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

¹It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. 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 know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

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

³I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),

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

⁴how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

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

⁵On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

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 would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from 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.

⁷By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

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

⁸Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times 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.

⁹He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of 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.

¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

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 foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

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

¹²Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

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 you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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.

¹⁴Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, 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.

¹⁵I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

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

¹⁶But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.

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

¹⁷Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to 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 exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk 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, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

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 am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

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.

²¹that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.