2 Corinthians 3
1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some [others], epistles of commendation to you, or [letters] of commendation from you.
Begynde vi atter at anbefale os selv? eller behøve vi, som nogle, Anbefalingsbreve til eder eller fra eder?
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men:
I ere vort Brev, som er indskrevet i vore Hjerter, og som kendes og læses af alle Mennesker,
3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.
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.
4 And such trust we have through Christ toward God.
Men en sådan Tillid have vi til Gud ved Kristus,
5 Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] from God;
ikke at vi af os selv ere dygtige til at udtænke noget som ud af os selv; men vor Dygtighed er af Gud,
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
som også gjorde os dygtige til at være en ny Pagts Tjenere, ikke Bogstavens, men Åndens; thi Bogstaven ihjelslår, men Ånden levendegør.
7 But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away;
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,
8 How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?
hvorledes skal da ikke Åndens Tjeneste end mere være i Herlighed?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation [was] glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Thi når Fordømmelsens Tjeneste havde Herlighed, er meget mere Retfærdighedens Tjeneste rig på Herlighed.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
Ja, det herlige er jo i dette Tilfælde endog uden Herlighed i Sammenligning med den endnu større Herlighed.
11 For if that which was done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.
Thi når det, der forsvandt, fremtrådte med Herlighed, da skal meget mere det, der bliver, være i Herlighed.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Efterdi vi altså have et sådant Håb, gå vi frem med stor Frimodighed
13 And not as Moses, [who] put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
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.
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same vail remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
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.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
Men der ligger indtil denne Dag et Dække over deres Hjerte, når Moses oplæses;
16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
når de derimod omvende sig til Herren, da borttages Dækket.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
Men Herren er Ånden, og hvor Herrens Ånd er, er der Frihed.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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.
