2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.
Zato imajuæi ovu službu kao što bismo pomilovani, ne dosaðuje nam se;
2 For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.
Nego se odrekosmo tajnoga srama da ne živimo u lukavstvu, niti da izvræemo rijeè Božiju, nego javljanjem istine da se pokažemo svakoj savjesti èovjeèijoj pred Bogom.
3 But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing.
Ako li je pak pokriveno jevanðelje naše, u onima je pokriveno koji ginu,
4 As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them. (aiōn g165)
U kojima Bog svijeta ovoga oslijepi razume nevjernika, da im ne zasvijetli vidjelo jevanðelja slave Hristove, koji je oblièje Boga, koji se ne vidi. (aiōn g165)
5 For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus.
Jer sebe ne propovijedamo nego Hrista Isusa Gospoda, a sebe same vaše sluge Isusa Gospoda radi.
6 For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.
Jer Bog koji reèe da iz tame zasvijetli vidjelo, zasvijetli u srcima našima na svjetlost poznanja slave Božije u licu Isusa Hrista.
7 But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
Ali ovo blago imamo u zemljanijem sudovima, da premnoštvo sile bude od Boga a ne od nas.
8 In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.
U svemu imamo nevolje, ali nam se ne dosaðuje; zbunjeni smo, ali ne gubimo nada;
9 We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
Progone nas, ali nijesmo ostavljeni; obaljuju nas, ali ne ginemo.
10 We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
I jednako nosimo na tijelu smrt Gospoda Isusa, da se i život Isusov na tijelu našemu pokaže.
11 For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Jer mi živi jednako se predajemo na smrt za Isusa, da se i život Isusov javi na smrtnome tijelu našemu.
12 Therefore, death is at work in us, and life is at work in you.
Zato dakle smrt vlada u nama, a život u vama.
13 But we have the same Spirit of faith. And just as it is written, “I believed, and for that reason I spoke,” so we also believe, and for that reason, we also speak.
Imajuæi pak onaj isti duh vjere kao što je napisano: vjerovah, zato govorih; mi vjerujemo, zato i govorimo.
14 For we know that the One who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and will place us with you.
Znajuæi da æe onaj koji podiže Isusa, i nas podignuti s Isusom, i postaviti s vama.
15 Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.
Jer je sve vas radi, da blagodat umnožena izobiluje hvalama na slavu Božiju.
16 For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
Zato nam se ne dosaðuje; no ako se naš spoljašnji èovjek i raspada, ali se unutrašnji obnavlja svaki dan.
17 For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure. (aiōnios g166)
Jer naša laka sadašnja briga donosi nam vjeènu i od svega pretežniju slavu, (aiōnios g166)
18 And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
Nama koji ne gledamo na ovo što se vidi, nego na ono što se ne vidi; jer je ovo što se vidi, za vrijeme, a ono što se ne vidi, vjeèno. (aiōnios g166)
