1 PBBM Angkon maria-ria, sakali pe bope hal i inda faedah na, tai ima au giot mambaritaon pangaligian-pangaligian dohot parnyataan-parnyataan nau tarimo mun Tuhan. BSB BSB: I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
2 PBBM Mamboto tentang sahalak Kristen: opat bolas taon na lolot sanga ibagasan pamatang inda birota au, sanga i luar pamatang, inda binoto au, Allah na mambotona halak i tibo-tibo iangkat tu tingkat na patolu mun surgo. BSB BSB: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
3 PBBM Juo inda binoto tentang halak hi, sanga dibagasan pamatang sunga iluar pamatang, inda binoto au, Allah na mamboto na. BSB BSB: And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 PBBM Tibo-tibo i angkat tu Firdaus dohot ia mambinege hata-hata na so inda tardokon na inda tola i dokon julma. BSB BSB: was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 PBBM Halak hi au giot maria-ria tai igincat diringku au giot maria-ria, tai ingincat diringku sandiri au inda akan maria-ria salain igincat nauranganku. BSB BSB: I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 PBBM Au juo giot maria-ria, au inda halak na oto be, harana au mandokon na habonaran tai au manahon diriku, aso inda adong halak na mangetong tuau lobi mun aha na i ligi mun au ato na halakhi tangihon mun au. BSB BSB: Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
8 PBBM Hal i au dung tolu noli marseru tu Tuhan, anso suruan i morot sian au. BSB BSB: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 PBBM Jawab ni Tuhan tuau: cukupma dame nasa murungku baen di ho. Harana i bagasan kuasongku i bagasan ha galema kuasongku manjadi sampurna. BSB BSB: But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
10 PBBM Ni i au sonang dohot rela i bagasan hagalean i bagasan hasiksaan ibagasan kesukaran, i bagasan panganiayaan dohot i ni hara Kristus. Ahana pala augale ma au mabiar. BSB BSB: That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 PBBM Dung manjadi oto. Tai au na mamaksa ho. Sabotul na au angkon ma muji ho, harana bope au inda ponting sotik pe, tai ibagasan sudena au inda kalah tarhadop rasul-rasul na luar biasa i. BSB BSB: I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
12 PBBM Sudena na mangbuktihon harana au ima sada rasul, nadung i lokuhon i toga-toga mu dohot sude hasobaran hara tanda-tanda, mujizat-mujizat dohot kuaso-kuaso. BSB BSB: The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13 PBBM Ibagasan hal idia ho di balakang i banding dihot jemaat. Jemaat nalain salain mun bagasan hal i ima baen au sandiri inda manjadi sada tu ho? Moofkon ma aranaso adil! BSB BSB: In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
14 PBBM Sannari dung boban baen patolu kalina, au dung siap baen ma nengok ho dohot au inda au marupahon sada boban ji ho. Harana inda hartomu na u jalaki, malainkon ho sandiri. Harana inda anak-anakmu na angkon mangumpulkon harto baen di orang tua na. Baen kon halak natubang baen tu anak na. BSB BSB: See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
15 PBBM Ni i au giot mangkorbankon ahangku bahkan mangorbankon diringku baen diho. Jadi pala au sangot mangasihi ho. Botul nian mur di hahologi au? BSB BSB: And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
16 PBBM Au sandiri inda marupaon sada boban ji ho, tai au mandokon ibagasan kalicikanku au dung manjorat ho dohot tipu dayong ku. BSB BSB: Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
17 PBBM Unjung nian au manbuat untung mun ho mun sahalak i hantara halahi na utus tuho. BSB BSB: Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18 PBBM Do au dung mangido Titus baen kehe dohot rap-rap dohot ia, au mangutus sudaro na lain i. Adong Titus mambuat untung mun ho? Inda nian hami na dua magolu manurut roh na sarupo dohot inda nian marlaku menurut cara na sarupo. BSB BSB: I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
19 PBBM Lolot kayakna mamboto, harana hami giot mambela diri di haddopanmu. Di hadopan Allah dohot demi Kristus nami mandokon: sudeon dongan-donganku na haholongan, tarjadi baen mambangun haporsayaan mu. BSB BSB: Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
20 PBBM Au kuatir, harana pala au ro au mandapot ho inda songol na inginkon dohot ho mandapot au inda songon na ho inginkon au kuatir angkon adong parsalisihan. Margoyak niroha, berah, kapontingan diri sandiri, fitnah, oruk-oruk, kaangkuhan, dohot harusahan. BSB BSB: For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
21 PBBM Kuatir, hara pala au ro museng, Allahku akan marondah kanau di hadapanmu, dohot harana au akon berdukacita tarhadop bahat halak na i masa na dung lewat marbuat dosa duhon inda pe martabat mun kecemaran, pencabulan dohot inda kasopanan na halakhi lakuon. BSB BSB: I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
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