1. क्योंकि हम जानते हैं, कि जब हमारा पृथ्वी पर का डेरा सरीखा घर गिराया जाएगा तो हमें परमेश्वर की ओर से स्वर्ग पर एक ऐसा भवन मिलेगा, जो हाथों से बना हुआ घर नहीं परन्तु चिरस्थाई है।
अय्यूब 4:19

1. FOR WE know that if the tent which is our earthly home is destroyed (dissolved), we have from God a building, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2. इस में तो हम कहरते, और बड़ी लालसा रखते हैं; कि अपने स्वर्गीय घर को पहिन लें।

2. Here indeed, in this [present abode, body], we sigh and groan inwardly, because we yearn to be clothed over [we yearn to put on our celestial body like a garment, to be fitted out] with our heavenly dwelling,

3. कि इस के पहिनने से हम नंगे न पाए जाएं।

3. So that by putting it on we may not be found naked (without a body).

4. और हम इस डेरे में रहते हुए बोझ से दबे कहरते रहते हैं; क्योंकि हम उतारना नहीं, बरन और पहिनना चाहते हैं, ताकि वह जो मरनहार है जीवन में डूब जाए।

4. For while we are still in this tent, we groan under the burden and sigh deeply (weighed down, depressed, oppressed)--not that we want to put off the body (the clothing of the spirit), but rather that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal (our dying body) may be swallowed up by life [after the resurrection].

5. और जिस ने हमें इसी बात के लिये तैयार किया है वह परमेश्वर है, जिस ने हमें बयाने में आत्मा भी दिया है।

5. Now He Who has fashioned us [preparing and making us fit] for this very thing is God, Who also has given us the [Holy] Spirit as a guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise].

6. सो हम सदा ढाढ़स बान्धे रहते हैं और यह जानते हैं; कि जब तक हम देह में रहते हैं, तब तक प्रभु से अलग हैं।

6. So then, we are always full of good and hopeful and confident courage; we know that while we are at home in the body, we are abroad from the home with the Lord [that is promised us].

7. क्योंकि हम रूप को देखकर नहीं, पर विश्वास से चलते हैं।

7. For we walk by faith [we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight or appearance.

8. इसलिये हम ढाढ़स बान्धे रहते हैं, और देह से अलग होकर प्रभु के साथ रहना और भी उत्तम समझते हैं।

8. [Yes] we have confident and hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord.

9. इस कारण हमारे मन की उमंग यह है, कि चाहे साथ रहें, चाहे अलग रहें पर हम उसे भाते रहें।

9. Therefore, whether we are at home [on earth away from Him] or away from home [and with Him], we are constantly ambitious and strive earnestly to be pleasing to Him.

10. क्योंकि अवश्य है, कि हम सब का हाल मसीह के न्याय आसन के साम्हने खुल जाए, कि हर एक व्यक्ति अपने अपने भले बुरे कामों का बदला जो उस ने देह के द्वारा किए हों पाए।।
भजन संहिता 72:2-4, सभोपदेशक 12:14

10. For we must all appear and be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing].

11. सो प्रभु का भय मानकर हम लोगों को समझाते हैं और परमेश्वर पर हमारा हाल प्रगट है; और मेरी आशा यह है, कि तुम्हारे विवेक पर भी प्रगट हुआ होगा।

11. Therefore, being conscious of fearing the Lord with respect and reverence, we seek to win people over [to persuade them]. But what sort of persons we are is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood by God, and I hope that it is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood also by your consciences (your inborn discernment).

12. हम फिर भी अपनी बड़ाई तुम्हारे साम्हने नहीं करते बरन हम अपने विषय में तुम्हें घमण्ड करने का अवसर देते हैं, कि तुम उन्हें उत्तर दे सको, जो मन पर नहीं, बरन दिखवटी बातों पर घमण्ड करते हैं।

12. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but we are providing you with an occasion and incentive to be [rightfully] proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who pride themselves on surface appearances [on the virtues they only appear to have], although their heart is devoid of them.

13. यदि हम बेसुध हैं, तो परमेश्वर के लिये; और यदि चैतन्य हैं, तो तुम्हारे लिये हैं।

13. For if we are beside ourselves [mad, as some say], it is for God and concerns Him; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit,

14. क्योंकि मसीह का प्रेम हमें विवश कर देता है; इसलिये कि हम यह समझते हैं, कि जब एक सब के लिये मरा तो सब मर गए।

14. For the love of Christ controls and urges and impels us, because we are of the opinion and conviction that [if] One died for all, then all died;

15. और वह इस निमित्त सब के लिये मरा, कि जो जीवित हैं, वे आगे को अपने लिये न जीएं परन्तु उसके लिये जो उन के लिये मरा और फिर जी उठा।

15. And He died for all, so that all those who live might live no longer to and for themselves, but to and for Him Who died and was raised again for their sake.

16. सो अब से हम किसी को शरीर के अनुसार न समझेंगे, और यदि हम ने मसीह को भी शरीर के अनुसार जाना था, तौभी अब से उस को ऐसा नहीं जानेंगे।

16. Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a [purely] human point of view [in terms of natural standards of value]. [No] even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a man, yet now [we have such knowledge of Him that] we know Him no longer [in terms of the flesh].

17. सो यदि कोई मसीह में है तो वह नई सृष्टि है: पुरानी बातें बीत गई हैं; देखो, वे सब नई हो गईं।
यशायाह 43:18-21

17. Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

18. और सब बातें परमेश्वर की ओर से हैं, जिस ने मसीह के द्वारा अपने साथ हमारा मेल मिलाप की सेवा हमें सौंप दी है।

18. But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].

19. अर्थात् परमेश्वर ने मसीह में होकर अपने साथ संसार का मेल मिलाप कर लिया, और उन के अपराधों का दोष उन पर नहीं लगाया और उस ने मेल मिलाप का वचन हमें सौंप दिया है।।

19. It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

20. सो हम मसीह के राजदूत हैं; मानो परमेश्वर हमारे द्वारा समझाता है: हम मसीह की ओर से निवेदन करते हैं, कि परमेश्वर के साथ मेल मिलाप कर लो।
यशायाह 52:7

20. So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

21. जो पाप से अज्ञात था, उसी को उस ने हमारे लिये पाप ठहराया, कि हम उस में होकर परमेश्वर की धार्मिकता बन जाएं।।

21. For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].