¹It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

¹Hvaliti se mi je treba, dasi nič ne koristi; pridem pa zdaj do prikazni in razodetij Gospodovih.

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.

²Poznam človeka v Kristusu, ki je bil pred štirinajstimi leti (ali v telesu, ne vem, ali izven telesa, ne vem; Bog ve), vzet tja v tretja nebesa.

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

³In poznam takega človeka (ali v telesu, ali izven telesa, ne vem; Bog ve),

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

⁴da je bil vzet v raj in je slišal neizrečne besede, katerih ne sme človek govoriti.

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

⁵S takim se bom hvalil, sam s seboj se pa ne bom hvalil, razen s slabostmi svojimi.

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.

⁶Kajti ko bi se hotel pohvaliti, ne bi bil nespameten, ker bi govoril resnico; zdržim se pa, da ne bi kdo več o meni mislil, nego kar vidi na meni ali kar sliši od mene.

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.

⁷In zavoljo visokih razodetij, da bi se ne prevzel, mi je dan trn v meso, angel satanov, da me za uho bije, da se ne prevzamem.

⁸Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

⁸Zavoljo tega sem trikrat prosil Gospoda, da bi odstopil od mene,

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.

⁹a dejal mi je: Dosti ti je moja milost; zakaj moč moja se v slabosti izkazuje popolna. Torej se bom najrajši hvalil s slabostmi svojimi, da se ušatori nad mano moč Kristusova.

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.

¹⁰Zato sem dobre volje v slabostih, v zasramovanju, v potrebah, v preganjanju, v težavah, za Kristusa; zakaj kadar sem slab, tedaj sem močan.

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.

¹¹Postal sem nespameten, hvaleč se; vi ste me prisilili. Kajti mene bi bili morali vi hvaliti, ker nisem bil nič manjši od onih prevelikih apostolov, čeprav nisem nič.

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

¹²Saj so se znamenja apostola godila med vami v vsem potrpljenju, v znamenjih in čudežih in močeh.

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.

¹³Kaj namreč je, v čemer ste bili prikrajšani nasproti drugim cerkvam, razen le, da vas jaz sam nisem nadlegoval? Odpustite mi to krivico!

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.

¹⁴Glej, tretjič sem pripravljen priti k vam in ne bom vas nadlegoval; kajti ne iščem, kar je vašega, marveč vas. Niso namreč otroci dolžni roditeljem zakladov zbirati, ampak roditelji otrokom.

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

¹⁵A jaz prav rad potrošim vse in sebe žrtvujem za duše vaše. Če vas obilneje ljubim, me li tem manj ljubite?

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

¹⁶Ali naj bo, jaz vam nisem bil nadležen; toda ‚zvit človek sem vas z zvijačo pridobil‘.

¹⁷Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?

¹⁷Sem li vas mar opeharil po katerem teh, ki sem jih k vam poslal?

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?

¹⁸Naprosil sem Tita in ž njim poslal brata: ali vas je mar Tit opeharil? Nismo li v enem Duhu hodili? ne po enih stopinjah?

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.

¹⁹Ves ta čas mislite, da se vam zagovarjamo. Pred Bogom v Kristusu govorimo, a vse to, ljubljeni, da pospešimo vaš napredek.

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;

²⁰Kajti bojim se, da vas morda, kadar pridem, ne najdem takih, kakršne hočem, in da mene najdete takega, kakršnega nočete; da morda bodo med vami prepiri, zavist, srd, svade, opravljanje, prišeptavanje, hujskanje, neredi;da me, ko zopet pridem, poniža Bog moj pri vas in da se bom žalostil zaradi mnogih, ki so prej grešili in se niso kesali za nečistost in nesramnost in pohotnost, ki so jo počeli.

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.

²¹da me, ko zopet pridem, poniža Bog moj pri vas in da se bom žalostil zaradi mnogih, ki so prej grešili in se niso kesali za nečistost in nesramnost in pohotnost, ki so jo počeli.