哥林多後書 2

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

愛之深責之切

2 我已經決定了，下次到你們那裡時不再使大家憂傷。 ²如果我使你們憂傷，那麼除了因我而憂傷的你們，還有誰能使我喜樂呢？ ³我曾為這事寫信給你們，免得我到你們那裡時，那些本該使我喜樂的人反而使我憂傷。我也深信你們會以我的喜樂為你們的喜樂。 ⁴我萬分難過、淚流滿面地給你們寫了前一封信，並非要使你們憂傷，而是要你們明白我是多麼疼愛你們。

要饒恕犯罪的人

⁵那個令人痛心的人與其說使我憂傷，倒不如說使你們大家都有幾分憂傷。我只說幾分憂傷，是怕說得太重，他受不了。 ⁶這樣的人受了眾人的譴責也就夠了。 ⁷你們現在要饒恕他、安慰他，免得他憂傷過度而一蹶不振。 ⁸我勸你們要讓他確實知道你們仍然愛他。 ⁹為此，我也曾寫信給你們，想知道你們是否凡事順服。 ¹⁰你們饒恕誰，我也饒恕誰。我若饒恕，是為了你們的緣故在基督面前饒恕的， ¹¹免得撒旦乘虛而入，因為我們並非不知道牠的詭計。

基督的香氣

¹²我前往特羅亞傳揚基督的福音時，主為我打開了傳福音的大門。 ¹³那時，因為沒有找到提多弟兄，我心裡不安，便辭別眾人來到馬其頓。

¹⁴感謝上帝！祂常常在基督裡率領我們走在凱旋的行列中，又藉著我們到處散發那因認識基督而有的香氣。 ¹⁵不論是在得救的人當中還是在滅亡的人當中，對上帝來說，我們都是基督的馨香之氣。 ¹⁶對滅亡的人而言，這香氣是叫人死亡的香氣；對得救的人來說，這香氣卻是叫人得生命的香氣。誰能擔當這樣的重任呢？ ¹⁷我們並不像許多人為了謀利而出賣上帝的道。我們是上帝差遣的，在上帝面前靠著基督誠誠實實地講道。

2 Corinthians 2

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

2 But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.

²For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?

³And I wrote this same to you; that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow, from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.

⁵And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all.

⁶To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many:

⁷So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

⁸Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him.

⁹For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.

¹⁰And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.

¹¹That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

¹²And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

¹³I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.

¹⁴Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place.

¹⁵For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.

¹⁶To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?

¹⁷For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.

2 Corinthians 2

New American Standard Bible

Reaffirm Your Love

2 But I decided this ^[a]for my own sake, that I ^(A)would not come to you in sorrow again. ²For if I ^(B)cause you sorrow, who then will be the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? ³This is the very thing I ^(C)wrote you, so that ^(D)when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having ^(E)confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all. ⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I ^(F)wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

⁵But ^(G)if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some degree—^[b]not to say too much—for all of you. ⁶Sufficient for such a person is ^(H)this punishment which was imposed by the majority, ⁷so that on the other hand, you should rather ^(I)forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. ⁸Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. ⁹For to this end ^(J)I also wrote, so that I might ^[c]^(K)put you to the test, whether you are ^(L)obedient in all things. ¹⁰But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes ^(M)in the presence of Christ, ¹¹so that no advantage would be taken of us by ^(N)Satan, for ^(O)we are not ignorant of his schemes.

¹²Now when I came to ^(P)Troas for the ^(Q)gospel of Christ and when a ^(R)door was opened for me in the Lord, ¹³I ^(S)had no rest for my spirit, not finding ^(T)Titus my brother; but ^(U)saying goodbye to them, I went on to ^(V)Macedonia.

¹⁴^(W)But thanks be to God, who always ^(X)leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the ^(Y)fragrance of the ^(Z)knowledge of Him in every place. ¹⁵For we are a ^(AA)fragrance of Christ to God among ^(AB)those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: ¹⁶^(AC)to the one an ^[d]aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is ^(AD)adequate for these things? ¹⁷For we are not like the many, ^[e]^(AE)peddling the word of God, but ^(AF)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ ^(AG)in the sight of God.