1 Thessalonians 2
1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
Jer sami znate, braæo, ulazak naš k vama da ne bi uzalud;
2 but having suffered before, and been shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.
Nego postradavši prije i osramoæeni bivši, kao što znate, u Filibi, oslobodismo se u Bogu svojemu kazivati vama jevanðelje Božije s velikom borbom.
3 For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
Jer utjeha naša nije od prijevare, ni od neèistote, ni u lukavstvu;
4 but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God which proveth our hearts.
Nego kako nas okuša Bog da smo vjerni da primimo jevanðelje, tako govorimo, ne kao ljudima ugaðajuæi nego Bogu koji kuša srca naša.
5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;
Jer nigda iz laskanja ne govorismo k vama, kao što znate, niti iz uzroka lakomstva: Bog je svjedok;
6 nor seeking glory of men, neither from you, nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as apostles of Christ.
Niti tražeæi od ljudi slave, ni od vas, ni od drugijeh.
7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
Mogli smo vam biti na dosadu, kao Hristovi apostoli; ali bismo krotki meðu vama, kao što dojilica njeguje svoju djecu.
8 even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.
Tako smo vas rado imali da smo gotovi bili dati vam ne samo jevanðelje Božije, nego i duše svoje, jer ste nam omiljeli.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Jer pamtite, braæo, trud naš i posao: jer dan i noæ radeæi da ne dosadimo nijednome od vas, propovijedasmo vam jevanðelje Božije.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
Vi ste svjedoci i Bog kako sveti i pravedni i bez krivice bismo vama koji vjerujete,
11 as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,
Kao što znate da svakoga vas kao otac djecu svoju
12 to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
Molismo i utješavasmo, i svjedoèismo vam da živite kao što se pristoji Bogu, koji vas je prizvao u svoje carstvo i slavu.
13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
Toga radi i mi zahvaljujemo Bogu bez prestanka što vi primivši od nas rijeè èuvenja Božijega primiste ne kao rijeè èovjeèiju, nego kao što zaista jest) rijeè Božiju, koja i èini u vama koji vjerujete.
14 For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
Jer vi, braæo, proðoste kao crkve Božije koje su u Judeji u Hristu Isusu; jer tako i vi postradaste od svojega roda kao i oni od Jevreja,
15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drave out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
Koji ubiše i Gospoda Isusa i proroke njegove, i koji nas istjeraše, i Bogu ne ugodiše, i koji se svijem ljudima protive,
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins alway: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
I zabranjuju nam kazivati neznabošcima da se spasu; da ispune grijehe svoje svagda; ali napošljetku doðe gnjev na njih.
17 But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
A mi, braæo, osirotjevši za vama neko vrijeme licem a ne srcem, veæma hiæasmo da vidimo lice vaše s velikom željom.
18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
Zato šæadijasmo da doðemo k vama, ja Pavle jednom i drugom, i zabrani nam sotona.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Jer ko je naš nad ili radost, ili vijenac slave? Nijeste li i vi pred Gospodom našijem Isusom Hristom o njegovu dolasku?
20 For ye are our glory and our joy.
Jer ste vi naša slava i radost.
