哥林多後書 12
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1我自誇固然無益,但我是不得已的。如今我要說到主的顯現和啟示。
1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
2我認得一個在基督裏的人,他前十四年被提到第三層天上去;(或在身內,我不知道;或在身外,我也不知道;只有上帝知道。)
2I 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我認得這人;(或在身內,或在身外,我都不知道,只有上帝知道。)
3And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4他被提到樂園裏,聽見隱祕的言語,是人不可說的。
4was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5為這人,我要誇口;但是為我自己,除了 我的 軟弱以外,我並不誇口。
5I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6我就是願意誇口也不算狂,因為我必說實話;只是我禁止不說,恐怕有人把我看高了,過於他在我身上所看見、所聽見的。
6Even 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,
7又恐怕我因所得的啟示甚大,就過於自高,所以有一根刺加在我肉體上,就是撒但的差役要攻擊我,免得我過於自高。
7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
8為這事,我三次求過主,叫這刺離開我。
8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9他對我說:「我的恩典夠你用的,因為我的能力是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。」所以,我更喜歡誇自己的軟弱,好叫基督的能力覆庇我。
9But 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我為基督的緣故,就以軟弱、凌辱、急難、逼迫、困苦為可喜樂的;因我甚麼時候軟弱,甚麼時候就剛強了。
10That 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我成了愚妄人,是被你們強逼的。我本該被你們稱許才是。我雖算不了甚麼,卻沒有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
11I 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我在你們中間,用百般的忍耐,藉着神蹟、奇事、異能顯出使徒的憑據來。
12The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
13除了我不累着你們這一件事,你們還有甚麼事不及別的教會呢?這不公之處,求你們饒恕我吧。
13In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
14如今,我打算第三次到你們那裏去,也必不累着你們;因我所求的是你們,不是你們的 財物 。兒女不該為父母積財,父母該為兒女積財。
14See, 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我也甘心樂意為你們的靈魂費財費力。難道我越發愛你們,就越發少得你們的愛嗎?
15And 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罷了,我自己並沒有累着你們, 你們卻有人說 ,我是詭詐,用心計牢籠你們。
16Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
17我所差到你們那裏去的人,我藉着他們一個人佔過你們的便宜嗎?
17Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
18我勸了 提多 到你們那裏去 ,又差那位兄弟與他同去。 提多 佔過你們的便宜嗎?我們行事,不同是一個心靈嗎?不同是一個腳蹤嗎?
18I 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你們到如今,還想我們是向你們分訴;我們本是在基督裏當上帝面前說話。親愛的 弟兄 啊,一切的事都是為造就你們。
19Have 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我怕我再來的時候,見你們不合我所想望的,你們見我也不合你們所想望的;又怕有紛爭、嫉妒、惱怒、結黨、毀謗、讒言、狂傲、混亂的事。
20For 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且怕我來的時候,我的上帝叫我在你們面前慚愧,又因許多人從前犯罪,行污穢、姦淫、邪蕩的事不肯悔改,我就憂愁。
21I 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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