2 Korinčanima 11
1 O kad biste podnijeli nešto malo bezumlja mojega! Da, podnesite me!
I could wish that you would put up with a little of my foolishness, but indeed you already are.
2 Ljubomoran sam doista na vas Božjim ljubomorom: ta zaručih vas s jednim mužem, kao čistu djevicu privedoh vas Kristu.
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, because I betrothed you to one man to present you to Christ as a pure virgin.
3 Ali se bojim da se - kao što zmija zavede Evu svojom lukavštinom - misli vaše ne pokvare i odmetnu od iskrenosti prema Kristu.
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve with his cunning, so your minds may be corrupted from the integrity that is in Christ.
4 Uistinu, ako tko dođe i propovijeda drugog Isusa, kojega mi nismo propovijedali - ili ako drugoga Duha primate, kojega niste primili; ili drugo evanđelje, koje niste prigrlili - takva lijepo podnosÄite.
For if someone comes and preaches another ‘Jesus’ whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you easily put up with it.
5 Smatram, eto, da ni u čemu nisam manji od “nadapostola”.
Now I consider that I am not at all inferior to the very best apostles.
6 Jer ako sam i nevješt u govoru, nisam u znanju; naprotiv, u svemu vam ga i pred svima očitovasmo.
Though I may not be a trained speaker, I do have knowledge—but we have been fully manifested to you in all things.
7 Ili sam grijeh počinio što sam vam - ponizujući sebe da se vi uzvisite - besplatno navješćivao Božje evanđelje?
Or did I commit a sin in humbling self so that you might be exalted, in that I proclaimed God's Gospel to you free of charge?
8 Druge sam crkve plijenio, od njih primao potporu da bih mogao vama služiti. I dok bijah u vas, premda u oskudici, nikomu nisam bio na teret.
I ‘robbed’ other congregations, receiving support from them so as to serve you,
9 U oskudici su mi pomogla braća koja dođoše iz Makedonije. U svemu sam se čuvao da vam ne budem težak, a i čuvat ću se.
and when I was with you and in need, I did not burden anyone; because the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. Yes, I kept myself from being a burden to you in anything, and will keep on.
10 Istine mi Kristove u meni, ove mi hvale nitko neće oduzeti u ahajskim krajevima.
The truth of Christ is in me: this boasting will not be silenced in me in the regions of Achaia.
11 Zašto? Jer vas ne ljubim? Bog znade!
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!
12 A što činim, i dalje ću činiti da izbijem izliku onima koji izliku traže ne bi li se s nama izjednačili u onom čime se hvastaju.
Further, I will keep on doing what I do in order to cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things of which they boast.
13 Jer takvi su ljudi lažni apostoli, himbeni radnici, prerušuju se u apostole Kristove.
Such men are really false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into ‘apostles’ of Christ.
14 I nikakvo čudo! Ta sam se Sotona prerušuje u anđela svjetla.
And no wonder, because Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 Ništa osobito dakle ako se i službenici njegovi prerušuju u službenike pravednosti. Svršetak će im biti po djelima njihovim.
So it is no great thing if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
16 Opet velim: da me tko ne bi smatrao bezumnim! Uostalom, primite me makar i kao bezumna da se i ja nešto malo pohvalim.
Again I say, let no one think me a fool. But should anyone do so, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little bit.
17 Što govorim, ne govorim po Gospodnju, nego kao u bezumlju, u ovoj hvalisavoj smionosti.
What I am going to say I do not say according to the Lord, but as though foolishly, in this confident boasting.
18 Budući da se mnogi hvale po ljudsku, i ja ću se hvaliti.
Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I will too
19 Ta rado podnosÄite bezumne, vi umni!
(for you put up with fools gladly, being so wise yourselves!).
20 Da, podnosÄite ako vas tko zarobljava, ako vas tko proždire, ako tko otima, ako se tko uznosi, ako vas tko po obrazu bije.
In fact, you even put up with someone who enslaves you, who ‘devours’ you, who takes advantage, who exalts himself, who beats on your face!
21 Na sramotu govorim: bili smo, biva, slabi! Ipak, čime se god tko osmjeljuje - u bezumlju govorim - osmjeljujem se i ja!
Is it disrespectful to say that we were ‘weak’? In whatever anyone is bold (I speak foolishly), I am bold also.
22 Hebreji su? I ja sam! Izraelci su? I ja sam! Potomstvo su Abrahamovo? I ja sam!
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 Poslužitelji su Kristovi? Kao mahnit govorim: ja još više! U naporima - preobilno; u tamnicama - preobilno; u batinama - prekomjerno; u smrtnim pogiblima - često.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I'm being irrational) I am more: in labors more abundantly, in beatings beyond count, in prison more frequently, in ‘deaths’ often—
24 Od Židova primio sam pet puta po četrdeset manje jednu.
five times from the Jews I received the ‘forty lashes minus one’;
25 Triput sam bio šiban, jednom kamenovan, triput doživio brodolom, jednu noć i dan proveo sam u bezdanu.
three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked (I spent twenty-four hours in the open sea)—
26 Česta putovanja, pogibli od rijeka, pogibli od razbojnika, pogibli od sunarodnjaka, pogibli od pogana, pogibli u gradu, pogibli u pustinji, pogibli na moru, pogibli od lažne braće;
in frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in cities, in danger in wildernesses, in danger in the sea, in danger among false brothers;
27 u trudu i naporu, često u nespavanju, u gladu i žeđi, često u postovima, u studeni i golotinji!
in toil and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold and nakedness—
28 Osim toga, uz drugo, salijetanje svakodnevno, briga za sve crkve.
quite apart from the other things, my daily disturbances, my concern for all the congregations.
29 Tko je slab, a ja da ne budem slab? Tko se sablažnjuje, a ja da ne izgaram?
Who is weak, and I do not feel it? Who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
30 Treba li se hvaliti, svojom ću se slabošću hvaliti.
Well, if I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)
32 U Damasku namjesnik kralja Arete čuvaše grad damaščanski hoteći me uhvatiti.
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes, wanting to arrest me;
33 Ali kroz prozor spustiše me u košari preko zida te umakoh njegovim rukama.
but I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped from his hands.
