1 PBDD Aku harus beongah walaupun sio doho nguntungkan. Aku anta meneruskan pengotau-pengotau alie se nyata-nyata tanjak 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 PBDD Aku ngetahui eraikulunt suangk Kristus, se opt blas taon lalu ukah ba owit ampe sorga tingkat tolu, entah ba suangk kompune, aku doho tau, atau bakual kompu, aku lou doho tau, Allah se tau. 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 PBDD Alie, Aku tau bagaione ulunt sina entah ba suangk atau ba kual kompune, aku doho tau, Tuhanlah se tau. BSB BSB: And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 PBDD Ise wa engkat ampe Firdaus alie krongoi pongontuh se doho terontuh, se doho bulih wa ontuh oleh meresia. BSB BSB: was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 PBDD Agin ulun sina aku anta baongah, tetapi agin kompuku saurang, aku doho anta baongah kecuali mundan ke kurangan-kekuranganku. BSB BSB: I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 PBDD Kakant tapi, jaka aku kakan ba ongah, aku doho anta njari bungul koe aku anta montuh kebenaran. Namun, aku nahanne agar doho na'an ulunt se mindaku lewi ante one se reo pinda atau se reo rongoi tentang aku. 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 PBDD Sekono hal sina, aku tindu ampe Tuhan sedeo tolu kali agar hal sio ngikeh aku. BSB BSB: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 PBDD Nmaun, Ise montuh ampeku,"Anugerah-Ku sukup bagiko koe kuasa-Ku wasempurnakan suangk kelomean," Ena sio, aku lewi ketuju ba ongah ombo kelomean ku agar kuasa Kristus duloy ba suangku. 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 PBDD Siolah enane, aku nginam ketuju suangk kelomean, suangk siksaan, suangk kesukaran, suangk penganiayan, alie suangk kesulitan alie Kristus. Koe lau aku lome, maka aku wagas. 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 PBDD Aku ukah njari bungul koe iko maksaku agin sio, padahal aku harusne wapuji olehko, Ena, aku doho kurang one-one wa bandingkan para rasul se kual biasa sio, meskipun aku doho na'an one-onene. 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 PBDD Tanda-tanda se mbuktikan eraikulunt rasul ukah wa pekinda ba rokangk iko suangk segala ketabahan, suangk tanda-tanda, mukjizat-mukjizat, alie keajaiban-keajaiban. BSB BSB: The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13 PBDD Ena, suangk hal nonekah iko wa iwekan ante jemaat-jemaat laint, kecuali bahwa aku doho jari boyat bagiko? Maafkanlah ke doho adilanku sina! 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 PBDD Keletu, aku siap nengkawongk iko agin se ketolu kaline alie aku doho anta njari boyat bagiko koe aku doho meto none se iko pu'unt melainkan iko. Ena, anak-anak doho wajib ngumpulkan harta agin ulunt tuone, tetapi ulunt tuo agin anak-anakne. 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 PBDD Alie, aku anta alie ketuju ngobankan pu'untko alie kompuko agin iko. Jaka aku lewi tuasi iko, nyonekah iko anta kurang tuasi aku? 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 PBDD Namun, meskipun aku doho boyat bagiko, iko ngontuh aku licik alie nyiret iko alie tipu muslihat. 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 PBDD Nyonekah aku ngepo keuntungan anteiko nyendalo ulunt-ulunt se kukirim ampeko? BSB BSB: Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18 PBDD Aku ngasak Titus agin tulak alie mengirim eraiuntung kaint alie tulak sasama. Nyonekah Titus ngepo keuntungan anteko? Nyonekah kaint doho malant suangk roh se sama alie malant suangk lapak-lapak se sama? 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 PBDD Lalu, nyonekah iko ukah ola memikirkan bahwa kaint bantu kompu kaint tehadap iko? Kaint bapander ba muka Allah suangk Kristus, tetapi hal-hal sina, hai se tuasi, na'anlah agin nengkuat iko. 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 PBDD Ena, aku takut, ise tau lau aku awi, aku anta nengkawongkko doho sara se aku harapkan, alie iko doho anta nengkawongku sara se iko harapkan. A'ei-a'ei na'ant perselihan, iri ate, amarah, kepeluan ompu saurang, fitnah, desas-desus, kesombongan, alie kekacauan. 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 PBDD Aku khawatir lau aku awi gane. Allahku anta mekiwe aku ba mukako alie aku anta berduka mundan deo ulunt se ponoh ukah bedosa balumne alie tatap doho batobat ante kenajisan, penjabulan, alie hawa nafsu se ukah reo lakukan. 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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