2 Corinthians 12
1 I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.
Ali hvaliti se mi ne pomaga, kajti prišel bom na prikazni in razodetja Gospodova.
2 I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago – whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows – was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third heaven.
Poznam človeka v Gospodu, kteri je bil pred štirinajstimi leti, (ali v telesu, ne vem, ali v duhu zvun telesa, ne vem, Bog ve, ) vzet noter v tretja nebesa;
3 And I know that this man – whether in the body or separated from the body I do not know; God knows –
In vem takega človeka, (ali v telesu, ali zvun telesa, ne vem, Bog ve),
4 Was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable things of which no human being may tell.
Da je bil vzet v raj in je slišal neizrekljive besede, kterih ni smeti človeku pripovedati.
5 About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.
S takim se bom hvalil, sam s seboj se pa ne bom hvalil, razen s slabostmi svojimi.
6 Yet if I choose to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will be speaking no more than the truth. But I refrain, in case anyone should credit me with more than he can see in me or hear from me, and because of the marvelous character of the revelations.
Kajti ko bi se hotel pohvaliti, ne bil bi nespameten, ker bi resnico govoril; ali se varujem, da ne bi kdo pomislil za me več, kar vidi v meni, ali kar sliši za me.
7 It was for this reason, and to prevent my thinking too highly of myself, that a thorn was sent to pierce my flesh – an instrument of Satan to discipline me – so that I should not think too highly of myself.
In da bi se v obilnosti razodetij ne prevzdigoval, dal se mi je trn v meso, angelj satan, da me za uho bije, da se ne povzdigujem.
8 About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me.
Zanj sem trikrat Gospoda molil, naj odstopi od mene,
9 But his reply has been – ‘My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.’ Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.
In dejal mi je: "Dosti ti je moja milost, kajti moč moja se v slabosti popolnoma pokazuje." Torej se bom rajši hvalil s svojimi slabostmi, da se ušatori v mé moč Kristusova.
10 That is why I delight in weakness, ill treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!
Za to sem dobre volje v slabostih, v zasrambah, v potrebah, v pregonih, v težavah za Kristusa; Kajti kedar sem slab, tedaj sem močen.
11 I have been “playing the fool!” It is you who drove me to it. For it is you who ought to have been commending me! Although I am nobody, in no respect did I prove inferior to the most eminent apostles.
Postal sem nespameten hvaleč se, vi ste me prisilili. Kajti mene bi morali vi hvaliti, ker nisem bil nič manjši od prevelikih aposteljnov, če ravno sem nič.
12 The marks of the true apostle were exhibited among you in constant endurance, as well as by signs, by marvels, and by miracles.
Kajti znamenja aposteljna so se storila med vami v vsakem potrpljenji, v znamenjih in čudežih in močeh.
13 In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I did to you!
Ker kaj je, v čemer ste bili manjši od drugih cérkev? Le da vas jaz sam nisem nadlegoval. Odpustite mi to krivico.
14 Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I will refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.
Lej, tretjič sem pripravljen priti k vam in ne bom vas nadlegoval, kajti ne iščem, kar je vaše, nego vas, ker niso dolžni otroci roditeljem blago spravljati, nego roditelji otrokom.
15 For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
A jaz bom prav rad trosil ter se iztrošil za duše vaše, če me tudi, s čim obilneje vas ljubim, s tem manje ljubite.
16 You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was “crafty” and caught you “by a trick”!
Ali naj bo, jaz vam nisem nadlege delal, nego zvit človek pridobil sem vas z zvijačo.
17 Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?
Jeli sem vas po kterem teh, ktere sem k vam poslal, za kaj opravil?
18 I urged Titus to go, and I sent another follower with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we live in the same Spirit, and tread in the same footsteps?
Naprosil sem Tita in ž njim poslal brata; jeli vas je Tit za kaj opravil? nismo li v enem duhu hodili? ne po enih stopinjah?
19 Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;
Zopet mislite, da vam se zagovarjamo? pričo Boga v Kristusu govorimo; a vse to je, ljubljeni, za vaše zbujevanje v pobožnosti.
20 for I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarreling, jealousy, ill feeling, rivalry, slandering, backbiting, self-assertion, and disorder.
Kajti bojim se, da vas kako, kedar k vam pridem, ne najdem kakoršne hočem, in da mene najdete, kakoršnega ne čete; da kako ne bo prepirov, zavisti, srdov, svaj, ogovarjanja, prišepetovanja, napihovanja, puntov;
21 I am afraid that, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.
Da me, kedar zopet pridem, ne poniža Bog moj pri vas, in da ne bom žalostil mnogih, kteri so poprej grešili in se niso pokesali za nečistost in kurbirstvo in hotljivost, ktero so počeli.
