Corinthios Ii 2
1 Statui autem hoc ipsum apud me, ne iterum in tristitia venirem ad vos.
I decided that I would not visit you again in grief;
2 Si enim ego contristo vos: et quis est, qui me lætificet, nisi qui contristatur ex me?
for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?
3 Et hoc ipsum scripsi vobis, ut non cum venero, tristitiam super tristitiam habeam, de quibus oportuerat me gaudere: confidens in omnibus vobis, quia meum gaudium, omnium vestrum est.
And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.
4 Nam ex multa tribulatione, et angustia cordis scripsi vobis per multas lacrymas: non ut contristemini: sed ut sciatis, quam charitatem habeam abundantius in vobis.
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you.
5 Si quis autem contristavit, non me contristavit: sed ex parte, ut non onerem omnes vos.
As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you - at least some of you (not to overstate the case).
6 Sufficit illi, qui eiusmodi est, obiurgatio hæc, quæ fit a pluribus:
Sufficient for the offender is the punishment imposed by the majority;
7 ita ut econtrario magis donetis, et consolemini, ne forte abundantiori tristitia absorbeatur qui eiusmodi est.
so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.
8 Propter quod obsecro vos, ut confirmetis in illum charitatem.
So I beg you to reinstate him in your love.
9 Ideo enim et scripsi, ut cognoscam experimentum vestrum, an in omnibus obedientes sitis.
For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.
10 Cui autem aliquid donastis, et ego: nam et ego quod donavi, si quid donavi, propter vos in persona Christi,
If you forgive the man, I forgive him, too; for whatever I have forgiven has been forgiven in the presence of Christ,
11 ut non circumveniamur a satana: non enim ignoramus cogitationes eius.
for your sakes, that I may not be overreached by Satan, for I am not ignorant of his devices.
12 Cum venissem autem Troadem propter Evangelium Christi, et ostium mihi apertum esset in Domino,
Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 non habui requiem spiritui meo, eo quod non invenerim Titum fratrem meum, sed valefaciens eis, profectus sum in Macedoniam.
I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.
14 Deo autem gratias, qui semper triumphat nos in Christo Iesu, et odorem notitiæ suæ manifestat per nos in omni loco:
But thanks be to God, who in every place is leading me in the train of Christ’s triumph, and is making manifest through me the knowledge of him, an odor of incense everywhere.
15 quia Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in iis, qui salvi fiunt, et in iis, qui pereunt:
I am Christ’s fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing;
16 aliis quidem odor mortis in mortem: aliis autem odor vitæ in vitam. Et ad hæc quis tam idoneus?
to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?
17 Non enim sumus sicut plurimi, adulterantes verbum Dei, sed ex sinceritate, sed sicut ex Deo, coram Deo, in Christo loquimur.
I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.
