1 PBP Hau harus berbangga maumpo ndau mengutungkan. Hau kana monarusa peteitoong-peteitoong o penyataan-penyataan ila siupo. 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 PBP Hau mo'otoi sisee rilalong Kristus, to sompoulu apa pariama to nailu ni umong mene suruga tingkat totolu, antau ri lalong alaenyo, ndau niotoi u, antau ri luar alaenyo, ndau moje niotoi, Allah Ta'ala to no otoi. 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 PBP O, ni otoi u too mo iyamao, antau ri lalong antau ri luar alaeonyo, ndau niotoi u, Siopu lah to no otoi. BSB BSB: And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 PBP Io niengkat mau Firdaus o mengepe bura-bura to ndau netepeilu, to ndau maala repeilu nu manusia. BSB BSB: was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 PBP Untuk too mo hau kana berbangga, tetapi sura untuk alae u mboto, hau ndau berbangga, kecuali atas kelemahan-kelemahan no u. BSB BSB: I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 PBP Tetapi ono hau moloar berbangga, hau ndau akan majari mo bodo saba hau kana memeilua to noono. Tapi, ni tahang ngou supaya ndau diang too meteito hau melabi ila sapa too ni ito antau too ni epe nijimo soal hau. 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 PBP Mengenai hal moo, hau nomongi sono Siopu sedea tolu insangsuapa hal uo ndau mepeebiling hau. BSB BSB: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 PBP Tapi Io nebura sono hau "Anugrah u magana untuk o saba Kuasa-U ni sempurnakan lalong kelemahan." Sabba uo, hau labi masanang berbangga atas akukuranong ngou supaya Kristus diam rilalongo u. 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 PBP Uomo sabba onyo, hau marasa masanang lalong akukurang ngou, lalong siksaan, d lalong epepeitong, lalong penganiayaan, o lalong apaparisong sono Kristus. Sabba ketika hau ndau mokuat, maka hau majari mo 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 PBP Hau najari nobodo sabba emu no maksa hau untuk uo, padahal hau seharuonyo repuji miu. Sabba, hau ndau mokurang sapa-sapa rabandingkan para rasul to luar biasa uo, maumpu hau ndau diang sapa-sapanyo. 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 PBP Tanda-tanda to membuktikan soung rasul telag ni peteitoa ri tatanga miu lalong segala ketabahan, lalong tanda-tanda, mukjizat-mikjizat, o keajaiban-keajaiban. BSB BSB: The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13 PBP Sabba lalong hal sapa emu ni rendahkan ila jemaatjemaat ntaninyo, kecuali bahwa hau ndau majari beban bagi mu? Mongiampun ketidakadilan ou mo! 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 PBP Sao-sao, hau masiap mepekujungi emu untuk petotolu insang ngonyo o hau ndau akan majari beban bagi emu sabba hau ndau melolo sapa to diang ri emu, melainkan emu. Sabba, unga-unga wajib memosiromua harta untuk tomogurang ngonyo, tetapi tomorang untuk unga-unganyo. 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 PBP O, hau sono masanang mengobarkan hanana u o alae u untuk emu. Jika hau labi magarang ri emu, apakah emu akan mo kurang magarang ri hau? 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 PBP Tapi, meskipun hau ndau beban bagi emu, emu momeilua hau licik o memjerat emu sono 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 PBP Apakah hau nangala untung ila emu melalui too-too to niutus ou sono emu? BSB BSB: Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18 PBP Hau nepedesak si Titus untuk mao o mengutus saudara mami untuk mao selio-lio sono iyo. Apakah si Titus nangala keuntungan ila emu? Apakah ami ndau negempang lalong roh to selio-lio o negempang lalong tapak-tapak to selio-lio? 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 PBP Lalu, apakah emu nasae mo nomikira bahwa ami mepesabataa alae mami terhadap emu?Ami nebura ri tolo Alla Ta'ala lalong kristu, tetapi sapa-sapa mo, o to niagarang, adalah unutuk mombaung emu. 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 PBP Sabba, hau meingka, kalau-kalau ketika hau modua, hau akan mepedua'i ndau selio to niharapkan'ou, o emu ndau akan mepedua'i hau selio to niharapkan miu. Nya-nya diang posisalaong, ambo to ndau mombosi, amarah, kepentingan alae mboto, bura to ndau no ono, desas-desus, kesombongan, o 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 PBP Hau khawatir nono ketika hau modua moje, Alla Ta'ala u akan merendahkan hau ri tolo miu o hau akan berduka saba nedea too to lulu-lulu no berdosa sebelumonyo o tetap ndau bertobat ila kenajisan, percaulan, sono hawa nafsu to ni pogauomo ni jimo. 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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