Bakorintha II 12
1 Go ipelafatsa mo gotlhe ke boeleele, mme mmang ke tswelele. Mmang ke lo bolelele diponatshego tse kileng ka di bona, le ditshenolo tse di tswang mo Moreneng.
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Mo dingwageng tse di lesome le bone tse di fetileng, ke ne ka isiwa kwa legodimong. Lo se ka lwa mpotsa gore a mmele wa me kgotsa mowa wa me o ne o le teng kwa legodimong, gonne ga ke itse, ke Modimo fela o ka arabang moo, mme le fa go ntse jalo, ke ne ke le mo felong fa go ntle (legodimong),
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; ) such one caught up to the third heaven.
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; )
4 ke ne ka utlwa dilo tse di hakgamatsang tse di fetang nonofo ya motho go ka di bolela (mme le fa go ntse jalo ga ke letlelelwe go di bolelela batho).
That he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5 Maitemogelo ao ke sengwe se ke ka ikgan-tshang ka sone, mme ga nkitla ke dira jalo. Ke tlaa ipelafatsa fela ka bokoa jwa me le ka fa Modimo o leng mogolo ka teng go dirisa bokoa jo bo ntseng jalo kgalaletsong ya one.
Of such one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities.
6 Ke na le go le gontsi mo ke ka ipelafatsang ka gone ebile ke tlaa bo ke se seeleele go dira jalo, mme ga ke batle ope go ntseela kwa godimo go feta jaaka a tshwanetse mo go se a ka se bonang mo botshelong jwa me le mo molae-tseng wa me.
For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or [what] he heareth from me.
7 Ke tlaa bua se: ka ntlha ya gore maitemogelo a ke nang nao a magolo thata, Modimo o ne o tshaba gore a ka nkgogomosa; jalo ke ne ka nna le bolwetse jo e neng e le mutlwa mo nameng ya me, morongwa wa ga Satane go ntlhokofatsa le go ntshwenya, a bo a tlhaba boikgantsho jwa me.
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 Mo makgethong a mararo ke ne ka rapela Modimo go mphodisa.
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 Nako le nako a re, “Nnyaa. Ke na nao, ke gone gotlhe mo o go tlhokang. Nonofo ya me e supiwa sentle mo bathong ba ba bokoa”. Jaanong ke itumelela go ipelafatsa ka bokoa jwa me; ke itumelela go nna sekao se se tshelang sa nonofo ya ga Keresete, mo boemong jwa go supa nonofo e e leng ya me, le tse ke ka di dirang.
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 E re ka ke itse gore gotlhe mo go kgatlha Keresete, ke itumela thata kaga “mutlwa” o o mo nameng ya me, le kaga ditlhapa le mathata, dipogiso le matshwenyego; gonne fa ke le bokoa, jalo ke nonofile, ka nonofo e potlana e ke nang nayo, ke nna ke mo ikanya thata.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 Lo ntirile gore ke dire jaaka seeleele—ke ipelafatse jaana, gonne batho ke lona lo tshwanetse lo ka bo lo kwala kaga me go na le gore lo ntire gore ke kwale kaga me. Ga go na sepe se batho ba, ba nang naso, se ke se nang naso, le fa ke se sepe gotlhelele.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very greatest apostles, though I am nothing.
12 Erile fa ke le koo ke lo supegeditse sentle gore ke moaposetoloi wa boammaaruri, yo o romilweng mo go lona ke Modimo; gonne ke dirile dikgakgamatso di le dintsi thata ka bopelotelele le ditshupo le ditiro tse dikgolo mo go lona.
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 Mme selo sengwe fela se ke sa se lo direlang se ke se dirang gongwe le gongwe mo diphuthegong tse dingwe tsotlhe, go nna morwalo mo go lona, ga ke ise nke ke lo kope dijo kgotsa bonno. Tsweetswee intshwareleng phoso e!
For what is that in which ye were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14 Jaanong ke tla mo go lona gape la boraro; mme ke tlaa nna ke sa batle tuelo epe mo go lona, gonne ga ke batle madi a lona. Ke batla lona! Le fa go ntse jalo, lo bana ba me, mme bananyana ga ba duele dijo tsa batsadi ba bone, ke ka mokgwa o mongwe; batsadi ba abela bana ba bone dijo.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 Ke itumelela go lo inaya le gotlhe mo ke nang nago go nna dijo tsa semowa, le fa go lebega ekete fa ke lo rata thata lona lo nthata go le gonnye.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
16 Bangwe ba lona ba re, “Ke boammaaruri gore go re etela ga gagwe go bonala go ne go sa re senyetsa sepe, mme Paulo yole ke motho yo o bokukuntshwane, mme o re tsieditse. Ka boammaaruri o tshwanetse a bo a dirile madi mo go rona ka tsela nngwe.”
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17 Mme jang? A mongwe wa banna ba ke neng ka ba romela kwa go lona o lo jele ntsoma?
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you?
18 Erile fa ke kgothatsa Tito gore a lo etele, le mokaulengwe yo mongwe nae, a ba ne ba dira madi mangwe? Nnyaa, ga ba ise ba ke ba dire jalo. Gonne re na le Mowa O O Boitshepo o le mongwe fela, ebile re gata mo dikgatong tsa ba bangwe, re dira dilo ka go tshwana.
I desired Titus, and with [him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?
19 Ke gopola gore lo akanya gore ke bua mo gotlhe go lo ipatlela. Ga go a nna jalo gotlhelele. Ke a lo bolelela, le Modimo o reeditse fa ke bua, gore ke buile se go lo thusa, ditsala tse di rategang, go lo aga mo meweng e seng go ithusa.
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? we speak before God in Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly beloved, for your edification.
20 Gonne ke boifa gore fa ke lo etela ga nke ke rate se ke se fitlhelang, mme jalo ga lo kitla lo rata mokgwa o ke tlaa dirang ka one. Ke boifa gore ke tlaa fitlhela lo omana, lo fufegelelana, lo gakalelana, lo ikgogomosa lo buana leswe, lo sebana lo tletse mabela le dikgaogano.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found by you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
21 Ee, ke boifa gore fa ke tla Modimo o tlaa nkokobetsa fa pele ga lona mme ke tlaa utlwa botlhoko ke bo ke hutsafala ka gore ba le bantsi ba lona ba ba leofileng ke baleofi ebile ga ba na sepe le dilo tse di bosula tse di sa itshekeng tse lo di dirileng; dikeletso tsa lona tse di bosula, boaka, le go tseela ba bangwe basadi.
[And] lest, when I come again, my God may humble me among you, and I shall bewail many who have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and lewdness, and lasciviousness, which they have committed.
