2 karinthinaḥ 3
1 vayaṁ kim ātmapraśaṁsanaṁ punarārabhāmahē? yuṣmān prati yuṣmattō vā parēṣāṁ kēṣāñcid ivāsmākamapi kiṁ praśaṁsāpatrēṣu prayōjanam āstē?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, letters of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 yūyamēvāsmākaṁ praśaṁsāpatraṁ taccāsmākam antaḥkaraṇēṣu likhitaṁ sarvvamānavaiśca jñēyaṁ paṭhanīyañca|
You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 yatō 'smābhiḥ sēvitaṁ khrīṣṭasya patraṁ yūyapēva, tacca na masyā kintvamarasyēśvarasyātmanā likhitaṁ pāṣāṇapatrēṣu tannahi kintu kravyamayēṣu hr̥tpatrēṣu likhitamiti suspaṣṭaṁ|
For as much as you are manifestly declared to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 khrīṣṭēnēśvaraṁ pratyasmākam īdr̥śō dr̥ḍhaviśvāsō vidyatē;
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 vayaṁ nijaguṇēna kimapi kalpayituṁ samarthā iti nahi kintvīśvarādasmākaṁ sāmarthyaṁ jāyatē|
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 tēna vayaṁ nūtananiyamasyārthatō 'kṣarasaṁsthānasya tannahi kintvātmana ēva sēvanasāmarthyaṁ prāptāḥ| akṣarasaṁsthānaṁ mr̥tyujanakaṁ kintvātmā jīvanadāyakaḥ|
Who also has made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
7 akṣarai rvilikhitapāṣāṇarūpiṇī yā mr̥tyōḥ sēvā sā yadīdr̥k tējasvinī jātā yattasyācirasthāyinastējasaḥ kāraṇāt mūsasō mukham isrāyēlīyalōkaiḥ saṁdraṣṭuṁ nāśakyata,
But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in 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:
8 tarhyātmanaḥ sēvā kiṁ tatō'pi bahutējasvinī na bhavēt?
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 daṇḍajanikā sēvā yadi tējōyuktā bhavēt tarhi puṇyajanikā sēvā tatō'dhikaṁ bahutējōyuktā bhaviṣyati|
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 ubhayōstulanāyāṁ kr̥tāyām ēkasyāstējō dvitīyāyāḥ prakharatarēṇa tējasā hīnatējō bhavati|
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excels.
11 yasmād yat lōpanīyaṁ tad yadi tējōyuktaṁ bhavēt tarhi yat cirasthāyi tad bahutaratējōyuktamēva bhaviṣyati|
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.
12 īdr̥śīṁ pratyāśāṁ labdhvā vayaṁ mahatīṁ pragalbhatāṁ prakāśayāmaḥ|
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 isrāyēlīyalōkā yat tasya lōpanīyasya tējasaḥ śēṣaṁ na vilōkayēyustadarthaṁ mūsā yādr̥g āvaraṇēna svamukham ācchādayat vayaṁ tādr̥k na kurmmaḥ|
And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 tēṣāṁ manāṁsi kaṭhinībhūtāni yatastēṣāṁ paṭhanasamayē sa purātanō niyamastēnāvaraṇēnādyāpi pracchannastiṣṭhati|
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil not taken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
15 tacca na dūrībhavati yataḥ khrīṣṭēnaiva tat lupyatē| mūsasaḥ śāstrasya pāṭhasamayē'dyāpi tēṣāṁ manāṁsi tēnāvaraṇēna pracchādyantē|
But even to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is on their heart.
16 kintu prabhuṁ prati manasi parāvr̥ttē tad āvaraṇaṁ dūrīkāriṣyatē|
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17 yaḥ prabhuḥ sa ēva sa ātmā yatra ca prabhōrātmā tatraiva muktiḥ|
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 vayañca sarvvē'nācchāditēnāsyēna prabhōstējasaḥ pratibimbaṁ gr̥hlanta ātmasvarūpēṇa prabhunā rūpāntarīkr̥tā varddhamānatējōyuktāṁ tāmēva pratimūrttiṁ prāpnumaḥ|
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.
