1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and from our brother Timothy—
To the church of God in Corinth, and to all God's people throughout Achaia:
2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Paul Gives Thanks to God
3 Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, the God from whom all help comes! 4 He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God. 5 Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help. 6 If we suffer, it is for your help and salvation; if we are helped, then you too are helped and given the strength to endure with patience the same sufferings that we also endure. 7 So our hope in you is never shaken; we know that just as you share in our sufferings, you also share in the help we receive.
8 We want to remind you, friends, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive. 9 We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. But this happened so that we should rely, not on ourselves, but only on God, who raises the dead. 10 From such terrible dangers of death he saved us, and will save us; and we have placed our hope in him that he will save us again, 11 as you help us by means of your prayers for us. So it will be that the many prayers for us will be answered, and God will bless us; and many will raise their voices to him in thanksgiving for us.
The Change in Paul's Plans
12 We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity, by the power of God's grace and not by human wisdom. 13-14 We write to you only what you can read and understand. But even though you now understand us only in part, I hope that you will come to understand us completely, so that in the Day of our Lord Jesus you can be as proud of us as we shall be of you.
15 I was so sure of all this that I made plans at first to visit you, in order that you might be blessed twice. 16 For I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and again on my way back, in order to get help from you for my trip to Judea. 17 In planning this, did I appear fickle? When I make my plans, do I make them from selfish motives, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18 As surely as God speaks the truth, my promise to you was not a “Yes” and a “No.” 19 For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by Silas, Timothy, and myself, is not one who is “Yes” and “No.” On the contrary, he is God's “Yes”; 20 for it is he who is the “Yes” to all of God's promises. This is why through Jesus Christ our “Amen” is said to the glory of God. 21 It is God himself who makes us, together with you, sure of our life in union with Christ; it is God himself who has set us apart, 22 who has placed his mark of ownership upon us, and who has given us the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.
23 I call God as my witness—he knows my heart! It was in order to spare you that I decided not to go to Corinth. 24 We are not trying to dictate to you what you must believe; we know that you stand firm in the faith. Instead, we are working with you for your own happiness.
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1 Pōvuls, caur Dīva vaļu Jezus Kristus paaicynōtais apostols un brōļs Timotejs Dīva draudzei Korintā reizē ar vysim svātajim, kuri ir vysā Achaijā.
2 Žēlesteiba jums un mīrs lai ir nu Dīva myusu Tāva un nu Kunga Jezus Kristus.
3 Lai ir slaveits Dīvs, myusu Kunga Jezus Kristus Tāvs un apsažālōšonōs Tāvs un ikvīnas īprīcynōšonas Dīvs.
4 Jys myusus īprīcynoj ikvīnūs spaidūs un tai mes varam arī cytus īprīcynōt ikvīnūs spaidūs ar tū īprīcynōšonu, ar kuru myusus pošus īprīcynoj Dīvs. 5 Kai mes montōjam pōrpiļneibā Kristus cīsšonas, tai pat pōrpiļneibā caur Kristus montōsim īprīcynōšonu. 6 Jo mes asam spaidūs, tod tys ir jyusu īprīcynōšonai un pesteišonai, un jo mes asam īprīcynōti, tad arī tys ir jyusu pesteigai īprīcynōšonai. (Jo mes byusim paskubynōti, tad tys ir jyusu pamūdynōšonai un izlobōšonai). Caur tū jyus varat pacīteigi panest tōs pošas cīsšonas, kuras mes cīšam. 7 Par jums myusu cereiba ir stypra, jo mes zinim, ka jyus byusit kai cīsšonu, tai arī īprīcynōšonas leidzdaleibnīki.
8 Brōli, mes nagrybam, ka jyus byutu nazynōšonā par tim spaidim, kas mums beja jōpōrcīš Azijā. Jī myusus tik stipri pōri par spākim apmīdze, ka mes pat par dzeiveibu krytom izmysumā, 9 un poši sevī jau nosōjam nōves sprīdumu. Mums beja jōīsamōca pasaļaut na pošim uz sevis, bet gon uz Dīva, kas ceļ augšam nūmyrušūs. 10 Un Jys myusus izglōbe nu tik lelom brīsmem, glōb myusus tagad un, kai mes ceram, glōbs arī turpmōk. 11 Arī jyus vīnojitēs lyugšonā par mums, lai par mums uzrōdeitū žēlesteibu nu daudzejū lyupom myusu vōrdā nōktu daudzkōrteiga pateiceiba.
Kavēšonōs īmesli.
12 Myusu dīžonums pastōv myusu sirdsapziņas līceibā, ka mes svātumā un attureibā Dīva prīškā, na mīseigā gudreibā, bet gon Dīva žēlesteibas spākā pa pasauli staigojam, un it seviški storp jums. 13 Mes nikō cyta jums narokstam, kai tik tū, kū jyus losat un saprūtat. Un es ceru, ka jyus saprassit piļneigi, 14 kai jyus jau pa daļai asat myusus saprotuši, ka mes asam jyusu dīžonums, kai arī jyus byusit myusejais (dižonums) myusu Kunga Jezus (Kristus) dīnā.
15 Šytamā pōrlīceibā es jau gribēju pi jums aizīt pyrmōk, lai jyus žēlesteibu sajimtu divkōrš. 16 Un nu jums es gribēju dūtīs uz Makedoniju un nu Makedonijas grīstīs pi jums atpakaļ un nu jums sev pajimt pavodūņus uz Judeju. 17 Bet vai es šytamā nūdūmā beju vīglprōteigs? Vai arī sovūs nūdūmūs es asmu atkareigs nu īgrybas tai, ka man jā, jā ir nē, nē? 18 Kai Dīvs ir uzticeigs, tai myusu runa jums nav reizē jā un nē. 19 Jo Dīva Dāls Jezus Kristus, kuru mes: es, Silvans un Timotejs jums sludynōjom, nabeja reizē jā un nē, bet gon jymā izapiļdeja jā. 20 Vysas Dīva apsūleišonas caur jū palyka par jā; un Jymā ir Amen Dīvam par gūdu caur mums. 21 Bet tys, kas myusus reizē ar jums ikš Kristus nūstyprynōja, ir Dīvs. 22 Jys myusus apzeimūgōja un īlyka myusu sirdīs Goru kaī īprīkšgolvōjumu.
23 Pi sovas dzeiveibas es pīsaucu Dīvu par līcinīku, ka es uz Korintu nagōju, lai jyusus saudzātu; 24 un na tōpēc, ka mes jyusu ticeibu grybātu pōrvaļdeit, bet gon tōpēc, ka mes gribējom leidzstrōdōt jyusu prīcā, jo jyus ticeibā asot stipri.
