1 Thessalonians 2
1 FOR ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in to you, that it was not in vain.
Jer sami znate, braæo, ulazak naš k vama da ne bi uzalud;
2 But though we had suffered before, and were infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict.
Nego postradavši prije i osramoæeni bivši, kao što znate, u Filibi, oslobodismo se u Bogu svojemu kazivati vama jevanðelje Božije s velikom borbom.
3 And our exhortation originated not from delusion, or impurity, or from guile;
Jer utjeha naša nije od prijevare, ni od neèistote, ni u lukavstvu;
4 but as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.
Nego kako nas okuša Bog da smo vjerni da primimo jevanðelje, tako govorimo, ne kao ljudima ugaðajuæi nego Bogu koji kuša srca naša.
5 For neither at any time used we insinuating language, as ye know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness:
Jer nigda iz laskanja ne govorismo k vama, kao što znate, niti iz uzroka lakomstva: Bog je svjedok;
6 not seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, though we might have been burdensome, as apostles of Christ.
Niti tražeæi od ljudi slave, ni od vas, ni od drugijeh.
7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherisheth her own infants.
Mogli smo vam biti na dosadu, kao Hristovi apostoli; ali bismo krotki meðu vama, kao što dojilica njeguje svoju djecu.
8 So, tenderly affected towards you, we could with pleasure have imparted to you not the gospel of God only, but our own lives also, because ye were beloved by us.
Tako smo vas rado imali da smo gotovi bili dati vam ne samo jevanðelje Božije, nego i duše svoje, jer ste nam omiljeli.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: for night and day working hard, that we might be no burden to any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Jer pamtite, braæo, trud naš i posao: jer dan i noæ radeæi da ne dosadimo nijednome od vas, propovijedasmo vam jevanðelje Božije.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and faultlessly we conducted ourselves among you that believe:
Vi ste svjedoci i Bog kako sveti i pravedni i bez krivice bismo vama koji vjerujete,
11 as ye know how we treated every one of you, as a father doth his children, exhorting you, and admonishing, and conjuring you,
Kao što znate da svakoga vas kao otac djecu svoju
12 that ye should walk worthy of God, as calling you into his kingdom and glory.
Molismo i utješavasmo, i svjedoèismo vam da živite kao što se pristoji Bogu, koji vas je prizvao u svoje carstvo i slavu.
13 For this cause do we also give thanks to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you that believe.
Toga radi i mi zahvaljujemo Bogu bez prestanka što vi primivši od nas rijeè èuvenja Božijega primiste ne kao rijeè èovjeèiju, nego kao što zaista jest) rijeè Božiju, koja i èini u vama koji vjerujete.
14 For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for ye suffered the same things also yourselves from your own countrymen, as they too have of the Jews;
Jer vi, braæo, proðoste kao crkve Božije koje su u Judeji u Hristu Isusu; jer tako i vi postradaste od svojega roda kao i oni od Jevreja,
15 who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind;
Koji ubiše i Gospoda Isusa i proroke njegove, i koji nas istjeraše, i Bogu ne ugodiše, i koji se svijem ljudima protive,
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their iniquities always: but wrath is coming upon them to the extremity.
I zabranjuju nam kazivati neznabošcima da se spasu; da ispune grijehe svoje svagda; ali napošljetku doðe gnjev na njih.
17 But we, brethren, bereaved of you for a short moment, in person, not in heart, have more abundantly longed to see your face with great desire.
A mi, braæo, osirotjevši za vama neko vrijeme licem a ne srcem, veæma hiæasmo da vidimo lice vaše s velikom željom.
18 Therefore we wished to have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan prevented us.
Zato šæadijasmo da doðemo k vama, ja Pavle jednom i drugom, i zabrani nam sotona.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Jer ko je naš nad ili radost, ili vijenac slave? Nijeste li i vi pred Gospodom našijem Isusom Hristom o njegovu dolasku?
20 For ye are our glory and joy.
Jer ste vi naša slava i radost.
