2 Corinthians 11
1 I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear with me.
Mwen ta renmen nou pèmèt mwen pran pòz moun fou m' pou yon ti moman. Enben, wi, pèmèt mwen fè sa.
2 I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.
M'ap fè jalouzi pou nou, yon jalouzi ki soti nan Bondye. Paske, nou tankou yon jenn fi ki pa nan dezòd. Mwen fiyanse nou ak yon sèl gason. Gason sa a se Kris la.
3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may be led astray from their single-heartedness and their fidelity to Christ.
Men, mwen pè pou lespri nou pa pèvèti, pou nou pa manke Kris la pawòl, pou nou pa tonbe nan dezòd tankou Ev ki te kite sèpan an vire lòlòj li ak riz li yo.
4 If indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the One you have already received or a Good News different from that which you have already welcomed, your toleration is admirable!
Mwen di sa paske mwen wè nou kite nenpòt ki moun vin fè nou konnen yon Jezi ki pa menm ak Jezi mwen te fè nou konnen an, epi nou pa di anyen. Mwen wè nou pare pou n' asepte yon lespri ak yon mesaj ki pa menm ni ak Lespri Bondye a, ni ak bon nouvèl mwen te ban nou an.
5 Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.
Pou mwen, mwen pa wè sa apòt ki kwè yo plis pase tout moun yo gen pase mwen.
6 And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.
Mwen ka pa konn pale byen, men pou konesans la, se pa menm bagay. Nan tout okazyon ak nan tout bagay mwen te toujou fè nou wè sa.
7 Is it a sin that I abased myself in order for you to be exalted, in that I proclaimed God's Good News to you without fee or reward?
Lè m' te anonse nou bon nouvèl Bondye a, mwen te fè sa gratis pou nou, mwen te desann tèt mwen pou m' te ka fè nou kanpe. Eske mwen te gen tò lè m' te fè sa?
8 Other Churches I robbed, receiving pay from them in order to do you service.
Lè sa a, mwen te asepte lajan nan men lòt legliz yo. Se tankou si m' te pran nan sa ki pou yo pou m' te kapab ede nou.
9 And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden--for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants--and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.
Pandan tout tan mwen te pase lakay nou an, mwen pa t' sou kont pesonn lè m' te bezwen lajan, paske frè ki soti Masedwan yo te pote tou sa m' te bezwen pou mwen. Mwen te pran kont prekosyon m' pou m' pa t' sou kont nou yonn pou anyen, epi m'ap toujou pran menm prekosyon sa a.
10 Christ knows that it is true when I say that I will not be stopped from boasting of this anywhere in Greece.
Jan mwen sèten mwen konnen verite Kris la, mwen pa ka bay manti, se konsa m'ap di nou sa: rezon sa a mwen genyen pou m' vante tèt mwen nan tout peyi Lakayi a, pesonn p'ap kapab wete l' nan men mwen.
11 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do.
Poukisa? Eske se paske mwen pa renmen nou? Se Bondye ki konnen jan mwen renmen nou.
12 But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.
Men, m'ap toujou aji jan m'ap aji koulye a, pou m' pa bay moun k'ap chache okazyon pou yo fè grandizè chans pou yo ka di yo travay menm jan ak mwen.
13 For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.
Moun sa yo, se pòz apòt yo y'ap pran. Y'ap bay manti sou travay yo, y'ap fè tèt yo pase pou apòt Kris la.
14 And no wonder. Satan, their master, can disguise himself as an angel of light.
Pa gen anyen la a ki pou fè n' sezi: ata Satan ka ranje kò l' pou l' pran pòz yon zanj limyè.
15 It is therefore no great thing for his servants also to disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be in accordance with their actions.
Si moun k'ap sèvi Satan yo pran pòz moun k'ap sèvi sa ki byen, pa gen anyen ki dwòl nan sa. Men, bout pou bout y'a jwenn sa y'ap chache a.
16 To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.
M'ap repete sa m' te di a: Piga pesonn pran m' pou moun fou. Men, si nou pran m' pou moun fou, kite m' pran pòz moun fou m' vre pou m' kapab vante tèt mwen yon ti kras tou.
17 What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.
Sa m'ap di koulye a, se pa sa menm Seyè a ta renmen m' di. Men, nan pozisyon yo mete m' ki fè m' ka vante tèt mwen an, m'ap pale tankou si m' te fou.
