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

¹For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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

²For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which [is] from heaven;

³et meid ka lahti rõivastatuna ei nähtaks olevat alasti.

³if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.

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

⁴For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that [what is] mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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

⁵Now he that has wrought us for this very thing [is] God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

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

⁶Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,

⁷sest me käime usus, mitte nägemises,

⁷(for we walk by faith, not by sight;)

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

⁸we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.

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

⁹Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.

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

¹⁰For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body, according to those he has done, whether [it be] good or evil.

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.

¹¹Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have been manifested to God, and I hope also that we have been manifested in your consciences.

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.

¹²[For] we do not again commend ourselves to you, but [we are] giving to you occasion of boast in our behalf, that ye may have [such] with those boasting in countenance, and not in heart.

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

¹³For whether we are beside ourselves, [it is] to God; or are sober, [it is] for you.

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

¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;

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

¹⁵and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.

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.

¹⁶So that *we* henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know [him thus] no longer.

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

¹⁷So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:

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

¹⁸and all things [are] of the God who has reconciled us to himself by [Jesus] Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation:

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

¹⁹how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.

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

²⁰We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as [it were] beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.

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

²¹Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him.