Corinthios Ii 5

1 Scimus enim quoniam si terrestris domus nostra hujus habitationis dissolvatur, quod ædificationem ex Deo habemus, domum non manufactam, æternam in cælis. (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 Nam et in hoc ingemiscimus, habitationem nostram, quæ de cælo est, superindui cupientes:

Even while in our present body we sigh, longing to put over it our heavenly house,

3 si tamen vestiti, non nudi inveniamur.

sure that, when we have put it on, we will never be found naked.

4 Nam et qui sumus in hoc tabernaculo, ingemiscimus gravati: eo quod nolumus expoliari, sed supervestiri, ut absorbeatur quod mortale est, a vita.

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 Qui autem efficit nos in hoc ipsum, Deus, qui dedit nobis pignus Spiritus.

And he who has prepared us for this change is God, who has also given us his Spirit as a pledge.

6 Audentes igitur semper, scientes quoniam dum sumus in corpore, peregrinamur a Domino

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while our home is in the body, we are absent from our home with the Lord.

7 (per fidem enim ambulamus, et non per speciem):

For we guide our lives by faith, and not by what we see.

8 audemus autem, et bonam voluntatem habemus magis peregrinari a corpore, et præsentes esse ad Dominum.

And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.

9 Et ideo contendimus, sive absentes, sive præsentes, placere illi.

Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.

10 Omnes enim nos manifestari oportet ante tribunal Christi, ut referat unusquisque propria corporis, prout gessit, sive bonum, sive malum.

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 Scientes ergo timorem Domini, hominibus suademus, Deo autem manifesti sumus. Spero autem et in conscientiis vestris manifestos nos esse.

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 Non iterum commendamus nos vobis, sed occasionem damus vobis gloriandi pro nobis: ut habeatis ad eos qui in facie gloriantur, et non in corde.

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 Sive enim mente excedimus Deo: sive sobrii sumus, vobis.

For, if we were ‘beside ourselves,’ it was in God’s service! If we are not in our senses, it is in yours!

14 Caritas enim Christi urget nos: æstimantes hoc, quoniam si unus pro omnibus mortuus est, ergo omnes mortui sunt:

It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;

15 et pro omnibus mortuus est Christus: ut, et qui vivunt, jam non sibi vivant, sed ei qui pro ipsis mortuus est et resurrexit.

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 Itaque nos ex hoc neminem novimus secundum carnem. Et si cognovimus secundum carnem Christum, sed nunc jam non novimus.

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 Si qua ergo in Christo nova creatura, vetera transierunt: ecce facta sunt omnia nova.

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 Omnia autem ex Deo, qui nos reconciliavit sibi per Christum: et dedit nobis ministerium reconciliationis,

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation –

19 quoniam quidem Deus erat in Christo mundum reconcilians sibi, non reputans illis delicta ipsorum, et posuit in nobis verbum reconciliationis.

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 Pro Christo ergo legatione fungimur, tamquam Deo exhortante per nos. Obsecramus pro Christo, reconciliamini Deo.

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 Eum, qui non noverat peccatum, pro nobis peccatum fecit, ut nos efficeremur justitia Dei in ipso.

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.