Romans 8
1 There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;
Torej sedaj ni nobene obsodbe tem, ki so v Kristusu Jezusu, ki ne živijo po mesu, temveč po Duhu.
2 for through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life-giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of sin and death.
Kajti postava Duha življenja v Kristusu Jezusu me je osvobodila postave greha in smrti.
3 What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,
Kajti česar postava ni mogla storiti, ker je bila slabotna po mesu, je [storil] Bog, ki je poslal svojega lastnega Sina v podobnosti grešnega mesa in za greh [in] obsodil greh v mesu,
4 so that the requirements of the Law might be satisfied in us who live now in obedience, not to our earthly nature, but to the Spirit.
da bi se lahko dopolnila pravičnost postave v nas, ki ne živimo po mesu, temveč po Duhu.
5 They who follow their earthly nature are earthly-minded, while they who follow the Spirit are spiritually minded.
Kajti tisti, ki so po mesu, razmišljajo mesene stvari; toda tisti, ki so po Duhu, stvari od Duha.
6 To be earthly-minded means death, to be spiritually minded means life and peace;
Kajti biti mesenega mišljenja je smrt; toda biti duhovnega mišljenja je življenje in mir.
7 because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.
Ker je meseno mišljenje sovraštvo zoper Boga; kajti to ni podrejeno Božji postavi niti zares ne more biti.
8 They who are earthly cannot please God.
Zaradi tega tisti, ki so v mesu, ne morejo ugajati Bogu.
9 You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a person has the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ;
Toda vi niste v mesu, temveč v Duhu, če je tako, da v vas prebiva Božji Duh. Torej, če katerikoli človek nima Kristusovega Duha, ni njegov.
10 but, if Christ is within you, then, though the body is dead as a consequence of sin, the spirit is life as a consequence of righteousness.
In če je Kristus v vas, je telo mrtvo zaradi greha; toda Duh je življenje zaradi pravičnosti.
11 And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.
Toda če v vas prebiva Duh tistega, ki je Jezusa obudil od mrtvih, bo tisti, ki je po svojem Duhu, ki prebiva v vas, obudil Kristusa od mrtvih, tudi oživil vaša umrljiva telesa.
12 So then, friends, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it.
Torej bratje, mi smo dolžniki, [vendar] ne mesu, da bi živeli po mesu.
13 If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.
Kajti če živite po mesu, boste umrli, toda če po Duhu morite dejanja telesa, boste živeli.
14 All who are guided by the Spirit of God are children of God.
Kajti kolikor jih je vodeno po Božjem Duhu, so Božji sinovi.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a child by adoption, which leads us to cry “Abba, our Father.”
Kajti niste ponovno prejeli duha suženjstva za strah, temveč ste prejeli Duha posvojitve, s katerim kličemo: »Aba, Oče.«
16 The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,
Sam Duh z našim duhom prinaša pričevanje, da smo Božji otroci.
17 and if children, then heirs – heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, since we share Christ’s sufferings in order that we may also share his glory.
In če smo otroci, potem smo dediči; Božji dediči in sodediči s Kristusom, če je tako, da z njim trpimo, da bomo lahko tudi skupaj proslavljeni.
18 I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the glory that is to be revealed and bestowed on us.
Kajti menim, da trpljenja tega sedanjega časa niso vredna, da se primerjajo s slavo, ki se bo razodela v nas.
19 All nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the sons of God.
Kajti iskreno pričakovanje stvarstva pričakuje manifestacijo Božjih sinov.
20 For nature was made subject to imperfection – not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so –
Kajti stvarstvo je bilo podvrženo ničevosti, ne voljno, temveč zaradi njega, ki si je le-to podvrgel v upanju,
21 yet not without the hope that some day nature, also, will be set free from enslavement to decay, and will attain to the freedom which will mark the glory of the children of God.
ker bo tudi stvarstvo samo rešeno iz suženjstva trohnenja v veličastno svobodo Božjih otrok.
22 We know, indeed, that all nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labour to this very hour.
Kajti vemo, da celotno stvarstvo do zdaj skupaj stoka in se muči v bolečini.
23 And not nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit – we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as sons – the redemption of our bodies.
Pa ne samo oni, temveč tudi mi, ki imamo prve sadove Duha, celo mi sami v sebi stokamo in čakamo na posvojitev, to je, odkupitev našega telesa.
24 By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?
Kajti rešeni smo po upanju; toda upanje, ki je videno, ni upanje; kajti kar človek vidi, čemu potem še upa?
25 But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.
Toda če upamo na to, česar ne vidimo, potem to pričakujemo s potrpežljivostjo.
26 So, also, the Spirit supports us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should; but the Spirit himself pleads for us in sighs that can find no utterance.
Prav tako tudi Duh pomaga našim slabotnostim; kajti ne vemo, za kaj naj bi molili, kot bi morali, toda sam Duh posreduje za nas s stoki, ki ne morejo biti izrečeni.
27 Yet he who searches all our hearts knows what the Spirit’s meaning is, because the pleadings of the Spirit for Christ’s people are in accordance with his will.
In tisti, ki preiskuje srca, ve, kakšno je mišljenje Duha, ker on posreduje za svete glede na Božjo voljo.
28 But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him – those who have received the call in accordance with his purpose.
In mi vemo, da vse stvari skupaj delajo v dobro tem, ki ljubijo Boga, tem, ki so poklicani glede na njegov namen.
29 For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many brothers and sisters.
Kajti katere je vnaprej poznal, je prav tako vnaprej določil, da bodo skladni podobi njegovega Sina, da bi bil ta lahko prvorojenec med mnogimi brati.
30 And those whom God destined for this he also called; and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous; and those whom he pronounced righteous he also brought to glory.
Poleg tega, katere je vnaprej določil, jih je tudi poklical; in katere je poklical, te je tudi opravičil; in katere je opravičil, te je tudi proslavil.
31 What are we to say, then, in the light of all this? If God is on our side, who can there be against us?
Kaj bomo potem rekli k tem stvarem? Če je Bog za nas, kdo je lahko zoper nas?
32 God did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up on behalf of us all; will he not, then, with him, freely give us all things?
On, ki ni prizanesel svojemu lastnemu sinu, temveč ga je izročil za nas vse, kako nam ne bo z njim velikodušno dal tudi vseh stvari?
33 Who will bring a charge against any of God’s people? He who pronounces them righteous is God!
Kdo bo karkoli položil k obtožbi Božjih izvoljencev? Bog je, ki opravičuje.
34 Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus! – or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God’s right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!
Kdo je, kdor obsoja? To je Kristus, ki je umrl, da, bolje rečeno, ki je bil obujen, ki je celó na Božji desnici, ki prav tako posreduje za nas.
35 Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
Kdo nas bo ločil od Kristusove ljubezni? Nas bo tegoba ali nesreča ali preganjanje ali lakota ali nagota ali nevarnost ali meč?
36 Scripture says – “For your sake we are being killed all the day long, We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Kakor je pisano: ›Kajti zaradi tebe smo ves dan pobijani, imajo nas kakor ovce za klanje.‹
37 Yet amid all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us!
Ne, v vseh teh stvareh smo več kot zmagovalci po njem, ki nas je vzljubil.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor archangels, nor the present, nor the future, nor any powers,
Kajti prepričan sem, da nas niti smrt, niti življenje, niti angeli, niti kneževine, niti moči, niti sedanje stvari, niti stvari, ki pridejo,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus, our Lord!
niti višina, niti globina, niti katerokoli drugo ustvarjeno bitje ne bo zmožno ločiti od Božje ljubezni, ki je v Kristusu Jezusu, našem Gospodu.
