2 Corinthians, 10

1. But I myself, Paul, am begging you, through the meekness and modesty of Christ. I am certainly, by appearances, lowly among you, yet I have confidence in you, even while I am absent.

1. Ja, Pavao, osobno vas zaklinjem blagošæu i obazrivošæu Kristovom - ja koji sam licem u lice meðu vama "skroman", a nenazoèan prema vama "odvažan" -

2. So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.

2. molim da, jednom nazoèan, ne moram biti odvažan smionošæu kojom se kanim osmjeliti protiv nekih što smatraju da mi po tijelu živimo.

3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.

3. Jer iako živimo u tijelu, ne vojujemo po tijelu.

4. For the weapons of our battles are not carnal, yet still they are powerful with God, unto the destruction of fortifications: tearing down every counsel

4. Ta oružje našega vojevanja nije tjelesno, nego božanski snažno za rušenje utvrda. Obaramo mudrovanja

5. and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,

5. i svaku oholost koja se podiže protiv spoznanja Boga i zarobljujemo svaki um na pokornost Kristu;

6. and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.

6. i spremni smo kazniti svaku nepokornost èim bude savršena vaša pokornost.

7. Consider the things that are in accord with appearances. If anyone trusts that by these things he belongs to Christ, let him reconsider this within himself. For just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

7. Gledajte što je oèito! Ako je tko uvjeren da je "Kristov", neka sam ponovno promisli ovo: kako je on Kristov, tako smo i mi.

8. And if I were even to glory somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord has given to us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.

8. Kad bih se doista i malo više pohvalio našom vlašæu - koju nam Gospodin dade za vaše izgraðivanje, a ne rušenje - ne bih se morao stidjeti.

9. But let it not be said that I am scaring you by means of epistles.

9. Samo da se ne bi èinilo kao da vas zastrašujem poslanicama!

10. For they say: “His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible.”

10. Jer "poslanice su, kaže, stroge i snažne, ali tjelesna nazoènost nemoæna i rijeè bezvrijedna".

11. Let someone like this realize that whatever we are in word through epistles, while absent: we are much the same in deed, while present.

11. Takav neka promisli ovo: kakvi smo nenazoèni rijeèju u poslanicama, takvi smo i nazoèni djelom.

12. For we would not dare to interpose or compare ourselves with certain ones who commend themselves. But we measure ourselves by ourselves, and we compare ourselves with ourselves.

12. Ne usuðujemo se, doista, izjednaèiti ili usporediti s nekima koji sami sebe preporuèuju, ali nisu razumni jer sami sebe sobom mjere i sami sebe sa sobom usporeðuju.

13. Thus, we will not glory beyond our measure, but rather according to the measure of the limit which God has measured out to us, a measure which extends even to you.

13. Mi se pak neæemo hvaliti u bezmjerje, nego po mjeri, mjerilu što nam ga odmjeri Bog kao mjeru: doprijeti sve do vas.

14. For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we are not able to reach as far as you are able. For we have gone even as far as you have in the Gospel of Christ.

14. Jer mi ne posežemo preko svoga, kao da još nismo stigli do vas. Ta prvi doista doprijesmo do vas s evanðeljem Kristovim.

15. We are not glorying immeasurably over the labors of others. Instead, we hold on to the hope of your growing faith, so as to be magnified in you, according to our own limits, but in abundance,

15. Ne hvalimo se u bezmjerje, tuðim naporima. A nadamo se da æemo s uzrastom vaše vjere meðu vama i mi - po našem mjerilu - prerasti u izobilje:

16. and even so as to evangelize in those places that are beyond you, not in order to glory in the measure of others, but rather in those things which have already been prepared.

16. i preko vaših granica navijestiti evanðelje, a ne hvastati se onim što je veæ uèinjeno na tuðem podruèju.

17. But whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord.

17. Tko se hvali, u Gospodinu neka se hvali.

18. For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.

18. Ta nije prokušan tko sam sebe preporuèuje, nego koga preporuèuje Gospodin.