2 Corinthians 11 – NIV & CCL

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2 Corinthians 11:1-33

Paul and the False Apostles

1I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! 2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

5I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”11:5 Or to the most eminent apostles 6I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 7Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? 8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. 9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. 10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine. 11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

12And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. 13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

Paul Boasts About His Sufferings

16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. 17In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool. 18Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast. 19You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! 20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face. 21To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that!

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about. 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I. 23Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. 31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying. 32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me. 33But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero

2 Akorinto 11:1-33

Paulo ndi Atumwi Onyenga

1Ndikukhulupirira kuti mupirira nako pangʼono kupusa kwanga. Chonde tandipirirani! 2Nsanje imene ndimakuchitirani ndi yofanana ndi ya Mulungu. Ndinakulonjezani mwamuna mmodzi yekha, mwamunayo ndiye Khristu, kuti ndidzakuperekeni inuyo kwa Iyeyo monga namwali wangwiro. 3Koma ndikuopa kuti monga Hava ananyengedwa ndi kuchenjera kwa njoka, mitima yanunso ingasocheretsedwe kuleka nʼkudzipereka moona mtima ndi modzipereka kwenikweni kwa Khristu. 4Pakuti ngati wina abwera kwa inu nalalikira Yesu wina wosiyana ndi Yesu amene tinamulalikira, kapena ngati mulandira mzimu wina wosiyana ndi Mzimu amene munalandira, kapena uthenga wabwino wina wosiyana ndi umene munawuvomereza, inuyo mumangolandira mosavuta.

5Komatu sindikuganiza kuti ndine wotsika kwambiri kwa “atumwi apamwamba.” 6Mwina ndikhoza kukhala wosaphunzitsidwa kayankhulidwe, koma ndili ndi chidziwitso. Izi tinakufotokozerani momveka bwinobwino. 7Kodi linali tchimo kwa ine kudzichepetsa nʼcholinga chakuti ndikukwezeni pamene ndinkalalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu kwa inu mwaulere? 8Ndinkalanda mipingo ina pomalandira thandizo kwa iwo kuti ndikutumikireni. 9Ndipo pamene ndinali pakati panu, nditasowa kanthu, sindinalemetse munthu aliyense, pakuti abale ena amene anachokera ku Makedoniya anandipatsa zonse zimene ndinkazisowa. Ndayesetsa kuti ndisakhale cholemetsa kwa inu mʼnjira ina iliyonse, ndipo ndidzapitiriza kutero. 10Kunena moona mtima molingana ndi chilungamo cha Khristu chimene chili mwa ine, palibe amene angandiletse kudzitamandira mʼzigawo za ku Akaya. 11Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndikutero? Kodi nʼchifukwa choti sindikukondani? Mulungu akudziwa kuti ndimakukondani!

12Ndipo ndipitiriza kuchita zomwe ndikuchitazi nʼcholinga chakuti ndisapereke mpata kwa amene akufuna kupezera mwayi woti afanane nafe pa zinthu zimene iwowo amadzitamandira. 13Pakuti anthu oterewa ndi atumwi onama, antchito achinyengo, odzizimbayitsa ngati atumwi a Khristu. 14Sizododometsa zimenezi, pakuti Satana mwini amadzizimbayitsa kuoneka ngati mngelo wowunikira anthu. 15Nʼzosadabwitsa tsono ngati atumiki ake akudzizimbayitsa ngati otumikira chilungamo. Matsiriziro awo adzalandira zoyenerana ndi ntchito zawo.

Paulo Anyadira Mazunzo Ake

16Ndibwereze kunena kuti, wina aliyense asandiyese chitsiru. Koma ngati mutero, mundilandire monga mmene mukhoza kulandirira chitsiru, kuti ndinyadirepo pangʼono. 17Kudzinyadira kwangaku, sindikuyankhula monga mmene Ambuye akufunira koma ngati chitsiru. 18Popeza ambiri akudzitama monga dziko lapansi limachitira, inenso ndidzitamanso. 19Inu mumalolera kukhala ndi zitsiru mokondwera chifukwa mumati ndinu anzeru! 20Kunena zoona mumangololera aliyense; amene amakusandutsani akapolo, kapena amene amakudyerani masuku pamutu, kapena amene amakupezererani, kapena amene amadzitukumula, kapena amene amakumenyani khofi. 21Ndikuvomera mwamanyazi kuti ife sitinali olimba mtima kuti nʼkuchita zinthu zimenezi.

Ndikuyankhula ngati chitsiru kuti chimene wina aliyense akhoza kudzitama nacho, Inenso ndikhoza kudzitama nachonso. 22Kodi iwo ndi Ahebri? Inenso ndine Mhebri. Kodi iwo ndi Aisraeli? Inenso ndine Mwisraeli. Kodi iwo ndi zidzukulu za Abrahamu? Inenso ndine mdzukulu wa Abrahamu. 23Kodi iwo ndi atumiki a Khristu? Ndikuyankhula ngati wamisala. Ine ndine woposa iwowo. Ndagwira ntchito kwambiri kupambana iwo, ndakhala ndikuyikidwa mʼndende kawirikawiri, ndakwapulidwapo kwambiri, kawirikawiri ndinali pafupi kufa. 24Andikwapulapo kasanu zikoti zija za Ayuda, makumi anayi kuchotsapo chimodzi. 25Katatu anandimenya ndi ndodo. Kamodzi anandigendapo miyala. Katatu sitima yathu ya panyanja inasweka, ndipo ndinakhala usiku ndi usana ndi kuyandama pa nyanja. 26Ndakhala ndikuyenda maulendo ataliatali. Moyo wanga wakhala ukukumana ndi zoopsa pa mitsinje, zoopsa za achifwamba, zoopsa zochokera kwa abale anga Ayuda, zoopsa zochokera kwa anthu akunja. Ndinakumana ndi zoopsa mʼmizinda, mʼmidzi, pa nyanja, ndi pakati pa abale onyenga. 27Ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito molimbika ndipo kawirikawiri ndakhala ndikuchezera usiku wonse osagona. Ndakhala ndikumva njala ndi ludzu ndipo kawirikawiri ndakhala wopanda chakudya. Ndakhala ndi kuzizidwa ndi wosowa zovala. 28Kuwonjezera pa zonsezi, tsiku ndi tsiku ndimakhala pa chipsinjo cha nkhawa ya mipingo yonse. 29Ndani ali wofowoka, ine wosakhala naye mʼkufowoka kwakeko? Ndani amene mnzake amuchimwitsa, ine wosavutika mu mtima?

30Ngati nʼkoyenera kudzitamandira, ndidzadzitamandira pa zinthu zimene zimaonetsa kufowoka kwanga. 31Mulungu, Atate a Ambuye Yesu, amene tiyenera kumutamanda nthawi zonse, akudziwa kuti sindikunama. 32Ku Damasiko, bwanamkubwa woyimira Mfumu Areta, anayika alonda kuzungulira mzinda wonse kuti andigwire. 33Koma abale anandiyika mʼdengu nanditsitsira pa chipupa kudzera pa zenera la mpandawo, motero ndinapulumuka mʼmanja mwake.