¹Nech tak myslí o nás človek ako o služobníkoch Kristových a o správcoch tajomstiev Božích.

¹Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

²Tu ostatne sa vyhľadáva u správcov, aby bol ktosi najdený verný.

²and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

³A mne je to najmenším, aby som bol vami súdený alebo ľudským súdom. Ale ani sám seba nesúdim,

³and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man`s day, but not even myself do I judge,

⁴lebo nie som si ničoho povedomý, ale tým nie som ospravedlnený; no, ten, kto ma súdi, je Pán.

⁴for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right — and he who is discerning me is the Lord:

⁵A tak nesúďte ničoho pred časom, dokiaľ neprijde Pán, ktorý aj osvieti skryté veci tmy a zjaví úmysly sŕdc, a vtedy bude mať jeden každý chválu od Boha.

⁵so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

⁶Ale toto, bratia, som povedal v podobenstve vzťahom na seba a na Apolla, pre vás, aby ste sa na nás učili nemyslieť nad to, čo je napísané, aby ste sa nenadúvali jeden za druhého proti inému.

⁶And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

⁷Lebo kto ťa robí rozdielnym od iného? A čo máš, čo by si nebol dostal? A jestli si aj dostal, prečo sa chváliš, ako keby si nebol dostal?

⁷for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

⁸Už ste nasýtení, už ste zbohatli, bez nás kraľujete, a bárs by ste len kraľovali, aby sme aj my s vami spolu kraľovali.

⁸Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

⁹Lebo mám za to, že nás apoštolov vykázal Bôh za najposlednejších, na odiv, ako oddaných na smrť, lebo sme sa stali divadlom svetu i anjelom i ľuďom.

⁹for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last — as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

¹⁰My blázni pre Krista, a vy rozumní v Kristu; my slabí, a vy silní; vy slávni a my takí, ktorí nemajú cti.

¹⁰we [are] fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

¹¹Až do tejto hodiny i lačnieme i žíznime i nahí sme i pohlavkovaní sme i miesta nikde nemáme

¹¹unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

¹²i namáhame sa robiac vlastnými rukami; nadávajú nám, dobrorečíme; prenasledujú nás, znášame;

¹²and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

¹³rúhajú sa nám, prosíme. Sme jako smeti sveta, všetkým za povrheľ až doteraz.

¹³being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become — of all things an offscouring — till now.

¹⁴Nepíšem tohoto nato, aby som vás zahanbil, ale napomínam ako svoje milované deti.

¹⁴Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

¹⁵Lebo keby ste mali hneď desať tisíc pestúnov v Kristu, ale nemôžete mať mnoho otcov, lebo ja som vás splodil v Kristu Ježišovi skrze evanjelium.

¹⁵for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I — I did beget you;

¹⁶A tedy vás prosím, nasledujte mňa.

¹⁶I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

¹⁷Preto som vám poslal Timotea, ktorý je mojím milovaným dieťaťom a verným v Pánovi, ktorý vás upomenie na moje cesty v Kristu Ježišovi, jako učím všade v každom sbore.

¹⁷because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

¹⁸Ale jako keby som nemal prijsť k vám, naduli sa niektorí.

¹⁸And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

¹⁹Avšak prijdem k vám skoro, ak bude Pán chcieť, a poznám, nie slovo tých nadutých, ale moc.

¹⁹but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

²⁰Lebo kráľovstvo Božie nezáleží v slove, ale v moci.

²⁰for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

²¹Čo chcete? Či aby som k vám prišiel s palicou a či s láskou a v duchu tichosti?

²¹what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?