1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Tako da nas drže ljudi kao sluge Hristove i pristave tajna Božijeh.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
A od pristava se ne traži više ništa, nego da se ko vjeran naðe.
3 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.
A ja malo marim što me sudite vi ili èovjeèij dan; a ni sam sebe ne sudim.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Jer ne znam ništa na sebi; no za to nijesam opravdan, ali onaj koji mene sudi Gospod je.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Zato ne sudite ništa prije vremena, dokle Gospod ne doðe, koji æe iznijeti na vidjelo što je sakriveno u tami i objaviæe savjete srdaène, i tada æe pohvala biti svakome od Boga.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
A ovo, braæo moja, prigovorih sebi i Apolu vas radi, da se od nas nauèite da ne mislite za sebe više nego što je napisano, i da se koga radi ne nadimate jedan na drugoga.
7 For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?
Jer ko tebe povišuje? Šta li imaš što nijesi primio? A ako si primio, što se hvališ kao da nijesi primio?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Eto ste siti, eto se obogatiste, bez nas carujete. O da biste carovali, da bismo i mi s vama carovali!
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Jer mislim da Bog nas apostole najstražnje postavi, kao one koji su na smrt osuðeni; jer bismo gledanje i svijetu i anðelima i ljudima.
10 We [are] fools for Christ’s sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.
Mi smo budale Hrista radi, a vi ste mudri u Hristu; mi slabi, a vi jaki; vi slavni, a mi sramotni.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Do ovoga èasa i gladujemo, i trpimo žeðu, i golotinju, i muke, i potucamo se,
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
I trudimo se radeæi svojijem rukama. Kad nas psuju, blagosiljamo; kad nas gone, trpimo;
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Kad hule na nas, molimo; postasmo kao smetlište svijeta, po kojemu svi gaze dosad.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn [you].
Ne pišem ja ovo da posramim vas, nego vas uèim kao svoju ljubaznu djecu.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Jer ako imate i trista uèitelja u Hristu, ali nemate mnogo otaca. Jer vas ja u Hristu Isusu rodih jevanðeljem.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Nego vas molim, ugledajte se na mene kao i ja na Hrista.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
Zato poslah k vama Timotija, koji mi je sin ljubazni i vjerni u Gospodu; on æe vam opomenuti putove moje koji su u Hristu Isusu, kao što svuda i u svakoj crkvi uèim.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Neki se naduše kao da ja neæu doæi k vama.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
Ali æu vam doæi skoro, ako Bog da, i neæu gledati na rijeèi onijeh što su se naduli, nego na silu.
20 For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.
Jer carstvo Božije nije u rijeèi nego u sili.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness?
Šta hoæete? da doðem k vama s prutom ili s ljubavi i duhom krotosti?
