2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
那么，上帝凭借其悲悯给予我们新方法，与他建立联系，我们就不能放弃。
2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
但我们已经放弃了秘密的、可耻的行为。我们绝不欺骗，绝不曲解上帝之道。我们在上帝面前彰显真理，让每个人都可以凭借自己的良心做决定。
3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
尽管我们传播的福音蒙着面纱，但这只是在将死之人的眼中才是如此。
4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. (aiōn g165)
那些不信上帝的人，是因为俗世的神明蒙蔽了他们的心灵。基督就是上帝的形象，但他们无法看到基督荣耀的福音。 (aiōn g165)
5 For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
我们并不是宣扬自己，而是在传播耶稣基督就是主，事实上，我们因耶稣的缘故成了你们的仆人。
6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
因为上帝说“要有光从黑暗里照出来”，这光已经照在我们的心里，点亮耶稣基督脸庞的荣光，那是上帝知识的荣光。
7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
我们将这珍宝放在瓦罐中，显明这超强力量源自上帝而非我们。
8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
我们虽然遭受各方面的攻击，却没有破碎。我们也会对前路感到迷茫，却从不绝望。
9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
我们受到迫害，却上帝并未丢弃我们。我们被打倒了，却没有死亡。
10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
我们以肉体之躯体现耶稣之死，所以也能让这肉体之躯体现耶稣之生。
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
当我们存活于世，因为耶稣的缘故常常遭受死亡的威胁，只有这样，我们必死之躯才能体现耶稣的生。
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
通过这种方式，我们面临死亡，才能让你们拥有生命。
13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
我们拥有相同的信仰之灵，正如经文中所记：“我相信上帝，所以我说出来。”我们也信仰上帝，所以为他说出来。
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
因为知道上帝让主耶稣死而复生，也必定让我们与耶稣一同复活，将我们和你们一起呈献在他的面前。
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
这一切都是为了你们，让上帝的恩典惠及更多人，让对上帝的感恩更加强大，让荣耀归给上帝。
16 Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
所以，我们不会放弃。尽管我们的肉体身躯逐渐朽坏，内在的自我却每日展露新颜。
