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11:1
ወርዕቱሰትትዐገሡኒኅዳጠከመእንብብበእበድየእንዘትትዔገሡኒ።
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in which they boast, they may be recognized just like us.
我現在所做的,後來還要做,為要斷絕那些尋機會人的機會,使他們在所誇的事上也不過與我們一樣。
11:13
እስመሀለዉሐሳውያንገበርተዐመፃእለይትሜየኑወይትሜሰሉሐዋርያተክርስቶስ።
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
那等人是假使徒,行事詭詐,裝作基督使徒的模樣。
11:14
ወዝኒአኮለአንክሮእስመለሊሁሰይጣንይትሜሰልከመመልአከብርሃን።
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;