¹Musím sa chváliť, a nie je mi to užitočné, lebo prijdem k videniam a zjaveniam Pánovým.

¹To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

²Znám človeka v Kristovi - pred štrnástimi roky, či v tele, neviem, či mimo tela, neviem; Bôh vie -, ktorý bol ako taký vytrhnutý až do tretieho neba.

²I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago — whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known — such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

³A znám takého človeka - či v tele, či krome tela, neviem; Bôh vie -,

³and I have known such a man — whether in the body, whether out of the body, I have not known, God hath known, —

⁴že bol vytrhnutý do raja a počul nevysloviteľné slová, ktoré nesmie človek hovoriť.

⁴that he was caught away to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.

⁵Za takého sa budem chváliť, ale sám za seba sa nebudem chváliť, iba svojimi slabosťami.

⁵Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,

⁶Lebo keby som sa chcel pochváliť, nebudem bezrozumným, lebo veď poviem pravdu; ale sa zdŕžam, aby niekto nemyslel o mne viac, ako čo vidí pri mne alebo čo odo mňa čuje.

⁶for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me;

⁷A aby som sa prevelikosťou zjavení príliš nepovyšoval, daný mi je osteň do tela, anjel satanáš, aby ma pohlavkoval, aby som sa príliš nepovyšoval.

⁷and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

⁸Za to som trikrát prosil Pána, aby odstúpil odo mňa,

⁸Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me,

⁹a povedal mi: Dosť ti je moja milosť. Lebo moja moc sa dokonáva v slabosti. Teda najradšej sa budem chváliť svojimi slabosťami, aby prebývala na mne moc Kristova.

⁹and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;` most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

¹⁰Preto mám záľubu v slabostiach, v pohaneniach, v tiesňach, v prenasledovaniach, v úzkostiach za Krista; lebo keď som slabý, vtedy som mocný.

¹⁰wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses — for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

¹¹Stal som sa bezrozumným chváliac sa; vy ste ma prinútili. Lebo vy ste mňa mali odporúčať, lebo som nebol, ako ani nie som o nič menší od tých prevelikých apoštolov, keď aj nie som ničím.

¹¹I have become a fool — boasting; ye — ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles — even if I am nothing.

¹²Znamenia apoštolov sú učinené medzi vami v celej trpezlivosti, divami, zázrakmi a mocami.

¹²The signs, indeed, of the apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds,

¹³Lebo v čom ste boli za ostatnými sbory krome toho, že som vás ja sám neobťažil? Odpustite mi tú neprávosť!

¹³for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!

¹⁴Hľa, toto už po tretie som hotový prijsť k vám a nebudem vám na ťarchu, lebo nehľadám vašich vecí, ale vás. Lebo nie sú povinné deti shromažďovať poklady rodičom, ale rodičia deťom.

¹⁴Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

¹⁵Ale ja veľmi rád vynaložím, i sám seba cele vynaložím za vaše duše, hoci aj väčšmi vás milujúc menej som milovaný.

¹⁵and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

¹⁶Ale nech! Ja som na vás nepoložil bremena; ale súc chytrý ľsťou som vás dostal.-

¹⁶And be it [so], I — I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;

¹⁷Však som vás len neoškodil niekym z tých, ktorých som bol poslal k vám?

¹⁷any one of those whom I have sent unto you — by him did I take advantage of you?

¹⁸Prosil som Títa a poslal s ním toho brata. Či vás azda Títus oškodil? Či sme nechodili v tom istom duchu? Či nie v tých istých šľapajach?

¹⁸I entreated Titus, and did send with [him] the brother; did Titus take advantage of you? in the same spirit did we not walk? — did we not in the same steps?

¹⁹Dávno sa domnievate, že sa pred vami bránime; pred Bohom v Kristovi hovoríme a to všetko, milovaní, pre vaše vzdelanie.

¹⁹Again, think ye that to you we are making defence? before God in Christ do we speak; and the all things, beloved, [are] for your up-building,

²⁰Lebo sa bojím, aby som vás, keď prijdem, nenašiel nejako takých, akých nechcem, a zase vy aby ste mňa nenašli takého, jakého nechcete; aby snáď nebolo svárov, závistí, hnevov, hašterení, pomlúv, pletích, nadúvaní sa, nepokojov.

²⁰for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I — I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

²¹Aby ma zase, keď prijdem, neponížil u vás môj Bôh, a žalostil by som nad mnohými z tých, ktorí prv hrešili a neurobili pokánia zo svojej neplechy a zo smilstva a z nestudatosti, ktoré popáchali.

²¹lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.