2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I myself, Paul, appeal to you in a gentle and humble way, like Christ [would. Certain people among you have falsely accused me by saying], “When [Paul] is with you, he is humble [and speaks gently] to you, but when he is away from you, [in the letters he writes to you] he threatens [to punish] you.” [Those people claim that I do not have authority over you as an apostle].
யுஷ்மத்ப்ரத்யக்ஷே நம்ர: கிந்து பரோக்ஷே ப்ரக³ல்ப⁴: பௌலோ(அ)ஹம்’ க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய க்ஷாந்த்யா விநீத்யா ச யுஷ்மாந் ப்ரார்த²யே|
2 I strongly plead with you, “[Please do not listen to people who say things like that!]” [I strongly plead with you not to listen to them], so that when I am there [with you] I will not [need to] speak severely [to you] in the same severe way as I [plan to] speak to those people who think that I behave like people who are not believers.
மம ப்ரார்த²நீயமித³ம்’ வயம்’ யை: ஸா²ரீரிகாசாரிணோ மந்யாமஹே தாந் ப்ரதி யாம்’ ப்ரக³ல்ப⁴தாம்’ ப்ரகாஸ²யிதும்’ நிஸ்²சிநோமி ஸா ப்ரக³ல்ப⁴தா ஸமாக³தேந மயாசரிதவ்யா ந ப⁴வது|
3 [Remember that] although I am [human like everyone else] in the world, I do not fight [against those who oppose me] in the way that people who are not believers fight those who oppose them.
யத: ஸ²ரீரே சரந்தோ(அ)பி வயம்’ ஸா²ரீரிகம்’ யுத்³த⁴ம்’ ந குர்ம்ம: |
4 [I will tell you what I mean by that: Just like soldiers use] various weapons [to fight their enemies] [MET], [I] ([fight against/oppose]) [those who] oppose God’s message, but I do it in a different way. I do not [use human arguments and clever/sweet talk], like unbelievers do. Instead, [I fight against my opponents] with the powerful means that God [has given me]. With that power [I destroy their arguments against God’s message and against me, just like soldiers destroy] [MET] the fortresses [of their enemies].
அஸ்மாகம்’ யுத்³தா⁴ஸ்த்ராணி ச ந ஸா²ரீரிகாநி கிந்த்வீஸ்²வரேண து³ர்க³ப⁴ஞ்ஜநாய ப்ரப³லாநி ப⁴வந்தி,
5 [Specifically], I show that the [human] arguments that they use to deceive [people are completely wrong]. When they [proudly say things that] keep other people from knowing God, [I show them that they are completely wrong. I also enable people to] change their ways of thinking so that they think about everything as Christ [wants them to think].
தைஸ்²ச வயம்’ விதர்காந் ஈஸ்²வரீயதத்த்வஜ்ஞாநஸ்ய ப்ரதிப³ந்தி⁴காம்’ ஸர்வ்வாம்’ சித்தஸமுந்நதிஞ்ச நிபாதயாம: ஸர்வ்வஸங்கல்பஞ்ச ப³ந்தி³நம்’ க்ரு’த்வா க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்யாஜ்ஞாக்³ராஹிணம்’ குர்ம்ம: ,
6 I am also ready to discipline everyone [among you] who has not obeyed [the things that Christ taught. I will do this] as soon as you [who truly want to obey Christ show me that] you are [going to] obey him completely.
யுஷ்மாகம் ஆஜ்ஞாக்³ராஹித்வே ஸித்³தே⁴ ஸதி ஸர்வ்வஸ்யாஜ்ஞாலங்க⁴நஸ்ய ப்ரதீகாரம்’ கர்த்தும் உத்³யதா ஆஸ்மஹே ச|
7 [I want you to understand what is] happening among you. There are certain [people there who are telling you that] they know for sure that they are Christ’s [representatives and that I am not]. Those people should realize that I [represent] Christ as much as they do.
யத்³ த்³ரு’ஷ்டிகோ³சரம்’ தத்³ யுஷ்மாபி⁴ ர்த்³ரு’ஸ்²யதாம்’| அஹம்’ க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய லோக இதி ஸ்வமநஸி யேந விஜ்ஞாயதே ஸ யதா² க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய ப⁴வதி வயம் அபி ததா² க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய ப⁴வாம இதி புநர்விவிச்ய தேந பு³த்⁴யதாம்’|
8 [I say that] because the authority that the Lord gave me [as his apostle] is to help you to become mature believers, not to cause you to stop [trusting in Christ]. So even if I were to boast a little more than I have [already done] (OR, proudly talk a little more than I have [already talked] about the authority the Lord gave me [as his apostle]), [no one would be able to make me] ashamed [by proving that Jesus has not given me that authority].
யுஷ்மாகம்’ நிபாதாய தந்நஹி கிந்து நிஷ்டா²யை ப்ரபு⁴நா த³த்தம்’ யத³ஸ்மாகம்’ ஸாமர்த்²யம்’ தேந யத்³யபி கிஞ்சித்³ அதி⁴கம்’ ஸ்²லாகே⁴ ததா²பி தஸ்மாந்ந த்ரபிஷ்யே|
9 I do not intend to make you afraid of me by the letters that I [write to you].
அஹம்’ பத்ரை ர்யுஷ்மாந் த்ராஸயாமி யுஷ்மாபி⁴ரேதந்ந மந்யதாம்’|
10 [I say that] because some people are saying, “[When Paul writes] letters, he says severe things [in order to make you obey him], but when he is here with you, [people look at him and say] he is weak, and he certainly is not a skillful speaker.”
