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¶ Wi, nou konnen lè kò nou gen sou latè a va demoli tankou yon kay, Bondye sere yon lòt kay nan syèl la, yon kay byen solid k'ap la pou tout tan. Se li menm menm k'ap bati kay sa a pou nou.

Koulye a m'ap plenn anpil, sitèlman m' anvi antre nan kay mwen gen nan syèl la.

Konsa, lè m'a antre ladan l', yo p'ap jwenn mwen toutouni.

Wi, toutotan m'ap viv nan kò mwen gen sou latè a, m'ap plenn tankou moun ki anba yon chay. Sa pa vle di mwen ta renmen wete kò sa a sou mwen. Men, mwen ta renmen pito mete kò mwen gen nan syèl la sou mwen. Se konsa, tou sa ki gen pou mouri nan nou pral disparèt nan lavi.

Se Bondye menm ki pare nou pou chanjman sa a. Li ban nou Sentespri l' tankou yon garanti pou tout byen li sere pou nou yo.

Se pou sa, nou toujou gen gwo kouraj. Nou konnen toutotan nou nan kò sa a nou lwen Seyè a toujou.

Si n'ap mache, se pa paske nou wè tout bagay klè, men se paske nou gen konfyans nan Kris la.

Nou gen gwo kouraj epi nou ta pito kite kò sa a pou n' al rete toupre Seyè a.

Men, anvan tout bagay, nou vle fè Seyè a plezi, kit nou nan kò sa a, kit nou kite li.

10 Paske, nou tout nou gen pou n' konparèt devan Kris la pou li ka jije nou. Lè sa a, chak moun va resevwa sa ki pou li dapre byen osinon dapre mal li te fè antan l' te nan kò sa a.

11 Mwen konnen sa ki rele gen krentif pou Bondye, se poutèt sa m'ap chache mennen lèzòm vin kwè nan sa m'ap di. Bondye pou tèt pa l' gen tan konnen m' nèt. Mwen ta swete nou menm nan fon kè nou, nou konnen m' tou.

12 ¶ Pa mete nan lide nou mwen vin pale nou byen sou tèt mwen ankò. Men, mwen ta renmen ban nou okazyon pou nou kontan m' anpil, pou nou ka jwenn repons pou nou bay moun ki pa gen bon kalite nan kè yo tout bon, men k'ap fè grandizè pou bagay ki gen bèl aparans.

13 Si jan yo di l' la mwen fou, se pou Bondye mwen fou. Men, si mwen gen tout bon sans mwen, se pou nou menm, moun Korent, mwen konsa.

14 Paske, se kalite renmen Kris la gen pou nou an k'ap dirije m': mwen gen konviksyon sa a, si yon sèl moun te mouri pou tout lòt yo, sa vle di tout lòt yo mouri ansanm avè li.

15 Li mouri pou tout moun. Konsa, moun k'ap viv yo p'ap viv pou tèt pa yo ankò, men y'ap viv pou moun ki te mouri epi ki te leve soti vivan nan lanmò pou yo a.

16 ¶ Se poutèt sa, depi koulye a, mwen pa konsidere pesonn sou laparans, tankou lèzòm fè l' la. Si yon lè mwen te konsidere Kris la sou laparans tankou lèzòm fè l' la, koulye a mwen pa konnen l' nan jan sa a ankò.

17 Si yon moun ap viv nan Kris la, li vin yon lòt moun. Bagay lontan yo disparèt, se lòt bagay nèf ki pran plas yo koulye a.

18 Tou sa soti nan Bondye ki fè nou vin zanmi avè l' ankò, gremesi Kris la. Se li menm tou ki fè m' konfyans, ki ban m' travay sa a pou mennen lèzòm vini byen avè l' ankò.

19 Paske nan Kris la, Bondye t'ap fè tou sa li te kapab pou fè moun vin byen avè l' ankò. Li pa t' gade sou peche lèzòm te fè. Se li menm ki mete mwen la pou fè lèzòm konnen ki jan l'ap fè yo byen avè l' ankò.

20 Se sak fè mwen pale nan non Kris la menm ki te voye m', tankou si se Bondye menm k'ap pale nan bouch mwen pou di nou: tanpri, nan non Kris la, tounen vin byen ak Bondye ankò.

21 Kris la pa t' janm fè okenn peche, men Bondye fè l' pran sò nou sou li, yo trete l' tankou yon moun ki fè peche. Konsa, lè nou fè yon sèl kò ak Kris la, Bondye fè nou gras.

Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan,(C) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(D) because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan(E) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(F) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(G)

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight.(H) We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(I) So we make it our goal to please him,(J) whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us(K) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord,(L) we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.(M) 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again,(N) but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us,(O) so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13 If we are “out of our mind,”(P) as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(Q) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(R) but for him who died for them(S) and was raised again.

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly(T) point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(U) the new creation(V) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(W) 18 All this is from God,(X) who reconciled us to himself through Christ(Y) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.(Z) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(AA) as though God were making his appeal through us.(AB) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(AC) 21 God made him who had no sin(AD) to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(AE)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering