1 Korinčanima 4
1 Tako, neka nas svatko smatra službenicima Kristovim i upraviteljima otajstava Božjih.
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 A od upravitelja iziskuje se napokon da budu vjerni.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 Meni pak nije nimalo do toga da me sudite vi ili bilo koji ljudski sud; a ni ja sam sebe ne sudim.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yes, I judge not my own self.
4 Doista, ničega sebi nisam svjestan, no time nisam opravdan: moj je sudac Gospodin.
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.
5 Zato ne sudite ništa prije vremena dok ne dođe Gospodin koji će iznijeti na vidjelo što je sakriveno u tami i razotkriti nakane srdaca. I tada će svatko primiti pohvalu od Boga.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6 Time, braćo, smjerah na sebe i Apolona radi vas: da na nama naučite onu “Ne preko onoga što je pisano” te se ne nadimate jednim protiv drugoga.
And these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7 Ta tko tebi daje prednost? Što imaš da nisi primio? Ako si primio, što se hvastaš kao da nisi primio?
For who makes you to differ from another? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?
8 Već ste siti, već se obogatiste, bez nas se zakraljiste! Kamo sreće da se zakraljiste da i mi s vama zajedno kraljujemo!
Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 Jer Bog je, čini mi se, nas apostole prikazao posljednje, kao na smrt osuđene, jer postali smo prizor svijetu, i anđelima, i ljudima -
For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 mi ludi poradi Krista, vi mudri u Kristu; mi slabi, vi jaki; vi čašćeni, mi prezreni;
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised.
11 sve do ovoga časa i gladujemo, i žeđamo, i goli smo, i pljuskaju nas, i beskućnici smo,
Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
12 i patimo se radeći svojim rukama. Proklinjani blagoslivljamo, proganjani ustrajavamo,
And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 pogrđivani tješimo. Kao smeće svijeta postasmo, svačiji izmet sve do sada.
Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day.
14 Ne pišem ovoga da vas postidim, nego da vas kao ljubljenu svoju djecu urazumim.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 Jer da imate u Kristu i deset tisuća učitelja, ipak ne biste imali više otaca. Ta u Kristu Isusu po evanđelju ja vas rodih!
For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Zaklinjem vas, dakle: nasljedovatelji moji budite.
Why I beseech you, be you followers of me.
17 Zato upravo poslah k vama Timoteja, koji mi je dijete ljubljeno i vjerno u Gospodinu, da vas podsjeti na naputke moje, u Kristu, kako posvuda u svakoj crkvi učim.
For this cause have I sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Neki se uzniješe kao da ja neću doći k vama.
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 Ipak, eto me ubrzo k vama, ako Gospodin htjedne, i rasudit ću ne riječi onih nadutih, nego krepost.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 Ta nije u riječi kraljevstvo Božje, nego u kreposti.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 Što želite? Da k vama dođem sa šibom ili s ljubavlju i duhom blagosti?
What will you? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
