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.
Llulla huillajcunatami Pablo rimashca
1¡Loco shina ñuca ashata rimarishcata uyai tucunguichijpishchari! ¡Ima shinapish uyahuaichigari! 2Cancunataca, Taita Dios munashca shinallatajmi, pi shujtajpaj mana tucushpa, Paipajlla cachun munani. Cancunataca, pi cʼarihuan manaraj chayarinacushca solterata shinami, Cristopaj maquipi churasha nini. 3Chashna cajpipish caitaca manchacunimi: Evata culebra llulla shimicunahuan umashca shinallataj, cancunatapish umangallatajmari. Chashna rurajpica, Cristota tucui shunguhuan cʼuyashpa caźucushcataca, cungaringuichijllatajmari. 4Cancunaman ñucanchij huillashca qʼuipa, maijanpish Jesusmanta shujtaj shina huillaj shamujtaca, sumajta uyanguichijllami. Diospaj Espirituta chasquishca jahuamari, shujtaj espirituta chasquinguichij. Alli huillaita uyashca jahuamari, shujtaj huillashcatapish sumajta uyanguichij. 5‘Huillagrichun mingashcami canchij’ nicuj, chai jatun huillajcunataca, ñucata yalli yachaj cashcataca, mana yuyanichu. 6Rimarinataca uyananquita mana rimashpapish, yachaitaca charinimi. Tucui layami chaitaca ricuchishcanchij.
7Ñucaca, cancuna huiñarichun nishpami, Taita Dios cushca alli huillaita huillashpaca, mana ñahuita charij shina, imata mana mañarcani. Chashna rurashpachu, ¿mana allita rurarcani, imatagari? 8¿Shujtaj crij tandanacushcacunata huajchayachishpachu, cancunataca imata mana mañashpa servircani, imatagari? 9Cancunapajpi cashpapish, ñucapaj ima illajpica, pita mana mañashpa pʼiñachircanichu. Macedoniamanta shamuj huauquicunami, ñucapaj ima illashcataca curca. Chashna cujpimi, cancunataca imata mana mañashpa pʼiñachircani, manataj pʼiñachishapishchu. 10Cashcatataj Cristo yachachishca shimicunata huaquichij cashpami, caitaca nini: Tucui Acaya llajtapica, imata mana mañarcanichu. Chaimanta ñuca cushicunataca, pi mana jarcangachu. 11¿Ima nishpashi chashna nicuni? ¿Cancunata mana cʼuyashcamanta, chashna nicushcatachu yuyanguichij? Mana, cancunata cʼuyashcataca, Taita Diosllataj yachanmi.
12Ñucanchijtapish, paicuna shinallataj tucuchunmi yuyancuna. Manataj chaita rurashpa cushichishunchu. Ñuca ima shina ruracushcataca, chashnallataj rurashpa catishallami.
13Chaicunaca, ‘Huillagrichun mingashcami canchij’ nishpa purij, llulla huillajcunami. Umashpa crichijcunami, huillagrichun Cristo mingashcacunaman rijchashpa purijcunami. 14Chashna tucushcaca, mana ima mancharinachu. Satanasllatajpish, achij nicuj ángel shina tucunllami. 15Chashna cajpica, Satanaspajta rurajcunapish cashcata rurajcuna shina tucujpica, ima mancharina mana canchu. Chaicunaca, paicuna imalla rurashcamantaca, tucuripimi llaquichishca cangacuna.
Pabloca achca llaquicunatami apashca
16Ñucataca, ama loco cashcata yuyapaichijchu. Chashna yuyacushpaca, shinashpaca loco shina rimarishpa, ashata jatun tucujta uyahuaichij. 17Chashna tucuita yachaj shina rimarishpaca, mana Apunchij Jesús munashca shina rimacunichu. Ashtahuanpish cʼari tucusha nishpatajmi, loco shina rimarini. 18Chashna taucacuna quiquin aicha yuyashca shina jatun tucucujpimi, ñucapish ashata cʼari tucushpa rimarisha nini. 19Cancunaca alli yuyaiyuj cashpami, chʼahuancunataca cushicushpa uyanguichijlla. 20Paicunamari cancunataca, paicunapajta rurachun huatashpa churacun. Causajtamari millpucun, tucuitamari quichun, cancunapaj jahuapimari jatun tucuncuna, ñahuipimari huajtancuna. Chashna rurajpipish, tucuita saquinguichijllami. 21¡Ñucanchijca chashna ruranataca, manchaj shina mana rurashpa saquijllacunami carcanchij! Ñucallatataj pinganayacujpipish, caitaca ninimi.
Shina cajpipish shujtajcuna imamantapish jatun tucujpimi, ñucapish loco shina rimarishpa jatun tucuni. 22¿Paicunaca hebreocunachu? Ñucapish chaillatajmi cani. ¿Paicunaca israelcunachu? Ñucapish chaillatajmi cani. ¿Paicunaca ñaupa yaya Abrahampaj huahua huahuacunachu? Ñucapish chaillatajmari cani. 23¿Paicunaca Cristopajta rurajcunachu? (Loco shina rimaricushpapish, ñucacarin paicunata yallimari cani). Paicunata yallimari rurashcani. Paicunata yalli sinchitamari cutin cutin azotihuashcacuna. Paicunata yallimari carcelcunapi tiyarcani. Tauca cutinmi huañunalla llaquipipish carcani. 24Pichca cutinmi judiocunaca, quimsa chunga iscuncama azotihuarcacuna. 25Quimsa cutinmi ñucataca, varahuan garrotircacuna, shuj cutinca rumicunahuanmi shitarcacuna. Ñuca ricun barcocunaca, quimsa cutinmi yacupi huashicurca. Shuj cutinca, shuj punlla shuj tutatami, mama cucha yacupi huambucurcani. 26Ñucaca ñancunapipish, tauca cutinmi huaicu yacu apanamanta quishpirircani. Tauca cutinmi shuhuacunapaj maquimanta, israelcunapaj maquimanta, mana israelcunapaj maquimantapish quishpirircani. Pueblocunapipish, shitashca pambacunapipish, huañuchina manchai, mama cucha yacupipish huañuna manchai, ‘Crijmi canchij’ nij tucujllacunapaj maquipi urmana manchaipishmi purircani. 27Micungapajpish quiquin maquihuan sinchita trabajashpa, tauca cutinmi mana dormishpa pacarircani. Yaricaihuan, yacunaihuanmi purircani, tauca cutinmi ayunarcani. Churana illajlla, chirihuanmi purircani. 28Tucui caicunata yallica, punllantami tucui llajtacunapi caj crij tandanacushcacunata yuyarishpa, ‘¿Ima shinachari puricuncuna?’ nishpa, shungu pʼiticurcani. 29Maijancuna ungujpipish, ñucata nanajpi shinami llaquirini. Maijanta pi pandachijpicarin, nina japirij shinami pʼiñarini.
30Imamanta cushicuna cajpica, ñucaca imata mana rurai tucuj cashcamantami, jatunta cushicusha. 31Ñuca mana llullacushcataca, Apunchij Jesucristopaj Yaya Diosmari yachan. (¡Paica, huiñaita alli nishcami!) 32Damascopica, chai llajtata mandachun jatun mandaj Aretas churashca mandajmi, ñucataca japingapaj chai pueblomanta llujshina pungucunapi chapachirca. 33Shina cajpipish pueblo muyundij pirca ventanatami, shuj canastapi ñucataca cacharircacuna. Chashna rurajpimi, ñucata japisha nicujpaj maquimantaca quishpirircani.
