2COR 12:14 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Now listen, I’m ready to visit you all for the third time and I won’t be aiming to burden you down because I’m not after what you have, but rather my interest is in you yourselves. The children shouldn’t be saving to support the parents, but the parents should support the children.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Behold! I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not burden you. For I do not seek the things of yours, but you. For the children should not store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

UST Pay attention! I am about to visit you for the third time. Yet again, I will not bother you by asking for money. That is because I want you to trust me and the Messiah. I do not want the things that you have. In fact, since I am like your parent, I should be saving money for you. Further, since you are like my children, you should not be saving money for me.

BSB § See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

BLB Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not burden you. For I do not seek what is yours, but you. For the children ought not to treasure up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

AICNT Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden [[to you]];[fn] for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

12:14, to you: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I will refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

WEBBE Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

LSV Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I do not seek yours, but you, for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children,

FBV Now I'm preparing to visit you for the third time, and I won't be a burden to you. I don't want what you have, I want you yourselves! After all, children shouldn't save up for their parents, but parents should for their children.

TCNT Behold, I am ready to come to you [fn]a third time, and I will not [fn]burden you, for I do not seek what belongs to you, but you yourselves. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

12:14 a ¦ this CT

12:14 burden you ¦ be a burden CT

T4T Now listen to me! It is time for me to come to you for a third visit. When I come, I still will not insist that you pay me for my work, because I do not want any of your money [EUP]! What I want is for you [MTY] to love and appreciate me. It is not normally the duty of children to save money to provide for the needs of their parents. Instead, it is the duty of parents to provide for their children [MET]. In the same way, it is not your duty to provide for me. Instead, it is my duty to provide spiritual help for you because you are my spiritual children.

LEB Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

BBE This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

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Wymth See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.

ASV Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

DRA 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.

YLT Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

Drby Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

RV Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Wbstr Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

KJB-1769 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

KJB-1611 Behold, the third time I am readie to come to you, and I will not bee burthensome to you; for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay vp for the parents, but the parents for the children.
(Behold, the third time I am readie to come to you, and I will not be burthensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.)

Bshps Beholde, nowe the thirde tyme I am redy to come vnto you, and yet wyll I not be chargeable vnto you: For I seke not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the chyldren.
(Behold, now the third time I am redy to come unto you, and yet will I not be chargeable unto you: For I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children.)

Gnva Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.
(Behold, the third time I am ready to come unto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the fathers, but the fathers for the children. )

Cvdl Beholde, I am ready the thirde tyme to come vnto you, and wyl not be chargeable vnto you. For I seke not youres, but you. For ye childre ought not to gather treasure for the elders, but the elders for the children.
(Behold, I am ready the third time to come unto you, and will not be chargeable unto you. For I seek not youres, but you. For ye/you_all children ought not to gather treasure for the elders, but the elders for the children.)

TNT Beholde now the thyrde tyme I am redy to come vnto you: and yet will I not be grevous vnto you. For I seke not youres but you. Also the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children.
(Behold now the third time I am redy to come unto you: and yet will I not be grevous unto you. For I seek not youres but you. Also the children ought not to lay up for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children. )

Wycl Lo! this thridde tyme Y am redi to come to you, and Y schal not be greuous to you; for Y seke not tho thingis that ben youre, but you. For nether sones owen to tresoure to fadir and modir, but the fadir and modir to the sones.
(Lo! this third time I am ready to come to you, and I shall not be greuous to you; for I seek not those things that been youre, but you. For neither sons owen to tresoure to father and modir, but the father and mother to the sons.)

Luth Siehe, ich bin bereit, zum drittenmal zu euch zu kommen, und will euch nicht beschweren; denn ich suche nicht das Eure, sondern euch. Denn es sollen nicht die Kinder den Eltern Schätze sammeln, sondern die Eltern den Kindern.
(See, I am bereit, for_the drittenmal to you to coming, and will you not beschweren; because I suche not the Eure, rather you. Because it should not the children the Eltern Schätze sammeln, rather the Eltern the Kindern.)

ClVg Ecce tertio hoc paratus sum venire ad vos: et non ero gravis vobis. Non enim quæro quæ vestra sunt, sed vos. Nec enim debent filii parentibus thesaurizare, sed parentes filiis.[fn]
(Behold tertio this paratus I_am venire to vos: and not/no ero gravis vobis. Non because quæro which vestra are, but vos. Nec because debent children parentibus thesaurizare, but parentes childrens. )

12.14 Nec enim debent, etc. Carnales patres filiis congregant, sed spirituales dignum est ut a filiis sumptus accipiant. Hic autem in tantum probat se nolle accipere, ut transferat causam carnalis patris ad spiritualem: et dicit non solum se pro salute eorum impendere, sed et mori paratum.

