2 Corinthians 7

1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

1 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，我们既然有这些应许，就当洗净自己身体和灵魂一切的污秽，存着敬畏上帝的心追求完全圣洁。

2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

2 请你们敞开心怀接纳我们。我们没有亏负过任何人，没有败坏过任何人，也没有占过任何人的便宜。

3 I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

3 我这样说，并不是要定你们的罪，因为我曾经说过，我们心里常惦记你们，愿意和你们生死与共。

4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

4 我非常信任你们，以你们为荣。我因你们大受激励，在我们所受的一切患难中，我仍然充满喜乐。

5 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

5 我们到马其顿的时候，身心无法安歇，面临着重重患难，外有冲突，内有恐惧。

6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

6 但安慰沮丧之人的上帝借着提多的到来激励了我们。

7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

7 我们得到激励，不但是因为提多来了，也因为看到他从你们那里得到了激励。他把你们对我的想念、对我的热心和你们的哀痛都告诉了我，这使我更加欢喜。

8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—

8 我曾为从前写的那封信令你们忧伤而后悔，但现在不后悔了，因为我知道那封信令你们忧伤只是暂时的。

9 yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

9 现在我很欢喜，当然不是因为你们忧伤而欢喜，而是看见你们因忧伤而悔改了。因为你们这样忧伤合乎上帝的心意，使你们不致因我们而受到任何损失。

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

10 合乎上帝心意的忧伤会带来悔改，使人得到救恩，永不后悔，但世俗的忧伤只会带来死亡。

11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

11 你们看，合乎上帝心意的忧伤使你们产生了何等的热诚啊！你们何等地认真辩白、对罪愤慨、心生敬畏、充满盼望和热情、乐意惩处罪恶。你们在各方面已显明自己在那件事上是清白的。

12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

12 因此，虽然我给你们写过信，但并非为了那犯错的人或那受害的人而写的，而是为了让你们在上帝面前看到自己对我们所存的热心。

13 On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

13 我们也因此得到了激励。让我们更欢喜的是提多也很喜乐，因为他的心从你们那里得到了安慰。

14 Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

14 我若对提多夸奖了你们什么，也不觉得惭愧，因为我先前向提多夸奖你们的话都证明是真实的，正如我告诉你们的一切都是真实的。

15 And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

15 提多想到你们众人的顺服并怎样战战兢兢地接待他，便更加爱你们了。

16 I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.

16 现在，我对你们可以完全放心了，这真让我欢喜。