¹Fa fantatsika fa raha ravana ny trano-laintsika etỳ an-tany, dia manana izay voarafitr'Andriamanitra isika, dia trano tsy nataon-tanana izay maharitra mandrakizay any an-danitra.

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,

²Ary misento ao anatin'ity isika ka maniry indrindra hitafy ny tranontsika izay avy any an-danitra koa;

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

³fa ho hita mitafy isika, fa tsy mba mitanjaka.

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

⁴Fa isika izao amin'izao lay izao dia misento noho ny mavesatra antsika, satria tsy tiantsika ny hendahana, fa ny mba hotafiana koa, mba hatelin'ny fiainana ny mety maty.

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.

⁵Ary Izay efa namboatra antsika ho amin'izany indrindra dia Andriamanitra, Izay efa nanome antsika ny santatry ny Fanahy.

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

⁶Koa matoky mandrakariva isika, ka fantatsika fa raha mitoetra eo amin'ny tena, dia tsy mitoetra any amin'ny Tompo

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

⁷(fa finoana no andehanantsika, fa tsy fahitana);

⁷for through faith we walk, not through sight —

⁸eny, matoky isika, ka aleontsika ny tsy hitoetra ao amin'ny tena, fa ny hitoetra any amin'ny Tompo.

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.

⁹Koa dia ataontsika ho voninahitsika ny mba hankasitrahany antsika, na mitoetra, na tsy mitoetra.

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

¹⁰Fa isika rehetra dia samy tsy maintsy ho hita toetra miharihary eo amin'ny fitsaran'i Kristy, mba handraisan'ny olona rehetra izay zavatra nataon'ny tenany, dia araka izay nataony, na tsara na ratsy.

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;

¹¹Koa amin'izany, satria fantatsika ny fahatahorana ny Tompo, dia ny olona no ampanekenay, fa amin'Andriamanitra, kosa dia efa voaseho rahateo izahay, ary manantena aho fa voaseho ao amin'ny fieritreretanareo koa.

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;

¹²Tsy midera tena indray aminareo izahay, fa manome anareo izay ho reharehanareo ny aminay, mba hisy havalinareo izay mirehareha ny amin'ny miseho ihany, fa tsy amin'ny fo.[Gr. tava]

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;

¹³Fa raha very saina izahay, dia ho an'Andriamanitra; fa raha tsy very saina izahay, dia ho anareo.

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

¹⁴Fa ny fitiavan'i Kristy no manery anay, satria izao no hevitray: maty ny Anankiray hamonjy ny olona rehetra, ka dia maty koa izy rehetra;

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

¹⁵ary maty hamonjy ny olona rehetra Izy, mba tsy ho velona ho an'ny tenany intsony izay velona, fa ho an'izay efa maty sy nitsangana hamonjy azy.

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.

¹⁶Koa dia tsy mahalala olona intsony araka ny nofo isika; eny, na dia nahafantatra an'i Kristy araka ny nofo aza isika, ankehitriny dia tsy fantatsika araka izany intsony Izy.

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;

¹⁷Koa raha misy olona ao amin'i Kristy, dia olom-baovao izy; efa lasa ny zavatra taloha, indreo, efa tonga vaovao ireo.

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.

¹⁸Fa izany rehetra izany dia avy amin'Andriamanitra, Izay nampihavana antsika taminy amin'ny alalan'i Kristy sady nanome anay ny fanompoana fampihavanana,

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,

¹⁹dia izao : Andriamanitra ao amin'i Kristy no nampihavana izao tontolo izao taminy ka tsy nanisa ny fahadisoany; ary efa napetrany aminay ny teny fampihavanana.

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,

²⁰Koa dia iraka solon'i Kristy izahay, toa an'Andriamanitra mampangataka anay aminareo, solon'i Kristy izahay ka mangataka indrindra aminareo hoe: mihavàna amin'Andriamanitra anie ianareo.[Gr. ambasadôra]Izay tsy nahalala ota dia efa nataony ota hamonjy antsika, mba ho tonga fahamarinan'Andriamanitra ao aminy kosa isika.

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;`

²¹Izay tsy nahalala ota dia efa nataony ota hamonjy antsika, mba ho tonga fahamarinan'Andriamanitra ao aminy kosa isika.

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