1 Thessalonians 3
1 Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
Zato, ko nismo mogli več potrpeti, smo mislili, da je dobro, da v Atenah ostanemo sami,
2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
in smo poslali Timóteja, našega brata in Božjega služabnika in našega sodelavca pri Kristusovem evangeliju, da vas utrdi in da vas potolaži glede vaše vere,
3 that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
da ne bi bil noben človek omajan s temi stiskami, kajti vi sami veste, da smo določeni za to.
4 For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
Kajti resnično, ko smo bili z vami, smo vam vnaprej povedali, da naj bi trpeli stisko; kakor se je zgodilo in vi to veste.
5 For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Zaradi tega razloga, ko nisem mogel več potrpeti, sem poslal, da spoznam vašo vero, da vas ne bi z nekimi načini skušal skušnjavec in bi bil naš trud zaman.
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you.
Toda sedaj, ko je od vas k nam prišel Timótej in nam prinesel dobre novice o vaši veri ter ljubezni in da nas imate vedno v lepem spominu ter si silno želite, da nas vidite, kakor si tudi mi [želimo] videti vas;
7 For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.
zato smo bili, bratje, po vaši veri potolaženi glede vas v vsej naši stiski in tegobi,
8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
kajti zdaj živimo, če vi trdno stojite v Gospodu.
9 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
Kajti kakšne zahvale lahko spet za vas vrnemo Bogu, za vse veselje, s katerim se zaradi vas veselimo pred svojim Bogom?
10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Ponoči in podnevi silno prosimo, da bi lahko videli vaš obraz in lahko dovršili to, kar primanjkuje vaši veri.
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
Torej sam Bog in naš Oče in naš Gospod Jezus Kristus [naj] našo pot usmerjata k vam.
12 May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
In Gospod [naj] vam stori, da rastete in [ste] obilni v ljubezni drug do drugega in do vseh ljudi, prav tako kakor mi počnemo vam,
13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
z namenom, da bi lahko vaša srca utrdil brez graje v svetosti pred Bogom, celó našim Očetom, ob prihodu našega Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa z vsemi njegovimi svetimi.
