哥林多後書 3
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
活的推薦信
3 我們又開始推薦自己嗎?難道我們像有些人那樣,需要給你們推薦信,或向你們要推薦信嗎? 2 你們就是我們的推薦信,寫在我們的[a]心裡,被人人所知道、所誦讀; 3 因為很明顯,你們是基督的書信,由我們所經手;不是用墨寫的,而是用永生神的靈寫的;不是刻在石版上,而是刻在人的[b]心版上。
因基督而有的能力
4 我們藉著基督,對神有這樣的確信, 5 並不是說,我們憑自己配得上把什麼算做出於自己;而是說,我們之所以配得上是出於神。 6 他也使我們能夠做新約的僕人[c]——不屬於律法條文,而屬於聖靈;因為律法條文帶來死亡,而聖靈卻賜予生命。
新約的僕人
7 如果,那以條文刻在石版上、屬死亡的服事工作尚且帶有榮光——以致以色列子民因為摩西臉上那漸漸消失的榮光,不能注視他的臉—— 8 何況那屬聖靈的服事工作,難道不更帶有榮光嗎? 9 因為那帶來[d]定罪的服事工作尚且有榮光,何況那帶來[e]稱義的服事工作,難道不更充滿了榮光嗎? 10 事實上,在這種情況下,那先前有榮光的,因這無限的榮光,就成了沒有榮光的。 11 這樣,那漸漸消失的尚且帶有榮光,何況這長存的,難道不更帶有榮光嗎?
12 因此,我們既然懷有這樣的盼望,就大有膽量地行事。 13 我們不像摩西那樣,他把帕子蒙在臉上,使以色列子民不能注視那漸漸消失的榮光的結局。 14 可是,他們的心思剛硬;事實上,直到今天誦讀舊約的時候,同樣的帕子仍然存在,沒有被揭去,因為那帕子只有[f]在基督裡才被除去。 15 的確,直到今天,摩西書無論什麼時候被誦讀,那帕子仍然蓋在他們的心上。 16 可是一個人什麼時候歸向主,那帕子就被除掉了。 17 主就是聖靈,主的靈在哪裡,哪裡就有自由; 18 而且臉上的帕子既然被揭去了,我們大家就像鏡子返照出[g]主的榮光,正在被改變成與主同樣的形像,從榮耀歸入榮耀,這正是出於主——聖靈。
Footnotes
- 哥林多後書 3:2 我們的——有古抄本作「你們的」。
- 哥林多後書 3:3 人的——原文直譯「肉體的」。
- 哥林多後書 3:6 僕人——或譯作「執事」。
- 哥林多後書 3:9 帶來——輔助詞語。
- 哥林多後書 3:9 帶來——輔助詞語。
- 哥林多後書 3:14 只有——輔助詞語。
- 哥林多後書 3:18 就像鏡子返照出——或譯作「就像從鏡子裡看見」。
哥林多后书 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
保罗的荐信
3 难道我们又是在称赞自己吗?难道我们像别人一样,需要拿着推荐信去见你们,或拿着你们的推荐信去见别人吗? 2 你们自己就是我们的推荐信,写在了我们心坎上,众所周知,人人可读。 3 显然,你们是从基督而来的一封信,是我们工作的成果。这信不是用笔墨写成的,乃是借着永活上帝的灵写成的;不是写在石版上的,而是刻在心版上的。
4 我们靠着基督在上帝面前有这样的确信。 5 我们并不认为自己能够承担什么,我们能够承担全是靠上帝。 6 祂使我们能够担任新约的执事。这新约不是用律法条文立的,而是圣灵的工作,因为律法条文带给人死亡,但圣灵赐给人生命。
新约的荣耀
7 这最终带来死亡、刻在石版上的律法条文的事工尚且有荣耀,甚至使摩西的脸上发出荣光,尽管很快就消逝了,以色列人仍然无法定睛看他, 8 那么圣灵的事工岂不更有荣耀吗? 9 那定人罪的事工尚且有荣耀,这使人被称为义人的事工岂不更有荣耀吗? 10 其实先前的荣耀和现今的大荣耀相比,就黯然失色了。 11 那渐渐消逝的尚且有荣耀,这永远长存的更是荣耀无比。
12 我们因为有这极大的盼望,就放胆无惧, 13 不像摩西将帕子蒙在脸上,以免以色列人看见那渐渐消逝的荣光。 14 但以色列人的心刚硬,直到今日,他们每逢读旧约的时候,同样的帕子还在那里,没有揭去。因为只有在基督里,那帕子才能被除去。 15 时至今日,每逢他们读摩西律法的时候,帕子仍然蒙在他们心上。 16 然而,他们一旦归向基督,那帕子就被除去了。 17 主就是那灵,主的灵在哪里,哪里就有自由。 18 我们这些脸上不再蒙着帕子的人,可以像镜子一样反映主的荣光,渐渐变成主的样式,荣上加荣。这都是主的作为,主就是那灵。
2 Corinthians 3
New International Version
3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves(A) again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation(B) to you or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.(C) 3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(D) not on tablets of stone(E) but on tablets of human hearts.(F)
4 Such confidence(G) we have through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves(H) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(I) 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(J)—not of the letter(K) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(L)
The Greater Glory of the New Covenant
7 Now if the ministry that brought death,(M) which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory,(N) transitory though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that brought condemnation(O) was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!(P) 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
12 Therefore, since we have such a hope,(Q) we are very bold.(R) 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face(S) to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were made dull,(T) for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant(U) is read.(V) It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,(W) the veil is taken away.(X) 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,(Y) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(Z) 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](AA) the Lord’s glory,(AB) are being transformed into his image(AC) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect
2 Corinthians 3
King James Version
3 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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