2 Mga Corinto 3

1Pinasisimulan baga naming muli na ipagkapuri ang aming sarili? o kami baga ay nangangailangan gaya ng iba, ng mga sulat na papuri sa inyo, o mula sa inyo? 2Kayo ay ang aming sulat, na nasusulat sa aming mga puso, nakikilala at nababasa ng lahat ng mga tao; 3Yamang nahahayag na kayo'y sulat ni Cristo, na pinangasiwaan namin, hindi isinulat ng tinta, kundi ng Espiritu, ng Dios na buhay, hindi sa mga tapyas ng bato, kundi sa mga tapyas ng pusong laman. 4At ang gayong pagkakatiwala sa Dios ay taglay namin sa pamamagitan ni Cristo: 5Hindi sa kami ay sapat na sa aming sarili, upang isiping ang anoman ay mula sa ganang aming sarili; kundi ang aming kasapatan ay mula sa Dios; 6Na sa amin naman ay nagpapaging sapat na mga ministro ng bagong tipan; hindi ng titik, kundi ng espiritu: sapagka't ang titik ay pumapatay, datapuwa't ang espiritu ay nagbibigay ng buhay. 7Nguni't kung ang pangangasiwa ng kamatayan, na nasusulat, at nauukit sa mga bato, ay nangyaring may kaluwalhatian, ano pa't ang mga anak ni Israel ay hindi makatitig sa mukha ni Moises, dahil sa kaluwalhatian ng kaniyang mukha; na ang kaluwalhatiang ito'y lumilipas: 8Paanong hindi lalong magkakaroon ng kaluwalhatian ang pangangasiwa ng espiritu? 9Sapagka't kung ang pangangasiwa ng kahatulan ay may kaluwalhatian, ay bagkus pa ngang higit na sagana sa kaluwalhatian ang pangasiwang ukol sa katuwiran. 10Sapagka't katotohanang ang pinaluwalhati ay hindi pinaluwalhati sa bagay na ito, ng dahil sa kaluwalhatiang sumasagana. 11Sapagka't kung ang lumilipas ay may kaluwalhatian, ay lalo pang nananatili ay nasa kaluwalhatian. 12Yaman ngang mayroong gayong pagasa ay ginagamit namin ang buong katapangan ng pananalita, 13At hindi gaya ni Moises, na nagtalukbong ng kaniyang mukha upang ang mga anak ni Israel ay huwag magsititig sa katapusan niyaong lumilipas: 14Datapuwa't ang kanilang mga pagiisip ay nagsitigas: sapagka't hanggang sa araw na ito, pagka binabasa ang matandang tipan, ang talukbong ding iyon ay nananatili na hindi itinataas, na ito'y naalis sa pamamagitan ni Cristo. 15Datapuwa't hanggang sa araw na ito, kailan ma't binabasa ang mga aklat ni Moises, ay may isang talukbong na nakatakip sa kanilang puso. 16Nguni't kailan ma't magbalik sa Panginoon, ay maaalis ang talukbong. 17Ngayon ang Panginoon ay siyang Espiritu: at kung saan naroroon ang Espiritu ng Panginoon, doon ay may kalayaan. 18Datapuwa't tayong lahat, na walang talukbong ang mukha na tumitinging gaya ng sa isang salamin sa kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon, ay nababago tayo sa gayon ding larawan mula sa kaluwalhatian hanggang sa kaluwalhatian, na gaya ng mula sa Panginoon na Espiritu.

1Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3being 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. 4Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; 5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 6who 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. 7But 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: 8won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 9For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 10For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 11For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. 12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 13and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away. 14But 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. 15But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18But 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.

1Beginnen wij onszelven wederom u aan te prijzen? Of behoeven wij ook, gelijk sommigen, brieven van voorschrijving aan u, of brieven van voorschrijving van u? 2Gijlieden zijt onze brief, geschreven in onze harten, bekend en gelezen van alle mensen; 3Als die openbaar zijt geworden, dat gij een brief van Christus zijt, en door onzen dienst bereid, die geschreven is niet met inkt, maar door den Geest des levenden Gods, niet in stenen tafelen, maar in vlezen tafelen des harten. 4En zodanig een vertrouwen hebben wij door Christus bij God. 5Niet dat wij van onszelven bekwaam zijn iets te denken, als uit onszelven; maar onze bekwaamheid is uit God; 6Die ons ook bekwaam gemaakt heeft, om te zijn dienaars des Nieuwen Testaments, niet der letter, maar des Geestes; want de letter doodt, maar de Geest maakt levend. 7En indien de bediening des doods in letteren bestaande, en in stenen ingedrukt, in heerlijkheid is geweest, alzo dat de kinderen Israels het aangezicht van Mozes niet konden sterk aanzien, om de heerlijkheid zijns aangezichts, die te niet gedaan zou worden, 8Hoe zal niet veel meer de bediening des Geestes in heerlijkheid zijn? 9Want indien de bediening der verdoemenis heerlijkheid geweest is, veel meer is de bediening der rechtvaardigheid overvloedig in heerlijkheid. 10Want ook het verheerlijkte is zelfs niet verheerlijkt in dezen dele, ten aanzien van deze uitnemende heerlijkheid. 11Want indien hetgeen te niet gedaan wordt, in heerlijkheid was, veel meer is hetgeen blijft, in heerlijkheid. 12Dewijl wij dan zodanige hoop hebben, zo gebruiken wij vele vrijmoedigheid in het spreken; 13En doen niet gelijkerwijs Mozes, die een deksel op zijn aangezicht legde, opdat de kinderen Israels niet zouden sterk zien op het einde van hetgeen te niet gedaan wordt. 14Maar hun zinnen zijn verhard geworden; want tot op den dag van heden blijft hetzelfde deksel in het lezen des Ouden Testaments, zonder ontdekt te worden, hetwelk door Christus te niet gedaan wordt. 15Maar tot den huidigen dag toe, wanneer Mozes gelezen wordt, ligt een deksel op hun hart. 16Doch zo wanneer het tot den Heere zal bekeerd zijn, zo wordt het deksel weggenomen. 17De Heere nu is de Geest; en waar de Geest des Heeren is, aldaar is vrijheid. 18En wij allen, met ongedekten aangezichte de heerlijkheid des Heeren als in een spiegel aanschouwende, worden naar hetzelfde beeld in gedaante veranderd, van heerlijkheid tot heerlijkheid, als van des Heeren Geest.