2 Korinčanima 4
1 Zato, budući da po milosrđu imamo ovu službu, ne malakšemo.
Therefore, since we have received mercy along with this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 Ali odrekosmo se sramotnoga prikrivanja: ne nastupamo lukavo niti izopačujemo riječ Božju, nego se objavljivanjem istine preporučujemo svakoj savjesti ljudskoj pred Bogom.
Rather, we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in deception nor falsifying the Word of God, but by the open proclamation of the Truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God.
3 Ako je i zastrto evanđelje naše, u onima je zastrto koji propadaju:
So where our Gospel has actually been concealed, it has been hidden from those who are being wasted,
4 u onima kojima bog ovoga svijeta oslijepi pameti nevjerničke da ne zasvijetli svjetlost evanđelja slave Krista koji je slika Božja. (aiōn g165)
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. (aiōn g165)
5 Jer ne propovijedamo same sebe, nego Krista Isusa Gospodinom, a sebe slugama vašim poradi Isusa.
Now we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Sovereign, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
6 Ta Bog koji reče: Neka iz tame svjetlost zasine!, on zasvijetli u srcima našim da nam spoznanje slave Božje zasvijetli na licu Kristovu.
because the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness is He who shined in our hearts to give the light that comes from the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 To pak blago imamo u glinenim posudama da izvanredna ona snaga bude očito Božja, a ne od nas.
Further, we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that this all-surpassing power may be of God and not from ourselves
8 U svemu pritisnuti, ali ne pritiješnjeni; dvoumeći, ali ne zdvajajući;
—we are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 progonjeni, ali ne napušteni; obarani, ali ne oboreni -
persecuted, yet not abandoned; knocked down, but not out;
10 uvijek umiranje Isusovo u tijelu pronosimo da se i život Isusov u tijelu našem očituje.
always carrying about in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
11 Doista, mi se živi uvijek na smrt predajemo poradi Isusa da se i život Isusov očituje u našem smrtnom tijelu.
For we, the living, are always being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 Tako smrt djeluje u nama, život u vama.
So then, death is at work in us, but life in you.
13 A budući da imamo isti duh vjere kao što je pisano: Uzvjerovah, zato besjedim, i mi vjerujemo pa zato i besjedimo.
Now since we have the same spirit of faith, just like it is written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
14 Ta znamo: onaj koji je uskrisio Gospodina Isusa i nas će s Isusom uskrisiti i zajedno s vama uza se postaviti.
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us through Jesus and present us together with you.
15 A sve je to za vas: da milost - umnožena - zahvaljivanjem mnogih izobiluje Bogu na slavu.
So all this is for your benefit, so that the grace that has spread through the many may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 Zato ne malakšemo. Naprotiv, ako se naš izvanji čovjek i raspada, nutarnji se iz dana u dan obnavlja.
Therefore we do not lose heart—even though our outer man is wasting away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day—
