1 Korinčanom 4

1 Tako naj za nas misli človek, kakor da smo hlapci Kristusovi in oskrbniki skrivnosti Božjih.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.

2 Kar se pa v ostalem išče od oskrbnikov, to je, da se vsak zvest najde.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

3 Meni je pa to najmanje, da me sodite vi ali človečji dan; ali tudi sam sebe ne sodim.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human court. Yes, I do not even judge my own self.

4 Kajti ničesar sam sebi nimam očitati, ali to me ne opravičuje; a sodnik mi je Gospod.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

5 Tako pred časom nič ne sodíte, dokler ne pride Gospod, kteri bo razsvetil, kar je skrito tme in odkril misli srčne, in tedaj se bo hvala zgodila vsakemu od Boga.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

6 To sem pa, bratje, obrnil na se in na Apola za voljo vas; da se od naju naučite ne više o sebi misliti, nego je pisano, da se nikdor nad nikogar ne napihujete za drugega.

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

7 Ker kdo te razloča? kaj pa imaš, česar nisi prejel? če si pa tudi prejel, kaj se hvališ, kakor da nisi prejel?

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

8 Uže ste nasičeni, uže ste obogateli, brez nas ste zakraljevali, in Bog daj, da bi bili zakraljevali, da bi tudi mi z vami zakraljevali.

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you!

9 Ker mislim, da je Bog nas aposteljne poslednje postavil kakor te, kteri so za smrt odločeni, ker smo postali pogled svetu in angeljem in ljudém.

For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

10 Mi smo neumni za voljo Kristusa, a vi razumni v Kristusu; mi slabi, a vi močni; vi slavni, a mi brez časti.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

11 Noter do te ure tudi trpimo lakoto in žejo in goli smo in bijejo nas za ušesa in nimamo stalnega mesta,

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

12 In trudimo se delajoč z lastnimi rokami; ko nas izmerjajo, blagoslavljamo; ko nas preganjajo, trpimo;

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

13 Ko nas preklinjajo, molimo; kakor smeti sveta smo postali, vseh opláčina noter do sedaj.

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

14 Ne pišem tega, da bi vas sramotil, nego vas kakor svoje ljubljene otroke svarim.

I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

15 Kajti če imate deset tisoči učiteljev v Kristusu, ali nimate mnogo očetov, ker v Kristusu Jezusu po evangelji sem vas jaz rodil.

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

16 Prosim vas torej, bodite moji posnemalci.

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

17 Za to sem vam poslal Timoteja, kteri je dete moje ljubljeno in verno v Gospodu, kteri vas bo opomenil mojih poti, ktere so v Kristusu, kakor povsodi v vsakej cerkvi učim.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

18 Kakor da ne bi k vam prišel, napihnili so se nekteri.

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

19 Ali prišel bom kmalu k vam, če Gospod hoče, in bom spoznal ne besedo napihnenih, nego moč.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

20 Kajti ni v besedi kraljestvo Božje, nego v moči.

For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

21 Kaj hočete? da pridem k vam s šibo ali z ljubeznijo in v duhu krotkosti?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?