1 PBBR Iko harus barbangga walopun dakoh ti ani untong. Iko' ao' manarus'a' pamile'-pamile' ge' panyataan-panyataan umpat'n 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 PBBR Iko pane ani sook sadat'n Kristus, da ampat balas taun idu' laka gat'n minsak ka surga tiga' taru antah ka sadat'n ungan'a' iko ti pane; ato ka sato ungan'a', iko uga kati' pane, Jabata ta da pane. 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 PBBR Ge' iko pane langkina sok diah antahkasadat'n ato ka sato ungan'a', iko kati' pane, Tuhan ta da pane. BSB BSB: And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 PBBR Ini' gat'n ngangkat'n ka Firdaus ge ngadangah sarat'n-sarat'n da ti' aba' da nyarita, ge' da kati' buleh gat'n nyarita oleh talino. BSB BSB: was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 PBBR Ya' sok diah iko ao' barbangga, tatapi ya' diko' sadi', iko ao' kati' barbangga kacuali samo kalamahan-kalamahanko.' BSB BSB: I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 PBBR Ao'a', sak iko' ngate barbangga, iko' kati' ao' jadi baga karna iko' ao' nyarita da taman. Tapi, iko nahan'a' sapaya kati' ani sok da milekko labih umpat'n da ayo'a' mile' ato da ayo'a' dangah tantang iko.' 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 PBBR Manganai hal diah, iko' bamohon ka Tuhan taru kali karah'a' sapaya hal dakoh ngangat'n ko.' BSB BSB: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 PBBR Tapi, Ini' muji' ka iko', "Anugrah-Ko nga cukup ka imu' karna kuasa-Ko gat'n nyampurna sadat'n kalamahan." Sabab dakoh, iko' labih auhat'n barbangga samo kalamahanko' sapaya kuasa Kristus madi' kasadat'n ko. 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 PBBR Dakohtalah sabab'a', iko' misa auhat'n sadat'n kalamahan, sadat; n siksaan, sadat'n kasukaran, sadat'n panganayaan ge' sadat'n kasulitan nige' Kristus. Karna sak iko lamah, maka iko 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 PBBR Iko nga jadi baga karna imu' makseko' ya' dakoh, padahal saharus'a' iko gat'n puji wa' mu'. Sabab, iko' kati' kurang jai-jai gat'n ngabanding ka ayo rasul da luar biasa dakoh, walopun iko kati' ani jai-jai'a.' 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 PBBR Tande-tande da mambukti sook dakoh rasul laka gat'n ngabukti ka antara kupm sadat'n sagala katabahan, sadat'n tande-tande, mujizat-mujizat, ge kaajaipan-kaajaipan. BSB BSB: The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13 PBBR Sabab, sadat'n hal jailah akupm gat'n ngarandah umpat'n jamaat-jamaat lait'n, kacuali bahwa iko' kati' jadi baban bagimu'? Mahi ampun ta ka kati adilanko' diah! 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 PBBR Mati', iko' siap nganto ka imu' yak da kataru kali'a' ge' iko' kati' ao' manjadi baban kaimu' karna iko' kati' najo jai da ani ka imu', sabalik'a' imu'. Sabab, ayo kangot kati' wajib ngubu' harta ya' pangama'a', tatapi pangama ya' ayo kangot'a'. 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 PBBR Ge', iko' ao' nige' auhat'n mangorban dadiko' ge' adupko ya' dimu'. Sak iko' labih nyayang imu, anita imu ao' kurang nyayangi iko? 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 PBBR Tapi, biar iko' inya baban kaimu', imu' muji' iko' licik ge' manjerat imu' nige' 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 PBBR Anita iko' nangkap untong umpat'n mu' malalui ayo sok da ko' ngutus kaimu'? BSB BSB: Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18 PBBR Iko' ngalabak Titus ya' anu ge' ngutus age kai ya' anu samahu'a'. Anita Titus nangkap untong umpat'n imu'? Anita kai kati' bajalat'n sadat'n roh da samu ge' da bajalat'n sadat'n tapak-tapak da samu? 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 PBBR Lalu, jailah imu' ngatuhi mikir'a' bahwa kai mambela adup kai taradap imu'? Kai nyansana ka hadapan Jabata sadat'n Kristus, tatapi hal-hal diah, he da terkasih, anita ya' mambangun imu.' 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 PBBR Sabab, iko' buut, sak katika iko' utuk'ng, iko' ao' amputmu' kati' samu da iko harapkan, ge' imu' kati' ao' amputko' samu da gat'n mu' harap. Si pane ani parsalisihan, ate da supa, pabaji', kapentingan adup sadi', fitnah, carita da inya-inya, kasumbongan, ge' kakacoan. 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 PBBR Iko kuater sa' iko' utuk'ng agi, Jabata ao' ngarandah iko' ka depanmu ge' iko' ao' baduka samo karah sok da ngauru ngabaduse sabalum'a' ge' tatap kati' bartobat umpat'n kanajisan, parcabulan, ge hawa nafsu da nga ayo'a' umas. 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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