1 PBK Ake harus bebangga walaupun iye hopi menguntungko. Ake nak menerusko pengolehon-pengolehon ngan penyataon-penyataon deri 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 PBK Ake mengetahui seseurang delom Kristus, nyo empat belas tahun lewat lah deundah ke surg tingkat tiga --entah de delom badannye, ake hopi tahuko; apo de luar badan, ake jugo hopi tahu, Allah nyo tahu. 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 PBK Ngan, ake tahu upamone urang nie-- entah de delom apo de luar badannye, ake hopi tahu, Tuhanlah nye tahu-- BSB BSB: And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 PBK nye de angket ke Firdaus ngan mendongor kato-kato nyo hopi teucapko, nyo hopi pacok de buekko uleh mendesio. BSB BSB: was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 PBK Untuk ortang nie ake nak bebangga, cuma untuk dirike dewek, ake hopi nak bebangga kecuali atas kelamahon-kelamahonke. BSB BSB: I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 PBK Hambuk, munye ake ndok bebangga, ake hopi nak menjedi bodoh ulenyo ake nak nggrako kebonoron. Cuma, ake menahannye empuknyo hopi ado urangnyo ngelek lobe deri ape nyo rombongon koleh apenyo rombongon dongor tentang ake. 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 PBK Mengenai hal nie, ake memohon kepodo Tuhan seneman tiga kali empok hal iye meninggalko ake. BSB BSB: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 PBK hambuk, Nye boek kepodoke, “AnugerahKe cukup bagime ulenyo kuasa-Ke desempurnako delom kelamahon.” Sabab iye, ake lobeh senang bebangga atas kelamahonke empoknyo kuaso Kristus diom de delomke. 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 PBK Iyelah sabab-nye, ake merasa senang delom kelamahon, delom siksaon, delom kesukaron, delom penganiayaon, ngan delom kesuliton ngan Kristus. Ulenyo ketika ake lamah, mangka ake kuat. 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 PBK Ake lah menjedi bodoh oleh kowe memaksoke untuk iye, padohal ake seharusnye depuji ulehme. Sabab, ake hopi kurang apo-apo debandingko para rasul nyo luor biaso iye, meskipun ake hopi ado apo-aponye. 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 PBK Tanda-tandonyo membuktiko seurang rasul lah deperkoleko de antaro kowe delom segelo katabahon, delom tando-tando, mujizat-mujizat, ngan keajaibon-keajaibon. BSB BSB: The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13 PBK Sabab delom hal apokah kowe derendahko deri jemaat-jemaat loen, kecuali bahwa ake hopi menjedi bobon bageme? Maafkolah kehopiadelonke nie 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 PBK Kinie, ake siap mengunjungi kowe untuk nyo ketiga kalinye ngan ake hopi nak menjedi bobon bagime ulenyo ake hopi ndelok ape nyo kou punyoi, meloenko kowe. Sabab, anak-anak hopi wajib mengumpulko reto untuk induk bepaknye, cuma induk bepaknye untuk anak-anaknye. 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 PBK Ngan, ake nak ngan senang mengorbanko milikke ngan dirike untuk kowe. munye ake lobeh mengasihi kowe, apokah kowe nak kurang mengasihi ake? 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 PBK Hambuk, begoh ake bukon bobon bagime, kowo nggrako ake licik ngan menjorot kowe ngan tipu musliohat. 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 PBK Apokah ake ngambik keuntungon derime melalui urang-urang nyo kuutus kepodome? BSB BSB: Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18 PBK Ake ndesak Titus untuk lari ngan mengutus dulur kami untuk lari besamonye. Apokah Titus ngambik keuntungon derime? Apokah kami hopi bejelon delom roh nyo samo ngan bejelon delom tijak-tijak nyo samo? 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 PBK Mengka, apokah kowe lah lamo memikirko bahwa kami membela diri kami terhadap kowe? kami buek de hadapon Allah delom Kristus, hambuk hal-hal nie, hai nyo tekasih, adolah untuk membengun kowe. 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 PBK Sabab, ake takut, munye-munye ketika aku njongok, ake nak menjumpaime hopi upa nyo ake haropko, ngan kowe hopi nak menjumpaike upanyo kou haropko. Jengon-jengon ado perselisihon, iri hati, amarah, kepentingan diri dewek, fitnah, desas-desus, kesombongon, ngan kekacauon. 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 PBK Ake khawatir munye ake njongok lagi, Allahke nak merendahko ake de depanme ngan ake nak beduka atas lobot urang nyo tekelahe sodah bedoso sebolumnye ngan cuma hopi betobat deri kenajison, pecabulon, ngan hawa nafsu nyo sodah rombongon iyoy lakuko. 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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