1 E STO pues determiné para conmigo, no venir otra vez á vosotros con tristeza.

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

2 P orque si yo os contristo, ¿quién será luego el que me alegrará, sino aquel á quien yo contristare?

For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

3 Y esto mismo os escribí, porque cuando llegare no tenga tristeza sobre tristeza de los que me debiera gozar; confiando en vosotros todos que mi gozo es el de todos vosotros.

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

4 P orque por la mucha tribulación y angustia del corazón os escribí con muchas lágrimas; no para que fueseis contristados, mas para que supieseis cuánto más amor tengo para con vosotros.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

5 Q ue si alguno me contristó, no me contristó á mí, sino en parte, por no cargaros, á todos vosotros.

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

6 B ástale al tal esta reprensión hecha de muchos;

This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

7 A sí que, al contrario, vosotros más bien lo perdonéis y consoléis, porque no sea el tal consumido de demasiada tristeza.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

8 P or lo cual os ruego que confirméis el amor para con él.

Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

9 P orque también por este fin os escribí, para tener experiencia de vosotros si sois obedientes en todo.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

10 Y al que vosotros perdonareis, yo también: porque también yo lo que he perdonado, si algo he perdonado, por vosotros lo he hecho en persona de Cristo;

Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

11 P orque no seamos engañados de Satanás: pues no ignoramos sus maquinaciones.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

12 C uando vine á Troas para el evangelio de Cristo, aunque me fué abierta puerta en el Señor,

Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

13 N o tuve reposo en mi espíritu, por no haber hallado á Tito mi hermano: así, despidiéndome de ellos, partí para Macedonia.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

14 M as á Dios gracias, el cual hace que siempre triunfemos en Cristo Jesús, y manifiesta el olor de su conocimiento por nosotros en todo lugar.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

15 P orque para Dios somos buen olor de Cristo en los que se salvan, y en los que se pierden:

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

16 A éstos ciertamente olor de muerte para muerte; y á aquéllos olor de vida para vida. Y para estas cosas ¿quién es suficiente?

to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

17 P orque no somos como muchos, mercaderes falsos de la palabra de Dios: antes con sinceridad, como de Dios, delante de Dios, hablamos en Cristo.

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.