2 Korinthierbrevet 10
1 Men jag Paulus förmanar eder, genom Christi saktmodighet och mildhet; jag som ringa är, när jag är när eder; men frånvarandes är jag dristig vid eder.
Now I myself, Paul, appeal to you in a gentle and humble way, like Christ [would. Certain people among you have falsely accused me by saying], “When [Paul] is with you, he is humble [and speaks gently] to you, but when he is away from you, [in the letters he writes to you] he threatens [to punish] you.” [Those people claim that I do not have authority over you as an apostle].
2 Men jag beder eder, att jag icke skall nödgas närvarandes handla dristeliga, och bruka den djerfhet som man mig tillägger, emot några, som oss räkna såsom vi vandrade efter köttet.
I strongly plead with you, “[Please do not listen to people who say things like that!]” [I strongly plead with you not to listen to them], so that when I am there [with you] I will not [need to] speak severely [to you] in the same severe way as I [plan to] speak to those people who think that I behave like people who are not believers.
3 Ty ändock vi vandre i köttet, likväl stride vi icke efter köttet.
[Remember that] although I am [human like everyone else] in the world, I do not fight [against those who oppose me] in the way that people who are not believers fight those who oppose them.
4 Ty vår krigsvapen äro icke köttslig, utan mägtig för Gud, att nederslå fäste;
[I will tell you what I mean by that: Just like soldiers use] various weapons [to fight their enemies] [MET], [I] ([fight against/oppose]) [those who] oppose God’s message, but I do it in a different way. I do not [use human arguments and clever/sweet talk], like unbelievers do. Instead, [I fight against my opponents] with the powerful means that God [has given me]. With that power [I destroy their arguments against God’s message and against me, just like soldiers destroy] [MET] the fortresses [of their enemies].
5 Med hvilko vi kullslå de anslag, och all höghet som sig upphäfver emot Guds kunskap; och tillfångatage allt förnuft under Christi lydno;
[Specifically], I show that the [human] arguments that they use to deceive [people are completely wrong]. When they [proudly say things that] keep other people from knowing God, [I show them that they are completely wrong. I also enable people to] change their ways of thinking so that they think about everything as Christ [wants them to think].
6 Och äro redebogne att hämnas alla olydno, när edor lydnad fullbordad är.
I am also ready to discipline everyone [among you] who has not obeyed [the things that Christ taught. I will do this] as soon as you [who truly want to obey Christ show me that] you are [going to] obey him completely.
7 Dömen I efter ansigtet? Om någor förlåter sig derpå, att han hörer Christo till, han tänke det ock med sig sjelf, att, såsom han hörer Christo till, så höre ock vi Christo till.
[I want you to understand what is] happening among you. There are certain [people there who are telling you that] they know for sure that they are Christ’s [representatives and that I am not]. Those people should realize that I [represent] Christ as much as they do.
8 Och om jag ock något mer berömde mig om våra magt, hvilka Herren oss gifvit hafver, eder till förbättring, och icke till förderf, ville jag ändå icke blygas.
[I say that] because the authority that the Lord gave me [as his apostle] is to help you to become mature believers, not to cause you to stop [trusting in Christ]. So even if I were to boast a little more than I have [already done] (OR, proudly talk a little more than I have [already talked] about the authority the Lord gave me [as his apostle]), [no one would be able to make me] ashamed [by proving that Jesus has not given me that authority].
9 Men detta säger jag, på det I icke skolen tänka, att jag hade velat förskräcka eder med bref.
I do not intend to make you afraid of me by the letters that I [write to you].
10 Ty brefven, säga de, äro svår och stark; men lekamliga närvarelsen är svag, och orden föraktelig.
[I say that] because some people are saying, “[When Paul writes] letters, he says severe things [in order to make you obey him], but when he is here with you, [people look at him and say] he is weak, and he certainly is not a skillful speaker.”
11 Den sådana är, han tänke, att sådana som vi äre med orden i brefven frånvarande, så äre vi ock väl med gerningen närvarande.
The [people who say] such things should think carefully about this: The kind of [severe] person that [you think] me to be when you read my letters is exactly the kind of person I will be when I come. [I will do what I wrote that I would do].
12 Ty vi töre icke sätta eller räkna oss ibland dem, som sig sjelfva prisa; men efter de mäta sig vid sig sjelfva, och hålla allena af sig sjelfva, förstå de intet.
[Those who oppose me] tell others how good they are. [If they really were superior to me] [IRO], I would not be so bold as to say that I [was equal to them, or] to compare myself with them. [But they are not superior to me]. They make up their own standards [about what God’s servants should be like], and then they look at their own [conduct] and decide [whether or not they meet those standards. By doing that, they show that] they are foolish.
13 Men vi berömme oss icke öfver måtton, utan allena efter reglones mått, med hvilko Gud hafver oss afmätit ett mått till att hinna ock allt intill eder.
But as for me, I will not boast about [working among people living in] areas outside of the areas [that God sent/assigned me to work in]. But [it is right for] me to say that [I have worked] in the areas that God assigned to me. [And since those areas] include the one where you live,
14 Ty vi försträckom oss icke öfver måtton, lika som vi icke hint hade intill eder; ty vi äre ju ock komne allt intill eder, med Christi Evangelio;
[when I talk about working among you], I am not boasting [about working in an area where God did not give me the right to work. What those who oppose me say about my not having authority as an apostle to you might be true] if I had not already come all the way to your area. [But that is not true], because I was the one who first brought the message about Christ to you. [I came to Corinth before they did]!
15 Icke berömmandes oss öfver måtton af annars mans arbete; förhoppandes att ske skall, då edor tro begynner växa uti eder, att vi efter våra reglo vilje vidare komma;
Also, [my opponents] boast about work that others have done [as if it were their own work]. It is improper for them to do that, but I do not do as they do. I confidently expect that as you trust more and more [in the gospel that I preach], you will more and more [agree that God has given me the right to] work [as Christ’s representative] among you.
16 Och predika ock dom Evangelium, som bo utom eder, och icke berömma oss af det genom främmande reglo tillredt är.
Then I will be able to go to places beyond where you [are]. I will be able to tell the good message about Christ [to people in areas where no one has yet gone to tell that message]. And [I will be able to talk about the work I myself have done in that area], instead of boasting about work that someone else has already done [as if it were my work].
17 Men den sig berömmer, han berömme sig i Herranom.
[I try to do according to what someone/Jeremiah wrote in the Scriptures], If anyone wants to boast [about something], he should boast [only] about what the Lord [God has done].
18 Ty den som lofvar sig sjelf, han är icke bepröfvad; utan den Herren lofvar.
[You can realize, then, that] it is not those who (praise themselves/tell you what great things they have done), [as my opponents do], whom you should accept [as apostles]. Instead, you [should accept as true apostles only] those whom the Lord commends.
