1 Thessalonians 3
1 And so, as we could bear it no longer, we made up our minds to remain behind alone at Athens,
Zato, ko nismo mogli več potrpeti, smo mislili, da je dobro, da v Atenah ostanemo sami,
2 and sent Timothy, our dear friend and God’s minister of the good news of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in 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 so that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.
da ne bi bil noben človek omajan s temi stiskami, kajti vi sami veste, da smo določeni za to.
4 For, even while we were with you, we warned you beforehand that we were certain to encounter trouble. And so it proved, as 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 Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to 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, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us – always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing 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 on hearing this, we felt encouraged about you, friends, in the midst of all our difficulties and troubles, by your faith.
zato smo bili, bratje, po vaši veri potolaženi glede vas v vsej naši stiski in tegobi,
8 For it is new life to us to know that you are holding fast to the Lord.
kajti zdaj živimo, če vi trdno stojite v Gospodu.
9 How can we thank God enough for all the happiness that you are giving us in the sight of 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 we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and make good any deficiency in your faith.
Ponoči in podnevi silno prosimo, da bi lahko videli vaš obraz in lahko dovršili to, kar primanjkuje vaši veri.
11 May our God and Father himself, and Jesus, our Lord, make the way plain for us to come to you.
Torej sam Bog in naš Oče in naš Gospod Jezus Kristus [naj] našo pot usmerjata k vam.
12 And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for everyone, just as we are filled with love for 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 and so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.
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.
