2 Corinzi 11
La Bibbia della Gioia
11 Abbiate pazienza, lasciatemi parlare per un momento come se fossi un pazzo! Avanti, sopportatemi, e lasciate che vi dica tutto quello che sento! 2 Perché, nei vostri confronti provo una gelosia che è quella stessa di Dio per quelli che gli appartengono. Vi ho promesso in matrimonio ad uno solo, Cristo, e a lui voglio presentarvi come una vergine pura. 3 Ma, vedete, ho paura che, in qualche modo, le vostre menti possano essere sviate dalla sincera e pura devozione verso Cristo, proprio come Eva fu sedotta dallʼastuzia di Satana nel giardino dellʼEden. 4 Siete così ingenui! Voi credete a qualsiasi cosa vi vengano a dire; e se qualcuno viene a predicarvi un altro Gesù, diverso da quello che abbiamo predicato noi, o se vi propongono di ricevere uno spirito diverso da quello che avete ricevuto o un messaggio di salvezza diverso da quello che avete accettato, come ci cascate facilmente!
Quegli uomini sono impostori!
5 Ora non penso che questi «super messaggeri di Dio» siano migliori di me! 6 Anche se non sono tanto esperto nel parlare, almeno so di che cosa parlo; e ve lʼho dimostrato in tutti i modi e diverse volte.
7 È forse una colpa, se vi ho annunciato gratis il Vangelo di Dio? Mi sono sminuito ai vostri occhi, facendovi sentire superiori per questo? 8-9 Ho «sfruttato», invece, le altre chiese, questo sì, accettando ciò che mi mandavano per potervi servire senza essere pagato! Neppure quando quei soldi finirono, ed ero ridotto alla fame, vi ho chiesto qualcosa, perché mi aiutarono i cristiani della Macedonia. Non vi ho mai chiesto neppure un soldo, né mai lo farò. 10 Quantʼè vero che la verità di Cristo è in me, vi prometto che racconterò questo fatto a tutti i cristiani della Grecia! Perché? 11-12 Forse perché non vi voglio bene? Lo sa Dio quanto vi amo. No, lo farò per togliere il terreno sotto i piedi di quelli che si vantano tanto di fare il lavoro di Dio come lo facciamo noi.
13 Perché questi individui sono dei falsi apostoli, deglʼimbroglioni travestiti da apostoli di Cristo. 14 Ma non cʼè da stupirsi. Se Satana stesso riesce a travestirsi perfino da splendido angelo, 15 non cʼè da meravigliarsi se i suoi aiutanti possono fare altrettanto e si travestono da apostoli al servizio di Dio. Ma la loro fine sarà degna delle loro azioni malvagie.
16 Lo ripeto, non prendetemi per pazzo; oppure sopportatemi come si sopporta un pazzo, se anchʼio mi vanto un poco come loro. 17 Ciò che vi dico, quando mi vanto con tanta sicurezza, non viene da parte del Signore, ma lo dico come parlerebbe un pazzo senza cervello. 18 Visto che gli altri continuano a darsi tante arie per ciò che sono, ebbene me ne darò anchʼio. 19-20 Del resto voi, che pensate di essere tanto saggi, siete già abituati a sopportare i pazzi, eccome! E non ve ne importa niente se vi riducono loro schiavi, se vi tolgono anche la camicia, o se si approfittano di voi. Li sopportate perfino se vi guardano dallʼalto in basso o vi pigliano a schiaffi! 21 Mi vergogno di dover dire che non sono abbastanza forte da fare altrettanto. Comunque, di qualsiasi cosa si possano vantare, (badate parlo ancora come un pazzo), io posso fare altrettanto.
