1Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
1Begynde vi atter at anbefale os selv? eller behøve vi, som nogle, Anbefalingsbreve til eder eller fra eder?
2You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
2I ere vort Brev, som er indskrevet i vore Hjerter, og som kendes og læses af alle Mennesker,
3being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
3idet det ligger klart som Dagen, at I ere et Kristi Brev, udfærdiget af os, indskrevet ikke med Blæk, men med den levende Guds Ånd, ikke på Stentavler, men på Hjerters Kødtavler.
4Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
4Men en sådan Tillid have vi til Gud ved Kristus,
5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
5ikke at vi af os selv ere dygtige til at udtænke noget som ud af os selv; men vor Dygtighed er af Gud,
6who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
6som også gjorde os dygtige til at være en ny Pagts Tjenere, ikke Bogstavens, men Åndens; thi Bogstaven ihjelslår, men Ånden levendegør.
7But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
7Men når Dødens Tjeneste, med Bogstaver indristet i Sten, fremtrådte i Herlighed, så at Israels Børn ikke kunde fæste Øjet på Moses's Ansigt på Grund af hans Ansigts Herlighed, som dog forsvandt,
8won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
8hvorledes skal da ikke Åndens Tjeneste end mere være i Herlighed?
9For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
9Thi når Fordømmelsens Tjeneste havde Herlighed, er meget mere Retfærdighedens Tjeneste rig på Herlighed.
10For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
10Ja, det herlige er jo i dette Tilfælde endog uden Herlighed i Sammenligning med den endnu større Herlighed.
11For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
11Thi når det, der forsvandt, fremtrådte med Herlighed, da skal meget mere det, der bliver, være i Herlighed.
12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
12Efterdi vi altså have et sådant Håb, gå vi frem med stor Frimodighed
13and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
13og gøre ikke som Moses, der lagde et Dække over sit Ansigt, for at Israels Børn ikke skulde fæste Øjet på, at det, der forsvandt, fik Ende.
14But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
14Men deres Tanker bleve forhærdede; thi indtil den Dag i Dag forbliver det samme Dække over Oplæsningen af den gamle Pagt uden at tages bort; thi i Kristus er det, at det svinder.
15But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
15Men der ligger indtil denne Dag et Dække over deres Hjerte, når Moses oplæses;
16But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
16når de derimod omvende sig til Herren, da borttages Dækket.
17Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
17Men Herren er Ånden, og hvor Herrens Ånd er, er der Frihed.
18But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
18Men alle vi, som med ubedækket Ansigt skue Herrens Herlighed som i et Spejl, blive forvandlede til det samme Billede, fra Herlighed til Herlighed, så som det er fra Åndens Herre.