Corinthios Ii 11
1 Utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiæ meæ, sed et supportare me:
I would that you bear with me a little in my folly: yes 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 of you with the jealousy of God: for I espoused you to one husband, to present you 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 fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which 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 indeed one coming preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you receive another spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel which you did not receive, well do you bear with him.
5 Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.
For I consider that I am not inferior to the chief of the apostles.
6 Nam etsi imperitus sermone, sed non scientia, in omnibus autem manifestati sumus vobis.
If indeed rude in speech, but not in knowledge; but in every thing making manifest unto you in all things.
7 Aut numquid peccatum feci, meipsum humilians, ut vos exaltemini? quoniam gratis Evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis?
Did I commit sin humbling myself that you may be exalted, because I preached unto you the gospel of God gratuitously?
8 Alias ecclesias expoliavi, accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum.
I robbed other churches, having received support for your ministry, and being present with you and being destitute, I burdened no one;
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.
for the brethren, having come from Macedonia, supplied my deficiency; and in everything I rendered myself not burdensome to you, and will so render.
10 Est veritas Christi in me, quoniam hæc gloriatio non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiæ.
The truth of Christ is in me, that this glorying shall not cease unto me in the regions of Achaia.
11 Quare? quia non diligo vos? Deus scit.
Why? because I do not love you with divine love? 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 am doing, I indeed will do, in order that I may cut off occasion from those wishing occasion, in order that in whatsoever they may glory, they may be found even as we are.
13 Nam ejusmodi pseudoapostoli sunt operarii subdoli, transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 Et non mirum: ipse enim Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis.
And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Non est ergo magnum, si ministri ejus transfigurentur velut ministri justitiæ: quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum.
Then it is no great wonder if his ministers are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose, end shall 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),
Again I say, Let no one consider me to be a fool; but if not, receive me as a fool, in order that I may indeed glory some little.
17 quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriæ.
What I say, I am not saying according to the Lord, but as it were in folly, in this confidence of glorying.
18 Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem: et ego gloriabor.
Since many glory in the flesh, I will glory also.
19 Libenter enim suffertis insipientes, cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
For cheerfully do you, being wise, bear with the foolish:
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 them, if any one enslaves you, if any one devours you, if any one captures you, if any one is exalted against you, if any one smites you in the face.
21 Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego:
I speak according to disparagement, as that we are weak; but in whatsoever any one is bold, (I speak it in folly, ) I am bold also.
22 Hebræi sunt, et ego: Israëlitæ sunt, et ego: semen Abrahæ sunt, et ego.
Are they Hebrews? I am also. Are they Israelites? I am also. Are they the seed of Abraham? I am also.
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 the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man, ) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;
24 A Judæis quinquies, quadragenas, una minus, accepi.
from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one,
25 Ter virgis cæsus sum, semel lapidatus sum: ter naufragium feci, nocte et die in profundo maris fui,
thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a day and a night I spent 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:
Often in journeys, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 in labore et ærumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame et siti, in jejuniis multis, in frigore et nuditate,
in labor and in toil, in vigils often, in hunger and in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.
28 præter illa quæ extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum.
Besides all these, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29 Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I do not burn?
30 Si gloriari oportet, quæ infirmitatis meæ sunt, gloriabor.
But if it behooves me to glory, I will glory in those things appertaining to my infirmities.
31 Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui est benedictus in sæcula, scit quod non mentior. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one being blessed forever, knows that I lie not. (aiōn g165)
32 Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
In Damascus Areta the governor of the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to arrest me:
33 et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic effugi manus ejus.
and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
