1 Corinthians, 9

1. Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

1. Nisam li ja slobodan? Nisam li apostol? Nisam li vidio Isusa, Gospodina našega? Niste li vi djelo moje u Gospodinu?

2. And if I am not an Apostle to others, yet still I am to you. For you are the seal of my Apostleship in the Lord.

2. Ako drugima nisam apostol, vama svakako jesam. Ta vi ste peèat mojega apostolstva u Gospodinu.

3. My defense with those who question me is this:

3. Moj odgovor mojim tužiteljima jest ovo:

4. Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?

4. Zar nemamo prava jesti i piti?

5. Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

5. Zar nemamo prava ženu vjernicu voditi sa sobom kao i drugi apostoli i braæa Gospodnja i Kefa?

6. Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?

6. Ili samo ja i Barnaba nemamo prava ne raditi?

7. Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?

7. Tko ikada vojuje o svojem trošku? Tko sadi vinograd pa roda njegova ne jede? Ili tko pase stado pa od mlijeka stada ne jede?

8. Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?

8. Zar to govorim po ljudsku? Ne kaže li to i Zakon?

9. For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?

9. Jer u Mojsijevu zakonu piše: Ne zavezuj usta volu koji vrši! Zar je Bogu do volova?

10. Or is he saying this, indeed, for our sake? These things were written specifically for us, because he who plows, ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes, too, in hope of receiving the produce.

10. Ne govori li on baš radi nas? Doista, radi nas je napisano, jer tko ore, u nadi treba da ore; i tko vrši, u nadi da æe dobiti dio.

11. If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?

11. Ako smo mi vama sijali dobra duhovna, veliko li je nešto ako vam požanjemo tjelesna?

12. If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.

12. Ako drugi sudjeluju u vašim dobrima, zašto ne bismo mi mogli još veæma. Ali nismo se poslužili tim pravom, nego sve teglimo da ne bismo postavili kakvu zapreku evanðelju Kristovu?

13. Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?

13. Ne znate li: koji obavljaju svetinje, od svetišta se hrane; i koji žrtveniku služe, sa žrtvenikom dijele?

14. So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.

14. Tako je i Gospodin onima koji evanðelje navješæuju odredio od evanðelja živjeti.

15. Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.

15. No ja se nièim od toga nisam poslužio. A i ne napisah toga da bi se tako postupilo prema meni. Radije umrijeti, nego... Te mi slave nitko neæe oduzeti!

16. For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.

16. Jer što navješæujem evanðelje, nije mi na hvalu, ta dužnost mi je. Doista, jao meni ako evanðelja ne navješæujem.

17. For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.

17. Jer ako to èinim iz vlastite pobude, ide me plaæa; ako li ne iz vlastite pobude - služba je to koja mi je povjerena.

18. And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.

18. Koja mi je dakle plaæa? Da propovijedajuæi pružam evanðelje besplatno ne služeæi se svojim pravom u evanðelju.

19. For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.

19. Jer premda slobodan od sviju, sam sebe svima uèinih slugom da ih što više steknem.

20. And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.

20. Bijah Židovima Židov da Židove steknem; onima pod Zakonom, kao da sam pod Zakonom - premda ja nisam pod Zakonom - da one pod Zakonom steknem;

21. To those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who were without the law.

21. onima bez Zakona, kao da sam bez zakona - premda nisam bez Božjega zakona, nego u Kristovu zakonu - da steknem one bez Zakona;

22. To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.

22. bijah nejakima nejak da nejake steknem. Svima bijah sve da pošto-poto neke spasim.

23. And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.

23. A sve èinim poradi evanðelja da bih i ja bio suzajednièar u njemu.

24. Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.

24. Ne znate li: trkaèi u trkalištu svi doduše trèe, ali jedan prima nagradu? Tako trèite da dobijete.

25. And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.

25. Svaki natjecatelj sve moguæe izdržava; oni da dobiju raspadljiv vijenac, mi neraspadljiv.

26. And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.

26. Ja dakle tako trèim - ne kao besciljno, tako udaram šakom - ne kao da mlatim vjetar,

27. Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

27. nego krotim svoje tijelo i zarobljavam da sam ne budem iskljuèen pošto sam drugima propovijedao.