2 Korinčanom 3
1 Ali ponovno začenjamo priporočati sami sebe? Ali potrebujemo, kot nekateri drugi, za vas priporočilne poslanice ali priporočilna pisma od vas?
Are we to begin again, ourselves, to commend? or have we need, like some, of commendatory letters unto you, or from you?
2 Vi ste naša poslanica, napisana v naših srcih, od vseh ljudi poznana in brana,
Our letter, ye, are, inscribed in our hearts, noted and read by all men:
3 ker ste vidno oznanili, da ste Kristusova poslanica, dana po nas, ne napisana s črnilom, temveč z Duhom živega Boga; ne na kamnite plošče, temveč na mesene plošče srca.
Manifesting yourselves that ye are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, —inscribed—not with ink, but with [the] Spirit of a Living God, not in tablets of stone, but in tablets [which are] hearts of flesh.
4 In tako zaupanje imamo po Kristusu usmerjeno k Bogu;
But, such confidence as this, have we, through the Christ, towards God.
5 ne da smo sami zadostni, da mislimo karkoli kakor od nas samih, temveč je naša zadostnost od Boga;
Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of God; —
6 ki nas je tudi storil zmožne služabnike nove zaveze; ne po črki, temveč po duhu; kajti črka ubija, toda duh daje življenje.
Who also hath made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant—not of letter, but of spirit, for, the letter, killeth, whereas, the Spirit, maketh alive.
7 Toda če je bilo veličastno služenje smrti, zapisano in vrezano v kamne, tako da Izraelovi otroci, zaradi slave njegove zunanjosti, niso mogli neomajno gledati Mojzesovega obraza, katerega slava je bila odpravljena,
But, if, the ministry of death, in letters engraven in stones, was brought into existence with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look steadfastly into the face of Moses, by reason of the glory of his face—which [glory] was to be done away,
8 kako ne bo služba duha precej veličastnejša?
How shall not, rather, the ministry of the Spirit, be with glory?
9 Kajti če je služba obsodbi slava, [jo] služba pravičnosti veliko bolj prekaša v slavi.
For, if, the ministry of condemnation was glory, much rather, doth the ministry of righteousness abound with glory,
10 Kajti celó to, kar je postalo slavno, v tem oziru ni imelo slave, zaradi slave, ki prekaša.
For that which hath been made glorious, hath not even been made glorious, in this respect, —by reason of the surpassing glory.
11 Kajti če je bilo slavno to, kar je bilo odpravljeno, je veliko bolj slavno to, kar ostaja.
For, if that which was to be done away [was brought in] with glory, much more, that which is to abide, is in glory.
12 Ker imamo torej tolikšno upanje, uporabljamo veliko razumljivost govora,
Having, then, such hope as this, great openness of speech, do we use; —
13 in ne kakor Mojzes, ki si je prek svojega obraza nadel zagrinjalo, da Izraelovi otroci niso mogli neomajno gledati konca tega, kar je odpravljeno.
And are not just like Moses, [who] kept putting a veil upon his face, so that the sons of Israel should not look steadily unto the end of that which was to be done away.
14 Toda njihovi umi so bili zaslepljeni. Kajti do danes ostaja pri branju Stare zaveze isto zagrinjalo neodgrnjeno; katere zagrinjalo je odpravljeno v Kristusu.
But their thoughts were turned into stone: for, until this very day, the same veil, upon the reading of the old covenant, abideth, not to be removed, because, in Christ, it is to be done away;
15 Toda celó do današnjega dne, kadar se bere Mojzes, je na njihovem srcu zagrinjalo.
But, until this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil upon their heart, doth lie;
16 Pa vendar, ko se bodo obrnili h Gospodu, bo zagrinjalo odvzeto.
Howbeit, whensoever he turneth unto [the] Lord, he taketh off the veil:
17 Torej Gospod je ta Duh, in kjer je Gospodov Duh, tam je svoboda.
And, the Lord, is, the Spirit: now, where the Spirit of one who is Lord [is, there is] freedom!
18 Toda mi vsi, ki z odgrnjenim obrazom gledamo kakor v steklu Gospodovo slavo, smo iz slave v slavo preobraženi v isto podobo, celó kakor po Gospodovem Duhu.
And, we all, with unveiled face, receiving and reflecting, the glory of [the] Lord, into the same image, are being transformed, from glory into glory, —even as from a Spirit that is Lord.
