2 Korinterne 11

¹ Gid I vilde finde eder i en Smule Dårskab af mig! Dog, I gør det Jo nok.

¹ I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.

³ Men jeg frygter for, at ligesom Slangen bedrog Eva ved sin Træskhed, således skulle eders Tanker fordærves og miste det oprigtige Sindelag over for Kristus.

³ But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

⁵ Thi jeg mener ikke at stå tilbage i noget for de såre store Apostle.

⁵ For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles.

⁷ Eller gjorde jeg Synd i at fornedre mig selv, for at I skulde ophøjes, idet jeg forkyndte eder Guds Evangelium for intet?

⁷ Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?

⁹ thi min Trang afhjalp Brødrene, da de kom fra Makedonien, og i alt har jeg holdt og vil jeg holde mig uden Tynge for eder.

⁹ and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.

¹¹ Hvorfor? mon fordi jeg ikke elsker eder? Gud ved det.

¹¹ Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

¹³ Thi sådanne ere falske Apostle, svigefulde Arbejdere, som påtage sig Skikkelse af Kristi Apostle.

¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

¹⁵ Derfor er det ikke noget stort, om også hans Tjenere påtage sig Skikkelse som Retfærdigheds Tjenere; men deres Ende skal være efter deres Gerninger.

¹⁵ Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

¹⁷ Hvad jeg nu taler, taler jeg ikke efter Herrens Sind, men som i Dårskab, idet jeg så tillidsfuldt roser mig.

¹⁷ What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

¹⁹ Gerne finde I eder jo i Dårerne, efterdi I ere kloge.

¹⁹ For you, being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly.

²¹ Med Skamfuldhed siger jeg det, efterdi vi have været svage; men hvad end nogen trodser på (jeg taler i Dårskab), derpå trodser også jeg.

²¹ To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison.But in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself.

²³ Ere de Kristi Tjenere? Jeg taler i Vanvid: jeg er det mere. Jeg har lidt langt flere Besværligheder, fået langt flere Slag, været hyppigt i Fængsel, ofte i Dødsfare.

²³ Are they servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.

²⁵ Tre Gange er jeg bleven pisket, een Gang stenet, tre Gange har jeg lidt Skibbrud, et Døgn har jeg tilbragt på Dybet;

²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.

²⁷ i Møje og Anstrengelse, ofte i Nattevågen, i Hunger og Tørst, ofte i Faste, i Kulde og Nøgenhed;

²⁷ I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

²⁹ Hvem er skrøbelig, uden at også jeg er det? hvem bliver forarget, uden at det brænder i mig?

²⁹ Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?

³¹ Gud og den Herres Jesu Fader, som er højlovet i Evighed, ved, at jeg ikke lyver.

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

³³ men jeg blev igennem en Luge firet ned over Muren i en Kurv og undflyede af hans Hænder. 

³³ and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands.