¹Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

¹A tak ostatne, bratia, prosíme vás a napomíname v Pánu Ježišovi, aby ste v tom, ako ste prijali od nás, ako sa máte chovať a ľúbiť sa Bohu, jako sa aj chováte, aby ste v tom ešte väčšmi hojneli.

²For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

²Lebo viete, ktoré príkazy sme vám dali skrze Pána Ježiša.

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

³Lebo to je vôľa Božia - vaše posvätenie, aby ste sa zdŕžali od smilstva,

⁴That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

⁴aby jeden každý z vás vedel zaobchodiť so svojou nádobou v posvätení a v česti,

⁵Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

⁵nie v náruživosti žiadosti jako aj pohania, ktorí neznajú Boha,

⁶That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

⁶aby neprekračoval a nekoristil vo veci svojho brata, pretože je Pán pomstiteľom všetkého toho, jako sme vám už aj prv povedali a osvedčili.

⁷For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

⁷Lebo nepovolal nás Bôh nato, aby sme žili v nečistote, ale v posvätení.

⁸He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

⁸Preto v tedy, kto opovrhuje, neopovrhuje človekom, ale Bohom, ktorý aj dáva svojho Svätého Ducha do nás.

⁹But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

⁹A o bratskej láske vám netreba písať, lebo vy ste sami vyučení od Boha, aby ste sa milovali navzájom.

¹⁰And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

¹⁰Lebo to aj činíte všetkým bratom v celej Macedonii. Ale vás napomíname, bratia, aby ste v tom ešte viac hojneli.

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

¹¹A snažte sa všemožne byť ticho a konať svoje a pracovať svojimi vlastnými rukami, tak ako sme vám prikázali,

¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

¹²aby ste sa chovali slušne pred tými, ktorí sú vonku, a nepotrebovali nikoho.

¹³But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

¹³Ale nechceme, bratia, aby ste nevedeli o tých, ktorí zosnuli, aby ste sa nermútili jako aj ostatní, ktorí nemajú nádeje.

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

¹⁴Lebo ak veríme, že Ježiš zomrel i vstal z mŕtvych, tak i Bôh tých, ktorí zosnuli, skrze Ježiša privedie s ním.

¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

¹⁵Lebo to vám hovoríme slovom Pánovým, že my živí, ponechaní do príchodu Pánovho, istotne nepredstihneme tých, ktorí zosnuli.

¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

¹⁶Lebo sám Pán s veliteľským povelom, s hlasom archanjela a s trúbou Božou sostúpi s neba, a mŕtvi v Kristu vstanú najprv;

¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁷potom my živí ponechaní budeme razom s nimi vychvátení v oblakoch v ústrety Pánovi do povetria. A takto budeme vždycky s Pánom.

¹⁸Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

¹⁸Takže sa potešujte navzájom týmito slovami.