1Sklenil sem pa v sebi to, da zopet ne pridem z žalostjo k vam.
1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
2Kajti če jaz žalostim vas, kdo je, ki bi me razveselil, če ne ta, ki sem ga jaz užalostil?
2For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
3In napisal sem vam prav to, da ne bi žalosti imel, ko pridem, s temi, nad katerimi bi se imel radovati; nadejajoč se za vas vse, da je moja radost vseh vas radost.
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.
4Kajti z veliko stisko in srčno težavo sem vam pisal, z mnogimi solzami, ne da se žalostite, marveč da spoznate ljubezen, ki je imam obilo do vas.
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.
5Če je pa kdo povzročil žalost, ni mene užalostil, temuč nekoliko (da ga preveč ne obtežim) vse vas.
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.
6Dosti je takemu ta kazen, ki ga je zadela od večine:
6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
7nasproti zdaj storite bolje, da mu odpustite in ga potolažite, da bi prevelika žalost morda ne pogoltnila takega.
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.
8Zato vas prosim, da potrdite ljubezen do njega.
8Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
9Kajti zato sem tudi pisal, da vas preizkusim in spoznam, ste li v vsem poslušni.
9For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
10Komur pa kaj odpustite, njemu tudi jaz; saj tudi kar sem jaz odpustil, če sem kaj odpustil, za voljo vas sem to storil pred obličjem Kristusovim,
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,
11da bi nas ne ukanil satan; kajti niso nam njegove misli neznane.
11that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12A ko sem prišel v Troado zavoljo evangelija Kristusovega in so mi bila vrata odprta v Gospodu,
12Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13nisem imel miru v duhu svojem, ker nisem našel Tita, brata svojega; temuč sem vzel slovo od njih in odšel v Macedonijo.
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.
14Ali hvala Bogu, ki nam vsekdar zmago daje v Kristusu in vonjavo spoznanja svojega razodeva po nas na vsakem mestu.
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.
15Kajti Kristusova prijetna dišava smo Bogu v teh, ki se zveličujejo, in v tistih, ki gredo v pogubo;
15For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
16enim vonjava iz smrti za smrt, a drugim vonjava iz življenja za življenje. In kdo je zmožen za to?Kajti nismo kakor mnogi, ki pokvarjajo besedo Božjo, temuč kakor iz čistote, kakor iz Boga, vpričo Boga govorimo v Kristusu.
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?
17Kajti nismo kakor mnogi, ki pokvarjajo besedo Božjo, temuč kakor iz čistote, kakor iz Boga, vpričo Boga govorimo v Kristusu.
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.