2 Korinterne 3
1 Begynde vi atter at anbefale os selv? eller behøve vi, som nogle, Anbefalingsbreve til eder eller fra eder?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or are we like some who need letters of commendation to you, or from you?
2 I ere vort Brev, som er indskrevet i vore Hjerter, og som kendes og læses af alle Mennesker,
You yourselves are our letter – a letter written on our hearts, and one which everybody can read and understand.
3 idet det ligger klart som Dagen, at I ere et Kristi Brev, udfærdiget af os, indskrevet ikke med Blæk, men med den levende Guds Ånd, ikke på Stentavler, men på Hjerters Kødtavler.
All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.
4 Men en sådan Tillid have vi til Gud ved Kristus,
This, then, is the confidence in regard to God that we have gained through the Christ.
5 ikke at vi af os selv ere dygtige til at udtænke noget som ud af os selv; men vor Dygtighed er af Gud,
I do not mean that we are fit to form any judgment by ourselves, as if on our own authority;
6 som også gjorde os dygtige til at være en ny Pagts Tjenere, ikke Bogstavens, men Åndens; thi Bogstaven ihjelslår, men Ånden levendegør.
our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be assistants of a new covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means death, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Men når Dødens Tjeneste, med Bogstaver indristet i Sten, fremtrådte i Herlighed, så at Israels Børn ikke kunde fæste Øjet på Moses's Ansigt på Grund af hans Ansigts Herlighed, som dog forsvandt,
If the system of religion which involved death, embodied in a written Law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses because of its glory, though it was but a passing glory,
8 hvorledes skal da ikke Åndens Tjeneste end mere være i Herlighed?
will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory?
9 Thi når Fordømmelsens Tjeneste havde Herlighed, er meget mere Retfærdighedens Tjeneste rig på Herlighed.
For, if there was a glory in the religion that involved condemnation, far greater is the glory of the religion that confers righteousness!
10 Ja, det herlige er jo i dette Tilfælde endog uden Herlighed i Sammenligning med den endnu større Herlighed.
Indeed, that which then had glory has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.
11 Thi når det, der forsvandt, fremtrådte med Herlighed, da skal meget mere det, der bliver, være i Herlighed.
And, if that which was to pass away was attended with glory, far more will that which is to endure be surrounded with glory!
12 Efterdi vi altså have et sådant Håb, gå vi frem med stor Frimodighed
With such a hope as this, we speak with all plainness;
13 og gøre ikke som Moses, der lagde et Dække over sit Ansigt, for at Israels Børn ikke skulde fæste Øjet på, at det, der forsvandt, fik Ende.
unlike Moses, who covered his face with a veil, to prevent the Israelites from gazing at the disappearance of what was passing away.
14 Men deres Tanker bleve forhærdede; thi indtil den Dag i Dag forbliver det samme Dække over Oplæsningen af den gamle Pagt uden at tages bort; thi i Kristus er det, at det svinder.
But their minds were slow to learn. Indeed, to this very day, at the public reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; only for those who are in union with Christ does it pass away.
15 Men der ligger indtil denne Dag et Dække over deres Hjerte, når Moses oplæses;
But, even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts.
16 når de derimod omvende sig til Herren, da borttages Dækket.
Yet, whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
17 Men Herren er Ånden, og hvor Herrens Ånd er, er der Frihed.
And the Lord is the Spirit, and, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 Men alle vi, som med ubedækket Ansigt skue Herrens Herlighed som i et Spejl, blive forvandlede til det samme Billede, fra Herlighed til Herlighed, så som det er fra Åndens Herre.
And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.