தஸ்ய பத்ராணி கு³ருதராணி ப்ரப³லாநி ச ப⁴வந்தி கிந்து தஸ்ய ஸா²ரீரஸாக்ஷாத்காரோ து³ர்ப்³ப³ல ஆலாபஸ்²ச துச்ச²நீய இதி கைஸ்²சித்³ உச்யதே|
11 The [people who say] such things should think carefully about this: The kind of [severe] person that [you think] me to be when you read my letters is exactly the kind of person I will be when I come. [I will do what I wrote that I would do].
கிந்து பரோக்ஷே பத்ரை ர்பா⁴ஷமாணா வயம்’ யாத்³ரு’ஸா²: ப்ரகாஸா²மஹே ப்ரத்யக்ஷே கர்ம்ம குர்வ்வந்தோ(அ)பி தாத்³ரு’ஸா² ஏவ ப்ரகாஸி²ஷ்யாமஹே தத் தாத்³ரு’ஸே²ந வாசாலேந ஜ்ஞாயதாம்’|
12 [Those who oppose me] tell others how good they are. [If they really were superior to me] [IRO], I would not be so bold as to say that I [was equal to them, or] to compare myself with them. [But they are not superior to me]. They make up their own standards [about what God’s servants should be like], and then they look at their own [conduct] and decide [whether or not they meet those standards. By doing that, they show that] they are foolish.
ஸ்வப்ரஸ²ம்’ஸகாநாம்’ கேஷாஞ்சிந்மத்⁴யே ஸ்வாந் க³ணயிதும்’ தை: ஸ்வாந் உபமாதும்’ வா வயம்’ ப்ரக³ல்பா⁴ ந ப⁴வாம: , யதஸ்தே ஸ்வபரிமாணேந ஸ்வாந் பரிமிமதே ஸ்வைஸ்²ச ஸ்வாந் உபமிப⁴தே தஸ்மாத் நிர்ப்³போ³தா⁴ ப⁴வந்தி ச|
13 But as for me, I will not boast about [working among people living in] areas outside of the areas [that God sent/assigned me to work in]. But [it is right for] me to say that [I have worked] in the areas that God assigned to me. [And since those areas] include the one where you live,
வயம் அபரிமிதேந ந ஸ்²லாகி⁴ஷ்யாமஹே கிந்த்வீஸ்²வரேண ஸ்வரஜ்ஜ்வா யுஷ்மத்³தே³ஸ²கா³மி யத் பரிமாணம் அஸ்மத³ர்த²ம்’ நிரூபிதம்’ தேநைவ ஸ்²லாகி⁴ஷ்யாமஹே|
14 [when I talk about working among you], I am not boasting [about working in an area where God did not give me the right to work. What those who oppose me say about my not having authority as an apostle to you might be true] if I had not already come all the way to your area. [But that is not true], because I was the one who first brought the message about Christ to you. [I came to Corinth before they did]!
யுஷ்மாகம்’ தே³ஸோ²(அ)ஸ்மாபி⁴ரக³ந்தவ்யஸ்தஸ்மாத்³ வயம்’ ஸ்வஸீமாம் உல்லங்கா⁴மஹே தந்நஹி யத: க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய ஸுஸம்’வாதே³நாபரேஷாம்’ ப்ராக்³ வயமேவ யுஷ்மாந் ப்ராப்தவந்த: |
15 Also, [my opponents] boast about work that others have done [as if it were their own work]. It is improper for them to do that, but I do not do as they do. I confidently expect that as you trust more and more [in the gospel that I preach], you will more and more [agree that God has given me the right to] work [as Christ’s representative] among you.
வயம்’ ஸ்வஸீமாம் உல்லங்க்⁴ய பரக்ஷேத்ரேண ஸ்²லாகா⁴மஹே தந்நஹி, கிஞ்ச யுஷ்மாகம்’ விஸ்²வாஸே வ்ரு’த்³தி⁴ம்’ க³தே யுஷ்மத்³தே³ஸே²(அ)ஸ்மாகம்’ ஸீமா யுஷ்மாபி⁴ர்தீ³ர்க⁴ம்’ விஸ்தாரயிஷ்யதே,
16 Then I will be able to go to places beyond where you [are]. I will be able to tell the good message about Christ [to people in areas where no one has yet gone to tell that message]. And [I will be able to talk about the work I myself have done in that area], instead of boasting about work that someone else has already done [as if it were my work].
தேந வயம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ பஸ்²சிமதி³க்ஸ்தே²ஷு ஸ்தா²நேஷு ஸுஸம்’வாத³ம்’ கோ⁴ஷயிஷ்யாம: , இத்த²ம்’ பரஸீமாயாம்’ பரேண யத் பரிஷ்க்ரு’தம்’ தேந ந ஸ்²லாகி⁴ஷ்யாமஹே|
17 [I try to do according to what someone/Jeremiah wrote in the Scriptures], If anyone wants to boast [about something], he should boast [only] about what the Lord [God has done].
ய: கஸ்²சித் ஸ்²லாக⁴மாந: ஸ்யாத் ஸ்²லாக⁴தாம்’ ப்ரபு⁴நா ஸ ஹி|
18 [You can realize, then, that] it is not those who (praise themselves/tell you what great things they have done), [as my opponents do], whom you should accept [as apostles]. Instead, you [should accept as true apostles only] those whom the Lord commends.
ஸ்வேந ய: ப்ரஸ²ம்’ஸ்யதே ஸ பரீக்ஷிதோ நஹி கிந்து ப்ரபு⁴நா ய: ப்ரஸ²ம்’ஸ்யதே ஸ ஏவ பரீக்ஷித: |