22 Vanno strombazzando a destra e a manca di essere ebrei, non è vero? Ebbene, anchʼio sono ebreo. Dicono di essere Israeliti, popolo prescelto da Dio? Anchʼio! Discendenti dʼAbramo? Anchʼio! 23 Dicono di servire Cristo? (parlo sempre da pazzo). Ebbene, io lo servo più di loro, io, che ho sopportato fatiche ben più grandi di loro, che tante volte di più sono stato in prigione, che sono stato picchiato più di loro, che così spesso sono stato in pericolo di morte! 24 Per ben cinque volte sono stato punito dai Giudei con i trentanove colpi. 25 Tre volte sono stato bastonato, una volta sono stato lapidato, tre volte ho naufragato, e una volta sono rimasto un giorno e una notte in balia delle onde. 26 Tante volte ho viaggiato per chilometri e chilometri, minacciato dai fiumi in piena e dai briganti, minacciato dalla mia stessa gente, i Giudei, e dai pagani. Ho affrontato la folla inferocita delle città, i pericoli nei deserti e sul mare; le minacce da parte di uomini che dicevano di essere fratelli in Cristo e non lo erano. 27 E le fatiche e le pene che ho sopportato! Spesso le notti insonni, la fame, la sete, i continui digiuni e il freddo, senza avere vestiti sufficienti per coprirmi!
28 Non basta questo, sto sempre in pensiero per tutte le chiese. 29 Chi è che sbaglia, senza che io ne soffra con lui? Chi è che sta per cadere, senza che io mi faccia in quattro per aiutarlo? Chi è ferito spiritualmente, senza che io sia indignato contro il responsabile?
30 Se proprio devo vantarmi, andrò fiero piuttosto delle cose che dimostrano la mia debolezza! 31 Dio, Padre del nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, benedetto in eterno, sa che dico la verità. 32 A Damasco il governatore del re Areta aveva fatto mettere delle guardie alle porte della città per catturarmi, 33 ma da una finestra mi calarono in una cesta, lungo le mura, e così me la scampai.
ﻛﻮﺭﻧﺜﻮﺱ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ 11
Ketab El Hayat
بولس والرسل الكذابون
11 لَيْتَكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ مِنِّي بَعْضَ الْغَبَاوَةِ، بَلْ إِنَّكُمْ فِي الْوَاقِعِ تَحْتَمِلُونَنِي. 2 فَإِنِّي أَغَارُ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَةً مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ لأَنِّي خَطَبْتُكُمْ لِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ، لأُقَدِّمَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ عَذْرَاءَ عَفِيفَةً. 3 غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تُضَلَّلَ عُقُولُكُمْ عَنِ الإِخْلاصِ وَالطَّهَارَةِ تُجَاهَ الْمَسِيحِ مِثْلَمَا أَغْوَتِ الْحَيَّةُ بِمَكْرِهَا حَوَّاءَ. 4 فَإِذَا كَانَ مَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ يُبَشِّرُ بِيَسُوعَ آخَرَ لَمْ نُبَشِّرْ بِهِ نَحْنُ أَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَنَالُونَ رُوحاً آخَرَ لَمْ تَنَالُوهُ، أَوْ تَقْبَلُونَ إِنْجِيلاً لَمْ تَقْبَلُوهُ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ ذَلِكَ بِكُلِّ سُرُورٍ. 5 فَإِنِّي أَعْتَبِرُ نَفْسِي غَيْرَ مُتَخَلِّفٍ فِي شَيْءٍ عَنْ أُولئِكَ الرُّسُلِ الْمُتَفَوِّقِينَ. 6 فَمَعَ أَنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ كَلامَ الْعَامَّةِ غَيْرَ الْفَصِيحِ، فَلا تَنْقُصُنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ. وَإِنَّمَا أَظْهَرْنَا لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ.
