Comparison
2 Corinthians 12
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed), but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. | Si gloriari oportet (non expedit quidem), veniam autem ad visiones et revelationes Domini. |
| 2 | I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven. | Scio hominem in Christo ante annos quatuordecim, sive in corpore nescio, sive extra corpus nescio, Deus scit, raptum huiusmodi usque ad tertium caelum. |
| 3 | And I know such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth), | Et scio huiusmodi hominem sive in corpore, sive extra corpus nescio, Deus scit: |
| 4 | That he was caught up into paradise, and heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to utter. | quoniam raptus est in paradisum: et audivit arcana verba, quae non licet homini loqui. |
| 5 | For such an one I will glory; but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities. | Pro huiusmodi gloriabor: pro me autem nihil gloriabor nisi in infirmitatibus meis. |
| 6 | For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me. | Nam etsi voluero gloriari, non ero insipiens: veritatem enim dicam: parco autem, ne quis me existimet supra id quod videt in me, aut aliquid audit ex me. |
| 7 | And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. | Et ne magnitudo revelationum extollat me, datus est mihi stimulus carnis meae angelus Satanae, qui me colaphizet. |
| 8 | For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. | Propter quod ter Dominum rogavi ut discederet a me: |
| 9 | And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. | et dixit mihi: Sufficit tibi gratia mea: nam virtus in infirmitate perficitur. Libenter igitur gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis, ut inhabitet in me virtus Christi. |
| 10 | For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful. | Propter quod placeo mihi in infirmitatibus meis, in contumeliis, in necessitatibus, in persecutionibus, in angustiis pro Christo: cum enim infirmor, tunc potens sum. |
| 11 | I am become foolish: you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing. | Factus sum insipiens, vos me coëgistis. Ego enim a vobis debui commendari: nihil enim minus fui ab iis, qui sunt supra modum Apostoli: tametsi nihil sum: |
| 12 | Yet the signs of my apostleship have been wrought on you, in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. | signa tamen apostolatus mei facta sunt super vos in omni patientia, in signis, et prodigiis, et virtutibus. |
| 13 | For what is there that you have had less than the other churches, but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury. | Quid est enim, quod minus habuistis prae ceteris ecclesiis, nisi quod ego ipse non gravavi vos? donate mihi hanc iniuriam. |
| 14 | Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. | Ecce tertio hoc paratus sum venire ad vos: et non ero gravis vobis. Non enim quaero quae vestra sunt, sed vos. Nec enim debent filii parentibus thesaurizare, sed parentes filiis. |
| 15 | But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less. | Ego autem libentissime impendam, et super impendar ipse pro animabus vestris: licet plus vos diligens, minus diligar. |
| 16 | But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught you by guile. | Sed esto: ego vos non gravavi: sed cum essem astutus, dolo vos cepi. |
| 17 | Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you? | Numquid per aliquem eorum, quod misi ad vos, circumveni vos? |
| 18 | I desired Titus, and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? did we not in the same steps? | Rogavi Titum, et misi cum illo fratrem. Numquid Titus vos circumvenit? nonne eodem spiritu ambulavimus? nonne iisdem vestigiis? |
| 19 | Of old, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ; but all things, my dearly beloved, for your edification. | Olim putatis quod excusemus nos apud vos? coram Deo in Christo loquimur: omnia autem, carissimi, propter aedificationem vestram. |
| 20 | For I fear lest perhaps when I come I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you. | Timeo enim ne forte cum venero, non quales volo, inveniam vos: et ego inveniar a vobis, qualem non vultis: ne forte contentiones, aemulationes, animositates, dissensiones, detractiones, susurrationes, inflationes, seditiones sint inter vos: |
| 21 | Lest again, when I come, God humble me among you: and I mourn many of them that sinned before, and have not done penance for the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, that they have committed. | ne iterum cum venero, humiliet me Deus apud vos, et lugeam multos ex iis qui ante peccaverunt, et non egerunt poenitentiam super immunditia, et fornicatione, et impudicitia, quam gesserunt. |
