1 Thessalonians, 2

1. For you yourselves know, brothers, that our acceptance among you was not empty.

1. Sami doista znate, braæo: naš dolazak k vama nije bio uzaludan.

2. Instead, having previously suffered and been treated shamefully, as you know, at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, so as to speak the Gospel of God to you with much solicitude.

2. Naprotiv, i pošto smo, kako znate, u Filipima trpjeli i bili pogrðeni, odvažismo se u Bogu našemu iznijeti vam, uz tešku borbu, evanðelje Božje.

3. For our exhortation was not in error, nor from impurity, nor with deception.

3. Uistinu, naše poticanje ne proistjeèe iz zablude, ni neèistoæe, ni prijevare,

4. But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.

4. nego kako je Bog prosudio povjeriti nam evanðelje, tako ga i navješæujemo - ne kao da želimo ugoditi ljudima, nego Bogu koji prosuðuje srca naša.

5. And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.

5. Nikada se zaista kako znate, ne poslužismo ni laskavom rijeèju ni - Bog nam je svjedok - prikrivenom pohlepom.

6. Nor did we seek the glory of men, neither from you, nor from others.

6. Niti smo od ljudi iskali slavu - ni od vas, ni od drugih -

7. And although we could have been a burden to you, as Apostles of Christ, instead we became like little ones in your midst, like a nurse cherishing her children.

7. premda smo se mogli nametnuti kao Kristovi apostoli. Ali bili smo meðu vama nježni kao majka što hrani i njeguje svoju djecu.

8. So desirous were we for you that we were willing to hand over to you, not only the Gospel of God, but even our own souls. For you have become most beloved to us.

8. Tako, puni ljubavi prema vama, htjedosmo vam predati ne samo evanðelje Božje nego i naše duše jer ste nam omiljeli.

9. For you remember, brothers, our hardship and weariness. We preached the Gospel of God among you, working night and day, so that we would not be burdensome to any of you.

9. Sjeæate se doista, braæo, našega truda i napora. Propovijedali smo vam evanðelje Božje i radili noæu i danju da ne bismo opteretili koga od vas.

10. You are witnesses, as is God, of how holy and just and blameless we were with you who have believed.

10. Svjedoci ste vi i Bog kako smo se sveto, pravedno i besprijekorno vladali prema vama, vjernicima.

11. And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons,

11. Kao što znate, svakoga smo od vas kao otac svoju djecu,

12. in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.

12. poticali, sokolili i zaklinjali da živite dostojno Boga koji vas pozva u svoje kraljevstvo i slavu.

13. For this reason also, we give thanks to God without ceasing: because, when you had accepted from us the Word of the hearing of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but (as it truly is) as the Word of God, who is working in you who have believed.

13. Zato, eto, i mi bez prestanka zahvaljujemo Bogu što ste, kad od nas primiste rijeè poruke Božje, primili ne rijeè ljudsku, nego kakva uistinu jest, rijeè Božju koja i djeluje u vama, vjernicima.

14. For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God which are at Judea, in Christ Jesus. For you, too, have suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen as they have suffered from the Jews,

14. Doista, vi ste, braæo, postali nasljedovatelji crkava Božjih koje su u Judeji u Kristu Isusu: i vi isto trpite od svojih suplemenika što i oni od Židova,

15. who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.

15. koji su i Gospodina Isusa i proroke ubili, i nas progonili, te Bogu ne ugaðaju i svim se ljudima protive

16. They prohibit us to speak to the Gentiles, so that they may be saved, and thus do they continually add to their own sins. But the wrath of God will overtake them in the very end.

16. kad nam prijeèe propovijedati poganima da se spase, da bi tako u svako vrijeme navršili mjeru zlodjela svojih. Ali sruèio se na njih konaèni gnjev.

17. And we, brothers, having been deprived of you for a short time, in sight, but not in heart, have hurried all the more to see your face, with a great desire.

17. A mi, braæo, pošto smo za kratko vrijeme ostali bez vas - licem, ne srcem - brže se bolje, u silnoj èežnji, požurismo ugledati vaše lice.

18. For we wanted to come to you, (indeed, I, Paul, attempted to do so once, and then again,) but Satan impeded us.

18. Zaista, htjedosmo k vama - ja, Pavao, i jednom i dvaput - ali nas je sprijeèio Sotona.

19. For what is our hope, and our joy, and our crown of glory? Is it not you, before our Lord Jesus Christ at his return?

19. Ta tko li æe biti naša nada, radost ili vijenac dièni - zar možda ne i vi? - pred Gospodinom našim Isusom o njegovu Dolasku?

20. For you are our glory and our joy.

20. Vi ste doista slava naša i radost!