2 Corinthians 12
1 Surely it is not beneficial for me to boast, yet I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Zame ni primerno, da bi se sedaj poveličeval. Prišel bom k videnjem in razodetjem od Gospoda.
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. (Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows.)
Pred okoli štirinajstimi leti sem spoznal človeka v Kristusu (bodisi v telesu, ne morem reči; ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve), nekoga vzetega gor do tretjih nebes.
3 And I know that this man (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows)
In poznal sem takšnega človeka (bodisi v telesu ali izven telesa, ne morem povedati; Bog ve),
4 was caught up to Paradise and heard words too sacred to be spoken, which man is not permitted to utter.
kako je bil vzet gor v raj in je slišal neizgovorljive besede, ki jih človeku ni zakonito izreči.
5 I will boast on behalf of that man, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.
S takšnim se bom ponašal. Vendar se ne bom ponašal sam s seboj, temveč s svojimi slabotnostmi.
6 But even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. Nevertheless, I refrain so that no one will think more of me than what he sees in me or hears from me.
Kajti kljub temu da bi se želel ponašati, ne bom bedak; kajti povedal bom resnico. Toda sedaj potrpim, da ne bi katerikoli človek mislil o meni več, kakor me vidi, da sem ali kar sliši o meni.
7 And to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations I received, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me so that I would not become conceited.
In da se ne bi zaradi obilja razodetij, prek mere povišal, mi je bil dan v meso trn, Satanov poslanec, da me udari, da ne bi bil prek mere vzvišen.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Za to stvar sem trikrat rotil Gospoda, da bi jo odstranil od mene.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for yoʋ, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
In mi je rekel: »Dovolj ti je moja milost, kajti moja moč je izpopolnjena v slabotnosti.« Torej se bom z največjim veseljem raje ponašal s svojimi slabotnostmi, da bo na meni lahko počivala Kristusova moč.
10 So I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Torej bom zaradi Kristusa užival v slabotnostih, v grajah, v potrebah, v preganjanjih, v tegobah; kajti kadar sem slaboten, tedaj sem močan.
11 I have become a fool by boasting; you compelled me to do it. I ought to have been commended by you, for in no way have I been inferior to these “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Postal sem bedak v ponašanju. Prisilili ste me, kajti od vas bi moral biti priporočen. Kajti v ničemer ne zaostajam za vašimi najvodilnejšimi apostoli, čeprav nisem nič.
12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with great perseverance, with signs, wonders, and miracles.
Resnično, znamenja apostola so bila med vami storjena v vsej potrpežljivosti, z znamenji in čudeži ter mogočnimi dejanji.
13 In what way were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injustice!
Kajti kaj je to, v čemer ste bili slabši do drugih cerkvá, razen tega, da vam jaz nisem bil v breme? Odpustite mi to krivico.
14 Behold, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not burden you, for I do not seek what belongs to you, but you yourselves. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Glejte, tretjič sem pripravljen priti k vam, in vam ne bom v breme, kajti ne iščem vašega, temveč vas. Kajti ne bi smeli biti otroci obvezani varčevati za starše, temveč starši za otroke.
15 So I will most gladly spend and be entirely spent for the sake of your souls, even if the more I love you, the less I am loved.
In zelo rad se hočem razdati in biti razdan za vas; četudi vas obilneje ljubim, sem manj ljubljen.
16 Be that as it may, I did not burden you. But crafty fellow that I am, I apparently took you in by deceit!
Toda naj bo tako, nisem vas bremenil; kljub temu sem vas, ker sem prebrisan, ujel z zvijačo.
17 Did I take advantage of you through any of the men I sent to you?
Ali sem vas izkoristil po kom od teh, ki sem jih poslal k vam?
18 I urged Titus to visit you and sent our brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit and in the same footsteps?
Naprosil sem Tita in z njim sem poslal brata. Ali vas je izkoristil Tit? Ali nisva hodila v istem duhu? Ali nisva hodila po istih stopinjah?
19 Do you still think that we are defending ourselves to you? In the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything we do, beloved, is for your edification.
Ponovno, ali mislite, da se vam opravičujemo? Govorimo pred Bogom v Kristusu. Toda, srčno ljubljeni, vse stvari počenjamo v vaše izgrajevanje.
20 For I fear that when I come I may not find you as I wish, and that you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarrels, jealousies, fits of anger, selfish ambitions, insults, words of gossip, puffed up behaviors, and disorderly actions.
Kajti bojim se, da ko pridem, vas ne bom našel takšnih, kakor vas želim in da me boste vi našli takšnega, kakor si ne želite; da ne bi bilo razpravljanj, zavisti, jeze, prepirov, obrekovanj, šepetanj, napihovanj, uporov.
21 I fear that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many who have previously sinned and not repented of the impurity, fornication, and sensuality they have practiced.
In da me ne bi, ko ponovno pridem, moj Bog med vami ponižal in da bom objokoval mnoge, ki so že grešili in se niso pokesali od nečistosti in prešuštvovanja in pohotnosti, ki so jih zagrešili.