7 أَيَكُونُ ذَنْبِي إِذَنْ، أَنِّي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِالإِنْجِيلِ دُونَ أُجْرَةٍ مِنْكُمْ، فَأَنْقَصْتُ قَدْرِي لِيَزْدَادَ قَدْرُكُمْ؟ 8 ظَلَمْتُ كَنَائِسَ أُخْرَى بِتَحْمِيلِهَا نَفَقَةَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ. 9 وَحِينَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَكُمْ وَاحْتَجْتُ، لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ. إِذْ سَدَّ حَاجَتِي الإِخْوَةُ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ. وَقَدْ حَفِظْتُ نَفْسِي، وَسَأَحْفَظُهَا أَيْضاً، مِنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ ثَقِيلاً عَلَيْكُمْ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ. 10 وَمَادَامَ حَقُّ الْمَسِيحِ فِيَّ، لَنْ يُوقِفَ أَحَدٌ افْتِخَارِي هَذَا فِي بِلادِ أَخَائِيَةَ كُلِّهَا! 11 لِمَاذَا؟ أَلأَنِّي لَا أُحِبُّكُمْ؟ اللهُ يَعْلَمُ! 12 وَلَكِنْ، سَأَفْعَلُ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ الآنَ لأُسْقِطَ حُجَّةَ الَّذِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ حُجَّةً تُبَيِّنُ أَنَّهُمْ مِثْلُنَا فِي مَا يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِهِ. 13 فَإِنَّ أَمْثَالَ هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ رُسُلٌ دَجَّالُونَ، عُمَّالٌ مَاكِرُونَ، يُظْهِرُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَظْهَرِ رُسُلِ الْمَسِيحِ. 14 وَلا عَجَبَ! فَالشَّيْطَانُ نَفْسُهُ يُظْهِرُ نَفْسَهُ بِمَظْهَرِ مَلاكِ نُورٍ. 15 فَلَيْسَ كَثِيراً إِذَنْ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ خُدَّامُهُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَظْهَرِ خُدَّامِ الْبِرِّ. وَإِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهُمْ سَتَكُونُ عَلَى حَسَبِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.
بولس يفتخر بآلامه
16 أَقُولُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: لَا يَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنِّي غَبِيٌّ وَإلَّا، فَاقْبَلُونِي وَلَوْ كَغَبِيٍّ، كَيْ أَفْتَخِرَ أَنَا أَيْضاً قَلِيلاً! 17 وَمَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ هُنَا، لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ وَفْقاً لِلرَّبِّ، بَلْ كَأَنِّي فِي الْغَبَاوَةِ، وَلِي هذِهِ الثِّقَةُ الَّتِي تَدْفَعُنِي إِلَى الافْتِخَارِ: 18 بِمَا أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ الْجَسَدَ، فَأَنَا أَيْضاً سَأَفْتَخِرُ. 19 فَلأَنَّكُمْ عُقَلاءُ، تَحْتَمِلُونَ الأَغْبِيَاءَ بِسُرُورٍ! 20 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْتَعْبِدُكُمْ، وَيَفْتَرِسُكُمْ، وَيَسْتَغِلُّكُمْ، وَيَتَكَبَّرُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَيَلْطِمُكُمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمْ. 21 يَالَلْمَهَانَةِ! كَمْ كُنَّا ضُعَفَاءَ فِي مُعَامَلَتِنَا لَكُمْ!
وَلَكِنْ، مَادُمْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ فِي غَبَاوَةٍ، فَكُلُّ مَا يَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ هَؤُلاءِ، أَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ أَنَا أَيْضاً. 22 فَإِنْ كَانُوا عِبْرَانِيِّينَ، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ؛ أَوْ إِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ؛ أَوْ مِنْ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؛ فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ! 23 وَإِنْ كَانُوا خُدَّامَ الْمَسِيحِ، أَتَكَلَّمُ كَأَنِّي فَقَدْتُ صَوَابِي، فَأَنَا مُتَفَوِّقٌ عَلَيْهِمْ: فِي الأَتْعَابِ أَوْفَرُ مِنْهُمْ جِدّاً، فِي الْجَلْدَاتِ فَوْقَ الْحَدِّ، فِي السُّجُونِ أَوْفَرُ جِدّاً، فِي التَّعَرُّضِ لِلْمَوْتِ أَكْثَرُ مِرَاراً. 24 مِنَ الْيَهُودِ تَلَقَّيْتُ الْجَلْدَ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ، كُلَّ مَرَّةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً إِلّا وَاحِدَةً. 25 ضُرِبْتُ بِالْعِصِيِّ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. رُجِمْتُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ مَرَّةً. تَحَطَّمَتْ بِيَ السَّفِينَةُ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. قَضَّيْتُ فِي عَرْضِ الْبَحْرِ يَوْماً بِنَهَارِهِ وَلَيْلِهِ. 26 سَافَرْتُ أَسْفَاراً عَدِيدَةً؛ وَوَاجَهَتْنِي أَخْطَارُ السُّيُولِ الْجَارِفَةِ، وَأَخْطَارُ قُطَّاعِ الطُّرُقِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ مِنْ بَنِي جِنْسِي، وَأَخْطَارٌ مِنَ الْوَثَنَيِّينَ، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْمُدُنِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْبَرَارِي، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ بَيْنَ إِخْوَةٍ دَجَّالِينَ.
