1 Corinthians 14
1 Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.
Držite se ljubavi, a starajte se za duhovne dare, a osobito da prorokujete.
2 For he who speaks in an unknown tongue is not speaking to men, but to God; for no one understands him. Yet in the Spirit he is speaking secret truths.
Jer koji govori jezike, ne govori ljudima nego Bogu: jer niko ne sluša, a on duhom govori tajne.
3 But he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification, encouragement and comfort.
A koji prorokuje govori ljudima za popravljanje i utjehu i utvrðenje.
4 He who speaks in an unknown tongue does good to himself, but he who prophesies does good to the Church.
Jer koji govori jezike sebe popravlja, a koji prorokuje crkvu popravlja.
5 I should be right glad were you all to speak in 'tongues,' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy. And, in fact, the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in 'tongues,' except when the latter can interpret in order that the Church may get a blessing.
Ali ja bih htio da vi svi govorite jezike, a još više da prorokujete: jer je veæi onaj koji prorokuje negoli koji govori jezike, veæ ako ko kazuje, da se crkva popravlja.
6 But, brethren, as things are, if I come to you speaking in 'tongues,' what benefit shall I confer on you, if the utterance is neither in the form of a revelation nor of additional knowledge nor of prophecy nor of teaching?
A sad, braæo, ako doðem k vama jezike govoreæi, kaku æu korist uèiniti ako vam ne govorim ili u otkrivenju, ili u razumu, ili u proroštvu, ili u nauci?
7 Even inanimate things--flutes or harps, for instance--when yielding a sound, if they make no distinction in the notes, how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known?
Kao neke stvari bezdušne koje daju glas, bila svirala ili gusle, ako razlièna glasa ne daju, kako æe se razumjeti šta se svira ili gudi?
8 If the bugle--to take another example--gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?
Jer ako truba da nerazgovijetan glas, ko æe se pripraviti na boj?
9 And so with you; if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the winds.
Tako i vi ako nerazumljivu rijeè reèete jezikom, kako æe se razumjeti šta govorite? Jer æete govoriti u vjetar.
10 There are, we will suppose, a great number of languages in the world, and no creature is without a language.
Ima na svijetu Bog zna koliko razliènijeh glasova, ali nijedan nije bez znaèenja.
11 If, however, I do not know the meaning of the particular language, I shall seem to the speaker of it, and he to me, to be merely talking some foreign tongue.
Ako dakle ne znam sile glasa, biæu nijemac onome kome govorim, i onaj koji govori biæe meni nijemac.
12 Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.
Tako i vi, buduæi da se starate za duhovne darove, gledajte da budete onima bogati koji su na popravljanje crkve.
13 Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them.
Zato koji govori jezikom neka se moli Bogu da kazuje.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is barren.
Jer ako se jezikom molim Bogu, moj se duh moli, a um je moj bez ploda.
15 How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my understanding also.
Šta æe se dakle èiniti? Moliæu se Bogu duhom, a moliæu se i umom; hvaliæu Boga duhom, a hvaliæu i umom.
16 Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words mean?
Jer kad blagosloviš duhom kako æe onaj koji stoji mjesto prostaka reæi amin po tvome blagoslovu, kad ne zna šta govoriš?
17 Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
Ti dobro zahvaljuješ, ali se drugi ne popravlja.
18 I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;
Hvala Bogu mojemu što govorim jezike veæma od sviju vas.
19 but in the Church I would rather speak five words with my understanding--so as to instruct others also--than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Ali u crkvi volim pet rijeèi umom svojijem reæi, da se i drugi pomognu, negoli hiljadu rijeèi jezikom.
20 Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.
Braæo! ne budite djeca umom, nego pakošæu djetinjite, a umom budite savršeni.
21 In the Law it stands written, "'By men of unknown tongues and by the lips of an unknown nation will I speak to this People, but even then they will not listen to Me', says the Lord."
U zakonu piše: drugijem jezicima i drugijem usnama govoriæu narodu ovome, i ni tako me neæe poslušati, govori Gospod.
22 This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
Zato su jezici za znak ne onima koji vjeruju, nego koji ne vjeruju; a proroštvo ne onima koji ne vjeruju, nego koji vjeruju.
23 Accordingly if the whole Church has assembled and all are speaking in 'tongues,' and there come in ungifted men, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are all mad?
Ako se dakle skupi crkva sva na jedno mjesto, i svi uzgovorite jezicima, a doðu i prostaci, ili nevjernici, neæe li reæi da ste poludjeli?
24 If, on the other hand, every one is prophesying and an unbeliever or an ungifted man comes in, he is convicted by all and closely examined by all,
A ako svi prorokuju, i doðe kakav nevjernik ili prostak, bude pokaran od sviju i suðen od sviju.
25 and the hidden evils of his heart are brought to light. And, as the result, he will fall on his face and worship God, and will report to others that of a truth God is among you.
I tako tajne srca njegova bivaju javljene, i tako padnuvši nièice pokloniæe se Bogu, i kazaæe da je zaista Bog s vama.
26 What then, brethren? Whenever you assemble, there is not one of you who is not ready either with a song of praise, a sermon, a revelation, a 'tongue,' or an interpretation. Let everything be done with a view to the building up of faith and character.
Šta æe se dakle èiniti, braæo? Kad se sabirate svaki od vas ima psalam, ima nauku, ima jezik, ima otkrivenje, ima kazivanje; a sve da biva na popravljanje.
27 If there is speaking in an unknown tongue, only two or at the most three should speak, and they should do so one at a time, and one should interpret;
Ako govori ko jezikom, ili po dvojica, ili najviše po trojica, i to poredom; a jedan da kazuje.
28 or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.
Ako li ne bude nikoga da kazuje, neka æuti u crkvi, a sebi neka govori i Bogu.
29 But if there are Prophets, let two or three speak and let the rest judge.
A proroci dva ili tri neka govore, i drugi neka rasuðuju.
30 And if anything is revealed to some one else who is seated there, let the first be silent.
Ako li se otkrije što drugome koji sjedi, neka èeka dok prvi uæuti.
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged:
Jer možete prorokovati svi, jedan po jedan, da se svi uèe, i svi da se tješe.
32 and the spirits of Prophets yield submission to Prophets.
I duhovi proroèki pokoravaju se prorocima;
33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.
Jer Bog nije Bog bune, nego mira, kao po svima crkvama svetijeh.
34 Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
Žene vaše da æute u crkvama; jer se njima ne dopusti da govore, nego da slušaju, kao što i zakon govori.
35 and if they wish to ask questions, they should ask their own husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a married woman to speak at a Church assembly.
Ako li hoæe èemu da se nauèe, kod kuæe muževe svoje neka pitaju; jer je ružno ženi da govori u crkvi.
36 Was it from you that God's Message first went forth, or is it to you only that it has come?
Eda li od vas rijeè Božija iziðe? ili samijem vama doðe?
37 If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.
Ako ko misli da je prorok ili duhovan, neka razumije što vam pišem, jer su Gospodnje zapovijesti.
38 But if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Ako li ko ne razumije, neka ne razumije.
39 The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues;
Zato, braæo moja, starajte se da prorokujete, i ne zabranjujte govoriti jezicima.
40 only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.
A sve neka biva pošteno i uredno.
