¹Hvaliti se treba? Ne koristi doduše ali - dolazim na viđenje i objave Gospodnje.

¹Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of [the] Lord.

²Znam čovjeka u Kristu: prije četrnaest godina - da li u tijelu, ne znam; da li izvan tijela, ne znam, Bog zna - taj je bio ponesen do trećeg neba.

²I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.

³I znam da je taj čovjek - da li u tijelu, da li izvan tijela, ne znam, Bog zna -

³And I know such a man, (whether in [the] body or out of the body I know not, God knows;)

⁴bio ponesen u raj i čuo neizrecive riječi, kojih čovjek ne smije govoriti.

⁴that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.

⁵Time ću se hvaliti, a samim se sobom neću hvaliti osim slabostima svojim.

⁵Of such [a one] I will boast, but of myself I will not boast, unless in my weaknesses.

⁶Uistinu, kad bih se i htio hvaliti, ne bih bio bezuman; istinu bih govorio. Ali se uzdržavam da ne bi tko mislio o meni više nego što vidi na meni ili što čuje od mene.

⁶For if I shall desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will say [the] truth; but I forbear, lest any one should think as to me above what he sees me [to be], or whatever he may hear of me.

⁷I da se zbog uzvišenosti objava ne bih uzoholio, dan mi je trn u tijelu, anđeo Sotonin, da me udara da se ne uzoholim.

⁷And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.

⁸Za to sam triput molio Gospodina, da odstupi od mene. A on mi reče:

⁸For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.

⁹"Dosta ti je moja milost jer snaga se u slabosti usavršuje." Najradije ću se dakle još više hvaliti svojim slabostima da se nastani u meni snaga Kristova.

⁹And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.

¹⁰Zato uživam u slabostima, uvredama, poteškoćama, progonstvima, tjeskobama poradi Krista. Jer kad sam slab, onda sam jak.

¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful.

¹¹Postao sam bezuman! Vi me natjeraste. Ta trebalo je da me vi preporučite jer ni u čemu nisam manji od "nadapostola", premda nisam ništa.

¹¹I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.

¹²Znamenja apostolstva moga ostvarena su među vama u posvemašnjoj postojanosti: znakovima i čudesima i silnim djelima.

¹²The signs indeed of the apostle were wrought among you in all endurance, signs, and wonders, and works of power.

¹³Ta u čemu ste to manji od drugih crkava, osim što vam ja nisam bio na teret? Oprostite mi ovu "nepravdu".

¹³For in what is it that ye have been inferior to the other assemblies, unless that I myself have not been in laziness a charge upon you? Forgive me this injury.

¹⁴Evo, spremam se treći put doći k vama i neću vam biti na teret jer ne ištem vaše, nego vas. Djeca doista nisu dužna stjecati roditeljima, nego roditelji djeci.

¹⁴Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁵A ja ću najradije trošiti i istrošiti se za duše vaše. Ako vas više ljubim, zar da budem manje ljubljen?

¹⁵Now *I* shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.

¹⁶Ali neka! Ja vas nisam opterećivao, nego, "lukav" kako jesam, "na prijevaru vas uhvatih".

¹⁶But be it so. *I* did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by guile.

¹⁷Da vas možda nisam zakinuo po kome od onih koje poslah k vama?

¹⁷Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?

¹⁸Zamolio sam Tita i poslao s njime brata. Da vas možda Tit nije u čemu zakinuo? Zar nismo hodili u istom duhu? I istim stopama?

¹⁸I begged Titus, and sent the brother with [him]: did Titus at all make gain of you? have we not walked in the same spirit? [have we] not in the same steps?

¹⁹Odavna smatrate da se pred vama branimo. Pred Bogom u Kristu govorimo: sve je to, ljubljeni, za vaše izgrađivanje.

¹⁹Ye have long been supposing that we excuse ourselves to you: we speak before God in Christ; and all things, beloved, for your building up.

²⁰Bojim se doista da vas kada dođem, možda neću naći kakve bih htio i da ćete vi mene naći kakva ne biste htjeli: da ne bi možda bilo svađa, zavisti, žestina, spletkarenja, klevetanja, došaptavanja, nadimanja, buna;

²⁰For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest [there might be] strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

²¹da me opet kada dođem, ne bi ponizio Bog moj kod vas kako ne bih morao oplakivati mnoge koji su prije sagriješili, a nisu se pokajali za nečistoću i bludnost i razvratnost koju počiniše.

²¹lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.