1 Thessalonians 2
1 For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,
Sami doista znate, braćo: naš dolazak k vama nije bio uzaludan.
2 But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.
Naprotiv, i pošto smo, kako znate, u Filipima trpjeli i bili pogrđeni, odvažismo se u Bogu našemu iznijeti vam, uz tešku borbu, evanđelje Božje.
3 For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.
Uistinu, naše poticanje ne proistječe iz zablude, ni nečistoće, ni prijevare,
4 But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.
nego kako je Bog prosudio povjeriti nam evanđelje, tako ga i navješćujemo - ne kao da želimo ugoditi ljudima, nego Bogu koji prosuđuje srca naša.
5 Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.
Nikada se zaista kako znate, ne poslužismo ni laskavom riječju ni - Bog nam je svjedok - prikrivenom pohlepom.
6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.
Niti smo od ljudi iskali slavu - ni od vas, ni od drugih -
7 But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.
premda smo se mogli nametnuti kao Kristovi apostoli. Ali bili smo među vama nježni kao majka što hrani i njeguje svoju djecu.
8 Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.
Tako, puni ljubavi prema vama, htjedosmo vam predati ne samo evanđelje Božje nego i naše duše jer ste nam omiljeli.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day and night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.
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.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.
Svjedoci ste vi i Bog kako smo se sveto, pravedno i besprijekorno vladali prema vama, vjernicima.
11 As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)
Kao što znate, svakoga smo od vas kao otac svoju djecu,
12 That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.
poticali, sokolili i zaklinjali da živite dostojno Boga koji vas pozva u svoje kraljevstvo i slavu.
13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
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.
14 For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,
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,
15 Who both killed the Lord Iesus and their owne Prophets, and haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,
koji su i Gospodina Isusa i proroke ubili, i nas progonili, te Bogu ne ugađaju i svim se ljudima protive
16 And forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentiles, that they might be saued, to fulfill their sinnes alwayes: for the wrath of God is come on them, to the vtmost.
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.
17 For asmuch, brethren, as we were kept from you for a season, concerning sight, but not in the heart, we enforced the more to see your face with great desire.
A mi, braćo, pošto smo za kratko vrijeme ostali bez vas - licem, ne srcem - brže se bolje, u silnoj čežnji, požurismo ugledati vaše lice.
18 Therefore we would haue come vnto you (I Paul, at least once or twise) but Satan hindered vs.
Zaista, htjedosmo k vama - ja, Pavao, i jednom i dvaput - ali nas je spriječio Sotona.
19 For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
Ta tko li će biti naša nada, radost ili vijenac dični - zar možda ne i vi? - pred Gospodinom našim Isusom o njegovu Dolasku?
20 Yea, ye are our glory and ioy.
Vi ste doista slava naša i radost!
