1 Solunjanima 2
1 Sami doista znate, braćo: naš dolazak k vama nije bio uzaludan.
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
2 Naprotiv, i pošto smo, kako znate, u Filipima trpjeli i bili pogrđeni, odvažismo se u Bogu našemu iznijeti vam, uz tešku borbu, evanđelje Božje.
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
3 Uistinu, naše poticanje ne proistječe iz zablude, ni nečistoće, ni prijevare,
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
4 nego kako je Bog prosudio povjeriti nam evanđelje, tako ga i navješćujemo - ne kao da želimo ugoditi ljudima, nego Bogu koji prosuđuje srca naša.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.
5 Nikada se zaista kako znate, ne poslužismo ni laskavom riječju ni - Bog nam je svjedok - prikrivenom pohlepom.
For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),
6 Niti smo od ljudi iskali slavu - ni od vas, ni od drugih -
nor seeking glory from people (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
7 premda smo se mogli nametnuti kao Kristovi apostoli. Ali bili smo među vama nježni kao majka što hrani i njeguje svoju djecu.
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
8 Tako, puni ljubavi prema vama, htjedosmo vam predati ne samo evanđelje Božje nego i naše duše jer ste nam omiljeli.
Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
9 Sjećate se doista, braćo, našega truda i napora. Propovijedali smo vam evanđelje Božje i radili noću i danju da ne bismo opteretili koga od vas.
For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
10 Svjedoci ste vi i Bog kako smo se sveto, pravedno i besprijekorno vladali prema vama, vjernicima.
You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
11 Kao što znate, svakoga smo od vas kao otac svoju djecu,
As you know, as a father with his own children,
12 poticali, sokolili i zaklinjali da živite dostojno Boga koji vas pozva u svoje kraljevstvo i slavu.
we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
13 Zato, eto, i mi bez prestanka zahvaljujemo Bogu što ste, kad od nas primiste riječ poruke Božje, primili ne riječ ljudsku, nego kakva uistinu jest, riječ Božju koja i djeluje u vama, vjernicima.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as a human word, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
14 Doista, vi ste, braćo, postali nasljedovatelji crkava Božjih koje su u Judeji u Kristu Isusu: i vi isto trpite od svojih suplemenika što i oni od Židova,
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans;
15 koji su i Gospodina Isusa i proroke ubili, i nas progonili, te Bogu ne ugađaju i svim se ljudima protive
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;
16 kad nam priječe propovijedati poganima da se spase, da bi tako u svako vrijeme navršili mjeru zlodjela svojih. Ali sručio se na njih konačni gnjev.
forbidding us to speak to those who are not Jewish that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
17 A mi, braćo, pošto smo za kratko vrijeme ostali bez vas - licem, ne srcem - brže se bolje, u silnoj čežnji, požurismo ugledati vaše lice.
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
18 Zaista, htjedosmo k vama - ja, Pavao, i jednom i dvaput - ali nas je spriječio Sotona.
because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
19 Ta tko li će biti naša nada, radost ili vijenac dični - zar možda ne i vi? - pred Gospodinom našim Isusom o njegovu Dolasku?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
20 Vi ste doista slava naša i radost!
For you are our glory and our joy.
