1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Naj človek tako misli o nas kakor o Kristusovih služabnikih in oskrbnikih Božjih skrivnosti.
2 Now it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Poleg tega je pri oskrbnikih zahtevano, da je človek najden zvest.
3 But to me it is of very small moment to be judged by you, or by any man's judgement; nor indeed do I judge myself:
Toda kar se mene tiče je to zelo majhna stvar, da bi bil sojen od vas ali od človeške sodbe. Da, jaz samega sebe ne sodim.
4 (for I am conscious to myself of nothing; though I am not hereby justified; ) but He that judgeth me is the Lord.
Kajti sam od sebe ne vem nič, čeprav s tem nisem opravičen; toda kdor sodi mene, je Gospod.
5 Wherefore judge nothing before the time; even until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every one have praise from God.
Torej ničesar ne sodite pred časom, dokler ne pride Gospod, ki bo na svetlobo privedel tako skrite stvari teme, kakor bo razodel namene src; in tedaj bo vsak prejel pohvalo od Boga.
6 These things, my brethren, I have by a figure transferred to myself, and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us not to be wise above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up for one against another.
In te stvari, bratje, sem zaradi vas v podobi prenesel nase in na Apola, da bi se lahko na nama naučili ne misliti o ljudeh preko tega, kar je pisano, da se nobeden izmed vas ne bi napihoval drug proti drugemu.
7 For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou, which thou didst not receive? And if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
Kajti kdo te dela, da se razlikuješ od drugega? In kaj imaš, česar nisi prejel? Torej, če si to prejel, zakaj se ponašaš, kakor če tega nisi prejel?
8 Ye are now full, ye are now rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Sedaj ste siti, sedaj ste bogati, brez nas ste zakraljevali kakor kralji; in Bog daj, da ste zakraljevali, da bomo lahko tudi mi kraljevali z vami.
9 For it seems to me that God hath as it were exhibited us the apostles last upon the stage as appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels and to men.
Kajti mislim, da je Bog nas apostole postavil zadnje, kakor bi bili določeni za smrt; kajti postali smo prizor svetu, angelom in ljudem.
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak, but ye are strong: ye are honoured, but we are despised.
Mi smo bedaki za Kristusa, toda vi ste modri v Kristusu; mi smo slabotni, toda vi ste močni; vi ste častitljivi, toda mi smo prezirani.
11 Even to this present time we suffer both hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling:
Celó do sedanje ure smo tako lačni kakor žejni, nagi, oklofutani in nimamo zanesljivega bivališča;
12 and we labour working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless: when persecuted, we bear it: when defamed, we intreat.
in trudimo se ter delamo s svojimi lastnimi rokami; ko smo zasramovani, blagoslavljamo; ko smo preganjani, to potrpimo;
13 We are made as the filth of the world, and the refuse of all things to this day.
ko smo psovani, milo prosimo. Postali smo kakor umazanija sveta in do današnjega dne smo izvržki vseh stvari.
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you:
Teh stvari vam ne pišem, da vas sramotim, temveč vas kot svoje ljubljene sinove svarim.
15 for if ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you by the gospel.
Kajti čeprav imate deset tisoč učiteljev v Kristusu, vendarle nimate mnogo očetov; kajti v Kristusu Jezusu sem vas po evangeliju rodil jaz.
16 I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
Zatorej vas rotim, bodite moji posnemovalci.
17 For this end have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways in Christ, how I teach every where in every church.
Zaradi tega razloga sem k vam poslal Timóteja, ki je moj ljubljeni sin in zvest v Gospodu, ki vam bo priklical v spomin moje poti, ki so v Kristusu, kakor povsod v vsaki cerkvi učim.
18 Now some are puffed up, as if I would not come to you.
Torej nekateri so napihnjeni, kot da ne bom prišel k vam.
19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord please, and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power:
Toda k vam bom prišel v kratkem, če Gospod hoče in ne bom spoznal govora teh, ki se napihujejo, temveč moč.
20 for the kingdom of God consisteth not in speech, but in power.
Kajti Božje kraljestvo ni v besedi, temveč v moči.
21 What do ye chuse? that I should come to you with a rod? or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Kaj hočete? Naj pridem k vam s palico ali v ljubezni in v duhu krotkosti?
