2 Corinthians 4

1 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

1 我们既蒙怜悯，接受了这传福音的职分，就决不气馁。

2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 我们弃绝了见不得人的可耻行为，不用狡诈的手段，不曲解上帝的道，而是把真理讲解明白，好让大家的良心在上帝面前为我们作证。

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

3 然而，即使我们所传的福音被遮蔽，也是在那些灭亡的人当中被遮蔽。

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

4 那些不信的人是被这世界的神弄瞎了心眼，以致看不见基督荣耀的福音之光。基督是上帝的真像。

5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

5 我们并非传扬自己，而是传扬耶稣基督是主，并且为耶稣的缘故做你们的奴仆。

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

6 因为那吩咐光从黑暗中照射出来 的上帝光照了我们的心，为要让我们认识上帝在耶稣基督脸上所彰显的荣耀之光。

7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

7 我们不过是瓦器，里面却有这宝贝，要显明这莫大的能力是上帝的，而不是我们自己的。

8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

8 我们压力重重，却没有崩溃；心里困惑，却不绝望；

9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

9 遭受迫害，却没有被遗弃；被打倒了，却没有死亡。

10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

10 我们身上常常带着耶稣的死，好使耶稣的生命也彰显在我们身上。

11 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

11 因为我们这些活着的人常常为耶稣的缘故而面临死亡的威胁，好使耶稣的生命在我们这终有一死的身体上彰显出来。

12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

12 因此，死亡笼罩着我们，而生命却运行在你们身上。

13 And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,

13 圣经上说：“我相信，所以才说。” 我们有同样的信心，我们也相信，所以才这样说。

14 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

14 我们知道，使主耶稣复活的上帝必使我们与耶稣一同复活，并且使我们和你们一起站在祂面前。

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

15 其实一切都是为了你们，好叫恩典临到更多的人，有更多人向上帝感恩，使上帝得荣耀。

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

16 所以，我们不气馁。身体虽然日渐衰残，内在的生命却日日更新。

17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

17 我们这短暂轻微的苦难正在为我们成就极大无比、永远的荣耀。

18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

18 我们注重的，并非看得见的事物，而是看不见的事物，因为看得见的事物都是暂时的，看不见的事物才是永恒的。