12.14 Nec because debent, etc. Carnales patres childrens congregant, but spirituales dignum it_is as from childrens sumptus accipiant. Hic however in only probat se nolle accipere, as transferat causam carnalis of_the_father to spiritualem: and he_says not/no solum se for salute their impendere, but and mori paratum.

UGNT ἰδοὺ, τρίτον τοῦτο ἑτοίμως ἔχω ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐ καταναρκήσω; οὐ γὰρ ζητῶ τὰ ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς; οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν, ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις.
(idou, triton touto hetoimōs eⱪō elthein pros humas, kai ou katanarkaʸsō; ou gar zaʸtō ta humōn, alla humas; ou gar ofeilei ta tekna tois goneusin thaʸsaurizein, alla hoi goneis tois teknois.)

SBL-GNT Ἰδοὺ τρίτον ⸀τοῦτο ἑτοίμως ἔχω ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐ ⸀καταναρκήσω· οὐ γὰρ ζητῶ τὰ ὑμῶν ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς, οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν, ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις.
(Idou triton ⸀touto hetoimōs eⱪō elthein pros humas, kai ou ⸀katanarkaʸsō; ou gar zaʸtō ta humōn alla humas, ou gar ofeilei ta tekna tois goneusin thaʸsaurizein, alla hoi goneis tois teknois.)

TC-GNT Ἰδού, [fn]τρίτον ἑτοίμως ἔχω ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐ καταναρκήσω [fn]ὑμῶν· οὐ γὰρ ζητῶ τὰ ὑμῶν, [fn]ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς· οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσι θησαυρίζειν, [fn]ἀλλ᾽ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις.
(Idou, triton hetoimōs eⱪō elthein pros humas, kai ou katanarkaʸsō humōn; ou gar zaʸtō ta humōn, alla humas; ou gar ofeilei ta tekna tois goneusi thaʸsaurizein, all hoi goneis tois teknois. )

12:14 τριτον ¦ τριτον τουτο CT

12:14 υμων ¦ — CT

12:14 αλλα ¦ αλλ NA²⁸ PCK TR

12:14 αλλ ¦ αλλα NA²⁷ SBL TH WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ἰδοὺ

behold

Here, the word Behold draws the attention of the audience and asks them to listen carefully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a word or phrase that asks the audience to listen, or you could use another form that draws the audience’s attention to the statement that follows. Alternate translation: [Listen to this] or [Hear this]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ καταναρκήσω

not ˱I˲_/will_be/_burdening

Here Paul speaks of asking for money as if it were a heavy burden that he could have asked the Corinthians to carry for him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or plain language. See how you translated the similar phrase in 12:13. Alternate translation: [I will not trouble you] or [I will not ask for money and so harass you]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason why Paul will not burden the Corinthians. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason for a previous claim. Alternate translation: [I will not burden you, because]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὰ ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς

what_‹is› ˱of˲_you_all but you_all

Here Paul contrasts the things that the Corinthians have, or their possessions, with the Corinthians themselves. What he means is that he does not want the money and possessions that the Corinthians have. Instead, he wants the Corinthians themselves; that is, he wants them to trust him and Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: [the things you own, but your loyalty] or [your possessions, but your trust in the Messiah and in me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς

but you_all

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but I seek you]

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces an example that illustrates why Paul acts as he does. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an example. Alternate translation: [As an illustration of this,]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν, ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις

not not for not for ought the children ˱for˲_the parents /to_be/_storing_up but the parents ˱for˲_the children

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two clauses here. Alternate translation: [For the parents should store up for the children, not the children for the parents]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν, ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις

not not for not for ought the children ˱for˲_the parents /to_be/_storing_up but the parents ˱for˲_the children

Here Paul speaks of himself as a parent and the Corinthians as his children. In Paul’s culture, parents generally saved money for their children to use. Paul uses this custom to illustrate how he, as a parent, should be giving to the Corinthians instead of the Corinthians, as children, giving to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that indicates that Paul is speaking of himself as a parent and the Corinthians as children. Alternate translation: [For children, like you, should not store up for your parents, like me. Rather, the parents, like me, should store up for the children, like you.] or [For I am like your parent, and you are like my children. Children should not store up for the parent, but the parent for the children]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις

the parents ˱for˲_the children

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [the parents should store up for the children]

Parallel 2COR 12:14