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?
vayaM kim AtmaprashaMsanaM punarArabhAmahe? yuShmAn prati yuShmatto vA pareShAM keShA nchid ivAsmAkamapi kiM prashaMsApatreShu prayojanam Aste?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
yUyamevAsmAkaM prashaMsApatraM tachchAsmAkam antaHkaraNeShu likhitaM sarvvamAnavaishcha j neyaM paThanIya ncha|
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.
yato. asmAbhiH sevitaM khrIShTasya patraM yUyapeva, tachcha na masyA kintvamarasyeshvarasyAtmanA likhitaM pAShANapatreShu tannahi kintu kravyamayeShu hR^itpatreShu likhitamiti suspaShTaM|
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
khrIShTeneshvaraM pratyasmAkam IdR^isho dR^iDhavishvAso vidyate;
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
vayaM nijaguNena kimapi kalpayituM samarthA iti nahi kintvIshvarAdasmAkaM sAmarthyaM jAyate|
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.
tena vayaM nUtananiyamasyArthato. akSharasaMsthAnasya tannahi kintvAtmana eva sevanasAmarthyaM prAptAH| akSharasaMsthAnaM mR^ityujanakaM kintvAtmA jIvanadAyakaH|
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,
akSharai rvilikhitapAShANarUpiNI yA mR^ityoH sevA sA yadIdR^ik tejasvinI jAtA yattasyAchirasthAyinastejasaH kAraNAt mUsaso mukham isrAyelIyalokaiH saMdraShTuM nAshakyata,
8 won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
tarhyAtmanaH sevA kiM tato. api bahutejasvinI na bhavet?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
daNDajanikA sevA yadi tejoyuktA bhavet tarhi puNyajanikA sevA tato. adhikaM bahutejoyuktA bhaviShyati|
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.
ubhayostulanAyAM kR^itAyAm ekasyAstejo dvitIyAyAH prakharatareNa tejasA hInatejo bhavati|
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
yasmAd yat lopanIyaM tad yadi tejoyuktaM bhavet tarhi yat chirasthAyi tad bahutaratejoyuktameva bhaviShyati|
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
IdR^ishIM pratyAshAM labdhvA vayaM mahatIM pragalbhatAM prakAshayAmaH|
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.
isrAyelIyalokA yat tasya lopanIyasya tejasaH sheShaM na vilokayeyustadarthaM mUsA yAdR^ig AvaraNena svamukham AchChAdayat vayaM tAdR^ik na kurmmaH|
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.
teShAM manAMsi kaThinIbhUtAni yatasteShAM paThanasamaye sa purAtano niyamastenAvaraNenAdyApi prachChannastiShThati|
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
tachcha na dUrIbhavati yataH khrIShTenaiva tat lupyate| mUsasaH shAstrasya pAThasamaye. adyApi teShAM manAMsi tenAvaraNena prachChAdyante|
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
kintu prabhuM prati manasi parAvR^itte tad AvaraNaM dUrIkAriShyate|
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
yaH prabhuH sa eva sa AtmA yatra cha prabhorAtmA tatraiva muktiH|
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.
vaya ncha sarvve. anAchChAditenAsyena prabhostejasaH pratibimbaM gR^ihlanta AtmasvarUpeNa prabhunA rUpAntarIkR^itA varddhamAnatejoyuktAM tAmeva pratimUrttiM prApnumaH|
