| | King James | Ostervald | American std |
| 1 | But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. | J'avais donc résolu en moi-même de ne point retourner chez vous, dans la tristesse. | But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. |
| 2 | For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? | Car si je vous attriste, qui est-ce qui me réjouira, sinon celui que j'aurais moi-même attristé? | For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me? |
| 3 | And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. | Et je vous ai écrit cela même, afin que quand je serai arrivé, je ne reçoive pas de la tristesse de ceux qui devraient me donner de la joie; car j'ai cette confiance en vous tous, que vous faites tous votre joie de la mienne. | And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all. |
| 4 | For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. | Car je vous écrivis, dans une grande affliction et le coeur serré de douleur, avec beaucoup de larmes; non pour vous attrister, mais pour vous faire connaître l'affection excessive que j'ai pour vous. | For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you. |
| 5 | But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. | Que si quelqu'un a causé de la tristesse, ce n'est pas moi seul qu'il a attristé, mais c'est vous tous en quelque mesure, pour ne pas exagérer. | But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. |
| 6 | Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. | Il suffit pour un tel homme, d'avoir été châtié par le plus grand nombre, | Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many; |
| 7 | So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. | De sorte que vous devez plutôt lui pardonner et le consoler, de peur qu'il ne soit accablé par une trop grande tristesse. | so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. |
| 8 | Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. | C'est pourquoi je vous prie de manifester envers lui votre charité. | Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him. |
| 9 | For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. | Car c'est aussi pour cela que je vous ai écrit, afin de connaître, en vous mettant à l'épreuve, si vous êtes obéissants en toutes choses. | For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. |
| 10 | To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; | Celui donc à qui vous pardonnez, je lui pardonne aussi; (car pour moi ce que j'ai pardonné, si j'ai pardonné, c'est à cause de vous,) en la présence de Christ, | But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ; |
| 11 | Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. | Afin que Satan n'ait pas le dessus sur nous; car nous n'ignorons pas ses desseins. | that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices. |
| 12 | Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, | Or, quand je vins à Troas pour l'Évangile de Christ, quoique le Seigneur m'y eût ouvert une porte, | Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord, |
| 13 | I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. | Je n'eus point l'esprit en repos, parce que je n'y trouvai pas Tite, mon frère; c'est pourquoi, ayant pris congé des frères, je vins en Macédoine. | I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia. |
| 14 | Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. | Or, grâces soient rendues à Dieu qui nous fait toujours triompher en Christ, et qui répand par nous l'odeur de sa connaissance en tous lieux. | But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. |
| 15 | For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: | Car nous sommes la bonne odeur de Christ devant Dieu, pour ceux qui sont sauvés et pour ceux qui périssent; | For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; |
| 16 | To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? | A ceux-ci, une odeur mortelle, donnant la mort; et à ceux-là, une odeur vivifiante, donnant la vie. Et qui est suffisant pour ces choses? | to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? |
| 17 | For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. | Car nous ne falsifions point la parole de Dieu, comme beaucoup le font; mais nous parlons avec sincérité, comme de la part de Dieu, devant Dieu, en Christ. | For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ. |
