2 Corinthians 11
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
1Utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiæ meæ, sed et supportare me:
2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2æmulor enim vos Dei æmulatione. Despondi enim vos uni viro, virginem castam exhibere Christo.
3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
3Timeo autem ne sicut serpens Hevam seduxit astutia sua, ita corrumpantur sensus vestri, et excidant a simplicitate, quæ est in Christo.
4For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
4Nam si is qui venit, alium Christum prædicat, quem non prædicavimus, aut alium spiritum accipitis, quem non accepistis: aut aliud Evangelium, quod non recepistis: recte pateremini.
5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
5Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.
6Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
6Nam etsi imperitus sermone, sed non scientia, in omnibus autem manifestati sumus vobis.
7Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
7Aut numquid peccatum feci, meipsum humilians, ut vos exaltemini? quoniam gratis Evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis?
8I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
8Alias ecclesias expoliavi, accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum.
9And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
9Et cum essem apud vos, et egerem, nulli onerosus fui: nam quod mihi deerat, suppleverunt fratres, qui venerunt a Macedonia: et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi, et servabo.
10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
10Est veritas Christi in me, quoniam hæc gloriatio non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiæ.
11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
11Quare? quia non diligo vos? Deus scit.
12But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
12Quod autem facio, et faciam: ut amputem occasionem eorum qui volunt occasionem, ut in quo gloriantur, inveniantur sicut et nos.
13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
13Nam ejusmodi pseudoapostoli sunt operarii subdoli, transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi.
14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
14Et non mirum: ipse enim Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis.
15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
15Non est ergo magnum, si ministri ejus transfigurentur velut ministri justitiæ: quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum.
16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
16Iterum dico (ne quis me putet insipientem esse, alioquin velut insipientem accipite me, ut et ego modicum quid glorier),
17In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
17quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriæ.
18Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
18Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem: et ego gloriabor.
19For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
19Libenter enim suffertis insipientes, cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
20Sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit, si quis devorat, si quis accipit, si quis extollitur, si quis in faciem vos cædit.
21To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
21Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego:
22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
22Hebræi sunt, et ego: Israëlitæ sunt, et ego: semen Abrahæ sunt, et ego.
23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
23Ministri Christi sunt (ut minus sapiens dico), plus ego: in laboribus plurimis, in carceribus abundantius, in plagis supra modum, in mortibus frequenter.
24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
24A Judæis quinquies, quadragenas, una minus, accepi.
25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
25Ter virgis cæsus sum, semel lapidatus sum: ter naufragium feci, nocte et die in profundo maris fui,
26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
26in itineribus sæpe, periculis fluminum, periculis latronum, periculis ex genere, periculis ex gentibus, periculis in civitate, periculis in solitudine, periculis in mari, periculis in falsis fratribus:
27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
27in labore et ærumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame et siti, in jejuniis multis, in frigore et nuditate,
28Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
28præter illa quæ extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum.
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
29Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror?
30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
30Si gloriari oportet, quæ infirmitatis meæ sunt, gloriabor.
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
31Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui est benedictus in sæcula, scit quod non mentior.
32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
32Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
33But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
33et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic effugi manus ejus.
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