¹Ma ju tegin endamisi sellise otsuse, et ma ei tule taas teie juurde kurbuses.

¹But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

²Sest kui mina teid kurvastan, kes teine siis rõõmustaks mind kui see, keda ma olen kurvastanud?

²For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

³Ja just seepärast ma kirjutasin teile, et teie juurde tulles mind ei kurvastaks need, kelle üle ma oleksin pidanud rõõmustama. Olen ju veendunud teie kõigi suhtes, et minu rõõm on ka teie kõikide oma.

³And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

⁴Ma küll kirjutasin teile suures ahistuses ja südamekitsikuses paljude pisaratega, aga ma ei teinud seda selleks, et teid kurvastada, vaid et te mõistaksite, kui väga ma teid armastan.

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

⁵Aga kui keegi on kurvastust põhjustanud, siis ta ei ole kurvastanud mind, vaid mingil määral - et ma ei ütleks liiga rängalt - teid kõiki.

⁵But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

⁶Niisugusele piisab noomimisest, mida ta enamiku käest on saanud,

⁶Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

⁷nii et nüüd te peate talle pigem andestama ja teda julgustama, et suur kurvastus teda ära ei neelaks.

⁷so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

⁸Seepärast ma palun teid osutada armastust tema vastu.

⁸Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

⁹Selleks ma ju kirjutasingi, et läbi katsuda teie meelsust, kas te kõiges olete kuulekad.

⁹For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

¹⁰Kellele teie aga midagi andestate, sellele andestan minagi. Ja selle, mida minul on andestada - kui mul üldse on midagi andestada -, selle ma andestan teie pärast Kristuse palge ees,

¹⁰Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

¹¹et saatan meid ei tüssaks. Sest tema mõtted ei ole meile teadmata.

¹¹that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

¹²Aga kui ma Troasesse tulin Kristuse evangeeliumi kuulutama ja mulle avanes uks Issandas,

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

¹³ei olnud siiski mu vaimul kergendust, sest ma ei leidnud oma venda Tiitust. Ma jätsin siis nendega hüvasti ja tulin Makedooniasse.

¹³I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

¹⁴Aga tänu olgu Jumalale, kes meid Jeesuses Kristuses viib igal pool võidukäigus kaasa ja teeb kõigis paigus meie kaudu avalikuks oma tunnetuse lõhna.

¹⁴Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

¹⁵Meie oleme ju Kristuse hea lõhn Jumalale nii nende seas, kes päästetakse, kui ka nende seas, kes hukkuvad:

¹⁵For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

¹⁶ühtedele lõhn surmast surma, teistele aga lõhn elust ellu. Ja kes selleks kõlbab?

¹⁶to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁷Meie ei ole ju nii nagu mitmed, kes Jumala sõnaga hangeldavad, vaid meie räägime selge meelega, jah, nagu Jumalast lähtudes, Jumala palge ees, Kristuses.

¹⁷For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.