1 Thessalonians 4
1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Yeshua, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
Nadalje vas potem rotimo, bratje in vas spodbujamo po Gospodu Jezusu, da kakor ste od nas prejeli, kako bi morali živeti in ugajati Bogu, tako da bi bili bolj in bolj obilni.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Yeshua.
Kajti veste, kakšne zapovedi smo vam dali po Gospodu Jezusu.
3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
Kajti to je Božja volja, celó vaše posvečenje, da naj bi se vzdržali pred prešuštvovanjem,
4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honour,
da bi vsakdo izmed vas vedel, kako čuvati svojo posodo v posvečenju in časti;
5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
ne [pa] v poželenju pohotnosti, tako kakor pogani, ki ne poznajo 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 noben človek ne gre preko in ne goljufa svojega brata v katerikoli zadevi; zato ker je Gospod maščevalec vsega tega, kakor smo vas tudi mi svarili in pričevali.
7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Kajti Bog nas ni poklical k nečistosti, temveč v svetost.
8 Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
Kdor torej prezira, ne prezira človeka, temveč Boga, ki nam je prav tako dal svojega Svetega Duha.
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,
Toda glede bratoljúbja ne potrebujete, da vam pišem, kajti vi sami ste od Boga poučeni, da ljubite drug drugega.
10 for indeed you do it towards all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
In zares to delajte do vseh bratov, ki so po vsej Makedoniji. Toda rotimo vas, bratje, da bolj in 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 se učite biti mirni ter opravljati svoje lastno opravilo in da delate s svojimi lastnimi rokami, kakor smo vam zapovedali;
12 that you may walk properly towards those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
da boste lahko živeli iskreno do teh, ki so zunaj in da ne boste ničesar potrebovali.
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.
Toda ne želim, da bi bili vi nevedni, bratje, glede teh, ki so zaspali, da ne žalujete, tako kakor drugi, ki nimajo upanja.
14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua.
Kajti če verujemo, da je Jezus umrl in ponovno vstal, bo točno tako tudi tiste, ki spijo v Jezusu, Bog privedel 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.
Kajti to vam rečemo po Gospodovi besedi, da mi, ki smo živi in ostanemo do Gospodovega prihoda, ne bomo vodili teh, ki so zaspali.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s shofar. The dead in Messiah will rise first,
Kajti sam Gospod se bo spustil iz nebes z vzklikom, z glasom nadangela in z Božjo trobento; in prvi bodo vstali mrtvi v Kristusu.
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 pa bomo mi, ki smo živi in preostanemo, vzeti skupaj z njimi v oblake, da srečamo Gospoda v zraku, in tako bomo vedno z Gospodom.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Zato drug drugega tolažite s temi besedami.
