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2 Corinto 12
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
2 Corinto 12
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Mga Pangitain at Pahayag
12 Kailangang ako'y magmalaki, kahit wala akong pakinabang dito. Ngunit tutuloy na rin ako tungkol sa mga pangitain at mga pahayag ng Panginoon. 2 May kilala akong isang lalaking na kay Cristo, na dinala sa ikatlong langit, labing-apat na taon na ang nakalilipas. Hindi ko alam kung siya noon ay nasa katawan, o wala sa katawan. Ang Diyos ang nakakaalam. 3 At alam kong ang taong iyon—kung nasa katawan man, o wala sa katawan, hindi ko alam, ang Diyos ang nakaaalam— 4 ay tinangay at dinala sa Paraiso. Nakarinig siya roon ng mga salitang hindi mabigkas at hindi ipinahihintulot na sabihin ng tao. 5 Ipagmamalaki ko ang taong iyon, at hindi ang aking sarili. Ang tanging maipagmamalaki ko ay ang aking mga kahinaan. 6 Kung naisin ko mang magmalaki ay hindi ako magiging hangal, sapagkat ako'y magsasabi ng katotohanan. Ngunit iniiwasan ko ito upang walang sinumang mag-isip tungkol sa akin nang higit kaysa kanyang nakikita o naririnig sa akin. 7 At upang hindi ako magmayabang dahil sa mga kahanga-hangang bagay na ipinahayag sa akin, binigyan ako ng isang tinik sa laman na nagsilbing sugo ni Satanas upang ako'y pahirapan. Ito nga'y upang hindi ako magmayabang. 8 Tatlong ulit akong nakiusap sa Panginoon tungkol dito na sana'y iwan na ako nito. 9 Ngunit sinabi niya sa akin, “Ang aking biyaya ay sapat na sa iyo, sapagkat ang kapangyarihan ko ay lubos na nahahayag sa kahinaan.” Dahil dito, masaya kong lalong ipagmamalaki ang mga kahinaan ko upang manatili sa akin ang kapangyarihan ni Cristo. 10 Kaya, alang-alang kay Cristo, ako'y may kasiyahan sa gitna ng mga kahinaan, mga panlalait, mga paghihirap, mga pag-uusig, at mga kasawian. Sapagkat kung kailan ako mahina, noon naman ako malakas.
Ang Pagmamalasakit ni Pablo sa mga Taga-Corinto
11 Naging hangal ako! Ngunit itinulak ninyo ako na magkagayon. Dapat sana'y pinuri ninyo ako, sapagkat hindi naman ako páhuhulí sa magagaling na mga apostol na iyon, kahit na ako'y walang kabuluhan. 12 Ang mga pagkakakilanlan ng isang tunay na apostol ay buong sikap kong ipinakita sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng mga himala, mga kababalaghan at ng mga gawang makapangyarihan. 13 Paano nga kayo nalamangan ng ibang iglesya, maliban sa ako'y hindi naging pabigat sa inyo? Patawarin ninyo ako sa pagkakamaling ito! 14 Ngayon, sa ikatlong pagkakataon ay handa akong pumunta sa inyo. At hindi ako magiging pabigat sa inyo, sapagkat hindi ko hinahangad ang anumang mayroon kayo, kundi kayo mismo. Sapagkat hindi ang mga anak ang may tungkuling mag-impok para sa mga magulang, kundi ang mga magulang para sa kanilang mga anak. 15 Malaking kasiyahan sa akin ang gumastos at gastusin para sa inyo. Mababawasan ba ang pagmamahal ninyo sa akin habang lalo ko kayong minamahal? 16 Hindi ako naging pasanin sa inyo. Ngunit ako raw ay tuso at nabitag ko kayo sa daya. 17 Nilinlang ko ba kayo sa pamamagitan ng mga taong sinugo ko sa inyo? 18 Pinakiusapan ko si Tito na pumunta riyan at sinugo ko siyang kasama ng isang kapatid. Pinagsamantalahan ba kayo ni Tito? Hindi ba't pareho lamang ang aming pag-iisip? Hindi ba't pareho lamang ang aming mga hakbang?
19 Marahil, matagal na ninyong iniisip na ipinagtatanggol lang namin sa inyo ang aming mga sarili. At bilang mga na kay Cristo, nagsasalita kami sa harapan ng Diyos. Mga minamahal, ginagawa namin ang lahat ng mga ito upang kayo'y maging matatag. 20 Natatakot ako na baka madatnan ko kayo sa kalagayang hindi ko maiibigan, at ako naman ay nasa kalagayang hindi rin ninyo maiibigan. Baka madatnan ko kayong nag-aaway, nagseselosan, magkakagalit, nagkakanya-kanya, nagsisiraan, nagtsitsismisan, nagpapayabangan, at nagkakagulo. 21 Natatakot ako na sa muli kong pagdating ay ipahiya ako ng Diyos sa harapan ninyo, at kailangan kong magdalamhati dahil sa maraming dati nang nagkasala at hindi pa nagsisisi sa nagawa nilang karumihan, pakikiapid, at kahalayan.
2 Corinthians 12
21st Century King James Version
2 Corinthians 12
21st Century King James Version
12 It is doubtless not expedient for me to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord:
2 I knew a man in Christ more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell, or whether out of the body I cannot tell — God knoweth). Such a one was caught up to the third Heaven.
3 And I knew such a man (whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell — God knoweth),
4 and how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5 Of such a one will I glory, yet of myself I will not glory, except in mine infirmities.
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool, for I will say the truth. But now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or than he heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And He said unto me, “My grace is sufficent for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore will I glory rather in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in privations, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 I have become a fool in glorying. Ye have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For in nothing am I inferior to the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.
13 For in what are ye inferior to other churches, unless it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!
14 Behold, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
16 But be it so, I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17 Did I gain from you by any of those whom I sent unto you?
18 I desired Titus to go, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make any gain from you? Walked we not in the same spirit? Walked we not in the same steps?
19 Again, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ; but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you as ye would not, lest there be debates, envyings, wrath, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, boastings, tumults;
21 and lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many who have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
2 Corinthians 12
New International Version
2 Corinthians 12
New International Version
Paul’s Vision and His Thorn
12 I must go on boasting.(A) Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations(B) from the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ(C) who fourteen years ago was caught up(D) to the third heaven.(E) Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.(F) 3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4 was caught up(G) to paradise(H) and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. 5 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.(I) 6 Even if I should choose to boast,(J) I would not be a fool,(K) because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations.(L) Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,(M) a messenger of Satan,(N) to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.(O) 9 But he said to me, “My grace(P) is sufficient for you, for my power(Q) is made perfect in weakness.(R)”(S) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(T) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(U) in persecutions,(V) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(W)
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 I have made a fool of myself,(X) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”[a](Y) even though I am nothing.(Z) 12 I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.(AA) 13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?(AB) Forgive me this wrong!(AC)
14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,(AD) and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents,(AE) but parents for their children.(AF) 15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(AG) If I love you more,(AH) will you love me less? 16 Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.(AI) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! 17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? 18 I urged(AJ) Titus(AK) to go to you and I sent our brother(AL) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?
19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God(AM) as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends,(AN) is for your strengthening.(AO) 20 For I am afraid that when I come(AP) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.(AQ) I fear that there may be discord,(AR) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,(AS) slander,(AT) gossip,(AU) arrogance(AV) and disorder.(AW) 21 I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved(AX) over many who have sinned earlier(AY) and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery(AZ) in which they have indulged.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
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