< 2 Corinthians 11 >

1 [But now, because my opponents are saying that Christ sent them to you as his representatives and that he did not send me], please be patient with me, too, [while I say a] few things [that may sound as if] [IRO] [I am praising myself, like] a foolish person [would do. You have been] ([putting up with/tolerating]) [those who teach what is false; ] now then, (put up with/tolerate) me [too].
yūyaṁ mamājñānatāṁ kṣaṇaṁ yāvat soḍhum arhatha, ataḥ sā yuṣmābhiḥ sahyatāṁ|
2 I really do care about [what happens to] you, just as God cares about [what happens to you. Just like a father wants his daughter to be sexually pure when he presents her to the man she will marry] [MET], I [want you to belong] to Christ [alone and to no other]. I want to present you [to him] as people who remain faithful to him [only, and who have not believed the deceitful message of those who are teaching what is false].
īśvare mamāsaktatvād ahaṁ yuṣmānadhi tape yasmāt satīṁ kanyāmiva yuṣmān ekasmin vare'rthataḥ khrīṣṭe samarpayitum ahaṁ vāgdānam akārṣaṁ|
3 However, just like [Satan, when he] cunningly [appeared as a] snake, deceived Eve [and caused her to disobey the Lord God], I am concerned that [those teachers] will cause you to think wrongly so that you will no longer [be faithful to] Christ alone.
kintu sarpeṇa svakhalatayā yadvad havā vañcayāñcake tadvat khrīṣṭaṁ prati satītvād yuṣmākaṁ bhraṁśaḥ sambhaviṣyatīti bibhemi|
4 [I say that] because some people have come among you who are teaching [their own thoughts about] Jesus. They [are saying about him] things that are [entirely] different from what I taught you. [They are urging] you to receive a [powerful] spirit who [would come to live in you], but it is not the same [Spirit] that you received [from God when you believed in Christ]. They preach [what they call] a good message, and you accept [their message, even though it is not the same as the good message about Christ that you heard from me. And] you have gladly accepted them and their message!
asmābhiranākhyāpito'paraḥ kaścid yīśu ryadi kenacid āgantukenākhyāpyate yuṣmābhiḥ prāgalabdha ātmā vā yadi labhyate prāgagṛhītaḥ susaṁvādo vā yadi gṛhyate tarhi manye yūyaṁ samyak sahiṣyadhve|
5 I consider that [LIT] none of those [men, even though they think of themselves as being] [IRO] extra-special apostles, are in any way greater than I am.
kintu mukhyebhyaḥ preritebhyo'haṁ kenacit prakāreṇa nyūno nāsmīti budhye|
6 [I admit that] I am not an eloquent speaker, but I do know [God’s message]. I have made that clear to you by everything [that I have done among you and by everything that I have taught you].
mama vākpaṭutāyā nyūnatve satyapi jñānasya nyūnatvaṁ nāsti kintu sarvvaviṣaye vayaṁ yuṣmadgocare prakāśāmahe|
7 [I refused to accept money] from you as pay for teaching you God’s message about Christ. (It is ridiculous for you to think that what I did was wrong!/Was that wrong?) [RHQ] [I know that by teaching you without pay], I made myself seem [IRO] unimportant to you. [But I did it] to honor you.
yuṣmākam unnatyai mayā namratāṁ svīkṛtyeśvarasya susaṁvādo vinā vetanaṁ yuṣmākaṁ madhye yad aghoṣyata tena mayā kiṁ pāpam akāri?
8 [Some people might say that it was as though] [IRO] I was robbing other congregations because I accepted money from them in order that I might work among you.
yuṣmākaṁ sevanāyāham anyasamitibhyo bhṛti gṛhlan dhanamapahṛtavān,
9 Furthermore, when I was [there] with you and had no [money to buy the things that I needed], I did not cause any [of you] ([to have difficulties by my depending on you/by asking you for money/support]), because our [(inc)] fellow believers who came from [here in] Macedonia [province] brought enough [money for me to buy everything] that I needed. So I have not caused you any difficulty at all [by asking you for money], and I never will [ask you for money] [EUP].
yadā ca yuṣmanmadhye'va'rtte tadā mamārthābhāve jāte yuṣmākaṁ ko'pi mayā na pīḍitaḥ; yato mama so'rthābhāvo mākidaniyādeśād āgatai bhrātṛbhi nyavāryyata, itthamahaṁ kkāpi viṣaye yathā yuṣmāsu bhāro na bhavāmi tathā mayātmarakṣā kṛtā karttavyā ca|
10 [And] as [sure as you know that] everything that Christ says is true, [you can be sure that what] I say [to you now is true. Wherever I go] there in Achaia [province], [I do not let you believers pay me for doing God’s work among you]. And no one will be able to prevent me from boasting [about that].
