< 2 Corinthians 11 >
1 Mo rò wí pé ẹ ó faradà díẹ̀ nínú ìwà òmùgọ̀ mi ṣùgbọ́n bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, mo fẹ́ kí ẹ gbà mí láàyè.
I wish you would bear with me a little in my foolishness: yes, indeed, bear with me:
2 Nítorí pé èmi ń jowú lórí i yín bí ẹni ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run, nítorí tí mo ti fì yín fún ọkọ kan, kí èmi bà á lè mú yín wá bí wúńdíá tí ó mọ́ sọ́dọ̀ Kristi.
for I am jealous of you with a godly jealousy; because I have espoused you to one husband, that I might present you a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀rù ń bà mí, kí ó má bà á jẹ́ pé, bí ejò ti tan Efa jẹ́ nípasẹ̀ àrékérekè rẹ̀, a lè mú ọkàn yín ṣáko lọ kúrò nínú òtítọ́ yín àti ìfarajì fún Kristi.
But I am afraid that, by some means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity due to Christ.
4 Nítorí bí ẹnìkan bá wá tí ó sì wàásù Jesu mìíràn, yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí a ti wàásù rí tàbí bí ẹ̀yin bá gba ẹ̀mí mìíràn, yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí ẹ ti gbà tàbí ìyìnrere mìíràn yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí ẹ ti gbà, tí ẹ sì ti yára tẹ́wọ́ gbà á.
For, if, indeed, he who has come preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached; or, if you receive another Spirit which you have not received; or another gospel which you have not embraced; you might justly bear with him.
5 Nítorí mo rò pé èmi kò rẹ̀yìn nínú ohunkóhun sí àwọn àgbà Aposteli.
For I reckon myself to have come nothing short of the very chief of the Apostles.
6 Bí mo tilẹ̀ jẹ́ òpè nínú ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ, kì í ṣe nínú ìmọ̀; ní ọ̀nàkọnà ni àwa ti fi èyí hàn dájúdájú fún yín nínú ohun gbogbo.
And even though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge. But upon the whole, we have been made manifest to you in all things.
7 Tàbí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni mo dá bí èmi ti ń rẹ ara mí sílẹ̀ kí a lè gbé yín ga, nítorí tí mo wàásù ìyìnrere Ọlọ́run fún un yín lọ́fẹ̀ẹ́.
Have I committed an offense in humbling myself that you might be exalted; because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8 Èmí ń ja ìjọ mìíràn ni olè nípa gbígba ìpèsè owó ki èmi bà á lè sìn yín.
I robbed other congregations, taking wages of them to do you service;
9 Nígbà tí mo sì wà pẹ̀lú yín, tí mo sì ṣe aláìní, èmi kò dẹ́rù pa ẹnikẹ́ni, nítorí ohun tí mo ṣe aláìní ni àwọn ará tí ó ti Makedonia wá ti mú wá. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni nínú ohun gbogbo mo pa ara mi mọ́ láti má ṣe jẹ́ ẹrù fún yín, èmi yóò sì pa ara mi mọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀.
for being present with you, and in want, we were burdensome to no one; but what I wanted, the brethren from Macedonia supplied: and in everything I have kept, and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.
10 Ó jẹ́ òtítọ́, Kristi tí ń bẹ nínú mi pé kò sí ẹni tí ó lè dá mi lẹ́kun ìṣògo yìí ni gbogbo ẹkùn Akaia.
Is the truth in me? then this my boasting shall not be prevented in the regions of Achaia.
11 Nítorí kín ni? Nítorí èmi kò fẹ́ràn yín ni bí? Ọlọ́run mọ̀.
For what reason? because I do not love you? God knows.
12 Èmi yóò tẹ̀síwájú láti máa ṣe ohun ti èmi ń ṣe láti le mú ìjákulẹ̀ bá àwọn tí wọn ń wá ọ̀nà láti bá wa dọ́gba nínú èyí ti àwa ń ṣògo lé lórí.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off opportunity from them who desire opportunity; that in what they boast, they may be found even as we.
13 Nítorí irú àwọn ènìyàn bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn èké Aposteli àwọn ẹni ti ń ṣiṣẹ́ ẹ̀tàn, tí ń pa wọ́n dà di aposteli Kristi.
For such are false Apostles, deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into Apostles of Christ.
14 Kì í sì í ṣe ohun ìyanu; nítorí Satani, tìkára rẹ̀ ń pa ara rẹ̀ dàbí angẹli ìmọ́lẹ̀.
And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
15 Nítorí náà kì í ṣe ohun ńlá bí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú bá pa ara wọn dàbí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ òdodo; ìgbẹ̀yìn àwọn ẹni tí yóò rí gẹ́gẹ́ bí iṣẹ́ wọn.
Therefore, it is no great wonder if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their works.
