2 KORINTOARREI 10

PAULO BERE APOSTOLUTZAREN ALDE (10,1—12,21)

Etsaien salaketei erantzuna

1 Nik, Paulok, aurrez aurre hain apal eta urrutitik hain zorrotz omen naizen honek, Kristoren otzantasun eta bihozberatasunagatik erregutzen dizuet:t 2 ez nazazue, arren, zorrotz jokatzera behartu zeuekin izango nauzuenean, prest bainago gogor aurre egiteko giza irizpidezt jokatzen dudala esaten duten horiei.t

3 Gizakia naiz, bai, baina ez naiz giza irizpidez ari borrokan.
4 Gure borrokako armakt ez dira gizakiarenak, Jainkoarenak baizik, eta hiri gotorrak ere errausteko indarra dute: argudio faltsuakt 5 eta Jainkoaren ezagutzaren aurka altxatzen den harropuzkeria oro errausten ditugu, eta giza arrazoiketa oro Kristoren morrontzapean jartzen, berari obedi diezaion;

6 eta prest gaude edozein desobedientzia zigortzeko, zuen obedientzia bere betera iritsiko denean.t
7 Itxurari baizik ez diozue begiratzent. Kristorena dela uste duenak izan beza gogoan bera bezain Kristorena naizela ni ere. 8 Eta neure aginpideaz harro sentitzen banaiz, agian behar baino gehiago, ez naiz lotsatzen; izan ere, zuei fedean hazten laguntzeko, eta ez hondatzeko, eman zidan Jaunak aginpide hau.t 9 Ez dizuet eman nahi gutunez bakarrik beldurgarria naizeneko itxura. 10 Zenbaitek dio: «Gutunak gogorrak eta zorrotzak dira; baina bera itxura kaskarreko gizona da eta hizlari eskasa».

11 Hori dioenak jakin beza, urrutitik eta gutunez naizen bezalakoa izango naizela hurbiletik eta egintzetan ere.t

12 Egia esan, ez dut ausardiarik beren buruak goraipatzen dituzten horien pareko edo kidekotzat neure burua emateko. Horrelako horiek zentzu ona galdu dute: lehenengo beren burua hartzen dute neurritzat eta, gero, neurri horrekin balioztatzen dituzte beren buruak.t
13 Niri dagokidanez, ez dut neurriz gain harrotu nahi; Jainkoak ezarri didan lan-eremua hartuko dut neurritzat, eta neurri horren muga barruan zaudete zuek ere, korintoarrok.t 14 Ez ditut ezarritako neurriaren mugak gainditzen, zuenganaino heldu ez banintz bezala, neu izan bainintzen lehenbizikoa zuei Kristoren berri ona eramaten. 15 Ez naiz, bada, neurriz gain ari, besteen lanaz baliatuz. Hau da, ordea, nire itxaropena: zuen sinesmena haziz doan neurrian, nire lanak gero eta fruitu handiagoa ekarriko duela zuen artean, ezarri zaizkidan mugen barruan;

16 badut zuen lurraldeaz harantzago berri ona zabaltzeko itxaropena ere, baina besteren mugetan sartu gabe, eta bestek landutakoaz harrotu gabe.
17  Harrotu nahi duena, harro bedi Jaunarengan. t 18 Izan ere, ez da onetsia bere burua goratzen duena, Jaunak goratzen duena baizik.

2 Corinthians 10

Paul’s Authority from the Lord

1 Now I, Paul, appeal to yout personallyt by the meekness and gentlenesst of Christ (I who am meekt when present amongt you, but am full of couraget toward you when away!) –2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behavingt according to human standards.t3 For though we livet as human beings,t we do not wage war according to human standards,t4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons,t but are made powerful by Godt for tearing down strongholds.s We tear down argumentst5 and every arrogant obstaclet that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obeyt Christ.6 We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience,t whenever your obedience is complete.7 You are looking at outward appearances.t If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave ust for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.t9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,10 because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weakt and his speech is of no account.”t

11 Let such a person consider this: What we sayt by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

Paul’s Mission

12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.t13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits,t but will confine our boastingt according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us,t that reaches even as far as you.14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.t15 Nor do we boast beyond certain limitst in the workt done by others, but we hopet that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expandedt among you according to our limits,t16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.ts

18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.