God's New Agreement
1 Are we once again bragging about ourselves? Do we need letters to you or from you to tell others about us? Some people do need letters telling about them. 2 But you are our letter, and you are in our hearts for everyone to read and understand. 3 You are like a letter written by Christ and delivered by us. But you are not written with pen and ink or on tablets made of stone. You are written in our hearts by the Spirit of the living God.
4 We are sure about all this. Christ makes us sure in the very presence of God. 5 We don't have the right to claim that we have done anything on our own. God gives us what it takes to do all we do. 6 He makes us worthy to be the servants of his new agreement that comes from the Holy Spirit and not from a written Law. After all, the Law brings death, but the Spirit brings life.
7 The Law of Moses brought only the promise of death, even though it was carved on stones and given in a wonderful way. Still the Law made Moses' face shine so brightly the people of Israel could not look at it, even though it was a fading glory. 8 So won't the agreement the Spirit brings to us be even more wonderful? 9 If something that brings the death sentence is glorious, won't something that makes us acceptable to God be even more glorious? 10 In fact, the new agreement is so wonderful that the Law is no longer glorious at all. 11 The Law was given with a glory that faded away. But the glory of the new agreement is much greater, because it will never fade away.
12 This wonderful hope makes us feel like speaking freely. 13 We are not like Moses. His face was shining, but he covered it to keep the people of Israel from seeing the brightness fade away. 14 The people were stubborn, and something still keeps them from seeing the truth when the Law is read. Only Christ can take away the covering that keeps them from seeing.
15 When the Law of Moses is read, they have their minds covered over 16 with a covering that is removed only for those who turn to the Lord. 17 The Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets us free. 18 So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord's Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord.
III.
Apostola pīdūdūšō mīlesteiba.
1 Vai tad mes otkon sōcam poši sevi īteikt? Vai tad mums ir vajadzeigi nu jums vai arī deļ jums, kai dažim ļaudim, īteikšonas roksti? 2 Nē, jyus poši asot myusu īteikšonas roksts, kas īraksteits myusu sirdīs un kas saprūtams un salosams vysim ļaudim, 3 jo jyus pasarōdot kai pīraksteitō nu mums Jezus Kristus vēstule, kas na ar tinti, bet gon ar dzeivō Dīva goru ir pīraksteita, un na uz akmiņa tabelem, bet gon uz mīseigūs siržu tabelem.
4 Šytaida cereiba mums ir uz Dīvu caur Kristus na tōpēc, 5 ka mes poši byutu spējeigi nu sevis ar sovim spākim kaut kū dūmōt, bet gon, ka mums spēja nōk nu Dīva, 6 kas myusus padareja spējeigus byut par Jaunō Īstōdejuma kolpim, kas pastōv na burtā, bet gon Gorā. Burts nōvej, bet Gors atdzeivynoj.
7 Un jo nōves kolpōšonai, kas ar būrtim beja īkolta akminī, beja taids spūžums, ka Izraeļa bārni navarēja vērtīs Moizešam vaigā jō izneikstūšō spūžuma dēļ, 8 vai tad gora kolpōšona nabyus daudz spūžōka? 9 Un jo pazusšonas kolpōšonai beja taids spūžums, tū lelōks spūžums byus taisneibas kolpōšonai. 10 Jā, tur asūšais spūžums nūbōļ pavysam pret šytū pōrmēreigū spūžumu. 11 Un jo pōrejūšais beja tik spūžs, tad palīkūšais byus daudz spūžōks.
12 Šamā cereibā pastōvūt, mes uzastōjam vysā breivi, 13 un na tai kai Moizešs, kas ar sagu aizsedze sovu vaigu, lai Izraeļa bārni naradzātu pōrejūšō spūžuma, 14 Bet jūs saprōts palyka aizcītynōts leidz pat šai dīnai. Un pi Vacō Īstōdejuma laseišonas palīk tei poša saga, un jim nateik atsagts, ka ar Kristu jys izabeidz. 15 Jā, leidz šai dīnai Moizešu losūt uz sirds jim palīk tei saga. 16 Un jo jys grīžās pi Kunga, saga teik nūjimta. 17 Kungs ir Gors, bet kur ir Kunga Gors, tur ir breiveiba. 18 Mes visi atklōtu vaigu skotamēs uz Kunga spūžuma un caur tū mes pōrsaveidōsim tamā pošā tālā, speidūt arvīnu lelōkā spūžumā, kas nōk nu Kunga Gora.
