2 Corinthians 9 (SAR)

1A o posluživanju svetih suvišno je da vam pišem.Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

2Ta poznajem vašu spremnost s koje se vama ponosim pred Makedoncima: “Ahaja je spremna od prošle godine.” I vaša gorljivost potaknu mnoge.For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

3Ipak šaljem braću da se u tome pogledu ne opovrgne što se vama ponosimo; da budete spremni kao što sam tvrdio te se -But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

4ako sa mnom dođu Makedonci i nađu vas nespremne - ne osramotimo s preuzetnosti mi, da ne kažemo vi.Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

5Smatrao sam dakle potrebnim zamoliti braću da unaprijed pođu k vama i da pripreme vaš još prije obećani dar te bude pripravan - kao dar darežljivosti, a ne škrtosti.So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

6Ta eno: tko sije oskudno, oskudno će i žeti; a tko sije obilato, obilato će i žeti.Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

7Svatko neka dade kako je srcem odlučio; ne sa žalošću ili na silu jer Bog ljubi vesela darivatelja.Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

8A Bog vas može obilato obdariti svakovrsnim darom da u svemu svagda imate svega dovoljno za se i izobilno za svako dobro djelo -And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

9kao što je pisano: Rasipno dijeli, daje sirotinji, pravednost njegova ostaje dovijeka.As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

10A onaj koji pribavlja sjeme sijaču i kruh za jelo, pribavit će i umnožiti sjeme vaše i povećati plodove pravednosti vaše.Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

11Tako ćete se u svemu obogatiti za svakovrsnu darežljivost koja se, našim posredovanjem, izvija u zahvalnicu Bogu.You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.

12Jer ovo bogoslužno posluživanje ne samo da podmiruje oskudicu svetih nego se i obilno prelijeva u mnoge zahvalnice Bogu.For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

13Osvjedočeni ovim posluživanjem, slave Boga zbog vašega pokornog ispovijedanja evanđelja Kristova i zbog velikodušnog zajedništva prema njima i prema svima.Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.

14A moleći se za vas, čeznu za vama zbog preobilne milosti Božje na vama.And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

15Hvala Bogu na njegovu neizrecivom daru!Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

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