2 Korinčanom 10

1 Torej jaz sam, Pavel, ki sem v navzočnosti med vami pohleven, toda odsoten sem drzen do vas, vas pri Kristusovi krotkosti in blagosti rotim.

Now I, Paul, am myself appealing to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am ‘humble when present’ among you, but ‘bold when absent’ toward you).

2 Toda rotim vas, da ne bi bil drzen, ko sem prisoten s tem zaupanjem, s katerim mislim biti do nekaterih drzen, ki mislijo o nas, kakor da smo živeli glede na meso.

Yes, I beg you, that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that I will ‘dare’ to visit upon some who think that we are walking in a fleshly manner.

3 Kajti čeprav živimo v mesu, se ne borimo po mesu

Well, we do walk about in flesh, but we do not wage war that way,

4 (kajti orožja našega vojskovanja niso mesena, temveč mogočna po Bogu, da podirajo trdnjave);

because the weapons of our warfare are not physical, but are powerful in God for demolishing strongholds:

5 podiramo zamisli in vsako visoko stvar, ki sebe povzdiguje proti spoznanju Boga ter vsako misel prinašamo v ujetništvo, v poslušnost Kristusu;

demolishing sophistries and every arrogance that sets itself up against the knowledge of God; taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ;

6 in v pripravljenosti smo, da maščujemo vso neposlušnost, ko se vaša poslušnost dopolni.

being ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.

7 Ali gledate na stvari po zunanjem videzu? Če katerikoli človek zaupa sebi, da je Kristusov, naj sam v sebi to ponovno razmisli, da kakor je on Kristusov, točno tako smo mi Kristusovi.

Do you only look at the ‘face’ of things? If anyone has persuaded himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

8 Kajti čeprav bi se malce bolj bahal z našo oblastjo, ki nam jo je Gospod dal za izgrajevanje in ne za vaše uničenje, ne bi bil osramočen;

Now even if I boast a little to excess about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up, not to tear you down), I will not act ashamed,

9 da ne bom videti, kakor če vas hočem strašiti s pismi.

so as not to appear to agree that it is only with letters that I ‘terrify’ you.

10 Kajti [za] njegova pisma, pravijo, [da] so tehtna in vplivna, toda njegova telesna prisotnost je šibka in njegov govor zaničevanja vreden.

Because some say, “His letters are ‘heavy’ and forceful, but his physical presence is weak, and his speech can be disdained.”

11 Naj takšni mislijo to, da takšni, kakor smo mi z besedo po črkah, ko smo odsotni, bomo takšni tudi v dejanju, ko smo prisotni.

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters while absent is just what we will be in action when present.

12 Kajti ne drznemo se meriti ali primerjati z nekaterimi, ki priporočajo sami sebe. Toda tisti, ki sebe merijo s seboj in se primerjajo med seboj, niso modri.

Now we do not dare to class or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

13 Toda mi se ne bomo bahali o stvareh zunaj naše mere, temveč glede na mero oblasti, ki nam jo je Bog razdelil, mero, da smo segli celó do vas.

We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will stay within the boundaries that God assigned to us, a field that includes you.

14 Kajti ne iztezamo se preko naše mere, kakor da nismo prispeli do vas, kajti z oznanjevanjem Kristusovega evangelija smo prišli tudi prav do vas.

For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we had not reached you, because we did indeed get to you with the Gospel of Christ;

15 O stvareh se ne bahamo prek naše mere, to je z napori drugih ljudi, temveč imamo upanje, ko se vaša vera okrepi, da bomo obilno povečani po vas glede na naše območje,

nor do we boast ‘off limits’ in the labors of others, but we have hope that as your faith grows our boundaries will be greatly expanded through you,

16 da oznanimo evangelij v pokrajinah onstran vas in ne da se bahamo na področju drugega človeka o stvareh, ki so bile pripravljene k naši roki.

so as to evangelize the regions beyond you (not to boast in work already done in someone else's field).

17 Toda kdor se ponaša, naj se ponaša v Gospodu.

“He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

18 Kajti ni potrjen kdor priporoča sebe, temveč kogar priporoča Gospod.

Because it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.