1 Korinčanima 4
1 Tako, neka nas svatko smatra službenicima Kristovim i upraviteljima otajstava Božjih.
So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.
2 A od upravitelja iziskuje se napokon da budu vjerni.
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they 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 by you, or by a human court. Yes, I don’t even judge my own self.
4 Doista, ničega sebi nisam svjestan, no time nisam opravdan: moj je sudac Gospodin.
For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but 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.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise 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 in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one 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 different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast 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!
You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that 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 displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and 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 have honor, but we have dishonor.
11 sve do ovoga časa i gladujemo, i žeđamo, i goli smo, i pljuskaju nas, i beskućnici smo,
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
12 i patimo se radeći svojim rukama. Proklinjani blagoslivljamo, proganjani ustrajavamo,
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
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, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
14 Ne pišem ovoga da vas postidim, nego da vas kao ljubljenu svoju djecu urazumim.
I don’t write these things 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, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
16 Zaklinjem vas, dakle: nasljedovatelji moji budite.
I beg you therefore, be imitators 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.
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
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 I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
20 Ta nije u riječi kraljevstvo Božje, nego u kreposti.
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
21 Što želite? Da k vama dođem sa šibom ili s ljubavlju i duhom blagosti?
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
