Philippians 3
1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
Uostalom, braćo moja, radujte se u Gospodinu! Pisati vam jedno te isto meni nije dosadno, a za vas je sigurnije.
2 Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
Čuvajte se tih pasa, čuvajte se tih opakih radnika, čuvajte se te osakaćenosti!
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
Jer mi smo obrezanje, mi koji u Duhu Božjemu obavljamo bogoslužje i dičimo se Kristom Isusom, a ne pouzdajemo se u tijelo,
4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:
iako bih se ja mogao pouzdati i u tijelo. Smatra li tko drugi da se može uzdati u tijelo, ja još više:
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
obrezan osmog dana, od roda sam Izraelova, plemena Benjaminova, Hebrej od Hebreja; po Zakonu farizej,
6 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
po revnosti progonitelj Crkve, po pravednosti zakonskoj besprijekoran.
7 However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.
Ali što mi god bijaše dobitak, to poradi Krista smatram gubitkom.
8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
Štoviše, čak sve gubitkom smatram zbog onoga najizvrsnijeg, zbog spoznanja Isusa Krista, Gospodina mojega, radi kojega sve izgubih i otpadom smatram: da Krista steknem
9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,
i u njemu se nađem - ne svojom pravednošću, onom od Zakona, nego pravednošću po vjeri u Krista, onom od Boga, na vjeri utemeljenoj -
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,
da upoznam njega i snagu uskrsnuća njegova i zajedništvo u patnjama njegovim,
11 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
ne bih li kako, suobličen smrti njegovoj, prispio k uskrsnuću od mrtvih.
12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Ne kao da sam već postigao ili dopro do savršenstva, nego - hitim ne bih li kako dohvatio jer sam i zahvaćen od Krista.
13 Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,
Braćo, ja nipošto ne smatram da sam već dohvatio. Jedno samo: što je za mnom, zaboravljam, za onim što je preda mnom, prežem,
14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
k cilju hitim, k nagradi višnjeg poziva Božjeg u Kristu Isusu.
15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
Koji smo god zreli, ovako mislimo! I ako što drukčije mislite, Bog će vam ovako objaviti.
16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.
Samo, držimo se onoga do čega smo stigli!
17 Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
Braćo! Nasljedovatelji moji budite i promatrajte one koji žive po uzoru koji imate u nama.
18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Jer često sam vam govorio, a sada i plačući govorim: mnogi žive kao neprijatelji križa Kristova.
19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
Svršetak im je propast, bog im je trbuh, slava u sramoti - jer misle na zemaljsko.
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Naša je pak domovina na nebesima, odakle iščekujemo Spasitelja, Gospodina našega Isusa Krista:
21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
snagom kojom ima moć sve sebi podložiti on će preobraziti ovo naše bijedno tijelo i suobličiti ga tijelu svomu slavnomu.
