爱之深责之切

我已经决定了,下次到你们那里时不再使大家忧伤。 如果我使你们忧伤,那么除了因我而忧伤的你们,还有谁能使我喜乐呢? 我曾为这事写信给你们,免得我到你们那里时,那些本该使我喜乐的人反而使我忧伤。我也深信你们会以我的喜乐为你们的喜乐。 我万分难过、泪流满面地给你们写了前一封信,并非要使你们忧伤,而是要你们明白我是多么疼爱你们。

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愛之深責之切

我已經決定了,下次到你們那裡時不再使大家憂傷。 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? 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。 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。

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So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.(A) For if I grieve you,(B) who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? I wrote as I did,(C) so that when I came I would not be distressed(D) by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence(E) in all of you, that you would all share my joy. For I wrote you(F) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

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