2 Corinthians, 7

1. Therefore, having these promises, most beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

1. Dakle, buduæi da imamo ta obeæanja, oèistimo se, ljubljeni, od svake ljage tijela i duha te dovršimo posveæenje u strahu Božjemu.

2. Consider us. We have injured no one; we have corrupted no one; we have defrauded no one.

2. Shvatite nas! Nikomu nismo nanijeli nepravde, nikoga nismo upropastili, nikoga zakinuli.

3. I am not saying this to your condemnation. For we have told you before that you are in our hearts: to die together and to live together.

3. Ne govorim da osudim. Ta rekoh veæ: u srcima ste našim te umiremo i živimo zajedno.

4. Great is my confidence in you. Great is my glorying over you. I have been filled with consolation. I have a superabundant joy throughout all our tribulation.

4. Veliko je moje pouzdanje u vas, uvelike se vama ponosim. Pun sam utjehe, obilujem radošæu uza svu nevolju našu.

5. Then, too, when we had arrived in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest. Instead, we suffered every tribulation: exterior conflicts, interior fears.

5. Doista, i kada doðosmo u Makedoniju, nikakva spokoja nije imalo tijelo naše, nego nevolje odasvud: izvana borbe, iznutra strepnje.

6. But God, who consoles the humble, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,

6. Ali Bog, tješitelj poniznih, utješi nas dolaskom Titovim.

7. and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

7. Ne samo dolaskom njegovim, nego i utjehom kojom se utješi zbog vas: obavijesti nas o vašoj èežnji, vašem jadikovanju, vašoj žarkoj ljubavi prema meni tako da se još veæma obradovah.

8. For though I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, but only for a time, having realized that the same epistle made you sorrowful,

8. Doista, ako sam vas i ožalostio onom poslanicom, nije mi žao; ako mi i bijaše žao - vidim uistinu da vas je ta poslanica makar i naèas ožalostila -

9. now I am glad: not because you were sorrowful, but because you were sorrowful unto repentance. For you became sorrowful for God, so that you might not suffer any harm from us.

9. sad se radujem, ne što ste se ožalostili, nego što ste se ožalostili na obraæenje. Jer ožalostili ste se po Božju te zbog nas ni u èemu niste štetovali.

10. For the sorrow that is according to God accomplishes a repentance which is steadfast unto salvation. But the sorrow that is of the world accomplishes death.

10. Jer žalost po Božju raða neopozivo spasonosnim obraæenjem, a žalost svjetovna raða smræu.

11. So consider this same idea, being sorrowful according to God, and what great solicitude it accomplishes in you: including protection, and indignation, and fear, and desire, and zeal, and vindication. In all things, you have shown yourselves to be uncorrupted by this sorrow.

11. Gle, doista baš to što ste se po Božju ožalostili, kolikom gorljivošæu urodi meðu vama, pa opravdavanjem, pa ogorèenjem, pa strahom, pa èežnjom, pa revnošæu, pa kažnjavanjem. Svime ste time pokazali da ste u onome nedužni.

12. And so, though I wrote to you, it was not because of him who caused the injury, nor because of him who suffered from it, but so as to manifest our solicitude, which we have for you before God.

12. Ako sam vam dakle pisao, nisam to zbog uvreditelja ni zbog uvrijeðenoga, nego zbog toga da vam se oèituje vaša gorljivost za nas pred Bogom.

13. Therefore, we have been consoled. But in our consolation, we have rejoiced even more abundantly over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.

13. To nas je utješilo. A povrh te naše utjehe još se mnogo više obradovasmo zbog radosti Titove jer svi vi okrijepiste duh njegov.

14. And if I have gloried in anything to him about you, I have not been put to shame. But, just as we have spoken all things to you in truth, so also our glorying before Titus has been the truth.

14. Doista, ako sam mu se što vama pohvalio, ne postidjeh se, nego kao što smo po istini vama govorili, tako je istina bila i pohvala naša pred Titom.

15. And his feelings are now more abundant toward you, since he remembers the obedience of you all, and how you received him with fear and trembling.

15. I njegovo je srce prema vama još nježnije kad se sjeti poslušnosti svih vas, kako ga sa strahom i trepetom primiste.

16. I rejoice that in all things I have confidence in you.

16. Radujem se što se u svemu mogu pouzdati u vas. ZA CRKVU U JERUZALEMU