1 Corinthians 4
1 Let people look on us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.
Naj človek tako misli o nas kakor o Kristusovih služabnikih in oskrbnikih Božjih skrivnosti.
2 Now what we look for in stewards is that they should be trustworthy.
Poleg tega je pri oskrbnikih zahtevano, da je človek najden zvest.
3 But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;
Toda kar se mene tiče je to zelo majhna stvar, da bi bil sojen od vas ali od človeške sodbe. Da, jaz samega sebe ne sodim.
4 for, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.
Kajti sam od sebe ne vem nič, čeprav s tem nisem opravičen; toda kdor sodi mene, je Gospod.
5 Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes. He will throw light on what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in people’s minds; and then everyone will receive due praise from God.
Torej ničesar ne sodite pred časom, dokler ne pride Gospod, ki bo na svetlobo privedel tako skrite stvari teme, kakor bo razodel namene src; in tedaj bo vsak prejel pohvalo od Boga.
6 All this, friends, I have, for your sakes, applied to Apollos and myself, so that, from our example, you may learn to observe the precept – ‘Keep to what is written,’ that none of you may speak boastfully of one teacher to the disparagement of another.
In te stvari, bratje, sem zaradi vas v podobi prenesel nase in na Apola, da bi se lahko na nama naučili ne misliti o ljudeh preko tega, kar je pisano, da se nobeden izmed vas ne bi napihoval drug proti drugemu.
7 For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?
Kajti kdo te dela, da se razlikuješ od drugega? In kaj imaš, česar nisi prejel? Torej, če si to prejel, zakaj se ponašaš, kakor če tega nisi prejel?
8 Are you all so soon satisfied? Are you so soon rich? Have you begun to reign without us? Would indeed that you had, so that we also might reign with you!
Sedaj ste siti, sedaj ste bogati, brez nas ste zakraljevali kakor kralji; in Bog daj, da ste zakraljevali, da bomo lahko tudi mi kraljevali z vami.
9 For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all, as people doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to people!
Kajti mislim, da je Bog nas apostole postavil zadnje, kakor bi bili določeni za smrt; kajti postali smo prizor svetu, angelom in ljudem.
10 We, for Christ’s sake, are fools, but you, by your union with Christ, are people of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are despised.
Mi smo bedaki za Kristusa, toda vi ste modri v Kristusu; mi smo slabotni, toda vi ste močni; vi ste častitljivi, toda mi smo prezirani.
11 To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;
Celó do sedanje ure smo tako lačni kakor žejni, nagi, oklofutani in nimamo zanesljivega bivališča;
12 we work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,
in trudimo se ter delamo s svojimi lastnimi rokami; ko smo zasramovani, blagoslavljamo; ko smo preganjani, to potrpimo;
13 we meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.
ko smo psovani, milo prosimo. Postali smo kakor umazanija sveta in do današnjega dne smo izvržki vseh stvari.
14 It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.
Teh stvari vam ne pišem, da vas sramotim, temveč vas kot svoje ljubljene sinove svarim.
15 Though you may have thousands of instructors in the faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the good news.
Kajti čeprav imate deset tisoč učiteljev v Kristusu, vendarle nimate mnogo očetov; kajti v Kristusu Jezusu sem vas po evangeliju rodil jaz.
16 Therefore I entreat you – Follow my example.
Zatorej vas rotim, bodite moji posnemovalci.
17 This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master’s service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the faith of Christ Jesus – methods which I follow everywhere in every church.
Zaradi tega razloga sem k vam poslal Timóteja, ki je moj ljubljeni sin in zvest v Gospodu, ki vam bo priklical v spomin moje poti, ki so v Kristusu, kakor povsod v vsaki cerkvi učim.
18 Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.
Torej nekateri so napihnjeni, kot da ne bom prišel k vam.
19 But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I will find out, not what words these people use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;
Toda k vam bom prišel v kratkem, če Gospod hoče in ne bom spoznal govora teh, ki se napihujejo, temveč moč.
20 for the kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.
Kajti Božje kraljestvo ni v besedi, temveč v moči.
21 What do you wish? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and gentle spirit?
Kaj hočete? Naj pridem k vam s palico ali v ljubezni in v duhu krotkosti?