khrīṣṭasya satyatā yadi mayi tiṣṭhati tarhi mamaiṣā ślāghā nikhilākhāyādeśe kenāpi na rotsyate|
11 No one should wrongly [RHQ] think that it is because I do not love you that [I do not take pay from you]. God knows [that you truly/really are very dear to me].
etasya kāraṇaṁ kiṁ? yuṣmāsu mama prema nāstyetat kiṁ tatkāraṇaṁ? tad īśvaro vetti|
12 There are [some men there among you] who would like to be able to say boastfully that they [work among you] just as I do. So, in order to make it impossible [IDM] [for them to say that], I have [refused to accept pay from you], and I will continue doing that.
ye chidramanviṣyanti te yat kimapi chidraṁ na labhante tadarthameva tat karmma mayā kriyate kāriṣyate ca tasmāt te yena ślāghante tenāsmākaṁ samānā bhaviṣyanti|
13 Those men are lying [when they say that they are] apostles. They work deceitfully. [Even though they say that they work for God, they are working only for themselves]. They try to make people think that Christ [sent them] as his apostles, [but they do not truly represent him].
tādṛśā bhāktapreritāḥ pravañcakāḥ kāravo bhūtvā khrīṣṭasya preritānāṁ veśaṁ dhārayanti|
14 I am not surprised [that they act like that], because Satan himself causes people to think [that he has come] as a shining messenger [from God].
taccāścaryyaṁ nahi; yataḥ svayaṁ śayatānapi tejasvidūtasya veśaṁ dhārayati,
15 So it should not surprise [you] if these men, who [really] serve [Satan, do good things in order] to make you think they [serve God]. Some day God will [punish them] according to what they deserve because of the [evil] things that they do.
tatastasya paricārakā api dharmmaparicārakāṇāṁ veśaṁ dhārayantītyadbhutaṁ nahi; kintu teṣāṁ karmmāṇi yādṛśāni phalānyapi tādṛśāni bhaviṣyanti|
16 I say again: I do not want any of you to think that my [boasting about myself] is like foolish [people] boast. But even if anyone [thinks that I am boasting about myself like a foolish person boasts, listen to] what I [have to say anyway, just like you listen to those false apostles]. They really [speak] foolishly! Listen to me while I also boast a little.
ahaṁ puna rvadāmi ko'pi māṁ nirbbodhaṁ na manyatāṁ kiñca yadyapi nirbbodho bhaveyaṁ tathāpi yūyaṁ nirbbodhamiva māmanugṛhya kṣaṇaikaṁ yāvat mamātmaślāghām anujānīta|
17 About the things that I am [going to tell you], boasting confidently [about myself, surely you know that they are not the kind of things] that the Lord [Jesus] would say. Instead, [I will speak] as a foolish [person would speak].
etasyāḥ ślāghāyā nimittaṁ mayā yat kathitavyaṁ tat prabhunādiṣṭeneva kathyate tannahi kintu nirbbodheneva|
18 Because many among you are boasting [about their own work], as unbelievers do, I will also boast [about myself and my work] [MTY, IRO].
apare bahavaḥ śārīrikaślāghāṁ kurvvate tasmād ahamapi ślāghiṣye|
19 [I am sure that you, who think that you are so wise, will accept what I say] because you gladly [accept the] false teachers and the foolish things [that they say].
buddhimanto yūyaṁ sukhena nirbbodhānām ācāraṁ sahadhve|
20 When people [treat] you as if they were your bosses, you gladly submit [to them. You think that it is all right when others] force you to provide for their needs. You think that it is all right [when people] take control over you, when they boast about themselves, [or when they insult you by] slapping you in the face.
ko'pi yadi yuṣmān dāsān karoti yadi vā yuṣmākaṁ sarvvasvaṁ grasati yadi vā yuṣmān harati yadi vātmābhimānī bhavati yadi vā yuṣmākaṁ kapolam āhanti tarhi tadapi yūyaṁ sahadhve|
21 I agree that I was not bold enough to treat you in such ways. [Ha! Do you think that] [IRO] I should feel ashamed [because I did not do that?] So now, talking like a person who does not have any sense, I will boldly tell you [some things about myself, just like those false apostles tell you things about themselves].
daurbbalyād yuṣmābhiravamānitā iva vayaṁ bhāṣāmahe, kintvaparasya kasyacid yena pragalbhatā jāyate tena mamāpi pragalbhatā jāyata iti nirbbodheneva mayā vaktavyaṁ|
22 Do [they tell you] that they are Hebrews [and can speak the Hebrew language?] Well, I can say the same thing [about myself]. Do they [tell you that they] belong [to God’s people], the nation of Israel? Well, I can say the same thing [about myself]. [Do they tell you that] they are descendants of [our great] ancestor Abraham? Well, he is my ancestor, too.
