2 Corinthians 7
1 My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.
Имајући, дакле, оваква обећања, о љубазни! Да очистимо себе од сваке поганштине тела и духа, и да творимо светињу у страху Божијем.
2 So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).
Примите нас, ником не учинисмо нажао, никога не покварисмо, никога не занесосмо.
3 [It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.
Не говорим на осуђење, јер пре рекох да сте у срцима нашим, да бих с вама и умро и живео.
4 I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.
Врло слободно говорим к вама, много се хвалим вама, напунио сам се утехе, изобилан сам радошћу поред свих брига наших.
5 Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].
Јер кад дођосмо у Македонију, никакав мир немаше тело наше, него у свему беше у невољи: споља борбе, изнутра страх.
6 But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.
Али Бог, који теши понижене, утеши нас доласком Титовим.
7 I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.
А не само доласком његовим, него и утехом којом се он утеши за вас казујући вашу жељу, ваше плакање, ваше страдање за мене, тако да се још већма обрадовах.
8 Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.
Јер ако сам вас и ражалио посланицом, не кајем се, ако се и бејах раскајао: јер видим да она посланица, ако и за мало, ражали вас.
9 [So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.
Али се сад радујем, не што бисте жалосни, него што се ожалостисте на покајање: јер се ожалостисте по Богу, да од нас ни у чему не штетујете.
10 [The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.
Јер жалост која је по Богу доноси за спасење покајање, за које се никада не каје; а жалост овог света смрт доноси.
11 But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.
Јер, гле, ово само што се по Богу ожалостисте, колико учини старање међу вама? Какво правдање, какву неповољност, какав страх, какву жељу, какву ревност, какву освету? У свему показасте се да сте чисти у делу.
12 So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].
Јер ако вам и писах, не овог ради који је скривио, нити оног ради коме је криво учињено, него да се покаже међу вама старање наше за вас пред Богом.
13 So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].
Зато се утешисмо утехом вашом; а још се већма обрадовасмо радости Титовој, јер ви сви умиристе дух његов.
14 I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.
Јер што сам му се за вас похвалио, нисам се посрамио; него како је све истина што говорисмо вама, тако и похвала наша к Титу истинита би.
15 Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].
И срце је његово пуно љубави к вама кад се опомиње послушања свих вас, како сте га са страхом и дрхтањем примили.
16 [As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].
Радујем се, дакле, што се у свему смем ослонити на вас.
