1 Korinčanima 4
1 Tako, neka nas svatko smatra službenicima Kristovim i upraviteljima otajstava Božjih.
Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God.
2 A od upravitelja iziskuje se napokon da budu vjerni.
Now it is required of 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 to me it matters very little that I am judged by you, or by any earthly court.
4 Doista, ničega sebi nisam svjestan, no time nisam opravdan: moj je sudac Gospodin.
Indeed I do not even judge myself; for though I know nothing against myself, yet that does not vindicate me; for he who 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.
So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men’s hearts. Then each man’s due praise will come to him from 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.
Now these things, brothers, I have applied in a figure to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that in us you might learn not to go beyond what is written; that none of you be puffed up for the one, against the other.
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 a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting 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!
But you, forsooth, are already full, are you? You are already rich? Without us you are already reigning? Yes, and I would that you did reign, so 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 -
But it seems to me that God has exhibited us apostles, last of all, like men doomed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the whole world, both to men and to angels.
10 mi ludi poradi Krista, vi mudri u Kristu; mi slabi, vi jaki; vi čašćeni, mi prezreni;
For Christ’s sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.
11 sve do ovoga časa i gladujemo, i žeđamo, i goli smo, i pljuskaju nas, i beskućnici smo,
Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.
12 i patimo se radeći svojim rukama. Proklinjani blagoslivljamo, proganjani ustrajavamo,
Homeless men, we toil, working with our own hands.
13 pogrđivani tješimo. Kao smeće svijeta postasmo, svačiji izmet sve do sada.
When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o’-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour!
14 Ne pišem ovoga da vas postidim, nego da vas kao ljubljenu svoju djecu urazumim.
I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you, as my beloved children.
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 tutors in Christ Jesus, you can have but one father. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
16 Zaklinjem vas, dakle: nasljedovatelji moji budite.
I beg you then to imitate my example.
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.
With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every church.
18 Neki se uzniješe kao da ja neću doći k vama.
Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
19 Ipak, eto me ubrzo k vama, ako Gospodin htjedne, i rasudit ću ne riječi onih nadutih, nego krepost.
But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.
20 Ta nije u riječi kraljevstvo Božje, nego u kreposti.
For the kingdom of God is not in talk, but in power.
21 Što želite? Da k vama dođem sa šibom ili s ljubavlju i duhom blagosti?
Which do you want? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender spirit?
