2 Kwabasekhorinte 11
1 Kungathi lingangibekezelela kancane ebuthutheni bami; yebo lani lingibekezelele.
I wish that you could put up with me in some foolishness. But you are indeed putting up with me!
2 Ngoba ngilobukhwele ngani ngobukhwele bukaNkulunkulu; ngoba ngaliganela endodeni yinye ukuthi ngilise kuKristu liyintombi emsulwa.
For I am jealous about you. I have a godly jealousy for you, since I promised you in marriage to one husband. I promised to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
3 Kodwa ngiyesaba ukuthi hlezi njengalokhu inyoka yakhohlisa uEva ngobuqili bayo, ngokunjalo imicabango yenu ingaduhiswa ebuqothweni obukuKristu.
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your thoughts might be led astray away from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
4 Ngoba uba ofikayo etshumayela omunye uJesu esingamtshumayelanga, loba lisemukela omunye umoya elingamemukelanga, loba elinye ivangeli elingalemukelanga, kuhle ukuthi limbekezelele.
For suppose that someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we preached. Or suppose that you receive a different spirit than what you received. Or suppose that you receive a different gospel than the one you received. You put up with these things well enough!
5 Ngoba ngithi kangisileli ngalutho kulabobaphostoli abaqakathekileyo sibili.
For I think that I am not in the least inferior to those so-called super-apostles.
6 Njalo uba lami ngingafundanga ekukhulumeni, kanti kungeyisikho elwazini; kodwa entweni yonke sibonakalisiwe kini ezintweni zonke.
But even if I am untrained in giving speeches, I am not untrained in knowledge. In every way and in all things we have made this known to you.
7 Kumbe ngenze isono yini ngokuzithoba ukuze liphakanyiswe lina, lokhu ngilitshumayeze ivangeli likaNkulunkulu ngesihle?
Did I sin by humbling myself so you might be exalted? For I freely preached the gospel of God to you.
8 Ngaphanga amanye amabandla, ngithatha iholo ukuze ngilisize;
I robbed other churches by accepting support from them so that I could serve you.
9 lalapho ngangikhona kini ngiswele kangibanga ngumthwalo ngitsho emuntwini; ngoba abazalwane, abavela eMakedoniya, bagcwalisa inswelo yami; njalo kukho konke ngizigcinile ukuthi ngingabi ngumthwalo kini, futhi ngizazigcina.
When I was with you and I was in need, I did not burden anyone. For my needs were met by the brothers who came from Macedonia. In everything I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and I will continue to do that.
10 Njengoba iqiniso likaKristu likimi, ukuthi lokhukuzincoma kakuyikumiswa ngami ezabelweni zeAkaya.
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the parts of Achaia.
11 Ngenxa yani? Ngoba ngingalithandi yini? UNkulunkulu uyazi.
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.
12 Kodwa engikwenzayo, ngizakwenza futhi, ukuze ngiqume ithuba kwabafuna ithuba, ukuze kulokho abazincoma ngakho, baficwe benjengathi labo.
And what I do I will keep doing, in order that I may take away the claim for criticizing me and the claim for which they want to boast—that they are found to be doing the same work that we are doing.
13 Ngoba abanje bangabaphostoli bamanga, izisebenzi ezikhohlisayo, beziphendula babe ngabaphostoli bakaKristu.
For such people are false apostles and deceitful workers. They disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.
14 Kakumangalisi-ke; ngoba uSathane uqobo uziphendula abe yingilosi yokukhanya.
And this is no surprise, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
15 Ngakho kakusinto enkulu uba lazo inceku zakhe ziziphendula zisiba njengenceku zokulunga, okuphela kwazo kuzakuba njengokwemisebenzi yazo.
It is no great surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their fate will be what their deeds deserve.
16 Ngiyaphinda ngithi: Kakungabi lomuntu ocabanga ukuthi ngiyisithutha; kodwa uba kungenjalo ngemukelani lanjengesithutha, ukuze lami ngizincome kancinyane.
I say again: Let no one think I am a fool. But if you do, receive me as a fool so I may boast a little.
17 Lokho engikutshoyo, kangikutsho ngokweNkosi, kodwa njengebuthutheni, kulesisibindi sokuzincoma.
What I am saying with this boastful confidence—I am not talking the way the Lord would—I am saying as a fool.
18 Lokhu abanengi bezincoma ngokwenyama, lami ngizazincoma.
Since many people boast according to the flesh, I will also boast.
19 Ngoba libekezelela abayizithutha ngentokozo, lina lingabahlakaniphileyo.
For you gladly put up with fools. You are wise yourselves!
20 Ngoba liyabekezela, uba umuntu elenza izigqili, uba umuntu elidla aliqede, uba umuntu elemuka, uba umuntu eziphakamisa, uba umuntu elitshaya ebusweni.
For you put up with someone if he enslaves you, if he consumes you, if he takes advantage of you, if he considers himself better than you, or if he slaps you in the face.
21 Ngitsho ngenhloni, kuze kungathi thina besibuthakathaka; kodwa lakukuphi umuntu alesibindi ngakho (ngikhulumela ebuthutheni) lami ngilesibindi ngakho.
I will say to our shame that we were too weak to do that. Yet if anyone boasts—I am speaking like a fool—I too will boast.
22 BangamaHebheru yini? Lami. BangamaIsrayeli yini? Lami. Bayinzalo kaAbrahama yini? Lami.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 Bayizikhonzi zikaKristu yini? (Ngikhuluma njengohlanya) ngiyiso kulabo; emisebenzini enzima okwengezelelweyo kakhulu, emivimvinyeni okwedlula amalawulo, ezintolongweni okungezelelweyo kakhulu, ezimfeni kanengi;
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were out of my mind.) I am more. I have been in even more hard work, in far more prisons, in beatings beyond measure, in facing many dangers of death.
24 kumaJuda ngemukela kahlanu imivimvinya engamatshumi amane kusala owodwa.
From Jews I received five times the “forty lashes minus one.”
25 Ngatshaywa kathathu ngezinduku, ngakhandwa ngamatshe kanye, kathathu ngachithekelwa ngumkhumbi, ubusuku lemini ngisekujuleni kolwandle;
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day on the open sea.
26 ekuhambeni kanengi; engozini zemifula, engozini zabaphangi, ezingozini kwabakithi, ezingozini kwabezizwe, ezingozini emzini, ezingozini enkangala, engozini olwandle, ezingozini kubazalwane bamanga,
I have been on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my own people, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, in danger from false brothers.
27 ekutshikatshikeni lebunzimeni, ekungalalini kanengi, ekulambeni lekomeni, ekuzileni ukudla kanengi, ekugodoleni lekuhambenize.
I have been at hard work and in hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often in fasting, in cold and nakedness.
28 Ngaphandle kwezinto ezingaphandle, okungicindezelayo insuku zonke yikukhathalela wonke amabandla.
Apart from everything else, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
29 Ngubani obuthakathaka, ngingabi buthakathaka lami? Ngubani okhutshekiswayo, lami ngingatshiseki?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who has been caused to stumble, and I do not burn?
30 Uba kumele ukuzincoma, ngizazincoma ngezinto zobuthakathaka bami.
If I must boast, I will boast about what shows my weaknesses.
31 UNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, obongekayo kuze kube nini lanini, uyazi ukuthi kangiqambi manga. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, the one who is praised forever, knows that I am not lying! (aiōn g165)
32 EDamaseko induna yenkosi uAretha yalinda umuzi wabeDamaseko, efuna ukungibamba;
At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus to arrest me.
33 njalo ngehliswa ngewindi esilulwini ngomduli, ngasengiphepha ezandleni zayo.
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall, and I escaped from his hands.
