2 Corinthians 3

1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

1 Begynde vi atter at anbefale os selv? eller behøve vi, som nogle, Anbefalingsbreve til eder eller fra eder?

2 You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

2 I ere vort Brev, som er indskrevet i vore Hjerter, og som kendes og læses af alle Mennesker,

3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

3 idet 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.

4 Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.

4 Men en sådan Tillid have vi til Gud ved Kristus,

5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

5 ikke at vi af os selv ere dygtige til at udtænke noget som ud af os selv; men vor Dygtighed er af Gud,

6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

6 som også gjorde os dygtige til at være en ny Pagts Tjenere, ikke Bogstavens, men Åndens; thi Bogstaven ihjelslår, men Ånden levendegør.

7 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

7 Men 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,

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

8 hvorledes skal da ikke Åndens Tjeneste end mere være i Herlighed?

9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

9 Thi når Fordømmelsens Tjeneste havde Herlighed, er meget mere Retfærdighedens Tjeneste rig på Herlighed.

10 Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

10 Ja, det herlige er jo i dette Tilfælde endog uden Herlighed i Sammenligning med den endnu større Herlighed.

11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

11 Thi når det, der forsvandt, fremtrådte med Herlighed, da skal meget mere det, der bliver, være i Herlighed.

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

12 Efterdi vi altså have et sådant Håb, gå vi frem med stor Frimodighed

13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

13 og 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.

14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

14 Men 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.

15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

15 Men der ligger indtil denne Dag et Dække over deres Hjerte, når Moses oplæses;

16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

16 når de derimod omvende sig til Herren, da borttages Dækket.

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

17 Men Herren er Ånden, og hvor Herrens Ånd er, er der Frihed.

18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

18 Men 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.