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1 yuSmatpratyakSe namraH kintu parokSe pragalbhaH paulo'haM khrISTasya kSAntyA vinItyA ca yuSmAn prArthaye|
This is me Paul, personally appealing to you through Christ's kindness and gentleness, the one who is “shy” when I have to face you but who is “bold” when I'm not there.
2 mama prArthanIyamidaM vayaM yaiH zArIrikAcAriNo manyAmahe tAn prati yAM pragalbhatAM prakAzayituM nizcinomi sA pragalbhatA samAgatena mayAcaritavyA na bhavatu|
I'm pleading with you, so that the next time I'm with you I won't have to be as tough as I think I'll have to be, boldly dealing with those who think we behave in worldly ways.
3 yataH zarIre caranto'pi vayaM zArIrikaM yuddhaM na kurmmaH|
Even though we live in this world, we don't fight as the world does.
4 asmAkaM yuddhAstrANi ca na zArIrikAni kintvIzvareNa durgabhaJjanAya prabalAni bhavanti,
Our weapons are not of this world but God's mighty power that destroys fortresses of human thinking, demolishing misleading theories.
5 taizca vayaM vitarkAn IzvarIyatattvajJAnasya pratibandhikAM sarvvAM cittasamunnatiJca nipAtayAmaH sarvvasaGkalpaJca bandinaM kRtvA khrISTasyAjJAgrAhiNaM kurmmaH,
Every high wall that stands tall and proud against the knowledge of God is knocked down. Every rebel idea is captured and brought into obedient agreement with Christ.
6 yuSmAkam AjJAgrAhitve siddhe sati sarvvasyAjJAlaGghanasya pratIkAraM karttum udyatA Asmahe ca|
When you are completely obeying Christ then we're ready to punish any disobedience.
7 yad dRSTigocaraM tad yuSmAbhi rdRzyatAM| ahaM khrISTasya loka iti svamanasi yena vijJAyate sa yathA khrISTasya bhavati vayam api tathA khrISTasya bhavAma iti punarvivicya tena budhyatAM|
Look at what's staring you in the face! Anyone who considers that they belong to Christ should think again—just as they belong to Christ, so do we!
8 yuSmAkaM nipAtAya tannahi kintu niSThAyai prabhunA dattaM yadasmAkaM sAmarthyaM tena yadyapi kiJcid adhikaM zlAghe tathApi tasmAnna trapiSye|
Even though I may seem to be boasting a little too much about our authority, I'm not embarrassed about it. The Lord gave this authority to us to build you up, not to knock you down.
9 ahaM patrai ryuSmAn trAsayAmi yuSmAbhiretanna manyatAM|
I'm not trying to scare you by my letters.
10 tasya patrANi gurutarANi prabalAni ca bhavanti kintu tasya zArIrasAkSAtkAro durbbala AlApazca tucchanIya iti kaizcid ucyate|
People say, “His letters are tough and severe, but in person he's feeble, and he's a useless speaker.”
11 kintu parokSe patrai rbhASamANA vayaM yAdRzAH prakAzAmahe pratyakSe karmma kurvvanto'pi tAdRzA eva prakAziSyAmahe tat tAdRzena vAcAlena jJAyatAM|
People like that should realize that what we say through letters when we're not there we will do when we are there!
12 svaprazaMsakAnAM keSAJcinmadhye svAn gaNayituM taiH svAn upamAtuM vA vayaM pragalbhA na bhavAmaH, yataste svaparimANena svAn parimimate svaizca svAn upamibhate tasmAt nirbbodhA bhavanti ca|
We're not so arrogant to compare ourselves with those who think so much of themselves. Those who measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, are really foolish!
13 vayam aparimitena na zlAghiSyAmahe kintvIzvareNa svarajjvA yuSmaddezagAmi yat parimANam asmadarthaM nirUpitaM tenaiva zlAghiSyAmahe|
But we won't boast about ourselves in extravagant terms that can't be measured. We simply measure what we have done using God's system of measurement that he gave us—and that includes you.
14 yuSmAkaM dezo'smAbhiragantavyastasmAd vayaM svasImAm ullaGghAmahe tannahi yataH khrISTasya susaMvAdenApareSAM prAg vayameva yuSmAn prAptavantaH|
We are not over-extending our authority in saying this, as if we didn't get as far as you, for we did get to you and share with you the good news of Christ.
15 vayaM svasImAm ullaGghya parakSetreNa zlAghAmahe tannahi, kiJca yuSmAkaM vizvAse vRddhiM gate yuSmaddeze'smAkaM sImA yuSmAbhirdIrghaM vistArayiSyate,
We're not boasting in extravagant terms that can't be measured, claiming credit for what others have done. On the contrary, we hope that as your trust in God grows, our work among you will greatly increase.
16 tena vayaM yuSmAkaM pazcimadikstheSu sthAneSu susaMvAdaM ghoSayiSyAmaH, itthaM parasImAyAM pareNa yat pariSkRtaM tena na zlAghiSyAmahe|
Then we can share the good news in places way beyond you, without boasting about what's already been done where someone else has worked.
17 yaH kazcit zlAghamAnaH syAt zlAghatAM prabhunA sa hi|
“If anyone wants to boast, boast about the Lord.”
18 svena yaH prazaMsyate sa parIkSito nahi kintu prabhunA yaH prazaMsyate sa eva parIkSitaH|
It's not those who praise themselves that are respected, but those that the Lord praises.
