2 karinthinaḥ 3
1 vayaṁ kim ātmapraśaṁsanaṁ punarārabhāmahē? yuṣmān prati yuṣmattō vā parēṣāṁ kēṣāñcid ivāsmākamapi kiṁ praśaṁsāpatrēṣu prayōjanam āstē?
Incipimus iterum nosmetipsos commendare? aut numquid egemus (sicut quidam) commendatitiis epistolis ad vos, aut ex vobis?
2 yūyamēvāsmākaṁ praśaṁsāpatraṁ taccāsmākam antaḥkaraṇēṣu likhitaṁ sarvvamānavaiśca jñēyaṁ paṭhanīyañca|
Epistola nostra vos estis, scripta in cordibus nostris, quæ scitur, et legitur ab omnibus hominibus:
3 yatō 'smābhiḥ sēvitaṁ khrīṣṭasya patraṁ yūyapēva, tacca na masyā kintvamarasyēśvarasyātmanā likhitaṁ pāṣāṇapatrēṣu tannahi kintu kravyamayēṣu hr̥tpatrēṣu likhitamiti suspaṣṭaṁ|
manifestati quod epistola estis Christi, ministrata a nobis, et scripta non atramento, sed Spiritu Dei vivi: non in tabulis lapideis, sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus.
4 khrīṣṭēnēśvaraṁ pratyasmākam īdr̥śō dr̥ḍhaviśvāsō vidyatē;
Fiduciam autem talem habemus per Christum ad Deum:
5 vayaṁ nijaguṇēna kimapi kalpayituṁ samarthā iti nahi kintvīśvarādasmākaṁ sāmarthyaṁ jāyatē|
non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquid a nobis, quasi ex nobis: sed sufficientia nostra ex Deo est:
6 tēna vayaṁ nūtananiyamasyārthatō 'kṣarasaṁsthānasya tannahi kintvātmana ēva sēvanasāmarthyaṁ prāptāḥ| akṣarasaṁsthānaṁ mr̥tyujanakaṁ kintvātmā jīvanadāyakaḥ|
qui et idoneos nos fecit ministros novi testamenti: non littera, sed Spiritu: littera enim occidit, Spiritus autem vivificat.
7 akṣarai rvilikhitapāṣāṇarūpiṇī yā mr̥tyōḥ sēvā sā yadīdr̥k tējasvinī jātā yattasyācirasthāyinastējasaḥ kāraṇāt mūsasō mukham isrāyēlīyalōkaiḥ saṁdraṣṭuṁ nāśakyata,
Quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus fuit in gloria, ita ut non possent intendere filii Israël in faciem Moysi propter gloriam vultus ejus, quæ evacuatur:
8 tarhyātmanaḥ sēvā kiṁ tatō'pi bahutējasvinī na bhavēt?
quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria?
9 daṇḍajanikā sēvā yadi tējōyuktā bhavēt tarhi puṇyajanikā sēvā tatō'dhikaṁ bahutējōyuktā bhaviṣyati|
Nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est: multo magis abundat ministerium justitiæ in gloria.
10 ubhayōstulanāyāṁ kr̥tāyām ēkasyāstējō dvitīyāyāḥ prakharatarēṇa tējasā hīnatējō bhavati|
Nam nec glorificatum est, quod claruit in hac parte, propter excellentem gloriam.
11 yasmād yat lōpanīyaṁ tad yadi tējōyuktaṁ bhavēt tarhi yat cirasthāyi tad bahutaratējōyuktamēva bhaviṣyati|
Si enim quod evacuatur, per gloriam est: multo magis quod manet, in gloria est.
12 īdr̥śīṁ pratyāśāṁ labdhvā vayaṁ mahatīṁ pragalbhatāṁ prakāśayāmaḥ|
Habentes igitur talem spem, multa fiducia utimur:
13 isrāyēlīyalōkā yat tasya lōpanīyasya tējasaḥ śēṣaṁ na vilōkayēyustadarthaṁ mūsā yādr̥g āvaraṇēna svamukham ācchādayat vayaṁ tādr̥k na kurmmaḥ|
et non sicut Moyses ponebat velamen super faciem suam, ut non intenderent filii Israël in faciem ejus, quod evacuatur,
14 tēṣāṁ manāṁsi kaṭhinībhūtāni yatastēṣāṁ paṭhanasamayē sa purātanō niyamastēnāvaraṇēnādyāpi pracchannastiṣṭhati|
sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum. Usque in hodiernum enim diem, idipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum (quoniam in Christo evacuatur),
15 tacca na dūrībhavati yataḥ khrīṣṭēnaiva tat lupyatē| mūsasaḥ śāstrasya pāṭhasamayē'dyāpi tēṣāṁ manāṁsi tēnāvaraṇēna pracchādyantē|
sed usque in hodiernum diem, cum legitur Moyses, velamen positum est super cor eorum.
16 kintu prabhuṁ prati manasi parāvr̥ttē tad āvaraṇaṁ dūrīkāriṣyatē|
Cum autem conversus fuerit ad Dominum, auferetur velamen.
17 yaḥ prabhuḥ sa ēva sa ātmā yatra ca prabhōrātmā tatraiva muktiḥ|
Dominus autem Spiritus est: ubi autem Spiritus Domini, ibi libertas.
18 vayañca sarvvē'nācchāditēnāsyēna prabhōstējasaḥ pratibimbaṁ gr̥hlanta ātmasvarūpēṇa prabhunā rūpāntarīkr̥tā varddhamānatējōyuktāṁ tāmēva pratimūrttiṁ prāpnumaḥ|
Nos vero omnes, revelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes, in eamdem imaginem transformamur a claritate in claritatem, tamquam a Domini Spiritu.
