2 Corinthians 7
1 My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.
Sidan me då hev desse lovnaderne, mine kjære, so lat oss reinsa oss frå all ureinskap på kjøt og ånd og fullføra vår helging i Guds age!
2 So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).
Gjev oss rom! Ingen hev me gjort urett, ingen hev me skadt, ingen hev me gjenge for nær.
3 [It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.
Ikkje til fordøming for dykk segjer eg dette; for eg hev sagt det fyrr, at de er i våre hjarto til å døy med oss og liva med oss.
4 I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.
Stor er mi tiltru til dykk, stor er mi ros yver dykk, eg er fyllt med trøyst, eg er ovrik på gleda i all vår trengsla.
5 Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].
For då me kom til Makedonia, hadde vårt kjøt ikkje heller ro, men me vart trengde på alle måtar; utantil var strid, innantil otte.
6 But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.
Men Gud, som trøystar det nedtrykte, han trøysta oss ved Titus’ koma,
7 I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.
men ikkje berre ved koma hans, men og ved den trøyst han var trøysta med yver dykk, med di han fortalde oss um dykkar lengting, dykkar gråt, dykkar ihuge for meg, so eg vart endå meir glad.
8 Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.
For um eg og i brevet gjorde dykk sorg, so angrar eg det ikkje, um eg og fyrr angra det; for eg ser at det brevet gjorde dykk sorg, um og berre ei stund.
9 [So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.
No gled eg meg, ikkje for di de fekk sorg, men for di de fekk sorg til umvending; for de fekk sorg etter Gud, so de på ingen måte skulde hava skade av oss.
10 [The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.
For sorgi etter Gud verkar umvending til frelsa, som ingen angrar; men sorgi til verdi verkar daude.
11 But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.
For sjå, dette same at de fekk sorg etter Gud, kor stor ihuge verka ikkje det hjå dykk, ja forsvar, ja harm, ja otte, ja lengting, ja brennhug, ja refsing! I alt viste de at de var reine i denne saki.
12 So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].
Um eg då og skreiv til dykk, so var det ikkje for hans skuld som gjorde urett, eller for hans skuld som leid urett, men for di at dykkar umhug for oss skulde verta openberra hjå dykk for Guds åsyn.
13 So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].
Difor er me trøysta. Og attåt vår trøyst kom den langt større gleda yver Titus’ gleda; for hans ånd er uppkveikt av dykk alle.
14 I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.
For um eg til honom hev uttala meg med ros yver dykk, hev eg ikkje vorte til skammar; men liksom me hev tala alt til dykk med sanning, so hev og vår ros til Titus vorte sanning.
15 Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].
Og hans kjærleik til dykk er endå sterkare, når han minnest lydnaden hjå dykk alle, korleis de tok imot honom med age og otte.
16 [As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].
Eg gled meg yver at eg i alt kann lita på dykk.
