¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

¹Ary amin'izany, satria manana izany fanompoana izany izahay, araka ny nahazoanay famindram-po, dia tsy ketraka.

²But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

²Fa efa nolavinay ny zavatra takona mahamenatra, ka tsy mandeha amin'ny fihendrena, na manatsatso ny tenin'Andriamanitra izahay; fa amin'ny fanehoana ny marina no ideranay tena amin'ny fieritreretan'ny olona rehetra eo imason'Andriamanitra.

³Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

³Fa raha miafina ny filazantsaranay, dia miafina amin'izay ho very izany,

⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

⁴izay nohajambain'ny andriamanitr'izao tontolo izao, dia ny sain'ny tsy mino, mba tsy hiposahan'ny fahazavan'ny filazantsaran'ny voninahitr'i Kristy, Izay endrik'Andriamanitra.

⁵For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

⁵Fa tsy ny tenanay no torinay, Fa Kristy Jesosy Tompo, ary izahay mpanomponareo noho ny amin'i Jesosy.

⁶seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” Genesis 1:3 who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁶Fa Andriamanitra, izay nandidy hoe: Aoka ny mazava hahazava ao amin'ny maizina, no nampahazava ny fonay ho amin'ny fahazavan'ny fahalalana ny voninahitr'Andriamanitra eo amin'ny tavan'i Jesosy Kristy.[Na: hampisehoana]

⁷But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

⁷Fa manana izao rakitra izao amin'ny vilany tany izahay, mba ho an'Andriamanitra ny halehiben'ny hery, fa tsy ho avy aminay.

⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

⁸Voageja manodidina izahay, nefa tsy tery; very hevitra, nefa tsy mamoy fo;

⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

⁹enjehina, nefa tsy nafoy, potraka, nefa tsy maty;

¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

¹⁰mitondra ny fahafatesan'i Jesosy mandrakariva ao amin'ny tena izahay, mba haseho ao amin'ny tenanay koa ny fiainan'i Jesosy. [Gr. ny famonoanana an']

¹¹For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

¹¹Fa izahay izay velona dia atolotra ho amin'ny fahafatesana mandrakariva noho ny amin'i Jesosy, mba haseho ao amin'ny nofonay mety maty koa ny fiainan'i Jesosy.

¹²So then death works in us, but life in you.

¹²Koa ny fahafatesana no miasa ao aminay, fa ny fiainana kosa ao aminareo.

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” Psalm 116:10 We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

¹³Ary satria manana izany fanahin'ny finoana izany indrindra izahay, araka ny voasoratra hoe: Nino aho, ka dia niteny (Sal. 116. 10), dia mino koa izahay ka miteny;

¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

¹⁴fa fantatray fa Izay nanangana an'i Jesosy Tompo no hanangana anay koa miaraka aminareo.

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

¹⁵Fa ny zavatra rehetra dia natao noho ny aminareo, mba hitomboan'ny fisaorana ho voninahitr'Andriamanitra noho ny fitombon'ny fahasoavana amin'ny maro.

¹⁶Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁶Ary tsy ketraka izahay; fa na dia mihalevona aza ny toetray ivelany, dia havaozina isan'andro isan'andro kosa ny toetray anatiny.[Ny olonay]

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁷Fa ny fahorianay maivana, izay vetivety foana, dia mainka miasa fatratra indrindra ka mahatanteraka voninahitra mavesatra maharitra mandrakariva ho anay,raha tsy mijery ny hita izahay, fa ny tsy hita; fa ny hita dia ho vetivety foana, fa ny tsy hita no haharitra mandrakizay.

¹⁸while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

¹⁸raha tsy mijery ny hita izahay, fa ny tsy hita; fa ny hita dia ho vetivety foana, fa ny tsy hita no haharitra mandrakizay.