2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
Ali ponovno začenjamo priporočati sami sebe? Ali potrebujemo, kot nekateri drugi, za vas priporočilne poslanice ali priporočilna pisma od vas?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
Vi ste naša poslanica, napisana v naših srcih, od vseh ljudi poznana in brana,
3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
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.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
In tako zaupanje imamo po Kristusu usmerjeno k Bogu;
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
ne da smo sami zadostni, da mislimo karkoli kakor od nas samih, temveč je naša zadostnost od Boga;
6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
ki nas je tudi storil zmožne služabnike nove zaveze; ne po črki, temveč po duhu; kajti črka ubija, toda duh daje življenje.
7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,
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,
8 won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
kako ne bo služba duha precej veličastnejša?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
Kajti če je služba obsodbi slava, [jo] služba pravičnosti veliko bolj prekaša v slavi.
10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
Kajti celó to, kar je postalo slavno, v tem oziru ni imelo slave, zaradi slave, ki prekaša.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
Kajti če je bilo slavno to, kar je bilo odpravljeno, je veliko bolj slavno to, kar ostaja.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Ker imamo torej tolikšno upanje, uporabljamo veliko razumljivost govora,
13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
in ne kakor Mojzes, ki si je prek svojega obraza nadel zagrinjalo, da Izraelovi otroci niso mogli neomajno gledati konca tega, kar je odpravljeno.
14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
Toda njihovi umi so bili zaslepljeni. Kajti do danes ostaja pri branju Stare zaveze isto zagrinjalo neodgrnjeno; katere zagrinjalo je odpravljeno v Kristusu.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Toda celó do današnjega dne, kadar se bere Mojzes, je na njihovem srcu zagrinjalo.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Pa vendar, ko se bodo obrnili h Gospodu, bo zagrinjalo odvzeto.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Torej Gospod je ta Duh, in kjer je Gospodov Duh, tam je svoboda.
18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
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.
