2 Corinthians 6
1 Therefore, as God’s fellow workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving kindness in vain.
Mi vas potem kot delavci skupaj z njim tudi rotimo, da Božje milosti niste prejeli zaman.
2 For he says – ‘At the time for acceptance I listened to you, and on the day of deliverance I helped you.’ Now is the time for acceptance! Now is the day of deliverance!
(Kajti pravi: »Uslišal sem te v sprejemljivem času in na dan rešitve duše sem ti pomagal; glej, sedaj je odobren čas; glej, sedaj je dan rešitve duše.«)
3 Never do we put an obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
Ne dajemo nobene spotike v nobeni stvari, da služba ne bo ošteta.
4 No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s assistants should – in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
Toda v vseh stvareh se priporočamo kakor Božji služabniki, v veliki potrpežljivosti, v stiskah, v potrebah, v tegobah,
5 in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in hunger;
v bičanjih, v ječah, pri uporih, v naporih, v bedenjih, v postih,
6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;
s čistostjo, s spoznanjem, s potrpežljivostjo, s prijaznostjo, s Svetim Duhom, z nehlinjeno ljubeznijo,
7 by the message of truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
z besedo resnice, z Božjo močjo, z bojno opremo pravičnosti na desni roki in na levi,
8 amid honor and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true;
s spoštovanjem in nespoštovanjem, na slabem in dobrem glasu; kakor sleparji, pa vendar iskreni;
9 as unknown, yet well-known; as at death’s door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed;
kakor neznani, pa vendar dobro znani; kakor umirajoči in glej, živimo; kakor kaznovani, pa ne ubiti;
10 as saddened, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things!
kakor žalostni, vendar vedno veseli; kakor ubogi, vendar mnoge bogatimo; kakor ne bi imeli nič, pa vendar posedujemo vse stvari.
11 We have been speaking freely to you, dear friends in Corinth; we have opened our heart;
Oh vi Korinčani, naša usta so vam odprta, naše srce je širokosrčno.
12 there is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.
Vi niste omejeni v nas, temveč ste omejeni v svojih lastnih notranjostih.
13 Can you not in return – I appeal to you as I should to children – open your hearts to us?
Torej za povračilo v enakem (govorim vam kakor svojim otrokom), bodite tudi vi širokosrčni.
14 Do not enter into inconsistent relations with those who reject the faith. For what partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what has light to do with darkness?
Ne bodite neenako vpreženi skupaj z neverniki, kajti kakšno družbo ima pravičnost z nepravičnostjo? Ali kakšno udeležbo ima svetloba s temo?
15 What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? Or what can those who accept the faith have in common with those who reject it?
In kakšno soglasje ima Kristus z Beliálom? Ali kakšen delež ima, kdor veruje, z neverniki?
16 What agreement can there be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the living God. That is what God meant when he said – ‘I will live among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
In kakšno strinjanje ima Božji tempelj z maliki? Kajti vi ste tempelj živega Boga; kakor je rekel Bog: »Prebival bom v njih in hodil v njih in jaz bom njihov Bog in oni bodo moji ljudje.
17 Therefore “Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them,” says the Lord, “And touch nothing impure; and I will welcome you;
Zatorej pridite ven izmed njih in bodite oddvojeni, « govori Gospod »in nečiste stvari se ne dotikajte; in jaz vas bom sprejel
18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord, the Ruler of all.’
in vam bom Oče in vi boste moji sinovi in hčere, « govori Gospod Vsemogočni.
