2 Korint 10

1 Men sa mwen menm Pòl, m'ap mande nou ak dousè ansanm ak bon kè ki soti nan Kris la. Gen moun ki pretann mwen fèmen lè m' nan mitan nou, men lè m' lwen nou mwen sevè.

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

2 Tanpri, pa fòse m' moutre nou jan mwen ka sevè lè m'a rive lakay nou. Paske mwen sèten m'a ka moutre m' sevè annegad moun ki konprann m'ap aji dapre bon konprann lèzòm.

But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

3 M'ap viv koulye a nan yon kò tankou tout moun, se vre. Men, mwen p'ap goumen menm jan ak tout moun.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;

4 Zam m'ap sèvi nan batay m'ap mennen an, se pa menm ak zam moun k'ap viv dapre lide ki nan lemonn yo. Zam mwen se zanm ki gen pouvwa devan Bondye pou kraze tout gwo fò. M'ap kraze tout pawòl esplikasyon ki pa bon,

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,

5 m'ap kraze tou sa lèzòm nan lògèy yo ap fè pou anpeche moun konnen Bondye. M'ap mare tout vye lide ki nan tèt lèzòm yo, m'ap fè yo vin obeyi Kris la.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

6 Mwen pare pou m' pini tout moun ki va dezobeyi. Men, anvan sa, se pou nou moutre m' jan nou soti pou nou soumèt nou nèt.

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

7 Nou menm, moun Korent, n'ap gade sou laparans. Enben, si yon moun mete nan tèt li se moun Kris la li ye, se pou l' mete sa nan tèt li tou, mwen menm tou mwen se moun Kris la mwen ye menm jan avè li.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

8 Enpi, menm si m' te fè grandizè yon ti jan twòp pou otorite Seyè a ban mwen an, mwen pa wont pou sa. Paske, otorite sa li ban mwen an, se pou m' fè nou grandi nan konfyans nan li, se pa pou m' kraze nou.

For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

9 Mwen pa ta vle nou konprann m'ap chache kraponnen nou lè m'ap ekri nou konsa.

that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

10 Gen moun ki di: Lè Pòl ap ekri nou, li rèd konsa, li sevè. Men, lè li la nan mitan nou li tou dou. Ata pale li pa ka pale.

For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."

11 Enben, moun ki di sa a, li mèt mete sa nan tèt li: Pa gen diferans ant sa m'ap ekri nan lèt mwen voye ban nou lè mwen pa la ak sa mwen pral fè lè m'a la nan mitan nou.

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

12 Konprann sa byen: mwen pa ka pèmèt mwen pou m' mete m' sou menm wotè ak moun ki kwè yo plis pase sa yo ye, ni mwen p'ap konpare tèt mwen ak yo non plis. Se yon bann san konprann! Y'ap mezire tèt yo ak mezi yo menm yo fè. Y'ap konpare tèt yo ak pwòp tèt pa yo ankò.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

13 Men, pou mwen menm, mwen p'ap vantè tèt mwen depase limit. M'ap rete nan limit travay Bondye ban mwen an. Nou menm, moun Korent, nou nan limit travay mwen.

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

14 Se sak fè, mwen pa t' depase limit mwen lè m' te rive lakay nou ak bon nouvèl ki pale sou Kris la.

For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

15 Konsa, nou wè, mwen pa depase limit Bondye ban mwen. Mwen p'ap fè grandizè pou travay lòt moun te deja fè. Okontrè, mwen gen espwa n'a grandi nan konfyans, pou m' ka fè yon pi gwo travay ankò nan mitan nou, toujou nan limit Bondye ban mwen an.

not boasting excessively in the work done by others, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

16 Apre sa, m'a kapab al anonse bon nouvèl la nan peyi ki pi lwen pase lakay nou, san m' p'ap bezwen fè grandizè pou travay lòt moun deja fè nan limit pa yo.

so as to preach the Good News even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

17 Paske, jan sa ekri nan Liv la: Si yon moun vle fè lwanj tèt li, se pou l' fè lwanj tèt li nan sa Bondye fè pou li.

But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

18 Se konsa wi: Se pa moun k'ap fè lwanj tèt yo ki bon pou travay la, men se moun Seyè a rekòmande ki bon pou travay la.

For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.