2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and our brother Timothy: To the Church of God in Corinth, with all God's people throughout Greece.
Ako si Pablo na apostol ni Jesu-Cristo dahil sa kalooban ng Diyos, at si Timoteo na ating kapatid, para sa iglesya ng Diyos na nasa Corinto at sa lahat ng mga mananampalataya sa buong rehiyon ng Acaya.
2 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Sumainyo nawa ang biyaya at kapayapaan mula sa Diyos na ating Ama at ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
3 Heartfelt thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father who is full of compassion and the God who gives all comfort.
Nawa ang Diyos at Ama ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo ay mapapurihan. Siya ang Ama ng mga awa at ang Diyos ng lahat ng kaalliwan.
4 He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Ang Diyos ang nagbibigay ng kaginhawaan sa atin sa lahat ng ating mga pagdurusa, upang mabigyan natin ng kaaliwan ang lahat ng nagdurusa. Makakapagbigay tayo ng aliw sa iba kung paano tayo binigyang aliw ng Diyos.
5 For just as we have more than our share of suffering for the Christ, so also through the Christ we have more than our share of comfort.
Sapagkat kung paano nananagana ang paghihirap ni Cristo para sa atin, ganoon din nananagana ang kaaliwan na aming nararanasan mula kay Cristo.
6 But if, on the one hand, we are enduring affliction, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if, on the other hand, we are receiving comfort, it is for your comfort which is produced within you through your patient fortitude under the same sufferings as those which we also are enduring.
Ngunit kung kami ay nagdurusa, ito ay para sa inyong kaaliwan at kaligtasan. At kung kami ay naaaliw, ito ay parasa inyong kaaliwan. Ang inyong kaaliwan ay mabisa kung ibabahagi ninyo nang may tiyaga ang mga paghihirap na atin ding naranasan.
7 And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.
At ang aming pagtitiwala para sa inyo ay tiyak. Alam namin na habang nakikihati kayo sa paghihirap, nakikihati din kayo sa kaaliwan.
8 For as for our troubles which came upon us in the province of Asia, we would have you know, brethren, that we were exceedingly weighed down, and felt overwhelmed, so that we renounced all hope even of life.
Dahil ayaw namin na hindi ninyo malaman, mga kapatid, ang tungkol sa kaguluhang naranasan namin sa Asya. Kami ay labis na nabigatan nang higit sa aming makakaya, na halos hindi na kami umasang mabuhay pa.
9 Nay, we had, as we still have, the sentence of death within our own selves, in order that our confidence may repose, not on ourselves, but on God who raised the dead to life.
Sa katunayan, hinatulan na kami ng kamatayan. Ngunit iyon ay upang hindi kami magtiwala sa aming mga sarili, kundi sa Diyos na bumubuhay sa mga patay.
10 He it is who rescued us from so imminent a death, and will do so again; and we have a firm hope in Him that He will also rescue us in all the future,
Siya ang nagligtas sa amin sa malagim na kamatayan, at ililigtas niya kaming muli. Inilagay na namin ang aming pagtitiwala sa kaniya na ililigtas niya kaming muli.
11 while you on your part lend us your aid in entreaty for us, so that from many lips thanksgivings may rise on our behalf for the boon granted to us at the intercession of many.
Gagawin niya ito habang tinutulungan ninyo kami sa pamamagitan ng inyong panalangin. At marami ang magpapasalamat para sa amin para sa pagpapala na ibinigay sa amin sa pamamagitan ng panalangin ng marami.
12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and above all in our relations with you.
Ipinagmamalaki namin ito: ang patotoo ng aming budhi. Dahil sa malinis na hangarin at katapatan sa Diyos kaya kami namuhay sa mundo. Ginawa namin ito lalong lalo na sa inyo, at hindi sa karunungan ng mundo, ngunit sa halip sa biyaya ng Diyos.
13 For we are writing to you nothing different from what we have written before, or from what indeed you already recognize as truth and will, I trust, recognize as such to the very end;
Hindi kami sumulat sa inyo ng ano mang bagay na hindi niyo mababasa o maiintindihan. Ako ay nagtitiwala
14 just as some few of you have recognized us as your reason for boasting, even as you will be ours, on the day of Jesus our Lord.
na naintindihan na ninyo kami ng bahagya. At nagtitiwala ako na sa araw ng ating Panginoong Jesus, kami ay inyong ipagmamalaki, katulad ng pagmamalaki namin sa inyo.
15 It was because I entertained this confidence that I intended to visit you before going elsewhere--so that you might receive a twofold proof of God's favour--
Dahil nagtitiwala ako tungkol dito, nais kong una kayong puntahan, upang matanggap ninyo ang pakinabang ng dalawang pagbisita.
16 and to pass by way of Corinth into Macedonia. Then my plan was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward by you to Judaea.
Balak kong bumisita sa inyo sa pagpunta ko sa Macedonia. Pagkatapos nais kong bumisita muli sa inyo sa aking paglalakbay galing Macedonia at upang matulungan ninyo ako sa pagpunta ko sa Judea.
17 Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles, now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"?
Nang nag-iisip ako ng ganito, nag-aalinlangan ba ako? Binalak ko ba ang mga bagay ayon sa pamantayan ng mga tao, upang masabi ko ang “Oo, oo” at “Hindi, hindi” ng sabay?
18 As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No."
Ngunit kung paanong ang Diyos ay tapat, hindi natin sasabihin ng sabay ang “Oo” at “Hindi.”
19 For Jesus Christ the Son of God--He who was proclaimed among you by us, that is by Silas and Timothy and myself--did not show Himself a waverer between "Yes" and "No." But it was and always is "Yes" with Him.
Dahil si Jesu-Cristo na Anak ng Diyos na ipinahayag namin nina Silvanus at Timoteo sa inyo, ay hindi “Oo” at “Hindi.” Kundi laging “Oo”.
20 For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen" acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God through our faith.
Dahil ang lahat ng mga pangako ng Diyos ay “Oo” sa kaniya. Kaya sa pamamagitan din niya, magsasabi tayo ng “Amen” sa kaluwalhatian ng Diyos.
21 But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God,
Ngayon ang Diyos na nagpatibay sa amin at sa inyo kay Cristo, at kaniya tayong sinugo.
22 and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing.
Nilagay niya ang kaniyang tatak sa atin at ibinigay ang Espiritu sa ating mga puso bilang katiyakan sa kung ano ang ibibigay niya sa atin pagkatapos.
23 But as for me, as my soul shall answer for it, I appeal to God as my witness, that it was to spare you pain that I gave up my visit to Corinth.
Sa halip, tumawag ako sa Diyos upang maging saksi para sa akin na ang dahilan ng hindi ko pagpunta sa Corinto ay upang matulungan ko kayo.
24 Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith--we do, however, desire to help your joy--for in the matter of your faith you are standing firm.
Ito ay hindi dahil sa sinusubukan namin kayong pangunahan kung ano ang dapat sa inyong paniniwala. Sa halip, kami ay gumagawa kasama ninyo para sa inyong kagalakan, habang kayo ay naninindigan sa inyong pananampalataya.
