Corinthios Ii 1
1 Paulus Apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater, Ecclesiae Dei, quae est Corinthi cum omnibus sanctis, qui sunt in universa Achaia.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
2 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, Pater misericordiarum, et Deus totius consolationis,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
4 qui consolatur nos in omni tribulatione nostra: ut possimus et ipsi consolari eos, qui in omni pressura sunt, per exhortationem, qua exhortamur et ipsi a Deo.
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
5 Quoniam sicut abundant passiones Christi in nobis: ita et per Christum abundat consolatio nostra.
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
6 Sive autem tribulamur pro vestra salute, sive consolamur pro vestra consolatione, sive exhortamur pro vestra exhortatione, quae operatur tolerantiam earundem passionum, quas et nos patimur:
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
7 ut spes nostra firma sit pro vobis: scientes quod sicut socii passionum estis, sic eritis et consolationis.
And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
8 Non enim volumus ignorare vos fratres de tribulatione nostra, quae facta est in Asia, quoniam supra modum gravati sumus supra virtutem, ita ut taederet nos etiam vivere.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
9 Sed ipsi in nobismetipsis responsum mortis habuimus, ut non simus fidentes in nobis, sed in Deo, qui suscitat mortuos:
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
10 qui de tantis periculis nos eripuit, et eruit: in quem speramus quoniam et adhuc eripiet,
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
11 adiuvantibus et vobis in oratione pro nobis: ut ex multarum personis facierum eius quae in nobis est donationis, per multos gratiae agantur pro nobis.
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
12 Nam gloria nostra haec est, testimonium conscientiae nostrae, quod in simplicitate cordis et sinceritate Dei: et non in sapientia carnali, sed in gratia Dei conversati sumus in hoc mundo: abundantius autem ad vos.
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
13 Non enim alia scribimus vobis, quam quae legistis, et cognovistis. Spero autem quod usque in finem cognoscetis,
For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
14 sicut et cognovistis nos ex parte, quod gloria vestra sumus, sicut et vos nostra, in die Domini nostri Iesu Christi.
as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
15 Et hac confidentia volui prius venire ad vos, ut secundum gratiam haberetis:
Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
16 et per vos transire in Macedoniam, et iterum a Macedonia venire ad vos, et a vobis deduci in Iudaeam.
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
17 Cum ergo hoc voluissem, numquid levitate usus sum? Aut quae cogito, secundum carnem cogito, ut sit apud me EST, et NON?
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
18 Fidelis autem Deus, quia sermo noster, qui fuit apud vos, non est in illo EST, et NON sed est in illo EST.
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
19 Dei enim filius Iesus Christus, qui in vobis per nos praedicatus est, per me, et Silvanum, et Timotheum, non fuit in illo EST et NON, sed EST in illo fuit.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
20 Quotquot enim promissiones Dei sunt, in illo EST: ideo et per ipsum Amen Deo ad gloriam nostram.
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
21 Qui autem confirmat nos vobiscum in Christo, et qui unxit nos Deus:
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
22 qui et signavit nos, et dedit pignus Spiritus in cordibus nostris.
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
23 Ego autem testem Deum invoco in animam meam, quod parcens vobis, non veni ultra Corinthum:
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
24 non quia dominamur fidei vestae, sed adiutores sumus gaudii vestri: nam fide statis.
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
