2 Corinthians 5

1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

1 我们知道，身体是我们在地上住的帐篷，如果毁坏了，我们就从上帝那里得到一个住处，不是人手造的，而是天上永恒的“房屋”。

2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

2 我们在这地上的“帐篷”里叹息，渴望早日迁进那天上的“居所”，好像更换新衣。

3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

3 我们一旦穿上新衣，就不会赤身露体了。

4 For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

4 我们在这“帐篷”里劳苦叹息，并非想脱去这地上的身体，而是想穿上那天上的新身体，让永恒的生命吞灭必朽的身体。

5 And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

5 上帝为此目的预备了我们，并赐给我们圣灵作担保。

6 Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

6 所以，我们总是坦然无惧，尽管知道住在身体之内便无法与主在一起。

7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

7 因为我们行事为人是凭信心，不是凭眼见。

8 We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

8 是的，我们坦然无惧，甚至更乐意离开身体，回到天家与主相聚。

9 So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.

9 因此，我们立定心志，无论是住在身体之内还是离开身体，都要取悦主。

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

10 因为我们所有的人都要出现在基督的审判台前，好按照各人肉身所行的善恶接受赏罚。

11 Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

11 我们知道主是当受敬畏的，所以劝人归信祂。我们的内心如何，上帝知道，我盼望你们的良心也知道。

12 We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

12 我们不是再次称赞自己，而是让你们有机会以我们为荣，叫你们可以反驳那些只贪图外表虚荣、不注重内在实质的人。

13 If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

13 我们如果疯狂，那是为了上帝；我们如果清醒，那是为了你们。

14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

14 因为基督的爱激励我们，因为我们确信：基督一人既代替众人死了，众人就都死了。

15 And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

15 祂为众人死，是要叫那些活着的人不再为自己活，而是要为替他们死而复活的基督活。

16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

16 从今以后，我们不再以世人的眼光看人了，虽然我们曾这样看待基督，现在却不再这样看待祂了。

17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

17 若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，看啊，一切都更新了。

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

18 这一切都是上帝的作为，祂借着基督使我们与祂和好，又把劝人与祂和好的职分赐给了我们。

19 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

19 也就是说，上帝在基督里使世人与自己和好，不再追究他们的过犯。祂已托付我们去传扬这和好之道。

20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

20 所以我们现在是基督的大使，可以说上帝正借着我们发出呼求。我们替基督恳求你们：要与上帝和好！

21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

21 上帝使无罪的基督担当我们的罪，使我们可以借着基督成为上帝接纳的义人。