Seconda lettera ai Corinzi 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Statui autem hoc ipse apud me, ne iterum in tristitia venirem ad vos;	1 I made up my mind, then, that my next visit to you would not be a painful one,
2 si enim ego contristo vos, et quis est qui me laetificet, nisi qui contristaturex me?	2 for if I cause you distress I am causing distress to my only possible source of joy.
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 Indeed, I wrote as I did precisely to spare myself distress when I visited you, from the very people whoshould have given me joy, in the conviction that for al of you my joy was yours too.
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 I wrote to you in agony of mind, not meaning to cause you distress but to show you how very much loveI have for you.
5 Si quis autem contristavit, non me contristavit, sed exparte, ut non onerem, omnes vos.	5 If anyone did cause distress, he caused it not to me, but -- not to exaggerate -- in some degree to al ofyou.
6 Sufficit illi, qui eiusmodi est, obiurgatiohaec, quae fit a pluribus,	6 The punishment already imposed by the majority was quite enough for such a person;
7 ita ut e contra magis donetis et consolemini, neforte abundantiore tristitia absorbeatur, qui eiusmodi est.	7 and now by contrast you should forgive and encourage him all the more, or he may be overwhelmed bythe extent of his distress.
8 Propter quodobsecro vos, ut confirmetis in illum caritatem;	8 That is why I urge you to give your love towards him definite expression.
9 ideo enim et scripsi, utcognoscam probationem vestram, an in omnibus oboedientes sitis.	9 This was in fact my reason for writing, to test your quality and whether you are completely obedient.
10 Cui autemaliquid donatis, et ego; nam et ego, quod donavi, si quid donavi, propter vos inpersona Christi,	10 But if you forgive anybody, then I too forgive that person; and whatever I have forgiven, if there isanything I have forgiven, I have done it for your sake in Christ's presence,
11 ut non circumveniamur a Satana; non enim ignoramuscogitationes eius.	11 to avoid being outwitted by Satan, whose scheming we know only too well.
12 Cum venissem autem Troadem ob evangelium Christi, et ostium mihi apertumesset in Domino,	12 When I came to Troas for the sake of the gospel of Christ and a door was opened for me there in theLord,
13 non habui requiem spiritui meo, eo quod non invenerim Titumfratrem meum, sed valefaciens eis profectus sum in Macedoniam.	13 I had no relief from anxiety, not finding my brother Titus there, and I said goodbye to them and wenton 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 gives us in Christ a part in his triumphal procession, and through usis spreading everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of himself.
15 Quia Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in his, qui salvifiunt, et in his, qui pereunt:	15 To God we are the fragrance of Christ, both among those who are being saved and among those whoare on the way to destruction;
16 aliis quidem odor ex morte in mortem, aliisautem odor ex vita in vitam. Et ad haec quis idoneus?	16 for these last, the smel of death leading to death, but for the first, the smel of life leading to life. Whois equal to such a task?
17 Non enim sumus sicutplurimi adulterantes verbum Dei, sed sicut ex sinceritate, sed sicut ex Deocoram Deo in Christo loquimur.	17 At least we do not adulterate the word of God, as so many do, but it is in al purity, as envoys of Godand in God's presence, that we speak in Christ.