2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
Pavao, po volji Božjoj apostol Krista Isusa, i brat Timotej: Crkvi Božjoj u Korintu sa svima svetima u svoj Ahaji.
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Milost vam i mir od Boga, Oca našega, i Gospodina Isusa Krista!
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
Blagoslovljen Bog i Otac Gospodina našega Isusa Krista, Otac milosrđa i Bog svake utjehe!
4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
On nas tješi u svakoj našoj nevolji da bismo i mi sve koji su u nevolji mogli tješiti onom utjehom kojom nas same tješi Bog.
5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
Jer kao što su obilate patnje Kristove u nama, tako je po Kristu obilata i utjeha naša.
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
Bili mi nevoljama pritisnuti za vašu je to utjehu i spasenje; bili utješeni, za vašu je utjehu - djelotvornu: da strpljivo podnesete iste patnje koje i mi podnosimo.
7 And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
I tako je stamena nada naša o vama jer znamo: kao što ste zajedničari patnja tako ste i utjehe.
8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
Ne bismo doista htjeli, braćo, da ne znate za nevolju koja nas je snašla u Aziji. Bijasmo prekomjerno, preko snage, opterećeni te smo već strepili i za život.
9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
Ali u sebi prihvatismo i smrtnu osudu da se ne bismo uzdali u same sebe, nego u Boga koji uskrisuje mrtve.
10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
On nas je od takve smrti izbavio i izbavit će nas; u njega se uzdamo, on će nas i dalje izbavljati.
11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
A i vi ćete nam pomagati molitvom da bi mnogi za nas zahvaljivali Bogu na milosti koja nam je darovana posredovanjem mnogih.
12 And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
A ovo je naša slava: svjedočansto naše savjesti da smo u svijetu živjeli - osobito prema vama - u svetosti i iskrenosti Božjoj, ne u mudrosti tjelesnoj, nego u Božjoj milosti.
13 For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
Ta i ne pišemo vam drugo doli ovo što čitate i razumijete; a nadam se da ćete i do kraja razumjeti,
14 as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
kao što nas djelomično i razumjeste: da smo mi vaša slava kao i vi naša u Dan Gospodina našega Isusa.
15 Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
U tom uvjerenju namjeravao sam najprije doći k vama
16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
i preko vas prijeći u Makedoniju pa se opet, da biste imali i drugu milost, iz Makedonije vratiti k vama da me vi otpratite u Judeju.
17 When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
Pa jesam li možda bio lakomislen kad sam to namjeravao? Ili što namjeravam, po tijelu namjeravam te je u mene istodobno “Da, da!” i “Ne, ne!”?
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
Bog je svjedok: naša riječ vama nije “Da!” i “Ne!”
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
jer Sin Božji, Isus Krist, koga mi - ja i Silvan i Timotej - vama navijestismo nije bio “Da!” i “Ne!” nego u njemu bijaše “Da!”.
20 For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
Doista, sva obećanja Božja u njemu su “Da!”. I stoga po njemu i naš “Amen!” Bogu na slavu!
21 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
A Bog je onaj koji nas zajedno s vama utvrđuje za Krista; on nas i pomaza,
22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
on nas i zapečati i u srca naša dade zalog - Duha.
23 I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
A ja prizivljem Boga za svjedoka: duše mi, da vas poštedim, nisam više dolazio u Korint.
24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
Ta mi nismo gospodari vaše vjere, nego suradnici vaše radosti. Ta u vjeri ste postojani.
