2 Corinthians 7
1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
所以，親愛的，既有這些恩許，就當潔淨自己，除去肉體和心靈上的一切玷污，以敬畏天主之情來成就聖德。
2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
容納我們罷! 我們並沒有侵犯過誰，沒有敗壞過誰，也沒有佔過誰的便宜。
3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
我說這話，並不是為定你們罪，因為我以前曾說過：你們常在我們心中，甚至於同死同生。
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
我對你們大可放心，我為了你們也大可誇耀；我充滿了安慰，在我們各樣的苦難中，我格外充滿喜樂，
5 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
因為自從我們到了馬其頓，我的肉身沒有得到一點安寧，反而處處遭難：外有爭鬥，內有恐懼。
6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
但那安慰謙卑心的天主，以弟鐸的來臨安慰了我們；
7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
不但以他的來臨，而且以他由你們所得的安慰，安慰了我們，因為他把你們的切望，你們的悲痛，你們對我的熱忱，都給我們報告了，致令我更加喜歡。
8 For though I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you grieve, though just for a while.
雖然我以那封信使你們憂苦了，我並不後悔，縱然我曾經後悔過──因為我看見那封信實在使你們憂苦了，雖然是一時──
9 I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
如今我卻喜歡，並不是因為你們憂苦了，而是你們憂苦以致於悔改，因為你們是按照天主的聖意而憂苦的，所以沒有理由由我們受到什麼損害。
10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
因為按照天主聖而來的憂苦，能產生返悔的悔改，以致於得救；世間的憂苦卻產生死亡。
11 For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vindication! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
且看，這種按照天主而來的憂苦，在你們中產生了多大的熱情，甚至辨白，而憤慨，而恐懼，而切望，而熱忱，而譴責；在各方面，你們表明對那件事是無罪的。
12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
因此，雖然我從前給你們記寫了信，卻不是為了那侵犯人的，也不是為了那受侵犯的，而是為要把你們對我們的熱情，在天主面前表彰出來；
13 Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
為此，我們得到了安慰。在我們受安慰之外，我們尤其因弟鐸的喜樂而更加喜樂，因為他的心神由你們得到寬慰，
14 For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
因為我如對弟鐸誇耀過你們什麼，我也不至於羞愧，因為我向他誇耀你們的話，成了真的，正如我們對你們所說的一切都是真的一樣；
15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.
並且，他一想起你們眾人的服從，怎樣以敬表和戰慄的心來接待他，他的心腸就越發傾向你們。
16 I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.
我真喜歡，因為我對你們各方面都可以放心了。
