Pāvila 2. Vēstule Korintiešiem 3
1 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?
Are we beginning again to recommend ourselves? Or do we need, like some others, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation from you?
2 Jūs esat mūsu grāmata, rakstīta mūsu sirdīs, zināma un lasāma visiem cilvēkiem.
Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
3 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.
since ye are manifestly shown to be a letter of Christ by means of our service, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on fleshly tablets of the heart.
4 Un tāda uzticība mums ir caur Kristu uz Dievu:
And such confidence as this have we through Christ toward God;
5 Ne ka mēs no sevis pašiem esam derīgi, ko laba domāt tā kā no sevis pašiem; bet ka esam derīgi, tas ir no Dieva;
not that we are able of ourselves to think anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God;
6 Tas mūs arī ir darījis derīgus, kalpot jaunai derībai, ne raksta zīmei, bet Garam; jo raksta zīme nokauj, bet Gars dara dzīvu.
who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
7 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:
But if the ministration of death, engraven in letters on stones, was so glorious, that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses by reason of the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away,
8 Kā lai nebūtu jo vairāk spožuma tam Gara amatam?
shall not the ministration of the Spirit be much more glorious?
9 Jo ja tam pazudināšanas amatam bijis spožums, tad jo vairāk spožuma ir tam taisnošanas amatam pārpārim.
For if the ministration of condemnation had glory, much greater is the glory of the ministration of righteousness.
10 Šo uzlūkojot ir tā kā bez spožuma tas, kam spožums bijis, tā jo pārlieku lielā spožuma dēļ.
For even that which was made glorious hath ceased to be glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory by which it is exceeded.
11 Jo ja tam, kam bija zust, bijis spožums, tad jo vairāk spožuma ir tam, kas pastāv.
For if that which was to be done away was glorious, much more glorious is that which endureth.
12 Tāpēc ka mums ir tāda cerība, tad runājam ar lielu drošību.
Having therefore such hope, we use great plainness of speech;
13 Un ne tā, kā Mozus, kas apsegu lika uz savu vaigu, lai Israēla bērni nemanītu, uz ko zīmējās tas (spožums, ) kam bija zust.
and do not as Moses did, who put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the end of that which was to be done away.
14 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.
But their understandings were blinded; for until this day, when the old covenant is read, the same veil remaineth, since it is not unveiled to them that it is done away in Christ;
15 Bet līdz šai dienai, kad Mozus top lasīts, apsegs karājās priekš viņu sirdīm.
but even till this day, when Moses is read, there lieth a veil upon their heart;
16 Tomēr kad viņi atgriežas pie Tā Kunga, tad tas apsegs top noņemts.
but whenever it turneth to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Bet Tas Kungs ir Tas Gars. Kur nu Tā Kunga Gars, tur ir svabadība.
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 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.
But we all with unveiled face beholding in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
