1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
1Znamo doista: ako se razruši naš zemaljski dom, šator, imamo zdanje od Boga, dom nerukotvoren, vječan na nebesima.
2For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
2U ovome doista stenjemo i čeznemo da se povrh njega zaodjenemo svojim nebeskim obitavalištem;
3if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
3dakako, ako se nađemo obučeni, ne goli.
4For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
4Da, i mi koji smo u ovom šatoru, stenjemo opterećeni jer nećemo da budemo svučeni, nego da se još obučemo da život iskapi što je smrtno.
5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
5A zato nas je sazdao Bog - on koji nam dade zalog Duha.
6Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
6Uvijek smo stoga puni pouzdanja makar i znamo: naseljeni u tijelu, iseljeni smo od Gospodina.
7for we walk by faith, not by sight.
7Ta u vjeri hodimo, ne u gledanju.
8We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
8Da, puni smo pouzdanja i najradije bismo se iselili iz tijela i naselili kod Gospodina.
9Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
9Zato se i trsimo da mu omilimo, bilo naseljeni, bilo iseljeni.
10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
10Jer svima nam se pojaviti pred sudištem Kristovim da svaki dobije što je kroz tijelo zaradio, bilo dobro, bilo zlo.
11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
11Prožeti dakle strahom Gospodnjim uvjeravamo ljude; razotkriveni smo Bogu, a nadam se - i vašim savjestima.
12For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
12Ne preporučujemo vam opet sami sebe, nego vam dajemo prigodu ponositi se nama, da imate odgovor za one koji se diče licem, a ne srcem.
13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.
13Doista, ako bijasmo "izvan sebe" - Bogu bijasmo; ako li "pri sebi" - vama bijasmo.
14For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
14Jer ljubav nas Kristova obuzima kad promatramo ovo: jedan za sve umrije, svi dakle umriješe;
15He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
15i za sve umrije da oni koji žive ne žive više sebi, nego onomu koji za njih umrije i uskrsnu.
16Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
16Stoga mi od sada nikoga ne poznajemo po tijelu; ako smo i poznavali po tijelu Krista, sada ga tako više ne poznajemo.
17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
17Dakle, je li tko u Kristu, nov je stvor. Staro uminu, novo, gle, nasta!
18But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
18A sve je od Boga koji nas sa sobom pomiri po Kristu i povjeri nam službu pomirenja.
19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
19Jer Bog je u Kristu svijet sa sobom pomirio ne ubrajajući im opačina njihovih i polažući u nas riječ pomirenja.
20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
20Kristovi smo dakle poslanici; Bog vas po nama nagovara. Umjesto Krista zaklinjemo: dajte, pomirite se s Bogom!
21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
21Njega koji ne okusi grijeha Bog za nas grijehom učini da mi budemo pravednost Božja u njemu.