16 Mo sì tún wí pé, kí ẹnikẹ́ni má ṣe rò pé òmùgọ̀ ni mí; ṣùgbọ́n bí bẹ́ẹ̀ bá ni, ẹ gbà mí bí òmùgọ̀ kí èmi lè gbé ara mi ga díẹ̀.
Moreover, I say, let no one think me a fool; but, if otherwise, at least, as a fool, bear with me, that I also may boast a little.
17 Ohun tí èmi ń sọ, èmi kò sọ ọ́ nípa ti Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n bí òmùgọ̀ nínú ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé ìṣògo yìí.
What I speak in this confident boasting, I do not speak according to the Lord; but as in foolishness.
18 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀, ni ó ń ṣògo nípa ti ara, èmi ó ṣògo pẹ̀lú.
Seeing many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
19 Nítorí ẹ̀yin fi inú dídùn gba àwọn òmùgọ̀ nígbà tí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n.
For, being wise, you bear with fools cheerfully.
20 Nítorí ẹ̀yin faradà á bí ẹnìkan bá sọ yín dí òǹdè, bí ẹnìkan bá jẹ́ yín run, bí ẹnìkan bá gbà lọ́wọ́ yín, bí ẹnìkan bá gbé ara rẹ̀ ga, bí ẹnìkan bá gbá yín lójú.
For if one enslave you, you bear it; if one devour you, if one take your goods, if one exalt himself, if one strike you on the face--
21 Èmi ń wí lọ́nà ẹ̀gàn, bí ẹni pé àwa jẹ́ aláìlera! Ṣùgbọ́n nínú ohunkóhun tí ẹnìkan ti ní ìgboyà, èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí òmùgọ̀, èmi ní ìgboyà pẹ̀lú.
I speak of reproach, as, that we are weak. But, in whatever any one is bold, (I speak foolishly, ) I am bold also.
22 Heberu ni wọ́n bí? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi. Israẹli ni wọ́n bí? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi. Irú-ọmọ Abrahamu ní òun bí? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi.
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23 Ìránṣẹ́ Kristi ni wọ́n bí? Èmi ń sọ bí òmùgọ̀, mo ta wọ́n yọ; ní ti làálàá lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀, ní ti pàṣán, mo rékọjá, ní ti túbú nígbàkígbà, ní ti fífẹ́rẹ kú nígbà púpọ̀.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool, ) I am above them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;
24 Nígbà márùn-ún ni mo gba pàṣán ogójì dín ẹyọ kan lọ́wọ́ àwọn Júù.
of the Jews, five times I received forty stripes, save one:
25 Nígbà mẹ́ta ni a fi ọ̀gọ̀ lù mí, ẹ̀ẹ̀kan ṣoṣo ni a sọ mí ní òkúta, ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹta ni ọkọ̀ ojú omi mi rì, ọ̀sán kan àti òru kan ni mo wà nínú ibú.
thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stone, thrice I was ship-wrecked: I have spent a night and a day in the deep.
26 Ní ìrìnàjò nígbàkígbà, nínú ewu omi, nínú ewu àwọn ọlọ́ṣà, nínú ewu àwọn ará ìlú mi, nínú ewu àwọn aláìkọlà, nínú ewu ni ìlú, nínú ewu ní aginjù, nínú ewu lójú Òkun, nínú ewu láàrín àwọn èké arákùnrin.
In journeys often, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the heathens, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brethren.
27 Nínú làálàá àti ìrora, nínú ìṣọ́ òru nígbàkígbà, nínú ebi àti òǹgbẹ, nínú àwẹ̀ nígbàkígbà, nínú òtútù àti ìhòhò.
In labor and toil; in watching often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness.
28 Pẹ̀lú nǹkan wọ̀nyí tí ó jẹ́ tí òde, ọ̀pọ̀ ni èyí tí ń wọn n dúró tì mí lójoojúmọ́, àní àníyàn fún gbogbo ìjọ.
Besides these troubles from without, that which is my daily pressure, the anxious care of all the congregations.
29 Ta ni ó ṣe àìlera, tí èmi kò ṣe àìlera? Tàbí a mú kọsẹ̀, tí ara mi kò gbiná?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?
30 Bí èmi yóò bá ṣògo, èmi ó kúkú máa ṣògo nípa àwọn nǹkan tí ó jẹ́ ti àìlera mi.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to my weakness.
31 Ọlọ́run àti Baba Olúwa wá Jesu Kristi, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ olùbùkún jùlọ láéláé mọ̀ pé èmi kò ṣèké. (aiōn )
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. (aiōn )
32 Ní Damasku, baálẹ̀ tí ó wà lábẹ́ ọba Areta fi ẹgbẹ́ ogun ká ìlú àwọn ará Damasku mọ́, ó ń fẹ́ láti mú mi bí arúfin.
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas, intending to apprehend me, guarded the city of the Damascenes;
33 Láti ojú fèrèsé nínú agbọ̀n ni a sì ti sọ̀ mí kalẹ̀ lẹ́yìn odi, tí mo sì bọ́ lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀.
but I was let down in a basket, through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands.