2 Corintios 5
1 Porque sabemos, que si la casa terrestre de éste nuestro tabernáculo se deshiciere, tenemos de Dios edificio, casa no hecha de manos, eterna en los cielos. (aiōnios g166)
For we know that if our tent – that earthly body which is now our home – is taken down, we have a house of God’s building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in heaven. (aiōnios g166)
2 Y por esto también gemimos, deseando vehementemente ser sobrevestidos de aquella nuestra habitación que es del cielo:
Even while in our present body we sigh, longing to put over it our heavenly house,
3 Si es que fuéremos hallados vestidos, y no desnudos.
sure that, when we have put it on, we will never be found naked.
4 Porque los que estamos en este tabernáculo, gemimos estando sobre cargados; porque no querríamos ser desnudados, antes sobrevestidos, para que lo que es mortal sea absorbido por la vida.
For we who are in this tent sigh under our burden, unwilling to take it off, yet wishing to put our heavenly body over it, so that all that is mortal may be absorbed in life.
5 Mas el que nos hizo para esto mismo es Dios, el cual asimismo nos ha dado las arras del espíritu.
And he who has prepared us for this change is God, who has also given us his Spirit as a pledge.
6 Así que vivimos confiados siempre, sabiendo, que entre tanto que estamos en el cuerpo, ausentes estamos del Señor:
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while our home is in the body, we are absent from our home with the Lord.
7 (Porque por fe andamos, no por vista: )
For we guide our lives by faith, and not by what we see.
8 Estamos confiados, digo, y querríamos más bien peregrinar del cuerpo, y estar presentes con el Señor.
And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.
9 Y por tanto procuramos, que o ausentes, o presentes, le seamos aceptos.
Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.
10 Porque es menester que todos nosotros comparezcamos delante del tribunal de Cristo; para que cada uno reciba las cosas hechas en su cuerpo, según lo que hubiere hecho, sea bueno, o sea malo.
For at the court of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, so that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions – whether good or worthless.
11 Así que conociendo el terror del Señor, persuadimos a los hombres, mas a Dios somos hechos manifiestos; y espero que también en vuestras conciencias somos hechos manifiestos.
Therefore, because we know the fear inspired by the Lord, it is true that we are trying to win people over, but our motives are plain to God; and I hope that in your inmost hearts they are plain to you also.
12 No nos encomendamos otra vez a vosotros; antes os damos ocasión de gloriaros de nosotros, para que tengáis que responder a los que se glorían en las apariencias, y no en el corazón.
We are not ‘commending ourselves’ again to you, but rather are giving you cause for pride in us, so that you may have an answer ready for those who pride themselves on appearances and not on character.
13 Porque si loqueamos, es para Dios, y si estamos en seso, es por vuestra causa.
For, if we were ‘beside ourselves,’ it was in God’s service! If we are not in our senses, it is in yours!
14 Porque el amor de Cristo nos constriñe: juzgando esto: Que si uno murió por todos, luego todos estaban muertos:
It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;
15 Y que murió por todos, para que los que viven, ya no vivan para sí, sino para aquel que por ellos murió y resucitó.
and that he died for all, so that the living should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and rose for them.
16 De manera que nosotros de aquí adelante a nadie conocemos según la carne; y si aun a Cristo conocimos según la carne, ahora empero ya no le conocemos más.
For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard anyone from the world’s standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer.
17 De manera que si alguno es en Cristo, nueva criatura es. Lo viejo se pasó ya: he aquí todo es hecho nuevo.
Therefore, if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!
18 Y todas las cosas son de Dios, el cual nos reconcilió consigo por Jesu Cristo, y nos ha dado el ministerio de la reconciliación.
But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation –
19 Es a saber, que Dios estaba en Cristo reconciliando el mundo consigo, no imputándoles sus pecados, y ha entregado a nosotros la palabra de la reconciliación.
To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning people’s offences against them, and that he had entrusted us with the message of this reconciliation.
20 Así que embajadores somos de Cristo, como si Dios os rogase por nosotros: os suplicamos de parte de Cristo, que os reconcilieis con Dios.
It is, then, on Christ’s behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf – Be reconciled to God.
21 Porque a él que no conoció pecado, hizo pecado por nosotros, para que nosotros fuésemos hechos justicia de Dios en él.
For our sake God made Christ, who was innocent of sin, one with our sinfulness, so that in him we might be made one with the righteousness of God.
