1 Korinčanima 9
1 Nisam li ja slobodan? Nisam li apostol? Nisam li vidio Isusa, Gospodina našega? Niste li vi djelo moje u Gospodinu?
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
2 Ako drugima nisam apostol, vama svakako jesam. Ta vi ste pečat mojega apostolstva u Gospodinu.
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Moj odgovor mojim tužiteljima jest ovo:
This is my defense to those who examine me.
4 Zar nemamo prava jesti i piti?
Do we not have a right to eat and to drink?
5 Zar nemamo prava ženu vjernicu voditi sa sobom kao i drugi apostoli i braća Gospodnja i Kefa?
Do we not have a right to take along a wife who is a sister in Christ, as do the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Ili samo ja i Barnaba nemamo prava ne raditi?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who must work to support ourselves?
7 Tko ikada vojuje o svojem trošku? Tko sadi vinograd pa roda njegova ne jede? Ili tko pase stado pa od mlijeka stada ne jede?
Who at any time serves as a soldier while supplying his own provisions? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
8 Zar to govorim po ljudsku? Ne kaže li to i Zakon?
Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law also say the same thing?
9 Jer u Mojsijevu zakonu piše: Ne zavezuj usta volu koji vrši! Zar je Bogu do volova?
For in the law of Moses it is written, “Yoʋ shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
10 Ne govori li on baš radi nas? Doista, radi nas je napisano, jer tko ore, u nadi treba da ore; i tko vrši, u nadi da će dobiti dio.
Or does he speak entirely for our sake? Yes, this was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope ought to partake of his hope.
11 Ako smo mi vama sijali dobra duhovna, veliko li je nešto ako vam požanjemo tjelesna?
If we have sown spiritual blessings among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
12 Ako drugi sudjeluju u vašim dobrima, zašto ne bismo mi mogli još većma. Ali nismo se poslužili tim pravom, nego sve teglimo da ne bismo postavili kakvu zapreku evanđelju Kristovu?
If others have a share in this right over you, do not we have it even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure everything so that we may not give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
13 Ne znate li: koji obavljaju svetinje, od svetišta se hrane; i koji žrtveniku služe, sa žrtvenikom dijele?
Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat of the temple sacrifices, and those who attend to the altar have a share in the altar sacrifices?
14 Tako je i Gospodin onima koji evanđelje navješćuju odredio od evanđelja živjeti.
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.
15 No ja se ničim od toga nisam poslužio. A i ne napisah toga da bi se tako postupilo prema meni. Radije umrijeti, nego... Te mi slave nitko neće oduzeti!
But I have not used any of these rights, and I am not writing this so that such may be done in my case. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.
16 Jer što navješćujem evanđelje, nije mi na hvalu, ta dužnost mi je. Doista, jao meni ako evanđelja ne navješćujem.
If I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach, and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
17 Jer ako to činim iz vlastite pobude, ide me plaća; ako li ne iz vlastite pobude - služba je to koja mi je povjerena.
If I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if I do it under compulsion, it is because I have been entrusted with a responsibility.
18 Koja mi je dakle plaća? Da propovijedajući pružam evanđelje besplatno ne služeći se svojim pravom u evanđelju.
What then is my reward? That when I preach, I may present the gospel of Christ free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19 Jer premda slobodan od sviju, sam sebe svima učinih slugom da ih što više steknem.
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, in order to win as many as possible.
20 Bijah Židovima Židov da Židove steknem; onima pod Zakonom, kao da sam pod Zakonom - premda ja nisam pod Zakonom - da one pod Zakonom steknem;
To the Jews I became like a Jew, so that I might win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law, so that I might win those under the law.
21 onima bez Zakona, kao da sam bez zakona - premda nisam bez Božjega zakona, nego u Kristovu zakonu - da steknem one bez Zakona;
To those outside the law I became like one outside the law (though I am not outside the law of God but under the law of Christ), so that I might win those outside the law.
22 bijah nejakima nejak da nejake steknem. Svima bijah sve da pošto-poto neke spasim.
To the weak I became like one who is weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.
23 A sve činim poradi evanđelja da bih i ja bio suzajedničar u njemu.
I do this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 Ne znate li: trkači u trkalištu svi doduše trče, ali jedan prima nagradu? Tako trčite da dobijete.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
25 Svaki natjecatelj sve moguće izdržava; oni da dobiju raspadljiv vijenac, mi neraspadljiv.
Every athlete who competes exercises self-control in all things. They do so to receive a perishable wreath, but we do so to receive an imperishable crown.
26 Ja dakle tako trčim - ne kao besciljno, tako udaram šakom - ne kao da mlatim vjetar,
Therefore I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air;
27 nego krotim svoje tijelo i zarobljavam da sam ne budem isključen pošto sam drugima propovijedao.
but I discipline my body and make it my slave, lest somehow after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
