2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, and the brother Timotheus, to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.

Pavao, po volji Božjoj apostol Krista Isusa, i brat Timotej: Crkvi Božjoj u Korintu sa svima svetima u svoj Ahaji.

2 Grace to you, and peace 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 compassions, and God of all encouragement;

Blagoslovljen Bog i Otac Gospodina našega Isusa Krista, Otac milosrđa i Bog svake utjehe!

4 who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of 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 Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.

Jer kao što su obilate patnje Kristove u nama, tako je po Kristu obilata i utjeha naša.

6 But whether we are in tribulation, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation, wrought in the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer,

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; ) or whether we are encouraged, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation: knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.

I tako je stamena nada naša o vama jer znamo: kao što ste zajedničari patnja tako ste i utjehe.

8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened [to us] in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond [our] power, so as to despair even of living.

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 But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our 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 who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;

On nas je od takve smrti izbavio i izbavit će nas; u njega se uzdamo, on će nas i dalje izbavljati.

11 ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us.

A i vi ćete nam pomagati molitvom da bi mnogi za nas zahvaljivali Bogu na milosti koja nam je darovana posredovanjem mnogih.

12 For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace, ) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

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 other things to you but what ye well know and recognise; and I hope that ye will recognise to the end,

Ta i ne pišemo vam drugo doli ovo što čitate i razumijete; a nadam se da ćete i do kraja razumjeti,

14 even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as ye [are] ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

kao što nas djelomično i razumjeste: da smo mi vaša slava kao i vi naša u Dan Gospodina našega Isusa.

15 And with this confidence I purposed to come to you previously, that ye might have a second favour;

U tom uvjerenju namjeravao sam najprije doći k vama

16 and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.

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 Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?

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 Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.

Bog je svjedok: naša riječ vama nije “Da!” i “Ne!”

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, he who has been preached by us among you (by me and Silvanus and Timotheus), did not become yea and nay, but yea is in him.

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 whatever promises of God [there are], in him is the yea, and in him the amen, for glory to God by us.

Doista, sva obećanja Božja u njemu su “Da!”. I stoga po njemu i naš “Amen!” Bogu na slavu!

21 Now he that establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, [is] God,

A Bog je onaj koji nas zajedno s vama utvrđuje za Krista; on nas i pomaza,

22 who also has sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

on nas i zapečati i u srca naša dade zalog - Duha.

23 But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.

A ja prizivljem Boga za svjedoka: duše mi, da vas poštedim, nisam više dolazio u Korint.

24 Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

Ta mi nismo gospodari vaše vjere, nego suradnici vaše radosti. Ta u vjeri ste postojani.