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1 Dále pak, bratří, prosíme vás, a napomínáme v Pánu Ježíši, jakož jste přijali od nás, kterak byste měli choditi a líbiti se Bohu, v tom abyste se rozhojnili více.
Now, my fellow believers, [I want to write] about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you [DOU] to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus [told us]. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but [we strongly urge] that you do that even more.
2 Víte zajisté, jaká přikázání vydali jsme vám skrze Pána Ježíše.
3 Tať jest zajisté vůle Boží, totiž posvěcení vaše, abyste se zdržovali od smilstva,
God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way).
4 A aby uměl jeden každý z vás svým osudím vládnouti v svatosti a v uctivosti,
[That is, he wants] each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires [EUP]. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good.
5 Ne v libosti tělesných žádostí jako i pohané, kteříž Boha neznají;
You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
6 A aby žádný neutiskal ani oklamával v jakémkoli jednání bratra svého, protože mstitel jest Pán všeho toho, jakož i předpověděli jsme vám a osvědčili.
[God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that] no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously [DOU] that the Lord [Jesus] will punish all [people who do] sexually immoral acts.
7 Nebo nepovolal nás Bůh k nečistotě, ale ku posvěcení.
When God chose us [believers], he did not want us to [be people who] behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, [he wants us] to be [people who] behave in a morally pure way.
8 A protož kdo by pohrdal tímto, ne člověkem pohrdá, ale Bohem, kterýž i dal Ducha svého svatého nám.
So I warn you that those who disregard [this teaching] of mine [are] not just disregarding me. On the contrary, [they are disregarding] God, [because God commanded it. Remember that] God sent his Spirit, who is holy, [to live] in you!
9 O lásce pak bratrské neníť potřebí psáti vám; nebo jste vy již tomu od Boha naučeni, abyste milovali jedni druhé.
[I want to urge you] again [that you should] love [your] fellow believers [MET]. You do not really need that [anyone] write to you about that, because God has already taught you [how] to love each other,
10 A jistě činíte to ke všechněm bratřím ve vší Macedonii. Napomínámeť pak vás, bratří, abyste se v tom ještě více rozhojnili,
and because you already are [showing that you love] your fellow believers [HYP] [who live] in other places [in your province] of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to [love each other] even more.
11 A snažili se pokojni býti a hleděti toho, což komu náleží, a pracovati rukama svýma vlastníma, jakož jsme přikázali vám,
[We urge you] also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs [to earn what you need to live]. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that.
12 Tak abyste slušně chodili před těmi, kteříž jsou vně, a v ničemž abyste neměli nedostatku.
If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others [to] ([supply/give to you]) [what you need].
13 Nechciť pak, abyste nevěděli, bratří, o těch, kteříž zesnuli, abyste se nermoutili, jako i jiní, kteříž naděje nemají.
My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well [LIT] [what will happen] to our fellow believers [who now] are dead [EUP]. [You must not be/do like] the unbelievers. They [grieve deeply for people who die because] they do not confidently expect [people to live again after they die].
14 Nebo jakož věříme, že Ježíš umřel a z mrtvých vstal, takť Bůh i ty, kteříž by zesnuli v Ježíšovi, přivede s ním.
We [believers] know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back [to life] again. So [we also know well that] when Jesus returns, God [will cause] those [believers] who died [EUP] [to live again] and to come with [Jesus].
15 Toto zajisté vám pravíme slovem Páně, že my, kteříž živi pozůstaneme do příchodu Páně, nepředejdeme těch, kteříž zesnuli.
[I write this] because the Lord [Jesus] revealed [to me] what I am now telling you. [Some of you may think that] when the Lord [Jesus] comes back, he will consider that we [believers] who are still living will be superior to those [believers] who have died [EUP], because [we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true]!
16 Nebo Pán náš s zvukem ponoukajícím, s hlasem archanděla a s troubou Boží sstoupí s nebe, a mrtví, kteříž jsou v Kristu, vstanou nejprve.
It is the Lord [Jesus] himself who will descend from heaven. [When he comes down, he] will command all of [us believers to rise from their graves]. The chief angel will shout [loudly], and [another angel] will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who [trusted] in Christ before they died will live again.
17 Potom my živí pozůstavení spolu s nimi zachváceni budeme do oblaků, vstříc Pánu v povětří, a tak vždycky se Pánem budeme.
After that, [God] will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us [believers] who are still living [on this earth]. [He will take us] and those [other believers who have died], in order that [we all] might together meet/welcome the Lord [Jesus] in the sky. As a result of that, we [all] will be with him forever.
18 A protož potěšujtež jedni druhých těmito slovy.
Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
