¹For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

¹Teie, vennad, teate ju meie tulekut teie juurde, et see ei ole läinud tühja.

²but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

²Kuigi me just enne, nagu te teate, olime kannatanud ja meid teotati Filippi linnas, andis Jumal meile siiski julguse kuulutada Jumala evangeeliumi suure võitlusega.

³For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

³Meie manitsused ei tulene eksitusest ega ebapuhtusest ega pettusest.

⁴but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

⁴Vastupidi, me räägime nõnda, nagu Jumal meid on arvanud kõlblikuks, et usaldada meie kätte evangeelium: me ei räägi, et meeldida inimestele, vaid Jumalale, kes meie südamed läbi katsub.

⁵For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

⁵Sest nagu te teate, ei ole me kunagi tulnud lipitsevate kõnedega ega ajendatuna ahnusest, Jumal on tunnistajaks.

⁶nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

⁶Me ei otsi kiitust inimestelt, ei teilt ega muilt,

⁷But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

⁷kuigi me kui Kristuse apostlid oleksime võinud olla tähtsad; vaid me olime malbed teie keskel, nii nagu toitja ema hellitab oma lapsi;

⁸even 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.

⁸nõnda oleksime meiegi hellusest teie vastu andnud heameelega teile mitte üksnes Jumala evangeeliumi, vaid ka oma hinge, kuna te olite saanud meile armsaks.

⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

⁹Teie ju mäletate, vennad, meie vaeva ja pingutust! Töötades ööd ja päevad, et mitte saada koormaks kellelegi teist, kuulutasime teile Jumala evangeeliumi.

¹⁰Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

¹⁰Teie ja Jumal olete tunnistajaks, kui vagalt ja õiglaselt ja laitmatult me oleme käitunud teiega, kes te usute;

¹¹as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,

¹¹nagu te teate sedagi, kuidas me igaühte teie seast otsekui isa oma lapsi

¹²to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.

¹²julgustasime ja lohutasime ja keelitasime, et te elaksite Jumala vääriliselt, kes teid kutsub oma kuningriiki ja kirkusse.

¹³And 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.

¹³Ja seepärast me tänamegi alatasa Jumalat, et kui te meie käest saite kuulda Jumala sõna, siis te ei võtnud seda vastu mitte inimeste sõnana, vaid sellena, mida see tõepoolest on - Jumala sõnana, mis on tegev ka teis, kes te usute.

¹⁴For 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;

¹⁴Sest teie, vennad, olete saanud nende Kristuses Jeesuses olevate Jumala koguduste järgijaiks, mis on Juudamaal, sest teiegi olete saanud kannatada oma suguvendade poolt, niisamuti nagu nemad juutide poolt,

¹⁵who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

¹⁵kes tapsid ka Issanda Jeesuse ning prohvetid ja kiusasid meid taga; nemad ei ole Jumalale meelepärased ja on kõigi inimeste vastased,

¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁶takistades meid rääkimast paganaile nende päästmiseks; nii täidavad nad igati oma pattude mõõtu. Aga viha on jõudnud nende peale lõplikult.

¹⁷But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

¹⁷Meie aga, vennad, olles mõnda aega teist lahutatud küll palge, mitte südame poolest, oleme suure igatsusega soovinud näha teie palet.

¹⁸because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.

¹⁸Seepärast oleme tahtnud - mina, Paulus, küll rohkem kui korra - tulla tagasi teie juurde, kuid saatan on meid takistanud.

¹⁹For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

¹⁹Sest kes on meie lootus, meie rõõm, meie kiitlemise aupärg meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse palge ees tema tulemisel kui mitte teie?

²⁰For ye are our glory and our joy.

²⁰Jah, teie olete meie kirkus ja rõõm!