Corinthios Ii 11
1 Utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiæ meæ, sed et supportare me:
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
2 æmulor enim vos Dei æmulatione. Despondi enim vos uni viro, virginem castam exhibere Christo.
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
3 Timeo autem ne sicut serpens Hevam seduxit astutia sua, ita corrumpantur sensus vestri, et excidant a simplicitate, quæ est in Christo.
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 Nam si is qui venit, alium Christum prædicat, quem non prædicavimus, aut alium spiritum accipitis, quem non accepistis: aut aliud Evangelium, quod non recepistis: recte pateremini.
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
5 Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.
For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
6 Nam etsi imperitus sermone, sed non scientia, in omnibus autem manifestati sumus vobis.
But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
7 Aut numquid peccatum feci, meipsum humilians, ut vos exaltemini? quoniam gratis Evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis?
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?
8 Alias ecclesias expoliavi, accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum.
I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
9 Et cum essem apud vos, et egerem, nulli onerosus fui: nam quod mihi deerat, suppleverunt fratres, qui venerunt a Macedonia: et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi, et servabo.
When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
10 Est veritas Christi in me, quoniam hæc gloriatio non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiæ.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 Quare? quia non diligo vos? Deus scit.
Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.
12 Quod autem facio, et faciam: ut amputem occasionem eorum qui volunt occasionem, ut in quo gloriantur, inveniantur sicut et nos.
But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in which they boast, they may be recognised just like us.
13 Nam ejusmodi pseudoapostoli sunt operarii subdoli, transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
14 Et non mirum: ipse enim Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis.
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
15 Non est ergo magnum, si ministri ejus transfigurentur velut ministri justitiæ: quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum.
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
16 Iterum dico (ne quis me putet insipientem esse, alioquin velut insipientem accipite me, ut et ego modicum quid glorier),
I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
17 quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriæ.
That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem: et ego gloriabor.
Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
19 Libenter enim suffertis insipientes, cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
20 Sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit, si quis devorat, si quis accipit, si quis extollitur, si quis in faciem vos cædit.
For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
21 Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego:
To my shame, I speak as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
22 Hebræi sunt, et ego: Israëlitæ sunt, et ego: semen Abrahæ sunt, et ego.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.
23 Ministri Christi sunt (ut minus sapiens dico), plus ego: in laboribus plurimis, in carceribus abundantius, in plagis supra modum, in mortibus frequenter.
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
24 A Judæis quinquies, quadragenas, una minus, accepi.
Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.
25 Ter virgis cæsus sum, semel lapidatus sum: ter naufragium feci, nocte et die in profundo maris fui,
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
26 in itineribus sæpe, periculis fluminum, periculis latronum, periculis ex genere, periculis ex gentibus, periculis in civitate, periculis in solitudine, periculis in mari, periculis in falsis fratribus:
I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils amongst false brothers;
27 in labore et ærumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame et siti, in jejuniis multis, in frigore et nuditate,
in labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
28 præter illa quæ extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum.
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.
29 Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
30 Si gloriari oportet, quæ infirmitatis meæ sunt, gloriabor.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
31 Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui est benedictus in sæcula, scit quod non mentior. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie. (aiōn g165)
32 Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
33 et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic effugi manus ejus.
I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.
