Book of Common Prayer

12 It is necessary dei for me to continue boasting kauchaomai. Though men it is not ou profitable sympherō, I will go on erchomai · de to eis visions optasia and kai revelations apokalypsis from the Lord kyrios. ² I know oida a man anthrōpos in en Christ Christos who fourteen dekatessares years etos ago pro— whether eite in en the body sōma I do not ou know oida or eite apart from ektos the ho body sōma I do not ou know oida, only ho God theos knows oida— such a man toioutos was caught up harpazō · ho to heōs the third tritos heaven ouranos. ³ And kai I know oida that · ho this toioutos man anthrōpos— whether eite in en the body sōma or eite apart chōris from the ho body sōma I do not ou know oida, only ho God theos knows oida— ⁴ that hoti he was caught up harpazō into eis · ho paradise paradeisos and kai heard akouō unspeakable arrētos words rhēma which hos are not ou permitted for a man anthrōpos to utter laleō. ⁵ On behalf of hyper · ho this man toioutos I will boast kauchaomai, but de on my own emautou behalf hyper I will not ou boast kauchaomai, except ei mē in en my ho weakness astheneia. ⁶ For gar even if ean I should choose thelō to boast kauchaomai, I would not ou be eimi foolish aphrōn, because gar I would be telling legō the truth alētheia. But de I refrain from pheidomai this, so that no mē one tis will give credit logizomai to eis me egō beyond hyper what hos he sees blepō in me egō or ē he hears akouō from ek me egō, ⁷ especially kai because of the ho extraordinary hyperbolē character of my ho revelations apokalypsis. Therefore dio in order that hina I should not mē become conceited hyperairō, there was given didōmi to me egō a thorn skolops in the ho flesh sarx, a messenger angelos of Satan Satanas to hina torment kolaphizō me egō, that hina I should not mē become conceited hyperairō. ⁸ Three times tris I pleaded with parakaleō the ho Lord kyrios about hyper this houtos, that hina it would leave aphistēmi me egō. ⁹ But kai he said legō to me egō, “ My egō grace charis is sufficient arkeō for you sy, · ho for gar my ho power dynamis is fulfilled teleō in en weakness astheneia.” Therefore oun I will most mallon gladly hēdeōs boast kauchaomai in en · ho my egō weaknesses astheneia, in order that hina the ho power dynamis of ho Christ Christos may dwell episkēnoō in epi me egō. ¹⁰ For this reason dio I am content eudokeō with en weaknesses astheneia, with en insults hybris, with en hardships anankē, with en persecutions diōgmos and kai difficulties stenochōria for the sake hyper of Christ Christos; for gar whenever hotan I am weak astheneō, then tote I am eimi strong dynatos.

²⁸ · kai Having said legō these houtos things , he went poreuō on ahead emprosthen, going anabainō up to eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma.

²⁹ · kai It happened ginomai that as hōs he came engizō near Bethphage Bēthphagē and kai Bethany Bēthania to pros the ho hill oros · ho called kaleō “The Mount of Olives elaia,” he sent apostellō two dyo of his ho disciples mathētēs, ³⁰ saying legō, “ Go hypagō into eis the ho village kōmē ahead katenanti of you, where en hos, as you enter eisporeuomai, you will find heuriskō a colt pōlos tied deō, on epi which hos no oudeis one anthrōpos has ever pōpote yet sat kathizō. · kai Untie lyō it autos and bring agō it here. ³¹ · kai If ean someone tis asks erōtaō you hymeis why dia tis are you untying lyō it, you shall say legō this houtōs: ‘ The ho Lord kyrios has echō need chreia of it autos.’” ³² Those ho who were sent away apostellō left aperchomai · de and found heuriskō everything just kathōs as he has described legō it to them autos. ³³ As they autos were untying lyō · de the ho colt pōlos, its autos owners kyrios said legō · ho to pros them autos, “ Why tis are you untying lyō the ho colt pōlos?” ³⁴ And de they ho said legō, “ Because hoti the ho Lord kyrios has echō need chreia of it autos.” ³⁵ Then kai they brought agō it autos to pros · ho Jesus Iēsous, and kai throwing epiriptō their autos · ho cloaks himation onto epi the ho colt pōlos, they put epibibazō · ho Jesus Iēsous on it. ³⁶ And de as he autos rode poreuō along , they spread hypostrōnnyō · ho their autos cloaks himation on en the ho road hodos. ³⁷ As he autos was already ēdē approaching engizō · de to pros the ho descent katabasis of the ho Mount oros of ho Olives elaia, the ho whole hapas crowd plēthos of ho disciples mathētēs began archō to rejoice chairō and praise aineō · ho God theos with a loud megas voice phōnē for peri all pas the mighty works dynamis that hos they had seen, ³⁸ saying legō, “ Blessed eulogeō is the ho coming erchomai one , the ho king basileus, the one who comes in en the name onoma of the Lord kyrios! Peace eirēnē in en heaven ouranos and kai glory doxa in en the highest hypsistos!” ³⁹ And kai some tis of the ho Pharisees Pharisaios in apo the ho crowd ochlos said legō to pros him autos, “ Teacher didaskalos, rebuke epitimaō · ho your sy disciples mathētēs.” ⁴⁰ · kai He answered apokrinomai, “ I tell legō you hymeis, if ean these houtos are silent siōpaō, the ho stones lithos will cry krazō out .”