¹Zato, budući da po milosrđu imamo ovu službu, ne malakšemo.

¹Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.

²Ali odrekosmo se sramotnoga prikrivanja: ne nastupamo lukavo niti izopačujemo riječ Božju, nego se objavljivanjem istine preporučujemo svakoj savjesti ljudskoj pred Bogom.

²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

³Ako je i zastrto evanđelje naše, u onima je zastrto koji propadaju:

³But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;

⁴u onima kojima bog ovoga svijeta oslijepi pameti nevjerničke da ne zasvijetli svjetlost evanđelja slave Krista koji je slika Božja.

⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth [for them].

⁵Jer ne propovijedamo same sebe, nego Krista Isusa Gospodinom, a sebe slugama vašim poradi Isusa.

⁵For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.

⁶Ta Bog koji reče: Neka iz tame svjetlost zasine!, on zasvijetli u srcima našim da nam spoznanje slave Božje zasvijetli na licu Kristovu.

⁶Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.

⁷To pak blago imamo u glinenim posudama da izvanredna ona snaga bude očito Božja, a ne od nas.

⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

⁸U svemu pritisnuti, ali ne pritiješnjeni; dvoumeći, ali ne zdvajajući;

⁸every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;

⁹progonjeni, ali ne napušteni; obarani, ali ne oboreni -

⁹persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;

¹⁰uvijek umiranje Isusovo u tijelu pronosimo da se i život Isusov u tijelu našem očituje.

¹⁰always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body;

¹¹Doista, mi se živi uvijek na smrt predajemo poradi Isusa da se i život Isusov očituje u našem smrtnom tijelu.

¹¹for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;

¹²Tako smrt djeluje u nama, život u vama.

¹²so that death works in us, but life in you.

¹³A budući da imamo isti duh vjere kao što je pisano: Uzvjerovah, zato besjedim, i mi vjerujemo pa zato i besjedimo.

¹³And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; *we* also believe, therefore also we speak;

¹⁴Ta znamo: onaj koji je uskrisio Gospodina Isusa i nas će s Isusom uskrisiti i zajedno s vama uza se postaviti.

¹⁴knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.

¹⁵A sve je to za vas: da milost - umnožena - zahvaljivanjem mnogih izobiluje Bogu na slavu.

¹⁵For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

¹⁶Zato ne malakšemo. Naprotiv, ako se naš izvanji čovjek i raspada, nutarnji se iz dana u dan obnavlja.

¹⁶Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

¹⁷Ta ova malenkost naše časovite nevolje donosi nam obilato, sve obilatije, breme vječne slave

¹⁷For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁸jer nama nije do vidljivog nego do nevidljivog: ta vidljivo je privremeno, a nevidljivo - vječno.

¹⁸while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.