2 Corinthians 10

1 And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you — through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ — who in presence, indeed [am] humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

yuSmatpratyakSE namraH kintu parOkSE pragalbhaH paulO'haM khrISTasya kSAntyA vinItyA ca yuSmAn prArthayE|

2 and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

mama prArthanIyamidaM vayaM yaiH zArIrikAcAriNO manyAmahE tAn prati yAM pragalbhatAM prakAzayituM nizcinOmi sA pragalbhatA samAgatEna mayAcaritavyA na bhavatu|

3 for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

yataH zarIrE carantO'pi vayaM zArIrikaM yuddhaM na kurmmaH|

4 for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

asmAkaM yuddhAstrANi ca na zArIrikAni kintvIzvarENa durgabhanjjanAya prabalAni bhavanti,

5 reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

taizca vayaM vitarkAn IzvarIyatattvajnjAnasya pratibandhikAM sarvvAM cittasamunnatinjca nipAtayAmaH sarvvasagkalpanjca bandinaM kRtvA khrISTasyAjnjAgrAhiNaM kurmmaH,

6 and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience may be fulfilled.

yuSmAkam AjnjAgrAhitvE siddhE sati sarvvasyAjnjAlagghanasya pratIkAraM karttum udyatA AsmahE ca|

7 The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we [are] Christ's;

yad dRSTigOcaraM tad yuSmAbhi rdRzyatAM| ahaM khrISTasya lOka iti svamanasi yEna vijnjAyatE sa yathA khrISTasya bhavati vayam api tathA khrISTasya bhavAma iti punarvivicya tEna budhyatAM|

8 for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

yuSmAkaM nipAtAya tannahi kintu niSThAyai prabhunA dattaM yadasmAkaM sAmarthyaM tEna yadyapi kinjcid adhikaM zlAghE tathApi tasmAnna trapiSyE|

9 that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

ahaM patrai ryuSmAn trAsayAmi yuSmAbhirEtanna manyatAM|

10 'because the letters indeed — saith one — [are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

tasya patrANi gurutarANi prabalAni ca bhavanti kintu tasya zArIrasAkSAtkArO durbbala AlApazca tucchanIya iti kaizcid ucyatE|

11 This one — let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, [we are] in deed.

kintu parOkSE patrai rbhASamANA vayaM yAdRzAH prakAzAmahE pratyakSE karmma kurvvantO'pi tAdRzA Eva prakAziSyAmahE tat tAdRzEna vAcAlEna jnjAyatAM|

12 For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

svaprazaMsakAnAM kESAnjcinmadhyE svAn gaNayituM taiH svAn upamAtuM vA vayaM pragalbhA na bhavAmaH, yatastE svaparimANEna svAn parimimatE svaizca svAn upamibhatE tasmAt nirbbOdhA bhavanti ca|

13 and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us — to reach even unto you;

vayam aparimitEna na zlAghiSyAmahE kintvIzvarENa svarajjvA yuSmaddEzagAmi yat parimANam asmadarthaM nirUpitaM tEnaiva zlAghiSyAmahE|

14 for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you did we come in the good news of the Christ,

yuSmAkaM dEzO'smAbhiragantavyastasmAd vayaM svasImAm ullagghAmahE tannahi yataH khrISTasya susaMvAdEnAparESAM prAg vayamEva yuSmAn prAptavantaH|

15 not boasting of the things not measured, in other men's labours, and having hope — your faith increasing — in you to be enlarged, according to our line — into abundance,

vayaM svasImAm ullagghya parakSEtrENa zlAghAmahE tannahi, kinjca yuSmAkaM vizvAsE vRddhiM gatE yuSmaddEzE'smAkaM sImA yuSmAbhirdIrghaM vistArayiSyatE,

16 in the [places] beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

tEna vayaM yuSmAkaM pazcimadiksthESu sthAnESu susaMvAdaM ghOSayiSyAmaH, itthaM parasImAyAM parENa yat pariSkRtaM tEna na zlAghiSyAmahE|

17 and he who is boasting — in the Lord let him boast;

yaH kazcit zlAghamAnaH syAt zlAghatAM prabhunA sa hi|

18 for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.

svEna yaH prazaMsyatE sa parIkSitO nahi kintu prabhunA yaH prazaMsyatE sa Eva parIkSitaH|