1 Corinthians 7
1 I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.
A za ono što mi pisaste: dobro je èovjeku da se ne dohvata do žene:
2 But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.
Ali zbog kurvarstva svaki da ima svoju ženu, i svaka žena da ima svojega muža;
3 Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.
Muž da èini ženi dužnu ljubav, tako i žena mužu.
4 A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.
Žena nije gospodar od svojega tijela, nego muž; tako i muž nije gospodar od svojega tijela, nego žena.
5 Do not refuse one another, unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again; lest the Adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control.
Ne zabranjujte se jedno od drugoga, veæ ako u dogovoru za vrijeme, da se postite i molite Bogu; i opet da se sastanete, da vas sotona ne iskuša vašijem neuzdržanjem.
6 Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.
Ali ovo govorim po svjetu a ne po zapovijesti;
7 Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.
Jer hoæu da svi ljudi budu kao i ja; ali svaki ima svoj dar od Boga: ovaj dakle ovako a onaj onako.
8 But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.
A neoženjenijem i udovicama velim: dobro im je ako ostanu kao i ja što sam.
9 If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
Ako li se ne uzdrže, neka se žene i udaju; jer je bolje ženiti se negoli upaljivati se.
10 But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;
A oženjenijem zapovijedam, ne ja nego Gospod, da se žena od muža ne razdvaja
11 or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.
Ako li se pak i razdvoji, da se više ne udaje, ili da se pomiri sa svojijem mužem i muž da ne pušæa žene.
12 To the rest it is I who speak--not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.
A ostalima govorim ja a ne Gospod: ako koji brat ima ženu nekrštenu i ona se privoli življeti s njim, da je ne ostavlja.
13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband--if he consents to live with her, let her not separate from him.
I žena ako ima muža nekrštena i on se privoli življeti s njom, da ga ne ostavlja.
14 For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.
Jer se posveti muž nekršten ženom krštenom, i posveti se žena nekrštena od muža krštenoga; jer inaèe djeca vaša bila bi neèista, a sad su sveta.
15 If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace.
Ako li se nekršteni razdvaja, neka se razdvoji; jer se brat ili sestra u takovom dogaðaju ne zarobi; jer nas na mir dozva Gospod Bog.
16 For what assurance have you, O woman, as to whether you will save your husband? Or what assurance have you, O man, as to whether you will save your wife?
Jer šta znaš, ženo, da ako muža spaseš? ili šta znaš, mužu, da ako ženu spaseš?
17 Only, whatever be the condition in life which the Lord has assigned to each individual--and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him--in that let him continue.
Samo kao što je Bog razdijelio svakome, i kao što je svakoga pozvao Gospod onako neka živi. I tako zapovijedam po svijem crkvama.
18 This is what I command in all the Churches. Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not have recourse to the surgeons. Was any one uncircumcised when called? Let him remain uncircumcised.
Je li ko pozvat obrezan, neka se ne gradi neobrezan; ako li je ko pozvat neobrezan, neka se ne obrezuje.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: obedience to God's commandments is everything.
Obrezanje je ništa, i neobrezanje je ništa; nego držanje zapovijesti Božijeh.
20 Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.
Svaki neka ostane u onome zvanju u kome je pozvan.
21 Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity.
Jesi li pozvan rob, ne brini se; nego ako i možeš svoj biti, još radije budi.
22 For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.
Jer koji je pozvan u Gospodu rob, slobodnjak je Gospodnji, tako i koji je pozvan slobodnjak, rob je Hristov.
23 You have all been redeemed at infinite cost: do not become slaves to men.
Kupljeni ste skupo, ne budite robovi ljudima.
24 Where each one stood when he was called, there, brethren, let him still stand--close to God.
Svaki, braæo, u èemu je ko pozvan u onome neka ostane pred Gospodom.
25 Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
A za djevojke nemam zapovijesti Gospodnje, nego dajem svjet, kao koji sam pomilovan od Gospoda, da budem vjeran.
26 I think then that, taking into consideration the distress which is now upon us, it is well for a man to remain as he is.
Mislim dakle ovo da æe biti dobro za sadašnju nevolju da je èovjeku dobro tako biti.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
Jesi li se privezao za ženu, ne traži da se razdriješiš; jesi li se odriješio od žene, ne traži žene.
28 Yet if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a maiden marries, she has not sinned. Such people, however, will have outward trouble. But I am for sparing you.
A ako li se i oženiš, nijesi sagriješio; i djevojka ako se uda, nije sagriješila: ali æe imati takovi nevolje tjelesne; a ja vas žalim.
29 Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,
A ovo govorim, braæo, jer je ostalo vrijeme prekraæeno, da æe i oni koji imaju žene biti kao oni koji nemaju;
30 those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
I koji plaèu kao koji ne plaèu; i koji se raduju kao koji se ne raduju; i koji kupuju kao koji nemaju;
31 and those who use the world as not using it to the full. For the world as it now exists is passing away.
I koji ovaj svijet upotrebljavaju kao da ga ne upotrebljavaju: jer prolazi oblièje ovoga svijeta.
32 And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;
A ja hoæu da ste vi bezbrižni. Ko je neoženjen brine se za Gospodnje, kako æe ugoditi Gospodu;
33 but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.
A koji je oženjen brine se za svjetsko, kako æe ugoditi ženi. Drugo je žena, a drugo je djevojka.
34 There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall please her husband.
Koja je neudata brine se za Gospodnje, kako æe ugoditi Gospodu, da bude sveta i tijelom i duhom; a koja je udata brine se za svjetsko, kako æe ugoditi mužu.
35 Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.
A ovo govorim na korist vama samijem, ne da vam nametnem zamku na vrat, nego za lijepu i pristojnu službu Gospodu bez smetnje.
36 If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry.
Ako li pak ko misli da je sramota za njegovu djevojku kad ostane usidjelica, i ne može drukèije biti, neka èini šta hoæe, ne griješi ako se uda.
37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.
A koji stoji tvrdo u srcu, i nema nevolje, a ima vlast nad svojom voljom, i ovo je rasudio u srcu svojemu da zadrži djevojku, dobro èini.
38 So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
Tako i onaj koji udaje svoju djevojku dobro èini; ali koji ne udaje bolje èini.
39 A woman is bound to her husband during the whole period that he lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to marry whom she will, provided that he is a Christian.
Žena je privezana zakonom dokle joj god živi muž; a ako joj umre muž, slobodna je za koga hoæe da se uda, samo u Gospodu.
40 But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
Ali je blaženija ako ostane tako po mojemu svjetu; jer mislim da i ja imam Duha Božijega.
