1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man consider us like this: as Christ's subordinates and stewards of God's mysteries.
Således agte man os; som Kristi Tjenere og Husholdere over Guds Hemmeligheder!
2 Moreover, what is required of stewards is that each be found faithful.
I øvrigt kræves her af Husholdere, at man må findes tro,
3 So to me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court; in fact, I do not even judge myself.
Men mig er det såre lidet at bedømmes af eder eller af en menneskelig Ret; ja, jeg bedømmer end ikke mig selv.
4 For I am conscious of nothing against myself, although I am not justified by this; it is the Lord who judges me.
Thi vel ved jeg intet med mig selv, dog er jeg ikke dermed retfærdiggjort; men den, som bedømmer mig, er Herren.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and expose the motives of the hearts. At that time the praise that comes to each will be from God.
Derfor dømmer ikke noget før Tiden, førend Herren kommer, som både skal bringe for lyset det, som er skjult i Mørket, og åbenbare Hjerternes Råd; og da skal enhver få sin Ros fra Gud.
6 I have illustrated these things using myself and Apollos, brothers, for your sakes, so that you may learn from us not to think beyond what is written, that no one of you be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.
Men dette, Brødre! har jeg anvendt på mig selv og Apollos for eders Skyld, for at I på os kunne lære dette "ikke ud over, hvad der står skrevet", for at ikke nogen af eder for eens Skyld skal opblæse sig mod en anden.
7 Now who is distinguishing you? Or what do you have that you did not receive? So if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Thi hvem giver dig Fortrin? og hvad har du, som du ikke har fået givet? men når du virkelig har fået det, hvorfor roser du dig da, som om du ikke havde fået det?
8 You are already stuffed! You are already rich! You have become ‘kings’ without us! I could wish that you really did reign, so that we might be kings with you too!
I ere allerede mættede, I ere allerede blevne rige, I ere blevne Konger uden os, ja, gid I dog vare blevne Konger, for at også vi kunde være Konger med eder!
9 For I keep thinking that God has displayed us, the apostles, at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death; because we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
Thi mig synes, at Gud har fremstillet os Apostle som de ringeste, ligesom dødsdømte; thi et Skuespilere vi blevne for Verden, både for Engle og Mennesker.
10 We are fools for Christ while you are wise! We are weak but you are strong! You are esteemed, we are despised!
Vi ere Dårer for Kristi Skyld, men I ere kloge i Kristus; vi svage, men I stærke; I hædrede, men vi vanærede.
11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty; we are poorly dressed, brutally treated, and wander homeless;
Indtil denne Time lide vi både Hunger og Tørst og Nøgenhed og få Næveslag og have intet blivende Sted
12 yes, we labor, working with our own hands. Upon being reviled, we bless; upon being persecuted, we endure it;
og arbejde møjsommeligt med vore egne Hænder. Udskælder man os, velsigne vi; forfølger man os, finde vi os deri;
13 upon being slandered, we exhort. We have been made as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of whatever, to this moment.
spotter man os, give vi gode Ord; som Verdens Fejeskarn ere vi blevne, et Udskud for alle indtil nu.
14 I am not writing these things to shame you; I am admonishing you as my dear children.
Ikke for at beskæmme eder skriver jeg dette; men jeg påminder eder som mine elskede Børn.
15 Because even if you were to have thousands of tutors in Christ, you would not have many fathers, because I am the one who begot you in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel.
Thi om I end have ti Tusinde Opdragere i Kristus, have I dog ikke mange Fædre; thi jeg har i Kristus Jesus avlet eder ved Evangeliet.
16 Therefore I am urging you, become my imitators.
Jeg formaner eder altså, vorder mine Efterfølgere!
17 That is why I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in Sovereign, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation.
Derfor har jeg sendt Timotheus til eder, som er mit elskede og trofaste Barn i Herren, og han skal minde eder om mine Veje i Kristus, således som jeg lærer alle Vegne i enhver Menighed.
18 Now some have been puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
Men nogle ere blevne opblæste, i den Tanke, at jeg ikke kommer til eder;
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who have been puffed up, but the power.
men jeg skal snart komme til eder, om Herren vil, og gøre mig bekendt, ikke med de opblæstes Ord, men med deres Kraft.
20 Because the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
Thi Guds Rige består ikke i Ord, men i Kraft.
21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a gentle spirit?
Hvad ville I? Skal jeg komme til eder med Ris eller med Kærlighed og Sagtmodigheds Ånd?
