2 Corinthians 3
1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?
Vai tad mēs atkal iesākam paši sevi ieteikt? Jeb vai mums arīdzan tā kā citiem vajag ieteikšanas grāmatas uz jums, vai teikšanas grāmatas no jums?
2 You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:
Jūs esat mūsu grāmata, rakstīta mūsu sirdīs, zināma un lasāma visiem cilvēkiem.
3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.
Jo jūs esat zināmi, ka esat Kristus grāmata, sataisīta caur mūsu amatu, rakstīta ne ar tinti, bet ar tā dzīvā Dieva Garu, ne uz akmeņu galdiem, bet uz sirds miesīgiem galdiem.
4 And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.
Un tāda uzticība mums ir caur Kristu uz Dievu:
5 Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
Ne ka mēs no sevis pašiem esam derīgi, ko laba domāt tā kā no sevis pašiem; bet ka esam derīgi, tas ir no Dieva;
6 Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.
Tas mūs arī ir darījis derīgus, kalpot jaunai derībai, ne raksta zīmei, bet Garam; jo raksta zīme nokauj, bet Gars dara dzīvu.
7 Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void:
Un ja tam nāves amatam, kas iezīmēts raksta zīmēs un akmeņos, bijis spožums, tā ka Israēla bērni nevarēja uzskatīt Mozus vaigu viņa vaiga spožuma dēļ kam bija jāzūd:
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
Kā lai nebūtu jo vairāk spožuma tam Gara amatam?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
Jo ja tam pazudināšanas amatam bijis spožums, tad jo vairāk spožuma ir tam taisnošanas amatam pārpārim.
10 For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
Šo uzlūkojot ir tā kā bez spožuma tas, kam spožums bijis, tā jo pārlieku lielā spožuma dēļ.
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
Jo ja tam, kam bija zust, bijis spožums, tad jo vairāk spožuma ir tam, kas pastāv.
12 Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence:
Tāpēc ka mums ir tāda cerība, tad runājam ar lielu drošību.
13 And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.
Un ne tā, kā Mozus, kas apsegu lika uz savu vaigu, lai Israēla bērni nemanītu, uz ko zīmējās tas (spožums, ) kam bija zust.
14 But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).
Bet viņu sirdis ir apcietinātas; jo līdz šai dienai viņiem veco derību lasot tas pats apsegs paliek un netop atsegts, jo tas zūd caur Kristu.
15 But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
Bet līdz šai dienai, kad Mozus top lasīts, apsegs karājās priekš viņu sirdīm.
16 But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
Tomēr kad viņi atgriežas pie Tā Kunga, tad tas apsegs top noņemts.
17 Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Bet Tas Kungs ir Tas Gars. Kur nu Tā Kunga Gars, tur ir svabadība.
18 But we all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Bet nu mēs visi atsegtā vaigā skatīdami Tā Kunga spožumu kā spieģelī, topam pārvērsti tai pašā ģīmī no spožuma uz spožumu, tā kā no Tā Kunga Gara.
