1 Thessalonians, 4

1. Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.

1. Uostalom, braæo, molimo vas i zaklinjemo u Gospodinu Isusu: primili ste od nas kako treba da živite da biste ugodili Bogu. Vi tako i živite pa sve više napredujete!

2. For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.

2. Ta znate koje smo vam zapovijedi dali u Gospodinu Isusu.

3. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication,

3. Doista, ovo je volja Božja: vaše posveæenje - da se uzdržavate od bludnosti,

4. that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

4. da svatko od vas zna svoje tijelo posjedovati u svetosti i poštovanju,

5. not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,

5. a ne u pohotnoj strasti kao pogani koji ne poznaju Boga,

6. and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.

6. pa time ne prikraæivati i varati svoga brata. Jer Gospodin je osvetnik za sve to, kao što vam veæ rekosmo i posvjedoèismo.

7. For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.

7. Bog nas, doista, nije pozvao na neèistoæu, nego na svetost.

8. And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.

8. Prema tome, tko to odbacuje, ne odbacuje èovjeka nego Boga koji svoga Duha Svetoga udahnjuje u vas.

9. But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.

9. A o bratoljublju vam nije potrebno pisati. Ta i sami ste od Boga nauèili ljubiti jedni druge,

10. For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more,

10. a to doista i èinite prema svoj braæi u cijeloj Makedoniji. Samo vas, braæo, potièemo da u tom još više uznapredujete

11. to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,

11. pa da se trsite mirno živjeti, svoje èiniti i raditi svojim rukama, kako smo vam zapovijedili,

12. and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.

12. te tako èasno živite prema onima vani i nikoga ne trebate.

13. And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.

13. Neæemo da budete u neznanju, braæo, o onima koji su usnuli, da ne tugujete kao drugi koji nemaju nade.

14. For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.

14. Doista, ako vjerujemo da je Isus umro i uskrsnuo, onda æe Bog i one koji usnuše u Isusu, privesti zajedno s njime.

15. For we say this to you, in the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive, who remain until the return of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

15. Ovo vam uistinu velimo po rijeèi Gospodnjoj: mi živi, preostali za Dolazak Gospodnji, neæemo preteæi onih koji su usnuli.

16. For the Lord himself, with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven. And the dead, who are in Christ, shall rise up first.

16. Jer sam æe Gospodin - na zapovijed, na glas arkanðelov, na zov trublje Božje - siæi s neba. I najprije æe uskrsnuti mrtvi u Kristu,

17. Next, we who are alive, who are remaining, shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air. And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always.

17. a zatim æemo mi živi, preostali, zajedno s njima biti poneseni na oblacima u susret Gospodinu, u zrak. I tako æemo uvijek biti s Gospodinom.

18. Therefore, console one another with these words.

18. Tješite se dakle uzajamno ovim rijeèima!