Corinthios I 4

1 Sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi, et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei.

Let a man so account us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

2 Hic jam quæritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur.

Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

3 Mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis judicer, aut ab humano die: sed neque meipsum judico.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human tribunal; nay, I do not even judge myself;

4 Nihil enim mihi conscius sum, sed non in hoc justificatus sum: qui autem judicat me, Dominus est.

for though I am conscious to myself of nothing wrong, yet not by this am I cleared of blame; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

5 Itaque nolite ante tempus judicare, quoadusque veniat Dominus: qui et illuminabit abscondita tenebrarum, et manifestabit consilia cordium: et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo.

So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the purposes of men's hearts; and then shall every one have his praise from God.

6 Hæc autem, fratres, transfiguravi in me et Apollo, propter vos: ut in nobis discatis, ne supra quam scriptum est, unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio.

And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

7 Quis enim te discernit? quid autem habes quod non accepisti? si autem accepisti, quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis?

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

8 Jam saturati estis, jam divites facti estis: sine nobis regnatis: et utinam regnetis, ut et nos vobiscum regnemus.

Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.

9 Puto enim quod Deus nos Apostolos novissimos ostendit, tamquam morti destinatos: quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo, et angelis, et hominibus.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

10 Nos stulti propter Christum, vos autem prudentes in Christo: nos infirmi, vos autem fortes: vos nobiles, nos autem ignobiles.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are in honor, but we are despised.

11 Usque in hanc horam et esurimus, et sitimus, et nudi sumus, et colaphis cædimur, et instabiles sumus,

Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place,

12 et laboramus operantes manibus nostris: maledicimur, et benedicimus: persecutionem patimur, et sustinemus:

and labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it;

13 blasphemamur, et obsecramus: tamquam purgamenta hujus mundi facti sumus, omnium peripsema usque adhuc.

being slandered, we exhort; we have become as the filth of the world, the off-scouring of all things until now.

14 Non ut confundam vos, hæc scribo, sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo.

I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.

15 Nam si decem millia pædagogorum habeatis in Christo, sed non multos patres. Nam in Christo Jesu per Evangelium ego vos genui.

For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

16 Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.

I exhort you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

17 Ideo misi ad vos Timotheum, qui est filius meus carissimus, et fidelis in Domino: qui vos commonefaciet vias meas, quæ sunt in Christo Jesu, sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo.

For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.

18 Tamquam non venturus sim ad vos, sic inflati sunt quidam.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

19 Veniam autem ad vos cito, si Dominus voluerit: et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt, sed virtutem.

But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lord's will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;

20 Non enim in sermone est regnum Dei, sed in virtute.

for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

21 Quid vultis? in virga veniam ad vos, an in caritate, et spiritu mansuetudinis?

What will ye? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of mildness?