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.

¹Vemo namreč, če razpade zemeljska hiša našega prebivanja, da imamo prebivališče od Boga, hišo, ne z rokami napravljeno, večno, v nebesih.

²For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

²Kajti v tem tudi zdihujemo, želeč, povrhu se obleči v prebivališče svoje, ki je iz nebes;

³if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.

³če se le pokaže, da smo tudi oblečeni, 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.

⁴Kajti kateri smo v tem šatoru, zdihujemo obteženi, ker se ne želimo sleči, ampak po vrhu se obleči, da življenje pogoltne to, kar je smrtnega.

⁵Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

⁵Kateri nas je pa ravno za to pripravil, je Bog, ki nam je tudi dal zastavo Duha.

⁶Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

⁶Dobre volje smo torej vsekdar in vemo, dokler stanujemo v telesu, potujemo na tujem daleč od Gospoda,

⁷for we walk by faith, not by sight.

⁷(zakaj po veri živimo, ne po tem, kar gledamo);

⁸We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

⁸dobre volje smo pa in želimo rajši preseliti se iz telesa in biti doma pri Gospodu.

⁹Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

⁹Zato si tudi prizadevamo, bodisi da stanujemo v telesu ali da se selimo, da smo njemu po volji.

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.

¹⁰Zakaj vsi se moramo pokazati pred sodnim stolom Kristusovim, da prejme vsak po tem, kar je storil v telesu, bodisi dobro ali hudo.

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.

¹¹Vedoč torej za strah Gospodov, prepričujemo ljudi, a Bogu smo razodeti; upam pa, da smo tudi v vaših vesteh razodeti.

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 priporočamo vam zopet sami sebe, temuč vam dajemo priložnost, hvaliti se z nami, da imate kaj proti tem, kateri se z zunanjim hvalijo in ne s tem kar je v srcu.

¹³For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.

¹³Kajti ako smo predaleč stopili, se je zgodilo za Boga; ako smo zmerni, smo za vas.

¹⁴For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

¹⁴Zakaj ljubezen Kristusova priganja nas, ki smo tako sodili: če je eden umrl za vse, so umrli vsi;

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.

¹⁵in za vse je umrl, da bi ti, kateri žive, nič več ne živeli zase, ampak za tega, ki je zanje umrl in je bil obujen.

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.

¹⁶Zatorej mi od sedaj nikogar ne poznamo po mesu; če smo pa tudi poznali po mesu Kristusa, ali sedaj ga več ne poznamo.

¹⁷Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

¹⁷Zato če je kdo v Kristusu, je novo stvarjenje; staro je prešlo, glej, postalo je novo vse.

¹⁸But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

¹⁸A vse to je iz Boga, ki nas je spravil s seboj po Kristusu in nam je dal službo sprave.

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.

¹⁹Bog je namreč bil v Kristusu in je svet spravil s seboj in jim ni zaračunil njih grehov, in poveril je nam besedo sprave.

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.

²⁰Namesto Kristusa smo torej poslani [Ali: Poslanci smo torej za Kristusa.], kakor da bi Bog opominjal po nas. Prosimo namesto Kristusa: Spravite se z Bogom!Tega, ki ni poznal greha, je storil zaradi nas v greh, da bi postali mi pravičnost Božja v njem.

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.

²¹Tega, ki ni poznal greha, je storil zaradi nas v greh, da bi postali mi pravičnost Božja v njem.