1 Korinčanima 7
1 Sada o onome što ste mi pisali. Dobro je čovjeku ne dotaći ženu.
Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,
2 Ipak, zbog bludnosti, neka svaki ima svoju ženu i svaka neka ima svoga muža.
but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.
3 Muž neka vrši dužnost prema ženi, a tako i žena prema mužu.
Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,
4 Žena nije gospodar svoga tijela, nego muž, a tako ni muž nije gospodar svoga tijela, nego žena.
but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.
5 Ne uskraćujte se jedno drugome, osim po dogovoru, povremeno, da se posvetite molitvi pa se opet združite da vas Sotona ne bi napastovao zbog vaše neizdržljivosti.
Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin.
6 Ali to velim kao dopuštenje, ne kao zapovijed.
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
7 A htio bih da svi ljudi budu kao i ja; ali svatko ima svoj dar od Boga, ovaj ovako, onaj onako.
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
8 Neoženjenima pak i udovicama velim: dobro im je ako ostanu kao i ja.
But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 Ako li se ne mogu uzdržati, neka se žene, udaju. Jer bolje je ženiti se negoli izgarati.
If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 A oženjenima zapovijedam, ne ja, nego Gospodin: žena neka se od muža ne rastavlja -
But to those already married my commandment is - and not mine, but the Lord’s - that a wife is not to leave her husband;
11 ako se ipak rastavi, neka ostane neudana ili neka se s mužem pomiri - i muž neka ne otpušta žene.
(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.
12 Ostalima pak velim - ja, ne Gospodin: ima li koji brat ženu nevjernicu i ona privoli stanovati s njime, neka je ne otpušta.
To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.
13 I žena koja ima muža nevjernika te on privoli stanovati s njome, neka ne otpušta muža.
And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Ta muž nevjernik posvećen je ženom i žena nevjernica posvećena je bratom. Inače bi djeca vaša bila nečista, a ovako - sveta su.
For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.
15 Ako li se nevjernik hoće rastaviti, neka se rastavi; brat ili sestra u takvim prilikama nisu vezani: ta na mir nas je pozvao Bog.
But if the unbelieving partner be determined to leave, separation let it be. In such cases the believing husband or wife is not under bondage. But it is into peace that God has called us.
16 Jer što znaš, ženo, hoćeš li spasiti muža? Ili što znaš, mužu, hoćeš li spasiti ženu?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 U drugome svatko neka živi kako mu je Gospodin dodijelio, kako ga je Bog pozvao. Tako određujem po svim crkvama.
Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one - and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him- -in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.
18 Je li tko pozvan kao obrezan, neka ne prepravlja obrezanja. Ako je pozvan kao neobrezan, neka se ne obrezuje.
So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Obrezanje nije ništa i neobrezanje nije ništa, nego - držanje Božjih zapovijedi.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.
20 Svatko neka ostane u onom zvanju u koje je pozvan.
Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Jesi li pozvan kao rob? Ne brini! Nego, ako i možeš postati slobodan, radije se okoristi.
Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.
22 Jer tko je u Gospodinu pozvan kao rob, slobodnjak je Gospodnji. Tako i tko je pozvan kao slobodnjak, rob je Kristov.
For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ’s slave.
23 Otkupninom ste kupljeni: ne budite robovi ljudima.
You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.
24 Svatko u čemu je pozvan, braćo, u tome neka i ostane pred Bogom.
Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.
25 O djevicama nemam zapovijedi, nego dajem savjet kao čovjek po milosrđu Gospodnjem vrijedan povjerenja.
I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord’s mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
26 Smatram dakle: dobro je to zbog sadašnje nevolje, dobro je čovjeku tako biti.
I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.
27 Jesi li vezan za ženu? Ne traži rastave. Jesi li slobodan od žene? Ne traži žene.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
28 Ali ako se i oženiš, nisi sagriješio; i djevica ako se uda, nije sagriješila. Ali takvi će imati tjelesnu nevolju, a ja bih vas rado poštedio.
Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldy affairs, and I wish to spare you.
29 Ovo hoću reći, braćo: Vrijeme je kratko. Odsele i koji imaju žene, neka budu kao da ih nemaju;
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 i koji plaču, kao da ne plaču; i koji se vesele, kao da se ne vesele; i koji kupuju, kao da ne posjeduju;
let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 i koji uživaju ovaj svijet, kao da ga ne uživaju, jer - prolazi obličje ovoga svijeta.
and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
32 A rado bih da budete bezbrižni. Neoženjen se brine za Gospodnje, kako da ugodi Gospodinu.
So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord’s business, how he may please the Lord;
33 A oženjen se brine za svjetovno, kako da ugodi ženi,
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
34 pa je razdijeljen. I žena neudana i djevica brine se za Gospodnje, da bude sveta i tijelom i duhom; a udana se brine za svjetovno, kako da ugodi mužu.
Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord’s business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.
35 Ovo pak govorim vama na korist, ne da vam postavim zamku, nego da primjerno i nesmetano budete privrženi Gospodinu.
It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.
36 Misli li tko da je nepriličan prema svojoj djevici kad je preživotan i s njome mora biti, neka čini što je nakanio, ne griješi: neka se uzmu.
If, however, a father feels that he is not treating his virgin daughter in a seemly manner, in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin. Let the marriage take place.
37 Tko je pak nepokolebljivo stalan u srcu te nema potrebe, a u vlasti mu je volja pa to odluči u svom srcu - čuvati svoju djevicu - dobro čini.
On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.
38 Tako, tko se oženi svojom djevicom, dobro čini, a tko se ne oženi, bolje čini.
So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.
39 Žena je vezana dokle živi muž njezin. Umre li muž, slobodna je: neka se uda za koga hoće, samo u Gospodinu.
A wife is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she will, provided it be in the Lord.
40 Bit će ipak blaženija ostane li onako, po mojem savjetu. A mislim da i ja imam Duha Božjega.
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
