Seconda lettera ai Corinzi 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Statui autem hoc ipse apud me, ne iterum in tristitia venirem ad vos;	1 For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.
2 si enim ego contristo vos, et quis est qui me laetificet, nisi qui contristaturex me?	2 For if I inflict pain upon you, then who is there to cheer me except the one pained by me?
3 Et hoc ipsum scripsi, ut non, cum venero, tristitiam habeam de quibusoportebat me gaudere, confidens in omnibus vobis, quia meum gaudium omniumvestrum est.	3 And I wrote as I did so that when I came I might not be pained by those in whom I should have rejoiced, confident about all of you that my joy is that of all of you.
4 Nam ex multa tribulatione et angustia cordis scripsi vobis permultas lacrimas, non ut contristemini, sed ut sciatis quam carita tem habeoabundantius in vos.	4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you might be pained but that you might know the abundant love I have for you.
5 Si quis autem contristavit, non me contristavit, sed exparte, ut non onerem, omnes vos.	5 If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to exaggerate) to all of you.
6 Sufficit illi, qui eiusmodi est, obiurgatiohaec, quae fit a pluribus,	6 This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person,
7 ita ut e contra magis donetis et consolemini, neforte abundantiore tristitia absorbeatur, qui eiusmodi est.	7 so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.
8 Propter quodobsecro vos, ut confirmetis in illum caritatem;	8 Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 ideo enim et scripsi, utcognoscam probationem vestram, an in omnibus oboedientes sitis.	9 For this is why I wrote, to know your proven character, whether you were obedient in everything.
10 Cui autemaliquid donatis, et ego; nam et ego, quod donavi, si quid donavi, propter vos inpersona Christi,	10 Whomever you forgive anything, so do I. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for you in the presence of Christ,
11 ut non circumveniamur a Satana; non enim ignoramuscogitationes eius.	11 so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.
12 Cum venissem autem Troadem ob evangelium Christi, et ostium mihi apertumesset in Domino,	12 When I went to Troas for the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened for me in the Lord,
13 non habui requiem spiritui meo, eo quod non invenerim Titumfratrem meum, sed valefaciens eis profectus sum in Macedoniam.	13 I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
14 Deo autemgratias, qui semper triumphat nos in Christo et odorem notitiae suae manifestatper nos in omni loco.	14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ and manifests through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.
15 Quia Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in his, qui salvifiunt, et in his, qui pereunt:	15 For we are the aroma of Christ for God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
16 aliis quidem odor ex morte in mortem, aliisautem odor ex vita in vitam. Et ad haec quis idoneus?	16 to the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified for this?
17 Non enim sumus sicutplurimi adulterantes verbum Dei, sed sicut ex sinceritate, sed sicut ex Deocoram Deo in Christo loquimur.	17 For we are not like the many who trade on the word of God; but as out of sincerity, indeed as from God and in the presence of God, we speak in Christ.