¹For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands — age-during — in the heavens,

¹Me ju teame, et kui meie maine telkhoone maha kistakse, on meil elamu Jumala käest, käteta tehtud igavene hoone taevas,

²for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,

²sest selles maises me ägame, igatsedes rõivastuda taevasesse eluasemesse,

³if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we shall not be found naked,

³et meid ka lahti rõivastatuna ei nähtaks olevat alasti.

⁴for we also who are in the tabernacle do groan, being burdened, seeing we wish not to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves, that the mortal may be swallowed up of the life.

⁴Meie, kes oleme selles telgis, ägame ju koorma all, sest me ei taha lahti rõivastuda, vaid olla taevaselt rõivastatud, et elu neelaks ära sureliku.

⁵And He who did work us to this self-same thing [is] God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;

⁵See, kes meid selleks valmistab, on Jumal, kes on andnud meile käsirahaks Vaimu.

⁶having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, —

⁶Nii me oleme siis alati kindlad, teades, et kuni me oleme ihus, oleme eemal Issanda juurest;

⁷for through faith we walk, not through sight —

⁷sest me käime usus, mitte nägemises,

⁸we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

⁸ent me oleme kindlad ning meile meeldib pigem ära olla ihust ja viibida Issanda juures.

⁹Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

⁹Seepärast me püüamegi olla temale meelepärased, kas oleme siis kodus või võõrsil,

¹⁰for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

¹⁰sest me kõik peame saama avalikuks Kristuse kohtujärje ees, et igaüks saaks kätte, mida ta ihus olles on teinud, olgu head või halba.

¹¹having known, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, and to God we are manifested, and I hope also in your consciences to have been manifested;

¹¹Teades nüüd, mis on Issanda kartus, me püüame veenda inimesi uskuma. Jumalale me oleme täiesti avalikud ja ma loodan ka teie südametunnistuses olla täiesti avalik.

¹²for not again ourselves do we recommend to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that ye may have [something] in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;

¹²Me ei hakka end taas teile soovitama, vaid anname teile alust kiidelda meist, et teil oleks midagi öelda nende vastu, kes võivad kiidelda sellega, mis on silma ees, ent mitte sellega, mis on südames.

¹³for whether we were beside ourselves, [it was] to God; whether we be of sound mind — [it is] to you,

¹³Sest kui me oleme olnud arust ära, siis on see Jumalale, kui oleme selge aruga, siis teile.

¹⁴for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

¹⁴Sest Kristuse armastus sunnib meid, kes me otsustame nõnda: kui üks on surnud kõikide eest, siis on kõik surnud;

¹⁵and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.

¹⁵ja ta on surnud kõikide eest, et elavad ei elaks enam enestele, vaid temale, kes on nende eest surnud ja üles äratatud.

¹⁶So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

¹⁶Seepärast ei tunne me nüüdsest peale kedagi inimliku loomuse poolest; kui me ka oleksime tundnud Kristust inimliku loomuse poolest, siis nüüd me ei tunne teda enam nõnda.

¹⁷so that if any one [is] in Christ — [he is] a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

¹⁷Niisiis, kui keegi on Kristuses, siis ta on uus loodu, vana on möödunud, vaata, uus on sündinud.

¹⁸And the all things [are] of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

¹⁸See kõik on Jumalast, kes meid on enesega Kristuse läbi lepitanud ja andnud meile lepitusameti;

¹⁹how that God was in Christ — a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

¹⁹kuna see oli Jumal, kes Kristuses lepitas maailma enesega ega arvestanud neile nende üleastumisi ning on pannud meisse lepitussõna.

²⁰in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;`

²⁰Meie oleme nüüd Kristuse käskjalad, otsekui Jumal ise julgustaks meie kaudu. Me palume Kristuse asemel: Andke endid lepitada Jumalaga!

²¹for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

²¹Ta on teinud patuks meie asemel selle, kes patust midagi ei teadnud, et meie saaksime Jumala õiguseks tema sees.