Corinthios I 4
1 Sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi: et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei.
People ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Hic iam quaeritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur.
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
3 Mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis iudicer, aut ab humano die: sed neque meipsum iudico.
But for me it is a very small thing if I am judged by you, or by any human court. Indeed, I do not even judge myself.
4 Nihil enim mihi conscius sum: sed non in hoc iustificatus sum: qui autem iudicat me, Dominus est.
For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not thereby acquitted; but he who judges me is the Lord.
5 Itaque nolite ante tempus iudicare, quoadusque veniat Dominus: qui et illuminabit abscondita tenebrarum, et manifestabit consilia cordium: et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo.
So then, do not judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes, who will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the heart. At that time each person will receive his praise from God.
6 Haec autem, fratres, transfiguravi in me et Apollo, propter vos: ut in nobis discatis, ne supra quam scriptum est, unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio.
Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that through us you may learn not to think beyond what is written, so that you may not be puffed up, with each one of you supporting one man against another.
7 Quis enim te discernit? Quid autem habes quod non accepisti? Si autem accepisti, quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis?
For who regards yoʋ as superior? What do yoʋ have that yoʋ did not receive? And if yoʋ received it, why do yoʋ boast as though yoʋ did not receive it?
8 Iam saturati estis, iam divites facti estis: sine nobis regnatis: et utinam regnetis, ut et nos vobiscum regnemus.
You are already full! You have already become rich! You have begun to reign without us! And how I wish that you really were reigning, so that we could reign with you!
9 Puto enim quod Deus nos Apostolos novissimos ostendit, tamquam morti destinatos: quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo, et Angelis, et hominibus.
For I think that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, as sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
10 Nos stulti propter Christum, vos autem prudentes in Christo: nos infirmi, vos autem fortes: vos nobiles, nos autem ignobiles.
We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are esteemed, but we are dishonored.
11 Usque in hanc horam et esurimus, et sitimus, et nudi sumus, et colaphis caedimur, et instabiles sumus,
To the present hour we hunger and thirst; we are poorly clothed and beaten down, with no home of our own.
12 et laboramus operantes manibus nostris: maledicimur, et benedicimus: persecutionem patimur, et sustinemus:
We labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
13 blasphemamur, et obsecramus: tamquam purgamenta huius mundi facti sumus, omnium peripsema usque adhuc.
when we are slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the scum of all things, even to this present time.
14 Non ut confundam vos, haec scribo, sed ut filios meos charissimos moneo.
I am not writing this to shame you, but rather I am admonishing you as my beloved children.
15 Nam si decem millia paedagogorum habeatis in Christo: sed non multos patres. Nam in Christo Iesu per Evangelium ego vos genui.
For even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you would not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I became a father to you through the gospel.
16 Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.
Therefore I urge you to be imitators of me.
17 Ideo misi ad vos Timotheum, qui est filius meus charissimus, et fidelis in Domino: qui vos commonefaciet vias meas, quae sunt in Christo Iesu, sicut ubique in omni Ecclesia doceo.
That is why I have sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere in every church.
18 Tamquam non venturus sim ad vos, sic inflati sunt quidam.
But some of you have become puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
19 Veniam autem ad vos cito, si Dominus voluerit: et cognoscam non sermonem eorum, qui inflati sunt, sed virtutem.
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of those who have become puffed up, but their power.
20 Non enim in sermone est regnum Dei, sed in virtute.
For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not by talk but by power.
21 Quid vultis? in virga veniam ad vos, an in charitate, et spiritu mansuetudinis?
What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
