1 PBL Puna eloh naan untung ye beperagah. Et ab kakan ade ngulek nget kawan hal ye naan petendre Tuhan tong ab te suang pernyataaan ali tesuang pengite. 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 PBL Ab ketoan erai ulun suang Kristus, ye opat belas taun apu na oit tong sorga tingkat tolu--et te suang unuk da, ab sa ketoan; ahe te onggon unuk, ab ade sa ketoan, Allah ye ketoan. 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 PBL Ali, ab ketoan nget me ulun ihe-- se iro te suang atawa te onggon unuk da, ab sa ketoan, Tuhan ye ketoan-- BSB BSB: And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 PBL da na engket ke Firdaus ali keringga enggan ye sa tau na ulek, ye sa ahan na otus ene meresia. BSB BSB: was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 PBL Dian ulun ihe ab sagar beperagah, et dian ab gegales, ab sa sagar beperagah je aka suang ke lome ab. BSB BSB: I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 PBL Leka iro, aka ab kakan beperagah, ab sa sagar jaji golu leka ab sagar ngulek kebenean. Et iro, ab nahan ye dian sa naan ulun ye kite ko deo ke se ye dali teneng ali ye dali dingga nget ab. 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 PBL Nget hal iro, ab kawen tong Tuhan sedeo tolu kali dian hal iro ngikah ab. BSB BSB: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 PBL Da, ngulek tong ab, "Anugerah-Ab sukup tong ko leka kuasa Ab na sempurna suang kelomean." Leka iro, ab lewi senang beperagah suang kelomean ab dian kuasa Kristusnondo te suang ab. 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 PBL Iro leka ye, inam ab sanang suang kelomean, suang na siksa, suang kesusahan, suang na aniaya, ali suang kepuyean ali Kristus. Leka kede ab lome, leka iro ab gagah. 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 PBL Ab leka ko memaksa ab, apu jaji galu sebene ye kam ye harus memuji ab. Leka, ab sakurang me-me na tanding ali kawan rasul ye luar biasa iro, bele ab eloh naan a ye. 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 PBL Tanda-tanda ye ngebukti erai ulun rasul apu na petendre te botuk ko suang segala kesabaran, suang tanda-tanda, mukjizat-mukjizat, ali keajaiban-keajaiban. BSB BSB: The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13 PBL Leka, suang hal se ko na remeh aka na tanding ali jemaat-jemaat bali, je aka ab sa jaji nyusah tong ko? Maap ab leka kesalahan iro! 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 PBL Nehe, siap ke tolu kali ye ab koteu ko, ali ab sa sagar jaji nyusah tong ko ab sa ngeto se ye naan te kam, melainkan ko. Leka kawan tia sa harus ngumpul hartadian ulun tuha ye, nget ulun tuha dian kawan tia ye. 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 PBL Ali, ab sagar ali sanang rela mengorbankan se ye naan na ab ali unuk ab dian ko. Aka ab lewi ke tasi ko, ye se ko sagar kurang ketasi ab? 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 PBL Bele ab sa jaji beban tong ko, ko ngulek ab ngakal ali ab mahan keuntungan ke ko leka nipu 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 PBL Se ab ngepe keuntungan ke ko lalo ulun-ulun ye na utus ab tong ko? BSB BSB: Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18 PBL Ab ngedesak Titus dian tulak ali ngutus erai butung kain dain tulak sendro da. Se Titus ngepe keuntungan ke ko? Se kah kain sa malan suang roh ye sama ali malan suang tujuan ye 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 PBL Belalu, se ko apu usang memikir dian kain ngebela unuk kain terhadap ko? Kain bepander terhadap Allah suang Kristus, et kawanhal iro, hei ye na kasih, ye dian nemuet ko. 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 PBL Leka, ab takut, ahe kede ab sulet, ab sagar sengkuruku ko sanget ye ab harap, ali ko sa sagar sengkuruku ab nget ye ko harap, ahe naan maka sala paham, kesewa, bereket, kepentingan unuk gegales, fitnah, desas-desus, sakah ali 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 PBL Ab takut khawatir kede ab sulet eso, Allah sagar ngerendah ab te hadapan ko ali ab sagar nare aseng suang deo ulun ye one apu bedosa se male ye ali tatap sa betobat ke kenajisan, percabulan, ali hawa nafsu ye apu na ene dali. 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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