Corinthios I 4

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

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers 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 of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

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

For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: 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.

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man 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.

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

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? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, 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 are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have reigned without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, 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, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and 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 have glory, but we have dishonour.

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

Even unto this present 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 we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

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

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

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

I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish 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 should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

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

I beseech 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 cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, even 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 will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them which 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? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?