2 Corinthians 4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblija Hrvatski
1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.	1 Zato, budući da po milosrđu imamo ovu službu, ne malakšemo.
2 We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.	2 Ali odrekosmo se sramotnoga prikrivanja: ne nastupamo lukavo niti izopačujemo riječ Božju, nego se objavljivanjem istine preporučujemo svakoj savjesti ljudskoj pred Bogom.
3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.	3 Ako je i zastrto evanđelje naše, u onima je zastrto koji propadaju:
4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.	4 u onima kojima bog ovoga svijeta oslijepi pameti nevjerničke da ne zasvijetli svjetlost evanđelja slave Krista koji je slika Božja.
5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.	5 Jer ne propovijedamo same sebe, nego Krista Isusa Gospodinom, a sebe slugama vašim poradi Isusa.
6 For it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.	6 Ta Bog koji reče: Neka iz tame svjetlost zasine!, on zasvijetli u srcima našim da nam spoznanje slave Božje zasvijetli na licu Kristovu.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.	7 To pak blago imamo u glinenim posudama da izvanredna ona snaga bude očito Božja, a ne od nas.
8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;	8 U svemu pritisnuti, ali ne pritiješnjeni; dvoumeći, ali ne zdvajajući;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;	9 progonjeni, ali ne napušteni; obarani, ali ne oboreni –
10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.	10 uvijek umiranje Isusovo u tijelu pronosimo da se i život Isusov u tijelu našem očituje.
11 For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.	11 Doista, mi se živi uvijek na smrt predajemo poradi Isusa da se i život Isusov očituje u našem smrtnom tijelu.
12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.	12 Tako smrt djeluje u nama, život u vama.
13 Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak,	13 A budući da imamo isti duh vjere kao što je pisano: Uzvjerovah, zato besjedim, i mi vjerujemo pa zato i besjedimo.
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.	14 Ta znamo: onaj koji je uskrisio Gospodina Isusa i nas će s Isusom uskrisiti i zajedno s vama uza se postaviti.
15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.	15 A sve je to za vas: da milost – umnožena – zahvaljivanjem mnogih izobiluje Bogu na slavu.
16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day.	16 Zato ne malakšemo. Naprotiv, ako se naš izvanji čovjek i raspada, nutarnji se iz dana u dan obnavlja.
17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,	17 Ta ova malenkost naše časovite nevolje donosi nam obilato, sve obilatije, breme vječne slave
18 because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.	18 jer nama nije do vidljivog nego do nevidljivog: ta vidljivo je privremeno, a nevidljivo – vječno.