| Viem žiť skromne a viem aj oplývať. Všade a všetko som sa už naučil: byť sýty aj hladovať, mať hojnosť i núdzu trieť. | I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. |
| Veď nič sme si na svet nepriniesli a nič si ani nemôžeme odniesť. Uspokojíme sa s tým, že máme čo jesť a čo si obliecť. | For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. |
| Vaše správanie nech je bez lakomstva; buďte spokojní s tým, čo máte. Veď on sám povedal: „Nezanechám ťa, ani neopustím.“ | Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” |
| A nábožnosť so spokojnosťou je naozaj veľkým ziskom. | But godliness with contentment is great gain. |
| Nehovorím to preto, že by som mal nedostatok. Naučil som sa vystačiť s tým, čo mám. | I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. |
| Preto mám záľubu v slabostiach, v potupe, v núdzi, v prenasledovaní a v úzkostiach pre Krista; lebo keď som slabý, vtedy som silný. | That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. |
| Navzájom rovnako zmýšľajte; a nezmýšľajte vysoko, ale prikláňajte sa k nízkym. Nebuďte múdri sami pre seba. | Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. |
| Preto vám hovorím: Nebuďte ustarostení o svoj život, čo budete jesť, ani o svoje telo, čím sa zaodejete. Či život nie je viac ako jedlo a telo viac ako odev? | Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? |
| A ostatným povedal: „Dajte si pozor a chráňte sa všetkej chamtivosti! Lebo aj keď má človek hojnosť všetkého, jeho život nezávisí od toho, čo má.“ | Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” |
| Lepšie (mať) málo spravodlivým (spôsobom), ako veľké dôchodky a nespravodlivo. | Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. |
| Preto vám hovorím: Nebuďte ustarostení o život, čo budete jesť, ani o telo, čo si oblečiete. Veď život je viac ako jedlo a telo viac ako odev. | Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. |
| Tu Jób vstal, roztrhol si odev, oholil si hlavu, padol na zem, klaňal sa a povedal: „Nahý som vyšiel z lona svojej matky a nahý sa ta vrátim. Pán dal, Pán vzal, nech je Pánovo meno zvelebené!“ | At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” |
| Filip sa ozval: „Pane, ukáž nám Otca a to nám postačí.“ | Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” |
