2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
Za to imajoč to službo, kakor smo usmiljenje dobili, ne oslabevamo.
2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Nego odrekli smo se skrivnih del sramote ter ne hodimo v zvijačah: tudi ne preobračamo besede Božje, nego z razodevanjem resnice stavimo sami sebe pred vsako vest človečjo pričo Boga.
3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
Če je pa tudi zakrit evangelj naš, v tistih je zakrit, kteri se pogubljajo;
4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. (aiōn g165)
V kterih je Bog tega veka oslepil pameti nevernih, da jim ne zasveti svetlost evangelja slave Kristusa, kteri je podoba Božja. (aiōn g165)
5 For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
Kajti sami sebe ne oznanjujemo, nego Kristusa Jezusa Gospoda; a sami sebe kakor služabnike vaše za voljo Jezusa.
6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ker Bog, kteri je rekel iz tme luči zasvetiti, sam je, kteri je zasvetil v srcih naših na svetlost poznanja slave Božje v obličji Jezusa Kristusa.
7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
Imamo pa ta zaklad v lončenih posodah, da bi bila preobilnost moči Božja in ne iz nas.
8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
V vsem nas stiskajo, ali nismo na tesnem; v zadregah smo, ali ne omagujemo.
9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
Preganjajo nas, ali nismo zapuščeni; pobijajo nas, ali ne ginemo.
10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Vsegdar umiranje Gospoda Jezusa na telesu s seboj nosimo, da bi se tudi življenje Jezusovo na našem telesu pokazalo.
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
Kajti vedno se mi živi na smrt izdajemo za voljo Jezusa, da bi se tudi življenje Jezusovo pokazalo na smrtnem mesu našem.
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
Tako smrt v nas dela, a življenje v vas.
13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
A imajoč istega duha vere poleg pisanega; "Veroval sem, za to sem govoril", tudi mi verujemo, za to tudi govorimo;
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
Vedoč, da kteri je obudil Gospoda Jezusa, obudil bo tudi nas po Jezusu in postavil z vami.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Kajti vse je za voljo vas, da bi milost pomnožena po mnogih zahvalo poobilšala na slavo Božjo.
16 Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
Za to ne pešamo; ali če se tudi zunanji naš človek pokončuje, pa se notranji obnavlja od dne do dne.
17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory, (aiōnios g166)
Kajti sedanja lahka stiska naša spravlja nam obilno, preobilno večno vse pretežno slavo, (aiōnios g166)
18 while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
Ker ne gledamo nato, kar se vidi, nego na to, kar se ne vidi; kajti to, kar se vidi, začasno je, ali kar se ne vidi, večno je. (aiōnios g166)
