2 Corinthians 4
1 Because of this, having this ministry, according as we received kindness, we do not faint,
為此，我們既蒙垂青，獲得了這職務，我們決不膽怯；
2 but renounced for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God;
反而戒絕了一切可恥的行為，不以狡猾行事，也不變通天主的道理，只是藉著顯示真理，在天主前將我們自己舉薦於眾人的良心。
3 and if our good news is also veiled, it is veiled in those perishing,
但如果說我們的福音也被蒙住了，那只是為喪亡的人蒙著，
4 in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that there does not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; (aiōn g165)
因為今世的神已蒙蔽了這些不信者的心意，免得他們看見基督──天主的肖像──光榮福音的光明。 (aiōn g165)
5 for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus—LORD, and [we are] ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
因為我們不是宣傳我們自己，而是宣傳耶穌基督為主，我們只是因耶穌的緣故作了你們的奴僕。
6 because [it is] God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who shined in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
因為那吩咐『光從黑暗中照耀』的天主，曾經照耀；在我們心中，為使我們以那在[耶穌]基督的7面貌上，所閃耀的天主的光榮的知識，來光照別人。
7 And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us,
但我們是在瓦器中存有這寶貝，為彰顯那卓著的力量是屬於天主，並非出於我們。
8 being in tribulation in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
我們在各方面受了磨難，卻沒有被困住；絕了路，卻沒有絕望；
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
被迫害，卻沒有被捨棄，被打倒，卻沒有喪亡；
10 at all times carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body,
身上時常帶著耶穌的死狀，為使耶穌的生活也彰顯在我們有死的肉身上。
11 for we who are living are always delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our dying flesh,
的確，我們這些活著的人，時常為耶穌的緣故被交於死亡，為使耶穌的生活也彰顯在我們有死的肉身上。
12 so that, death indeed works in us, and life in you.
這樣看來，死亡施展在我們身上，生活卻施展在你們身上。
13 And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which has been written: “I believed, therefore I spoke”; we also believe, therefore we also speak;
但我們既然具有經上所記載的：『我信了，所以我說』那同樣的信心，我們也信，所以也說，
14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus, will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present [us] with you,
因為我們知道那使主耶穌復活的，也要使我們與耶穌一起復活，並使我們與你們一同站在衪前。
15 for all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;
真實，這一切都是為了你們，為使獲得恩寵的人越增多，感謝也越增加，好歸光榮於天主。
16 for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
為此，我們決不膽怯，縱使我們外在的人日漸損壞，但我們內在的人卻日日更新，
