1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
1ትምክህት የሚያስፈልግ ነው፤ አይጠቅምም ነገር ግን ከጌታ ወዳለው ራእይና መገለጥ እመጣለሁ።
2I 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 an one caught up to the third heaven.
2ሰውን በክርስቶስ አውቃለሁ፥ በሥጋ እንደ ሆነ አላውቅም ወይም ከሥጋ ውጭ እንደ ሆነ አላውቅም፥ እግዚአብሔር ያውቃል፤ እንዲህ ያለው ሰው ከአሥራ አራት ዓመት በፊት እስከ ሦስተኛው ሰማይ ድረስ ተነጠቀ።
3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
3እንዲህ ያለውንም ሰው አውቃለሁ፥ በሥጋ እንደ ሆነ ወይም ያለ ሥጋ እንደ ሆነ አላውቅም፥ እግዚአብሔር ያውቃል፤
4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
4ወደ ገነት ተነጠቀ፥ ሰውም ሊናገር የማይገባውን የማይነገረውን ቃል ሰማ።
5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
5እንደዚህ ስላለው እመካለሁ፥ ስለ ራሴ ግን ከድካሜ በቀር አልመካም።
6For 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 that he heareth of me.
6ልመካ ብወድስ ሞኝ አልሆንም፥ እውነትን እላለሁና፤ ነገር ግን ማንም ከሚያይ ከእኔም ከሚሰማ የምበልጥ አድርጎ እንዳይቆጥረኝ ትቼአለሁ።
7And 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.
7ስለዚህም በመገለጥ ታላቅነት እንዳልታበይ የሥጋዬ መውጊያ፥ እርሱም የሚጎስመኝ የሰይጣን መልእክተኛ ተሰጠኝ፤ ይኸውም እንዳልታበይ ነው።
8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
8ስለዚህ ነገር ከእኔ እንዲለይ ሦስት ጊዜ ጌታን ለመንሁ።
9And he said unto 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.
9እርሱም። ጸጋዬ ይበቃሃል፥ ኃይሌ በድካም ይፈጸማልና አለኝ። እንግዲህ የክርስቶስ ኃይል ያድርብኝ ዘንድ በብዙ ደስታ በድካሜ ልመካ እወዳለሁ።
10Therefore 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.
10ስለዚህ ስለ ክርስቶስ በድካም በመንገላታትም በችግርም በስደትም በጭንቀትም ደስ ይለኛል፤ ስደክም ያን ጊዜ ኃይለኛ ነኝና።
11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
11በመመካቴ ሞኝ ሆኜአለሁ፤ እናንተ ግድ አላችሁኝ፤ እናንተ እኔን ልታመሰግኑ ይገባ ነበርና። እኔ ምንም ባልሆን እንኳ፥ ከዋነኞቹ ሐዋርያት በምንም አልጎድልምና።
12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
12በእርግጥ የሐዋርያነት ምልክት በመካከላችሁ በምልክትና በድንቅ ነገር በተአምራትም በሁሉ ትዕግሥት ተደረገ።
13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
13እኔ ራሴ ካልከበድሁባችሁ ከዚህ በቀር፥ ከሌላ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ያነሳችሁበት በምን እኮ ነው? ይህን በደሌን ይቅር በሉልኝ።
14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
14እነሆ፥ ወደ እናንተ እመጣ ዘንድ ስዘጋጅ ይህ ሦስተኛዬ ነው፤ አልከብድባችሁምም፥ እናንተን እንጂ ያላችሁን አልፈልግምና። ወላጆች ለልጆች እንጂ ልጆች ለወላጆች ገንዘብ ሊያከማቹ አይገባቸውምና።
15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
15እኔ ግን ስለ ነፍሳችሁ በብዙ ደስታ ገንዘቤን እከፍላለሁ፥ ራሴን እንኳ እከፍላለሁ። ከመጠን ይልቅ ብወዳችሁ በዚህ ልክ ፍቅራችሁ የሚያንስ ነውን?
16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
16ይሁን እንጂ እኔ አልከበድሁባችሁም፤ ነገር ግን ሸንጋይ ሆኜ በተንኰል ያዝኋችሁ።
17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
17ወደ እናንተ ከላክኋቸው በአንዱ ስንኳ አታለልኋችሁን?
18I 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?
18ቲቶን መከርሁት ከእርሱም ጋር ወንድሙን ላክሁት፤ ቲቶስ አታለላችሁን? በአንድ መንፈስ አልተመላለስንምን? በአንድ ፍለጋስ አልተመላለስንም?
19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
19ለእናንተ ስለ ራሳችን እንድንመልስ ሁልጊዜ ይመስላችኋልን? በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በክርስቶስ ሆነን እንናገራለን፤ ነገር ግን፥ ወዳጆች፥ እናንተን ልናንጻችሁ ሁሉን እንናገራለን።
20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
20ስመጣ፥ እንደምወደው ሳትሆኑ አገኛችሁ ይሆናል እኔም እንደምትወዱት ሳልሆን ታገኙኝ ይሆናል ብዬ እፈራለሁና፤ ምናልባት ክርክር ቅንዓትም ቁጣም አድመኝነትም ሐሜትም ማሾክሾክም ኩራትም ሁከትም ይሆናሉ፤
21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
21እንደ ገና ስመጣ በእናንተ ዘንድ አምላኬ እንዲያዋርደኝ፥ አስቀድመውም ኃጢአት ከሠሩትና ስላደረጉት ርኵሰትና ዝሙት መዳራትም ንስሐ ካልገቡት ወገን ስለ ብዙዎች ምናልባት አዝናለሁ ብዬ እፈራለሁ።