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

¹Zatorej, ker opravljamo to službo, kakor smo dobili usmiljenje, ne izgubljamo srca;

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.

²ampak odrekli smo se skrivnim delom sramu ter ne ravnamo z zvijačami, tudi ne preobračamo besede Božje, marveč se z razodevanjem resnice priporočamo vesti vseh ljudi vpričo Boga.

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

³Če je pa tudi zakrit evangelij naš, zakrit je tistim, ki gredo v pogubo,

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.

⁴ki jim je bog tega sveta nevernim oslepil misli, da jim ne zasveti svetlost evangelija slave Kristusa, ki je podoba Božja.

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

⁵Kajti ne oznanjujemo sebe, temuč Kristusa Jezusa, da je Gospod, mi pa vaši služabniki zaradi Jezusa.

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.

⁶Ker Bog, ki je rekel: „Iz teme naj zasveti luč“, on je, ki je zasvetil v srcih naših, da dodeli svetlo spoznanje slave Božje v obličju Kristusovem.

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

⁷Imamo pa ta zaklad v lončenih posodah, da bi bila preobilnost moči iz Boga in ne iz nas.

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

⁸Od vseh strani nas stiskajo, ali nismo na tesnem; v zadregah smo, ali ne obupujemo;

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

⁹preganjajo nas, ali nismo zapuščeni; pobijajo nas, ali ne ginemo;

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.

¹⁰vsekdar nosimo umiranje Jezusovo s seboj na telesu, da bi se tudi življenje Jezusovo pokazalo na našem telesu.

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.

¹¹Kajti vedno smo mi, ki živimo, izročani na smrt zavoljo Jezusa, da bi se tudi življenje Jezusovo pokazalo na smrtnem mesu našem.

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

¹²Tako smrt deluje v nas, a življenje v vas.

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;

¹³A imajoč istega duha vere po tem, kar je pisano: „Veroval sem, zato sem govoril“, tudi mi verujemo, zato tudi govorimo;

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

¹⁴vedoč, da kateri je obudil Gospoda Jezusa, obudi tudi nas z Jezusom in postavi pred seboj z vami vred.

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.

¹⁵Vse je namreč za voljo vas, da bi milost, pomnožena po mnogih prejemalcih, povečala zahvalo v slavo Božjo.

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

¹⁶Zato ne izgubljamo srca; ali čeprav se zunanji naš človek pokončuje, pa se notranji obnavlja od dne do dne.

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

¹⁷Kajti sedanja kratka in lahka stiska naša nam napravlja nad vse obilno večno množino slave,ko ne gledamo na to, kar se vidi, marveč na to, kar se ne vidi; zakaj to, kar se vidi, je začasno, a kar se ne vidi, je večno.

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.

¹⁸ko ne gledamo na to, kar se vidi, marveč na to, kar se ne vidi; zakaj to, kar se vidi, je začasno, a kar se ne vidi, je večno.