2 Kolinitō 12

1I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

1KO E moʻoni ʻoku taʻengali mo au ke polepole. Ka te u lea ki he ngaahi meʻa hā mai mo e ngaahi fakahā ʻoe ʻEiki.

2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.

2‌ʻI he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma fā nai kuo hili, ne u ʻilo ha tangata naʻe ʻia Kalaisi, (pe naʻe ʻi he sino ia, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo; pe naʻe ʻikai ʻi he sino, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo; ʻoku ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua;) naʻe ʻohake ia ki hono tolu ʻoe langi.

3And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—

3Pea ne u ʻilo ʻae tangata ko ia, (pe naʻe ʻi he sino, pe naʻe ʻikai ʻi he sino, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo: ʻoku ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua;)

4and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

4Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻohake ia ki Palataisi ʻo ne fanongo ki he ngaahi lea taʻefaʻaleaʻaki, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ngofua ke lea ʻaki ʻe ha tangata.

5On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.

5Ko e tokotaha ko ia teu polepole ai: ka ʻe ʻikai teu polepole ʻiate au, ka ʻi heʻeku ngaahi vaivai.

6Though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

6He ka ne u holi ke polepole, ʻe ʻikai ai te u vale; he te u lea moʻoni pe: ka ʻoku ou tukuā, telia naʻa ai ha taha ʻe mahalo lelei lahi hake ʻiate au ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ne mamata ʻiate au, pe ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ne fanongo ʻiate au.

7So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

7Pea telia naʻaku fielahi fau au ʻi hono lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakahā, naʻe tuku kiate au ʻae tolounua ʻi he kakano, ko e meʻa fekau ʻa Sētane, ke tukiʻi au, telia naʻaku fielahi fau.

8Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.

8Pea ʻi he meʻa ni, naʻe liunga tolu ʻeku kole lahi ki he ʻEiki, koeʻuhi ke mahuʻi ia ʻiate au.

9But he said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

9Pea pehē mai ʻe ia kiate au, “Ko ʻeku tokoni ʻe lahi maʻau: he kuo fakakakato ʻeku mālohi ʻi hoʻo vaivai.” Ko ia teu fiefia lahi mo polepole ai muʻa ʻi heʻeku ngaahi vaivai, koeʻuhi ke nofoʻia au ʻe he mālohi ʻo Kalaisi.

10For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

10Ko ia ʻoku ou fiemālie ai ʻi he ngaahi vaivai, ʻi he ngaahi manuki, mo e ngaahi masiva, mo e ngaahi fakatanga, mo e ngaahi mamahi, koeʻuhi ko Kalaisi: he kau ka vaivai ʻoku ou toki mālohi.

11I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

11Ko eni, kuo u vale ʻi he polepole; ka kuo mou fakalanga ia ʻiate au: he naʻe totonu hoʻomou fakaongolelei au: he ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku ou tomui ai ʻi he fungani “ʻaposetolo lahi,” ka ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa au.

12The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.

12Ko e moʻoni ko e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻoe ʻaposetolo naʻe fai ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻi he faʻa kātaki kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga, mo e ngaahi mana, mo e ngaahi ngāue mālohi.

13For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

13He ko e hā ha meʻa ne mou siʻi hifo ai ʻi he ngaahi siasi kehe, ka koeʻuhi ʻapē ko ʻeku taʻefakamāfasiaʻi ʻakimoutolu? fakamolemolea ʻeku kovi ni.

14Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

14Vakai, ko hono liunga tolu eni ʻo ʻeku teu ke ʻalu atu kiate kimoutolu; pea ʻe ʻikai te u fakamāfasiaʻi ʻakimoutolu: he ʻoku ʻikai teu kumi hoʻomou meʻa, ka ko kimoutolu: he ʻoku ʻikai ngali ke tokonaki ʻe he fānau maʻae mātuʻa, ka ko e mātuʻa maʻae fānau.

15I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

15Pea teu loto fiefia lahi ke ngāue, pea ʻatu mo ʻeku moʻui koeʻuhi ko homou laumālie; neongo ʻae fakasiʻisiʻi ʻae ʻofa kiate au, ʻi he tupulekina ʻo lahi ʻaupito ʻeku ʻofa kiate kimoutolu.

16But granting that I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit.

16Pea ko ia naʻe ʻikai te u fakamāfasia ʻakimoutolu: ka ʻi he anga fakapotopoto, ne u maʻu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he fakaoloolo.

17Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?

17He naʻaku maʻumeʻa meiate kimoutolu ʻi ha taha ʻokinautolu naʻaku fekau atu kiate kimoutolu?

18I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

18Naʻaku kole kia Taitusi, pe au fekau mo ia ha kāinga kiate kimoutolu. Naʻe maʻumeʻa ʻa Taitusi meiate kimoutolu? ʻIkai naʻa ma ʻaʻeva ʻi he laumālie pe taha pea ma topuvaʻe taha pe?

19Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.

19‌ʻOku mou mahalo ʻoku mau toe fakaongolelei ʻakimautolu kiate kimoutolu? ʻOku mau lea ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua ʻia Kalaisi: ka ʻoku mau fai ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, ʻe kāinga ʻofeina, ke langa hake ai ʻakimoutolu.

20For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

20He ʻoku ou manavahē, telia ʻi heʻeku hoko atu, ʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻakimoutolu ʻo taau mo hoku loto, pea te mou ʻiloʻi au ʻo taʻetaau mo homou loto: telia naʻa ʻoku ai ʻae fakakikihi, ʻae femehekaʻaki, ʻae feʻiteʻitani, fekeʻikeʻi, ʻae felauʻiʻaki, ʻae fefanafanahi, ʻae fakamofutofuta, ʻae maveuveu:

21I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

21Pea telia naʻa ʻi heʻeku toe hoko atu ʻe fakavaivaiʻi au ʻe hoku ʻOtua ʻiate kimoutolu, pea te u tangilāulau ʻi he tokolahi kuo nau fai angahala pea ʻoku teʻeki ai kenau fakatomala ʻi he ngāue ʻuli mo e feʻauaki mo e angafakalielia ʻaia kuo nau fai.