te kim ibrilokāḥ? ahamapībrī| te kim isrāyelīyāḥ? ahamapīsrāyelīyaḥ| te kim ibrāhīmo vaṁśāḥ? ahamapībrāhīmo vaṁśaḥ|
23 [Do they tell you how much] work they have done for Christ? Now I am talking like a crazy person talks [EUP]. Well, I work for Christ much more [than they do. I have been] in prison many more times [than they have. Many times I] have been beaten {[people] have beaten me} very severely [because I believe in and obey Christ]. Many times I almost died [because of serving Christ].
te kiṁ khrīṣṭasya paricārakāḥ? ahaṁ tebhyo'pi tasya mahāparicārakaḥ; kintu nirbbodha iva bhāṣe, tebhyo'pyahaṁ bahupariśrame bahuprahāre bahuvāraṁ kārāyāṁ bahuvāraṁ prāṇanāśasaṁśaye ca patitavān|
24 On five occasions Jewish [religious leaders] beat me 39 times with a whip.
yihūdīyairahaṁ pañcakṛtva ūnacatvāriṁśatprahārairāhatastrirvetrāghātam ekakṛtvaḥ prastarāghātañca praptavān|
25 On three occasions I was beaten {[Roman] officials beat me} with wooden sticks. On one occasion [a large crowd of people] threw stones at me [to kill me]. On three occasions the ship [that I was traveling on] was wrecked [and sank. On one of those occasions] I was [floating] in the water a night and a day [before I was rescued].
vāratrayaṁ potabhañjanena kliṣṭo'ham agādhasalile dinamekaṁ rātrimekāñca yāpitavān|
26 As I have often traveled to other places, [I have often risked losing my life. For example], sometimes I have been in danger [crossing] rivers. [I have been] in danger [traveling in places] where there were bandits. [At times I have been in] danger among people of my own nation, [the Jews], and [at other times I been in] danger among those who are not Jews. [I have been] in danger in cities, and I have been in dangerous situations in barren areas. I have been in dangerous situations [when I was traveling in ships]. [I have been in] danger among people who falsely [claim to be] fellow believers.
bahuvāraṁ yātrābhi rnadīnāṁ saṅkaṭai rdasyūnāṁ saṅkaṭaiḥ svajātīyānāṁ saṅkaṭai rbhinnajātīyānāṁ saṅkaṭai rnagarasya saṅkaṭai rmarubhūmeḥ saṅkaṭai sāgarasya saṅkaṭai rbhāktabhrātṛṇāṁ saṅkaṭaiśca
27 I have worked very hard [DOU] [to earn] ([a living/what I need]), and often I did not sleep. At times I was hungry and thirsty, and at times I did not have enough time to eat. Sometimes I was cold [because] I did not have enough clothes [to wear].
pariśramakleśābhyāṁ vāraṁ vāraṁ jāgaraṇena kṣudhātṛṣṇābhyāṁ bahuvāraṁ nirāhāreṇa śītanagnatābhyāñcāhaṁ kālaṁ yāpitavān|
28 In addition to all that, I am constantly and deeply concerned about all the congregations [that I have helped to begin].
tādṛśaṁ naimittikaṁ duḥkhaṁ vināhaṁ pratidinam ākulo bhavāmi sarvvāsāṁ samitīnāṁ cintā ca mayi varttate|
29 [Every time that I hear about fellow believers] [RHQ] who are not strong [spiritually], I sympathize with them [and try to help them. Every time that I learn about a fellow believer] [RHQ] who causes [another believer] to do something wrong, that makes me very angry.
yenāhaṁ na durbbalībhavāmi tādṛśaṁ daurbbalyaṁ kaḥ pāpnoti?
30 Because [it seems that] it is necessary for me to [continue] boasting [about myself], I will boast about things that [caused some people to think of me] as being weak.
yadi mayā ślāghitavyaṁ tarhi svadurbbalatāmadhi ślāghiṣye|
31 God, who is the Father of our [(inc)] Lord Jesus, and who is the one [whom we should] praise forever, knows that I am not lying [about this]. (aiōn g165)
mayā mṛṣāvākyaṁ na kathyata iti nityaṁ praśaṁsanīyo'smākaṁ prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya tāta īśvaro jānāti| (aiōn g165)
32 [One time when I was] in Damascus [city], the governor whom King Aretas [had appointed] to rule [part of his area, told his soldiers] to guard [the gates of] the city so that they could seize me [if I tried to leave the city].
dammeṣakanagare'ritārājasya kāryyādhyakṣo māṁ dharttum icchan yadā sainyaistad dammeṣakanagaram arakṣayat
33 But [my friends] helped me to escape [by] putting me in a large basket and lowering me [to the ground by a rope] through an opening in the [city] wall. [That was really humiliating]!
tadāhaṁ lokaiḥ piṭakamadhye prācīragavākṣeṇāvarohitastasya karāt trāṇaṁ prāpaṁ|

< 2 Corinthians 11 >