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1 aparanjca vayaM karuNAbhAjO bhUtvA yad Etat paricArakapadam alabhAmahi nAtra klAmyAmaH,
Therefore, since we have received mercy along with this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 kintu trapAyuktAni pracchannakarmmANi vihAya kuTilatAcaraNamakurvvanta IzvarIyavAkyaM mithyAvAkyairamizrayantaH satyadharmmasya prakAzanEnEzvarasya sAkSAt sarvvamAnavAnAM saMvEdagOcarE svAn prazaMsanIyAn darzayAmaH|
Rather, we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in deception nor falsifying the Word of God, but by the open proclamation of the Truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God.
3 asmAbhi rghOSitaH susaMvAdO yadi pracchannaH; syAt tarhi yE vinaMkSyanti tESAmEva dRSTitaH sa pracchannaH;
So where our Gospel has actually been concealed, it has been hidden from those who are being wasted,
4 yata Izvarasya pratimUrtti ryaH khrISTastasya tEjasaH susaMvAdasya prabhA yat tAn na dIpayEt tadartham iha lOkasya dEvO'vizvAsinAM jnjAnanayanam andhIkRtavAn EtasyOdAharaNaM tE bhavanti| (aiōn g165)
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. (aiōn g165)
5 vayaM svAn ghOSayAma iti nahi kintu khrISTaM yIzuM prabhumEvAsmAMzca yIzOH kRtE yuSmAkaM paricArakAn ghOSayAmaH|
Now we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Sovereign, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
6 ya IzvarO madhyEtimiraM prabhAM dIpanAyAdizat sa yIzukhrISTasyAsya IzvarIyatEjasO jnjAnaprabhAyA udayArtham asmAkam antaHkaraNESu dIpitavAn|
because the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness is He who shined in our hearts to give the light that comes from the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 aparaM tad dhanam asmAbhi rmRNmayESu bhAjanESu dhAryyatE yataH sAdbhutA zakti rnAsmAkaM kintvIzvarasyaivEti jnjAtavyaM|
Further, we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that this all-surpassing power may be of God and not from ourselves
8 vayaM padE padE pIPyAmahE kintu nAvasIdAmaH, vayaM vyAkulAH santO'pi nirupAyA na bhavAmaH;
—we are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 vayaM pradrAvyamAnA api na klAmyAmaH, nipAtitA api na vinazyAmaH|
persecuted, yet not abandoned; knocked down, but not out;
10 asmAkaM zarIrE khrISTasya jIvanaM yat prakAzEta tadarthaM tasmin zarIrE yIzO rmaraNamapi dhArayAmaH|
always carrying about in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
11 yIzO rjIvanaM yad asmAkaM marttyadEhE prakAzEta tadarthaM jIvantO vayaM yIzOH kRtE nityaM mRtyau samarpyAmahE|
For we, the living, are always being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 itthaM vayaM mRtyAkrAntA yUyanjca jIvanAkrAntAH|
So then, death is at work in us, but life in you.
13 vizvAsakAraNAdEva samabhASi mayA vacaH| iti yathA zAstrE likhitaM tathaivAsmAbhirapi vizvAsajanakam AtmAnaM prApya vizvAsaH kriyatE tasmAcca vacAMsi bhASyantE|
Now since we have the same spirit of faith, just like it is written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
14 prabhu ryIzu ryEnOtthApitaH sa yIzunAsmAnapyutthApayiSyati yuSmAbhiH sArddhaM svasamIpa upasthApayiSyati ca, vayam Etat jAnImaH|
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us through Jesus and present us together with you.
15 ataEva yuSmAkaM hitAya sarvvamEva bhavati tasmAd bahUnAM pracurAnugrahaprAptE rbahulOkAnAM dhanyavAdEnEzvarasya mahimA samyak prakAziSyatE|
So all this is for your benefit, so that the grace that has spread through the many may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 tatO hEtO rvayaM na klAmyAmaH kintu bAhyapuruSO yadyapi kSIyatE tathApyAntarikaH puruSO dinE dinE nUtanAyatE|
Therefore we do not lose heart—even though our outer man is wasting away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day—
