1 Corinthians 9
1 Am not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?
Nijesam li ja apostol? Nijesam li sam svoj? Ne vidjeh li ja Isusa Hrista, Gospoda našega? Nijeste li vi djelo moje u Gospodu?
2 And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Ako drugima i nijesam apostol, ali vama jesam, jer ste vi peèat mojega apostolstva u Gospodu.
3 My defence with them that do examine me is this.
Moj odgovor onima koji me uspitaju ovo je:
4 Have not we power to eat and to drink?
Eda li nemamo vlasti jesti i piti?
5 Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Eda li nemamo vlasti sestru ženu voditi, kao i ostali apostoli, i braæa Gospodnja, i Kifa?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?
Ili jedan ja i Varnava nemamo vlasti ovo èiniti?
7 Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Ko vojuje kad o svome trošku? Ili ko sadi vinograd i od rodova njegovijeh da ne jede? Ili ko pase stado i od mlijeka stada da ne jede?
8 Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?
Eda li ovo govorim po èovjeku? Ne govori li ovo i zakon?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Jer je u Mojsijevu zakonu napisano: da ne zavežeš usta volu koji vrše. Eda li se Bog brine za volove?
10 Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth, should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit.
Ili govori jamaèno za nas? Jer se za nas napisa: koji ore treba u nadanju da ore; i koji vrše u nadanju da æe dobiti od onoga što vrše.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things?
Kada mi vama duhovna sijasmo, je li to što veliko ako mi vama tjelesna požnjemo?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
Kad se drugi miješaju u vašu vlast, akamoli da ne bi mi? Ali ne uèinismo po vlasti ovoj nego sve trpimo da ne uèinimo kake smetnje jevanðelju Hristovu.
13 Know you not, that they who work in the holy place, eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar, partake with the altar?
Ne znate li da oni koji èine svetu službu od svetinje se hrane? i koji oltaru služe s oltarom dijele?
14 So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel.
Tako i Gospod zapovjedi da oni koji jevanðelje propovijedaju od jevanðelja žive.
15 But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die, rather than that any man should make my glory void.
A ja to nijedno ne uèinih. I ne pišem ovo da tako bude za mene; jer bih voljeo umrijeti nego da ko slavu moju uništi.
16 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.
Jer ako propovijedam jevanðelje, nema mi hvale: jer mi je za nevolju; i teško meni ako jevanðelja ne propovijedam.
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:
Ako dakle ovo èinim od svoje volje, platu imam; a ako li èinim za nevolju, služba mi je predata.
18 What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
Kakva mi je dakle plata? Da propovijedajuæi jevanðelje uèinim bez plate jevanðelje Hristovo, da ne èinim po svojoj vlasti u propovijedanju jevanðelja.
19 For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.
Jer premda sam slobodan od sviju, svima sebe uèinih robom, da ih više pridobijem.
20 And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:
Jevrejima sam bio kao Jevrejin da Jevreje pridobijem; onima koji su pod zakonom bio sam kao pod zakonom, da pridobijem one koji su pod zakonom;
21 To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law, ) that I might gain them that were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was in the law of Christ, ) that I might gain them that were without the law.
Onima koji su bez zakona bio sam kao bez zakona, premda nijesam Bogu bez zakona nego sam u zakonu Hristovu, da pridobijem one koji su bez zakona.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.
Slabima bio sam kao slab, da slabe pridobijem; svima sam bio sve, da kakogod spasem koga.
23 And I do all things for the gospel’s sake: that I may be made partaker thereof.
A ovo èinim za jevanðelje, da bih imao dijel u njemu.
24 Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain.
Ne znate li da oni što trèe na trku, svi trèe, a jedan dobije dar? Tako trèite da dobijete.
25 And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one.
Svaki pak koji se bori od svega se uzdržava: oni dakle da dobiju raspadljiv vijenac, a mi neraspadljiv.
26 I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air:
Ja dakle tako trèim, ne kao na nepouzdano; tako se borim, ne kao onaj koji bije vjetar;
27 But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.
Nego morim tijelo svoje i trudim da kako sam drugima propovijedajuæi izbaèen ne budem.
