Ad Corinthios I 4

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi, et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei.	1 Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Hic jam quæritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur.	2 Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
3 Mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis judicer, aut ab humano die : sed neque meipsum judico.	3 It does not concern me in the least that I be judged by you or any human tribunal; I do not even pass judgment on myself;
4 Nihil enim mihi conscius sum, sed non in hoc justificatus sum : qui autem judicat me, Dominus est.	4 I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who judges me is the Lord.
5 Itaque nolite ante tempus judicare, quoadusque veniat Dominus : qui et illuminabit abscondita tenebrarum, et manifestabit consilia cordium : et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo.	5 Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God.
6 Hæc autem, fratres, transfiguravi in me et Apollo, propter vos : ut in nobis discatis, ne supra quam scriptum est, unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio.	6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written, so that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over against another.
7 Quis enim te discernit ? quid autem habes quod non accepisti ? si autem accepisti, quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis ?	7 Who confers distinction upon you? What do you possess that you have not received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting as if you did not receive it?
8 Jam saturati estis, jam divites facti estis : sine nobis regnatis : et utinam regnetis, ut et nos vobiscum regnemus.	8 You are already satisfied; you have already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings with you.
9 Puto enim quod Deus nos Apostolos novissimos ostendit, tamquam morti destinatos : quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo, et angelis, et hominibus.	9 For as I see it, God has exhibited us apostles as the last of all, like people sentenced to death, since we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and human beings alike.
10 Nos stulti propter Christum, vos autem prudentes in Christo : nos infirmi, vos autem fortes : vos nobiles, nos autem ignobiles.	10 We are fools on Christ's account, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
11 Usque in hanc horam et esurimus, et sitimus, et nudi sumus, et colaphis cædimur, et instabiles sumus,	11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clad and roughly treated, we wander about homeless
12 et laboramus operantes manibus nostris : maledicimur, et benedicimus : persecutionem patimur, et sustinemus :	12 and we toil, working with our own hands. When ridiculed, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
13 blasphemamur, et obsecramus : tamquam purgamenta hujus mundi facti sumus, omnium peripsema usque adhuc.	13 when slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the world's rubbish, the scum of all, to this very moment.
14 Non ut confundam vos, hæc scribo, sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo.	14 I am writing you this not to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
15 Nam si decem millia pædagogorum habeatis in Christo, sed non multos patres. Nam in Christo Jesu per Evangelium ego vos genui.	15 Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
16 Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.	16 Therefore, I urge you, be imitators of me.
17 Ideo misi ad vos Timotheum, qui est filius meus carissimus, et fidelis in Domino : qui vos commonefaciet vias meas, quæ sunt in Christo Jesu, sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo.	17 For this reason I am sending you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord; he will remind you of my ways in Christ (Jesus), just as I teach them everywhere in every church.
18 Tamquam non venturus sim ad vos, sic inflati sunt quidam.	18 Some have become inflated with pride, as if 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.	19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I shall ascertain not the talk of these inflated people but their power.
20 Non enim in sermone est regnum Dei, sed in virtute.	20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
21 Quid vultis ? in virga veniam ad vos, an in caritate, et spiritu mansuetudinis ?	21 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a gentle spirit?