1 Corinthians 9
1 Am not free? Am I not an apostle? Jesus our Lord, have I not seen? Are not, ye, 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 If, unto others, I am not an apostle, certainly at least, unto you, I am; for, the seal of my apostleship, ye, are in the Lord.
Ako drugima i nijesam apostol, ali vama jesam, jer ste vi peèat mojega apostolstva u Gospodu.
3 My defence, unto them who are examining me, is this:
Moj odgovor onima koji me uspitaju ovo je:
4 Have we not a right to eat and drink?
Eda li nemamo vlasti jesti i piti?
5 Have we not a right to take round, a sister wife, —as even 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 have, only I and Barnabas, not a right to forbear working?
Ili jedan ja i Varnava nemamo vlasti ovo èiniti?
7 Who serveth as a soldier, at his own charges, at any time? Who planteth a vineyard, —and, the fruit thereof, doth not eat? [Or] who shepherdeth a flock, —and, of the milk of the flock, doth not eat?
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 Is it, after the manner of men, that these things I am saying? Or doth not, even the law, the same things, say?
Eda li ovo govorim po èovjeku? Ne govori li ovo i zakon?
9 For, in the law of Moses, it is written—Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn: —Is it, for the oxen, God is caring?
Jer je u Mojsijevu zakonu napisano: da ne zavežeš usta volu koji vrše. Eda li se Bog brine za volove?
10 Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, —and, he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking.
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, unto you, the things of the Spirit have sown, is it a great matter, if, we, of you, the things of the flesh shall reap?
Kada mi vama duhovna sijasmo, je li to što veliko ako mi vama tjelesna požnjemo?
12 If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal, —lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the 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 ye not that, they who labour in the holy rites, do eat the provisions out of the holy place? They who at the altar wait, do, with the altar, share?
Ne znate li da oni koji èine svetu službu od svetinje se hrane? i koji oltaru služe s oltarom dijele?
14 Thus, also, hath the Lord, appointed—that, they who the glad message tell, should, of the glad-message, live.
Tako i Gospod zapovjedi da oni koji jevanðelje propovijedaju od jevanðelja žive.
15 I, however, have not used any of these things; and have not written these things, in order that, so it should be done, in my case; for it were, good for me, rather to die than——my boast, shall, no man, make 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 be telling the glad-message, it is, with me, no matter of boasting; for, necessity, upon me, lieth, —for it is, Woe to me, if I should not be telling the glad-message;
Jer ako propovijedam jevanðelje, nema mi hvale: jer mi je za nevolju; i teško meni ako jevanðelja ne propovijedam.
17 For, if, by choice, this thing I am doing, I have, a reward; but, if not by choice, with a stewardship, have I been entrusted!
Ako dakle ovo èinim od svoje volje, platu imam; a ako li èinim za nevolju, služba mi je predata.
18 What, then, is my reward? that, in telling the glad-message, free of cost, I should put the glad-message, —to the end I should not use to the full my right in the glad-message.
Kakva mi je dakle plata? Da propovijedajuæi jevanðelje uèinim bez plate jevanðelje Hristovo, da ne èinim po svojoj vlasti u propovijedanju jevanðelja.
19 For, though free from all, unto all, myself, I enslaved, —that, the larger number, I might win:
Jer premda sam slobodan od sviju, svima sebe uèinih robom, da ih više pridobijem.
20 Therefore became I, to the Jews, as, a Jew, —that, Jews, I might win; to them who were under law, as, under law, not being, myself, under law, —that, them who were under law, I might win;
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 who were without law, as, without law, —not being without law to God, but lawfully subject to Christ, —that I might win them who were without 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 I became, unto the weak, weak, —that, the weak, I might win; —to all men, have I become all things, that, by all means, some, I might save.
Slabima bio sam kao slab, da slabe pridobijem; svima sam bio sve, da kakogod spasem koga.
23 But, all things, am I doing, for the sake of the glad-message, that a joint-partaker thereof, I may become.
A ovo èinim za jevanðelje, da bih imao dijel u njemu.
24 Know ye not that, they who, in a racecourse, run, all, indeed, run, —but, one, receiveth the prize? So, be running, that ye may lay hold.
Ne znate li da oni što trèe na trku, svi trèe, a jedan dobije dar? Tako trèite da dobijete.
25 But, every man who striveth in the games, in all things, useth self-control; —they, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown, they may receive; but, we, an incorruptible!
Svaki pak koji se bori od svega se uzdržava: oni dakle da dobiju raspadljiv vijenac, a mi neraspadljiv.
26 I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing air;
Ja dakle tako trèim, ne kao na nepouzdano; tako se borim, ne kao onaj koji bije vjetar;
27 But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means, —unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.
Nego morim tijelo svoje i trudim da kako sam drugima propovijedajuæi izbaèen ne budem.
