground from under those who are wishing for some ground for attacking me, so that as regards the thing of which they boast they may appear in their true characters, just as we do.
Quod autem facio, et faciam: ut amputem occasionem eorum qui volunt occasionem, ut in quo gloriantur, inveniantur sicut et nos.
13 Such people are false apostles, treacherous workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ!
Nam ejusmodi pseudoapostoli sunt operarii subdoli, transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi.
14 And no wonder; for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Et non mirum: ipse enim Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis.
15 It is not surprising, therefore, if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. But their end will be in accordance with their actions.
Non est ergo magnum, si ministri ejus transfigurentur velut ministri justitiæ: quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum.
16 I say again – Let no one think me a fool! Yet, if you do, at least welcome me as you would a fool, so that I, too may indulge in a little boasting.
Iterum dico (ne quis me putet insipientem esse, alioquin velut insipientem accipite me, ut et ego modicum quid glorier),
17 When I speak like this, I am not speaking as the Master would, but as a fool might, in boasting so confidently.
quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriæ.
18 As so many are boasting of earthly things, I, too, will boast.
Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem: et ego gloriabor.
19 For all your cleverness, you tolerate fools willingly enough!
Libenter enim suffertis insipientes, cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
20 You tolerate a person even when they enslave you, when they plunder you, when they get you into their power, when they put on airs of superiority, when they strike you in the face!
Sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit, si quis devorat, si quis accipit, si quis extollitur, si quis in faciem vos cædit.
21 I admit, to my shame, that we have been weak. But whatever the subject on which others are not afraid to boast – though it is foolish to say so – I am not afraid either!
Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego:
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I! Are they Israelites? So am I! Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I!
Hebræi sunt, et ego: Israëlitæ sunt, et ego: semen Abrahæ sunt, et ego.
23 Are they “Servants of Christ”? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death’s door.
Ministri Christi sunt (ut minus sapiens dico), plus ego: in laboribus plurimis, in carceribus abundantius, in plagis supra modum, in mortibus frequenter.
24 Five times I received at the hands of my own people forty lashes, all but one.
A Judæis quinquies, quadragenas, una minus, accepi.
25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a whole day and night in the deep.
Ter virgis cæsus sum, semel lapidatus sum: ter naufragium feci, nocte et die in profundo maris fui,
26 My journeys have been many. I have been through dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in towns, dangers in the country, dangers on the sea, dangers among people pretending to be followers of the Lord.
in itineribus sæpe, periculis fluminum, periculis latronum, periculis ex genere, periculis ex gentibus, periculis in civitate, periculis in solitudine, periculis in mari, periculis in falsis fratribus:
27 I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known cold and nakedness.
in labore et ærumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame et siti, in jejuniis multis, in frigore et nuditate,
28 And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the churches.
præter illa quæ extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum.
29 Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led astray without my burning with indignation?
Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of things which show my weakness!
Si gloriari oportet, quæ infirmitatis meæ sunt, gloriabor.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus – he who is for ever blessed – knows that I am speaking the truth. (aiōn g165)
Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui est benedictus in sæcula, scit quod non mentior. (aiōn g165)
32 When I was in Damascus, the Governor under King Aretas had the gates of that city guarded, so as to arrest me,
Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands.
et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic effugi manus ejus.
