1 Thessalonians 4
1 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.
V ostalem pa, bratje, prosimo vas in opominjamo v Gospodu Jezusu, da, kakor ste prejeli od nas, kako vam je živeti in Bogu ugajati, če dalje bolj rastete v tem;
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Kajti veste, kake nauke smo vam dali po Gospodu Jezusu.
3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
To namreč je volja Božja, posvečenje vaše, da se zdržujete kurbarije;
4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
Da vé vsak izmed vas posodo svojo pridobiti si v posvečenji in časti;
5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
Ne v poželenja strasti, kakor tudi pogani ne poznajoči Boga;
6 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.
Da ne prestopate in ne prekanjate brata svojega v stvari; ker Gospod je kaznovatelj vsega tega, kakor smo vam tudi naprej povedali in pričali.
7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Kajti Bog nas ni poklical za nečistost, nego v posvečenje.
8 Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
Zatorej kdor zameta, ne zameta človeka, nego Boga, njega, ki je tudi dal Duha svojega svetega med nas.
9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
Za bratoljubje pa ni treba vam pisati; kajti sami ste od Boga učeni, ljubiti se med seboj;
10 for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
Saj tudi ravnate tako z vsemi brati po vsej Macedoniji. Opominjamo pa vas, bratje, da vedno bolj rastete,
11 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,
In da si prizadevate mirno živeti, in opravljate svoje, in delate sè svojimi rokami, kakor smo vam naročili;
12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Da živite spodobno pred njimi, ki so zunaj, in ne potrebujete nikogar.
13 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.
Nočem pa, da bi ne vedeli, bratje, za pokojne, da se ne žalite, kakor tudi drugi, ki nimajo upanja.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
Kajti če verujemo, da je Jezus umrl in vstal, tako bode tudi Bog pokojne po Kristusu peljal z njim.
15 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.
To namreč vam pravimo v besedi Gospodovi, da mi živeči, ostali za prihod Gospodov, ne bodemo prehiteli pokojnih;
16 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,
Ker Gospod sam bode v zapovedi, v glasu nadangelovem in v trombi Božji stopil dol z nebes, in mrtvi v Kristusu bodo vstali najprej.
17 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.
Potem bodemo mi živeči, ostali, z njimi vred zgrabljeni v oblakih Gospodu naproti kvišku, in tako bodemo vedno z Gospodom.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Zato se opominjajte s temi besedami med seboj.