18 Since many boast for merely human reasons, I too will boast.
Sitèlman gen moun k'ap vante tèt yo pou bagay y'ap fè sou latè, kite m' vante tèt mwen tou.
19 Wise as you yourselves are, you find pleasure in tolerating fools.
Nou menm ki gen bon konprann nou pa manke tolere moun fou!
20 For you tolerate it, if any one enslaves you, lives at your expense, makes off with your property, gives himself airs, or strikes you on the face.
Nou kite yo fè nou tounen esklav, nou kite yo devore nou, nou kite yo pran nou nan pèlen, nou kite yo fè awogans sou nou, nou kite yo ban nou souflèt.
21 I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is 'courageous' --I speak in mere folly--I also am courageous.
Wi, mwen wont di sa: Mwen te twò fèb pou m' te aji jan m' te aji ak nou an! Men, si gen moun ki ka pèmèt yo vante tèt yo pou lòt bagay (pa bliye m'ap pale tankou yon moun fou wi!) mwen menm tou m'ap pèmèt mwen fè sa tou.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Eske yo se pitit pitit Ebè? Mwen menm tou. Eske yo se moun ras Izrayèl la? Mwen menm tou. Eske yo se pitit pitit Abraram? Mwen menm tou.
23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.) Much more am I His servant; serving Him more thoroughly than they by my labours, and more thoroughly also by my imprisonments, by excessively cruel floggings, and with risk of life many a time.
Eske yo se moun k'ap sèvi Kris la? (M'ap pale koulye a tankou moun ki deraye nèt.) Mwen sèvi Kris la plis pase yo: mwen travay pase yo, yo mete m' nan prizon pi plis pase yo, yo bat mwen pi plis pase yo, mwen manke mouri pi souvan pase yo.
24 From the Jews I five times have received forty lashes all but one.
An senk fwa, jwif yo ban m' trant nèf kout fwèt.
25 Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea.
An twa fwa, women yo bat mwen. Yon fwa yo kalonnen m' wòch pou yo te touye mwen. Batiman koule avè m' twa fwa. Yon fwa menm mwen pase yon jou ak yon nwit nan dlo.
26 I have served Him by frequent travelling, amid dangers in crossing rivers, dangers from robbers; dangers from my own countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles; dangers in the city, dangers in the Desert, dangers by sea, dangers from spies in our midst;
Anpil fwa menm, lè m'ap vwayaje konsa dlo larivyè manke pote m' ale. Bandi manke touye m', jwif yo manke touye m' tou, ata moun lòt nasyon yo manke touye m' tou. Mwen te an danje nan lavil, mwen te an danje andeyò, mwen te an danje sou lanmè. Ata swadizan frè yo manke touye mwen.
27 with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.
Mwen redi travay di, mwen fatige kò m' anpil, mwen pase anpil nwit san dòmi, mwen konnen sa ki rele grangou ak swaf dlo. Anpil fwa mwen te blije rete san manje, mwen soufri fredi, mwen konn pa gen rad pou m' mete sou mwen.
28 And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily--my anxiety for all the Churches.
San konte anpil lòt bagay ankò, chak jou se tèt chaje pou mwen ak bagay mwen gen pou m' regle pou tout legliz yo.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, and I am not aflame with indignation?
Si yon moun fèb, lamenm mwen fèb tou. Si yon moun tonbe nan peche, sa rann mwen malad.
30 If boast I must, it shall be of things which display my weakness.
Si se pou m' vante tèt mwen, m'a vante tèt mwen pou tout bagay ki pou moutre jan m' fèb.
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--He who is blessed throughout the Ages--knows that I am speaking the truth. (aiōn g165)
Bondye ki Papa Seyè Jezi a (li menm k'ap resevwa lwanj tout tan an), li konnen mwen p'ap bay manti. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,
Lè m' te lavil Damas, moun wa Aretas te mete pou gouvènen lavil la pran gad, li mete yo nan tout pòtay lavil la pou yo te arete m'.
33 but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped his hands.
Men frè yo fè m' pase nan yon fennèt nan gwo miray lavil la. Yo file m' desann nan yon panyen. Se konsa mwen te chape kò m' anba men li.
