Ad Corinthios II 5

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1 Scimus enim quoniam si terrestris domus nostra hujus habitationis dissolvatur, quod ædificationem ex Deo habemus, domum non manufactam, æternam in cælis.	1 For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 Nam et in hoc ingemiscimus, habitationem nostram, quæ de cælo est, superindui cupientes :	2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly habitation
3 si tamen vestiti, non nudi inveniamur.	3 if indeed, when we have taken it off, we shall not be found naked.
4 Nam et qui sumus in hoc tabernaculo, ingemiscimus gravati : eo quod nolumus expoliari, sed supervestiri, ut absorbeatur quod mortale est, a vita.	4 For while we are in this tent we groan and are weighed down, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5 Qui autem efficit nos in hoc ipsum, Deus, qui dedit nobis pignus Spiritus.	5 Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a first installment.
6 Audentes igitur semper, scientes quoniam dum sumus in corpore, peregrinamur a Domino	6 So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
7 (per fidem enim ambulamus, et non per speciem) :	7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
8 audemus autem, et bonam voluntatem habemus magis peregrinari a corpore, et præsentes esse ad Dominum.	8 Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.
9 Et ideo contendimus, sive absentes, sive præsentes, placere illi.	9 Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.
10 Omnes enim nos manifestari oportet ante tribunal Christi, ut referat unusquisque propria corporis, prout gessit, sive bonum, sive malum.	10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.
11 Scientes ergo timorem Domini, hominibus suademus, Deo autem manifesti sumus. Spero autem et in conscientiis vestris manifestos nos esse.	11 Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we are clearly apparent to God, and I hope we are also apparent to your consciousness.
12 Non iterum commendamus nos vobis, sed occasionem damus vobis gloriandi pro nobis : ut habeatis ad eos qui in facie gloriantur, et non in corde.	12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you an opportunity to boast of us, so that you may have something to say to those who boast of external appearance rather than of the heart.
13 Sive enim mente excedimus Deo : sive sobrii sumus, vobis.	13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are rational, it is for you.
14 Caritas enim Christi urget nos : æstimantes hoc, quoniam si unus pro omnibus mortuus est, ergo omnes mortui sunt :	14 For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.
15 et pro omnibus mortuus est Christus : ut, et qui vivunt, jam non sibi vivant, sed ei qui pro ipsis mortuus est et resurrexit.	15 He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
16 Itaque nos ex hoc neminem novimus secundum carnem. Et si cognovimus secundum carnem Christum, sed nunc jam non novimus.	16 Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.
17 Si qua ergo in Christo nova creatura, vetera transierunt : ecce facta sunt omnia nova.	17 So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
18 Omnia autem ex Deo, qui nos reconciliavit sibi per Christum : et dedit nobis ministerium reconciliationis,	18 And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 quoniam quidem Deus erat in Christo mundum reconcilians sibi, non reputans illis delicta ipsorum, et posuit in nobis verbum reconciliationis.	19 namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
20 Pro Christo ergo legatione fungimur, tamquam Deo exhortante per nos. Obsecramus pro Christo, reconciliamini Deo.	20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21 Eum, qui non noverat peccatum, pro nobis peccatum fecit, ut nos efficeremur justitia Dei in ipso.	21 For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.