27 وَكَمْ عَانَيْتُ مِنَ التَّعَبِ وَالْكَدِّ وَالسَّهَرِ الطَّوِيلِ، وَالْجُوعِ وَالْعَطَشِ وَالصَّوْمِ الْكَثِيرِ، وَالْبَرْدِ وَالْعُرْيِ. 28 وَفَضْلاً عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَخَاطِرِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ، يَزْدَادُ عَلَيَّ الضَّغْطُ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، إِذْ أَحْمِلُ هَمَّ جَمِيعِ الْكَنَائِسِ. 29 أَهُنَالِكَ مَنْ يَضْعُفُ وَلا أَضْعُفُ أَنَا، وَمَنْ يَتَعَثَّرُ وَلا أَحْتَرِقُ أَنَا؟ 30 إِنْ كَانَ لابُدَّ مِنَ الافْتِخَارِ، فَإِنِّي سَأَفْتَخِرُ بِأُمُورِ ضَعْفِي. 31 وَيَعْلَمُ اللهُ، أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ، الْمُبَارَكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ: 32 فَإِنَّ الْحَاكِمَ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَارِثُ عَلَى وِلايَةِ دِمَشْقَ، شَدَّدَ الْحِرَاسَةَ عَلَى مَدِينَةِ دِمَشْقَ، رَغْبَةً فِي الْقَبْضِ عَلَيَّ، 33 وَلَكِنِّي تَدَلَّيْتُ فِي سَلَّةٍ مِنْ نَافِذَةٍ فِي السُّورِ، فَنَجَوْتُ مِنْ يَدِهِ.
2 Corinthians 11
King James Version
11 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16 I say again, let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
2 Corinthians 11
New King James Version
Concern for Their Faithfulness
11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little (A)folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 2 For I am (B)jealous for you with godly jealousy. For (C)I have betrothed you to one husband, (D)that I may present you (E)as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as (F)the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds (G)may be corrupted from the [a]simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a (H)different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
Paul and False Apostles
5 For I consider that (I)I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. 6 Even though (J)I am untrained in speech, yet I am not (K)in knowledge. But (L)we have [b]been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.
7 Did I commit sin in [c]humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you (M)free of charge? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you. 9 And when I was present with you, and in need, (N)I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked (O)the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. 10 (P)As the truth of Christ is in me, (Q)no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why? (R)Because I do not love you? God knows!
12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, (S)that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. 13 For such (T)are false apostles, (U)deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into (V)an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, (W)whose end will be according to their works.
Reluctant Boasting
16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 17 What I speak, (X)I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 19 For you put up with fools gladly, (Y)since you yourselves are wise! 20 For you put up with it (Z)if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. 21 To our shame (AA)I say that we were too weak for that! But (AB)in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.
Suffering for Christ
22 Are they (AC)Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: (AD)in labors more abundant, (AE)in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, (AF)in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received (AG)forty (AH)stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was (AI)beaten with rods; (AJ)once I was stoned; three times I (AK)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, (AL)in perils of my own countrymen, (AM)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, (AN)in sleeplessness often, (AO)in hunger and thirst, in (AP)fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: (AQ)my deep concern for all the churches. 29 (AR)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
30 If I must boast, (AS)I will boast in the things which concern my [d]infirmity. 31 (AT)The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (AU)who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. 32 (AV)In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 NU adds and purity
- 2 Corinthians 11:6 NU omits been
- 2 Corinthians 11:7 putting myself down
- 2 Corinthians 11:30 weakness
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