1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
Kajti bratje, vi sami veste, da naš prihod k vam ni bil zaman,
2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the gospel of God in much conflict.
temveč smo celó potem, ko smo poprej v Filípih trpeli in bili sramotno obravnavani, kakor veste, smo bili v našem Bogu pogumni, da smo vam v velikem boju izpričali Božji evangelij.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Kajti naše spodbujanje ni bilo iz prevare niti iz nečistosti niti v zvijači,
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.
temveč kakor nam je Bog dopustil, da nam zaupa evangelij, točno tako govorimo; ne kakor ugajajoči ljudem, temveč Bogu, ki preizkuša naša srca.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),
Kajti niti nismo ob kateremkoli času uporabili laskavih besed, kakor veste niti pretveze pohlepnosti; Bog je priča.
6 nor seeking glory from people (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Messiah.
Niti nismo iskali slave od ljudi niti od vas niti ne od drugih, ko bi lahko bili obremenjujoči kot Kristusovi apostoli.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Toda med vami smo bili nežni, tako kakor dojilja neguje svoje otroke.
8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
Tako smo vas bili vdano željni, da smo vam bili voljni podeliti ne samo Božji evangelij, ampak tudi naše duše, ker ste nam bili dragi.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
Kajti spomnite se, bratje, našega truda in muke; kajti ponoči in podnevi smo garali, ker nismo želeli biti obremenitev komurkoli izmed vas, ko smo vam pridigali Božji evangelij.
10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Vi ste priče in tudi Bog, kako sveto in pravično in neoporečno smo se vêdli med vami, ki verujete.
11 As you know, as a father with his own children,
Prav tako veste, kako smo tolažili in opozarjali vsakega izmed vas, tako kakor oče počne svojim otrokom,
12 we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
da bi vi živeli vredno Boga, ki vas je poklical v svoje kraljestvo in slavo.
13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as a human word, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
Zaradi tega razloga se prav tako brez prenehanja zahvaljujemo Bogu, kajti ko ste prejeli Božjo besedo, ki ste jo slišali od nas, je niste sprejeli kakor človeško besedo, temveč takšno, kot je v resnici, Božjo besedo, ki učinkovito deluje tudi v vas, ki verujete.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Messiah Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans;
Kajti vi, bratje, ste postali sledilci Božjih cerkvá, ki so v Judeji v Kristusu Jezusu; kajti tudi vi ste trpeli podobne stvari od svojih lastnih rojakov, takšne, kot so jih oni od Judov,
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;
ki so ubili tako Gospoda Jezusa kakor svoje lastne preroke in so preganjali nas; pa ne ugajajo Bogu in so nasprotni vsem ljudem.
16 forbidding us to speak to those who are not Jewish that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
Branijo nam govoriti poganom, da bi bili le-ti lahko rešeni in da bi vsakič dopolnili svoje grehe; kajti bes je prišel nadnje do skrajnosti.
17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Toda mi, bratje, ki smo bili za kratek čas vzeti od vaše navzočnosti, [toda] ne v srcu, smo si z velikim hrepenenjem toliko obilneje prizadevali, da vidimo vaše obličje.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Zato smo želeli priti k vam, celó jaz Pavel, enkrat in ponovno; toda Satan nas je zadržal.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Kajti kaj je naše upanje ali veselje ali krona radosti? Ali ne celó vi v prisotnosti našega Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa ob njegovem prihodu?
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
Kajti vi ste naša slava in veselje.
