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1 Nadalje vas potem rotimo, bratje in vas spodbujamo po Gospodu Jezusu, da kakor ste od nas prejeli, kako bi morali živeti in ugajati Bogu, tako da bi bili bolj in bolj obilni.
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
2 Kajti veste, kakšne zapovedi smo vam dali po Gospodu Jezusu.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Kajti to je Božja volja, celó vaše posvečenje, da naj bi se vzdržali pred prešuštvovanjem,
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
4 da bi vsakdo izmed vas vedel, kako čuvati svojo posodo v posvečenju in časti;
that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honour,
5 ne [pa] v poželenju pohotnosti, tako kakor pogani, ki ne poznajo Boga;
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
6 da noben človek ne gre preko in ne goljufa svojega brata v katerikoli zadevi; zato ker je Gospod maščevalec vsega tega, kakor smo vas tudi mi svarili in pričevali.
that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
7 Kajti Bog nas ni poklical k nečistosti, temveč v svetost.
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
8 Kdor torej prezira, ne prezira človeka, temveč Boga, ki nam je prav tako dal svojega Svetega Duha.
Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Toda glede bratoljúbja ne potrebujete, da vam pišem, kajti vi sami ste od Boga poučeni, da ljubite drug drugega.
But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
10 In zares to delajte do vseh bratov, ki so po vsej Makedoniji. Toda rotimo vas, bratje, da bolj in bolj rastete
for indeed you do it towards all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
11 in da se učite biti mirni ter opravljati svoje lastno opravilo in da delate s svojimi lastnimi rokami, kakor smo vam zapovedali;
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
12 da boste lahko živeli iskreno do teh, ki so zunaj in da ne boste ničesar potrebovali.
that you may walk properly towards those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
13 Toda ne želim, da bi bili vi nevedni, bratje, glede teh, ki so zaspali, da ne žalujete, tako kakor drugi, ki nimajo upanja.
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
14 Kajti če verujemo, da je Jezus umrl in ponovno vstal, bo točno tako tudi tiste, ki spijo v Jezusu, Bog privedel z njim.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
15 Kajti to vam rečemo po Gospodovi besedi, da mi, ki smo živi in ostanemo do Gospodovega prihoda, ne bomo vodili teh, ki so zaspali.
For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 Kajti sam Gospod se bo spustil iz nebes z vzklikom, z glasom nadangela in z Božjo trobento; in prvi bodo vstali mrtvi v Kristusu.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
17 Potem pa bomo mi, ki smo živi in preostanemo, vzeti skupaj z njimi v oblake, da srečamo Gospoda v zraku, in tako bomo vedno z Gospodom.
then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
18 Zato drug drugega tolažite s temi besedami.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.

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