2 Korintským 8
1 Známuť pak vám činíme, bratří, milost Boží, danou zborům Macedonským,
We want to remind you, friends, of the love that God has shown to the churches in Macedonia –
2 Že v mnohém zkušení ssoužení rozhojnilá radost jejich a převeliká chudoba jejich rozhojněna jest v bohatství upřímosti jejich.
How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity.
3 Nebo svědectví jim vydávám, že podlé možnosti, ba i nad možnost hotovi byli,
I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,
4 Mnohými žádostmi prosíce nás, abychom tu milost a zbírku, kteráž se děje na svaté, na se přijali.
and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.
5 A netoliko tak, jakž jsme se nadáli, ale sami sebe nejprvé dali Pánu, i nám z vůle Boží,
And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with God’s will.
6 Tak že jsme musili napomenouti Tita, aby jakož byl prvé započal, tak také i dokonal při vás milost tuto.
And this led us to beg Titus, that since he had started the work for you, he should also see to the completion of this expression of your love.
7 A protož jakž ve všech věcech jste hojní, u víře i v řeči i v známosti i ve všeliké snažnosti i v lásce své k nám, tak i v této milosti hojní buďte.
And, remembering how you excel in everything – in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you – I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.
8 Ne jako rozkazuje, pravím, ale snažností jiných i vaši upřímou lásku zkušenou ukázati chtěje.
I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.
9 Nebo znáte milost Pána našeho Jezukrista, že pro vás učiněn jest chudý, jsa bohatý, abyste vy jeho chudobou zbohatli.
For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ – how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.
10 A k tomuť vám radu dávám; nebo jest vám to užitečné, kteříž jste netoliko činiti, ale i chtíti prvé začali léta předešlého.
I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.
11 Protož nyní již to skutkem vykonejte, aby jakož hotové bylo chtění, tak bylo i vykonání z toho, což máte.
And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness – in proportion, of course, to your means.
12 Nebo jest-liť prvé vůle hotová, podlé toho, což kdo má, vzácná jest, ne podlé toho, čehož nemá.
For, where there is willingness, a person’s gift is valued by its comparison with what they have, and not with what they do not have.
13 Nebo ne, aby jiní měli polehčení, a vy úzkost, ale rovnost ať jest, nyní přítomně vaše hojnost spomoz jejich chudobě,
For our object is not to give relief to others and bring distress on you. It is a matter of a fair balance.
14 Aby také jejich hojnost vaší chudobě byla ku pomoci, aby tak byla rovnost;
On this occasion what you can spare will supply what they need, at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and so things will be equal.
15 Jakož psáno: Kdo mnoho, nic mu nezbývalo, a kdo málo, neměl nedostatku.
As scripture says – “Those who had much had nothing over, and those who had little did not lack!”
16 Ale díka Bohu, kterýž takovou snažnost k vám dal v srdce Titovo,
I thank God for inspiring Titus with the same keen interest in your welfare that I have;
17 Tak že to napomenutí přijal, anobrž jsa opravdový, sám z své dobré vůle šel k vám.
for Titus has responded to my appeals and, in his great earnestness, is starting to go to you of his own accord.
18 Poslaliť jsme pak s ním bratra toho, kterýž má velikou chválu v evangelium po všech zbořích,
We are sending with him one of the Lord’s followers whose fame in the service of the good news has spread through all the churches;
19 (A netoliko to, ale také vyvolen jest od církví za tovaryše putování našeho, s touto milostí, kterouž sloužíme k slávě Pánu a vůli vaší, )
and not only that, but he has been elected by the churches to accompany us on our journey, in connexion with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honour of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.
20 Varujíce se toho, aby nám někdo neutrhal pro tu hojnost, kterouž my přisluhujeme,
What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;
21 Dobré opatrujíce netoliko před oblíčejem Páně, ale i před lidmi.
for we are trying to make arrangements which will be right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of people.
22 Poslali jsme pak s nimi bratra svého, kteréhož jsme mnohokrát ve mnohých věcech zkusili, že jest pilný, a nyní mnohem pilnější pro mnohé doufání mé o vás.
We are also sending with them another of our friends, whose earnestness we have many a time proved in many ways, and whom we now find made even more earnest by his great confidence in you.
23 Z strany Tita, tovaryš můj jest, a mezi vámi pomocník; z strany bratří našich, poslové jsou církví a sláva Kristova.
If I must say anything about Titus, he is my intimate companion, and he shares my work for you; if it is our friends, they are delegates of the churches, an honour to Christ.
24 Protož jistoty lásky své a chlouby naší o vás k nim dokažte, před oblíčejem církví.
Show them, therefore – so that the churches may see it – the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.
