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Ibùgbé wa ọrun

Nítorí àwa mọ̀ pé, bi ilé àgọ́ wa ti ayé ba wó, àwa ní ilé kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ilé tí a kò fi ọwọ́ kọ́, ti ayérayé nínú àwọn ọ̀run. Nítorí nítòótọ́ àwa ń kérora nínú èyí, àwa sì ń fẹ́ gidigidi láti fi ilé wa ti ọ̀run wọ̀ wá. Bí ó bá ṣe pé a ti fi wọ̀ wá, a kì yóò bá wa ní ìhòhò. Nítorí àwa tí a ń bẹ nínú àgọ́ yìí ń kérora nítòótọ́, kì í ṣe nítorí tí àwa fẹ́ jẹ́ aláìwọṣọ, ṣùgbọ́n pé a ó wọ̀ wá ní aṣọ sí i, kí ìyè ba à lè gbé ara kíkú mì. Ǹjẹ́ ẹni tí ó ti pèsè wa fún nǹkan yìí ni Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí o sì ti fi Ẹ̀mí fún wa pẹ̀lú ni ẹ̀rí ìdánilójú ohun tí ń bọ̀.

Nítorí náà àwa ní ìgboyà nígbà gbogbo, àwa sì mọ̀ pé, nígbà tí àwa ń bẹ ní ilé nínú ara, àwa kò sí lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa. Àwa ń gbé nípa ìgbàgbọ́, kì í ṣe nípa rí rí. Mo ní, àwa ní ìgboyà, àwa sì ń fẹ́ kí a kúkú ti inú ara kúrò, kí a sì lè wà ní ilé lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa. Nítorí náà àwa ń ṣakitiyan, pé, bí àwa bá wà ní ilé tàbí bí a kò sí, kí àwa lè jẹ́ ẹni ìtẹ́wọ́gbà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀. 10 Nítorí pé gbogbo wa ni ó gbọdọ̀ fi ara hàn níwájú ìtẹ́ ìdájọ́ Kristi; kí olúkúlùkù lè gbà èyí tí ó ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí èyí tí ó tọ́ sí i nígbà tí ó wà nínú ara ìbá à ṣe rere tàbí búburú.

Iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ ìlàjà tí a yà sọ́tọ̀

11 Nítorí náà bí àwa ti mọ ẹ̀rù Olúwa, àwa ń yí ènìyàn lọ́kàn padà; ṣùgbọ́n a ń fi wá hàn fún Ọlọ́run; mo sì gbàgbọ́ pé, a sì ti fì wá hàn ní ọkàn yín pẹ̀lú. 12 (A)Nítorí àwa kò sì ní máa tún yin ara wá sí i yín mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n àwa fi ààyè fún yín láti máa ṣògo nítorí wa, kí ẹ lè ní ohun tí ẹ̀yin yóò fi dá wọn lóhùn, àwọn ti ń ṣògo lóde ara kì í ṣe ní ọkàn. 13 Nítorí náà bí àwa bá ń sínwín, fún Ọlọ́run ni: tàbí bí iyè wá bá ṣí pépé, fún yín ni. 14 (B)Nítorí ìfẹ́ Kristi ń rọ̀ wá, nítorí àwa mọ̀ báyìí pé, bí ẹnìkan bá kú fún gbogbo ènìyàn, ǹjẹ́ nígbà náà, gbogbo wọ́n ni ó ti kú. 15 Ó sì ti kú fún gbogbo wọn, pé kí àwọn tí ó wà láààyè má sì ṣe wà láààyè fún ara wọn mọ́, bí kò ṣe fún ẹni tí ó kú nítorí wọn, tí ó sì ti jíǹde.

16 Nítorí náà láti ìsinsin yìí lọ, àwa kò mọ ẹnìkan nípa ti ara mọ́; bí àwa tilẹ̀ ti mọ Kristi nípa ti ara, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí àwa kò mọ̀ ọ́n bẹ́ẹ̀ mọ́. 17 (C)Nítorí náà bí ẹnìkan bá wà nínú Kristi, ó di ẹ̀dá tuntun: ohun àtijọ́ ti kọjá lọ; kíyèsi i, ohun tuntun ti dé. 18 (D)Ohun gbogbo sì ti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá, ẹni tí ó sì tipasẹ̀ Jesu Kristi bá wa làjà sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, tí ó sì ti fi iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ ìlàjà fún wa. 19 Èyí ni pé, Ọlọ́run wà nínú Kristi, ó ń bá aráyé làjà sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, kò sí ka ìrékọjá wọn sí wọn lọ́rùn; ó sì ti fi ọ̀rọ̀ ìlàjà lé wa lọ́wọ́. 20 (E)Nítorí náà àwa ni ikọ̀ fún Kristi, bí ẹni pé Ọlọ́run ń ti ọ̀dọ̀ wa ṣìpẹ̀ fún yín: àwa ń bẹ̀ yín ní ipò Kristi, “Ẹ bá Ọlọ́run làjà,” 21 (F)Nítorí ó tí fi í ṣe ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ nítorí wa, ẹni tí kò mọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀kẹ́ṣẹ̀ rí: kí àwa lè di òdodo Ọlọ́run nínú rẹ̀.

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