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1 aparanjcAhaM punaH zOkAya yuSmatsannidhiM na gamiSyAmIti manasi niracaiSaM|
So I made up my mind that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
2 yasmAd ahaM yadi yuSmAn zOkayuktAn karOmi tarhi mayA yaH zOkayuktIkRtastaM vinA kEnAparENAhaM harSayiSyE?
For if I make you sorrowful, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have made sorrowful?
3 mama yO harSaH sa yuSmAkaM sarvvESAM harSa EvEti nizcitaM mayAbOdhi; ataEva yairahaM harSayitavyastai rmadupasthitisamayE yanmama zOkO na jAyEta tadarthamEva yuSmabhyam EtAdRzaM patraM mayA likhitaM|
That is why I wrote to you as I did, so that when I came I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence about you all that my joy would be yours.
4 vastutastu bahuklEzasya manaHpIPAyAzca samayE'haM bahvazrupAtEna patramEkaM likhitavAn yuSmAkaM zOkArthaM tannahi kintu yuSmAsu madIyaprEmabAhulyasya jnjApanArthaM|
For I wrote to you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow, but to let you know the abundant love I have for you.
5 yEnAhaM zOkayuktIkRtastEna kEvalamahaM zOkayuktIkRtastannahi kintvaMzatO yUyaM sarvvE'pi yatO'hamatra kasmiMzcid dOSamArOpayituM nEcchAmi|
Now if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to put it too severely) to all of you.
6 bahUnAM yat tarjjanaM tEna janEnAlambhi tat tadarthaM pracuraM|
This punishment by the majority is enough for that person.
7 ataH sa duHkhasAgarE yanna nimajjati tadarthaM yuSmAbhiH sa kSantavyaH sAntvayitavyazca|
So you should forgive and comfort him instead, so that he will not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.
8 iti hEtOH prarthayE'haM yuSmAbhistasmin dayA kriyatAM|
Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 yUyaM sarvvakarmmaNi mamAdEzaM gRhlItha na vEti parIkSitum ahaM yuSmAn prati likhitavAn|
I wrote to you because I wanted to test your character and see if you would be obedient in everything.
10 yasya yO dOSO yuSmAbhiH kSamyatE tasya sa dOSO mayApi kSamyatE yazca dOSO mayA kSamyatE sa yuSmAkaM kRtE khrISTasya sAkSAt kSamyatE|
Now if you forgive anyone of anything, I also forgive him. For if I have forgiven anyone of anything, I have done it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
11 zayatAnaH kalpanAsmAbhirajnjAtA nahi, atO vayaM yat tEna na vanjcyAmahE tadartham asmAbhiH sAvadhAnai rbhavitavyaM|
so that we might not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12 aparanjca khrISTasya susaMvAdaghOSaNArthaM mayi trOyAnagaramAgatE prabhOH karmmaNE ca madarthaM dvArE muktE
Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord.
13 satyapi svabhrAtustItasyAvidyamAnatvAt madIyAtmanaH kApi zAnti rna babhUva, tasmAd ahaM tAn visarjjanaM yAcitvA mAkidaniyAdEzaM gantuM prasthAnam akaravaM|
But I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of the people there and went on to Macedonia.
14 ya IzvaraH sarvvadA khrISTEnAsmAn jayinaH karOti sarvvatra cAsmAbhistadIyajnjAnasya gandhaM prakAzayati sa dhanyaH|
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere.
15 yasmAd yE trANaM lapsyantE yE ca vinAzaM gamiSyanti tAn prati vayam IzvarENa khrISTasya saugandhyaM bhavAmaH|
For we are a sweet fragrance of Christ ascending to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
16 vayam EkESAM mRtyavE mRtyugandhA aparESAnjca jIvanAya jIvanagandhA bhavAmaH, kintvEtAdRzakarmmasAdhanE kaH samarthO'sti?
to the latter we are a smell of death leading to death, but to the former we are a fragrance of life leading to life. And who is equal to such a task?
17 anyE bahavO lOkA yadvad Izvarasya vAkyaM mRSAzikSayA mizrayanti vayaM tadvat tanna mizrayantaH saralabhAvEnEzvarasya sAkSAd IzvarasyAdEzAt khrISTEna kathAM bhASAmahE|
For we are not like others who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak with sincerity in the presence of God, as men sent from God.
