|
|
| [1]This is the third time that I prepare to come to you; and in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. |
[1]THIS is the third time I am ready to come to you, for by the mouth of two or three witnesses every charge is sustained. |
| [2]I have foretold you, and again I foretell you; as also twice while I was with you I told you, [so] now also being distant I write to those who have sinned, and to the rest of the others; that if I come again I will not spare. |
[2]I have told you before, and again I tell you in advance, just as I have told you on my two previous visits; and now even while I am far away I write to those who have sinned, and to all others, that if I come again, I will not spare any one: |
| [3]Inasmuch as you demand the proof of the Meshiha who speaketh in me, [of] Him who is not weak among you, but is mighty among you: |
[3]Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, he has never been weak among you, but is mighty in you. |
| [4]—for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of Aloha:—so also we are weak with you, but we live with him through the power of Aloha which is among you. |
[4]For though Jesus was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. As we are weak with him, so we are alive with him by the power of God who is among you. |
| [5]Prove yourselves, whether in the faith itself you stand; try yourselves. Are you not assured that Jeshu the Meshiha is in you, if you be not reprobates? |
[5]Examine yourselves, whether you are in the same faith; heal your souls. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is among you? If this is not so, then you are rejected. |
| [6]But I trust you will know that we are not reprobate. |
[6]But I trust that you shall know that we are not rejected. |
| [7]But I implore of Aloha that there may not be any thing in you that is evil, that our proving may be seen; but that you may do good, and that we may be as unproved. |
[7]And I pray to God that our investigation will find nothing wrong with you; but that you may be found doing good things, even though we may appear as though we were rejected. |
| [8]For we are not able to do any thing against the truth, but for the truth. |
[8]For we cannot do anything against the truth, but for the truth. |
| [9]For we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong: but this also we pray, that you may be perfect. |
[9]For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we pray for, that you may be perfected. |
| [10]Therefore while distant I write these [things], that when I am come I may not act severely, according to the power which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction. |
[10]Therefore I write these things while I am far away, so that when I come, I need not deal harshly with you, according to the authority which my LORD has given me, which is for your edification and not for your destruction. |
| [11]Wherefore, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfect, and be comforted, and let agreement and peace be among you; and the God of love and of peace shall be with you. |
[11]Henceforth, my brethren, rejoice, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. |
| [12]Salute one another with the holy kiss. |
[12]Greet one another with a holy kiss. |
| [13]All the saints ask for your peace. |
[13]All the saints salute you. |
| [14]THE PEACE OF OUR LORD JESHU MESHIHA, AND THE LOVE OF ALOHA, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS, BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.
Finished is the second epistle to the Kurinthoyee; which was written from Philipos of Makedunia, and sent by the hand of Titos. |
[14]The peace of our LORD Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. |