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

¹Lebo sami viete, bratia, o našom príchode k vám, že nebol daromný;

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.

²ale hoci sme aj predtým mnoho pretrpeli a boli pohanení, jako viete, vo Filipách, odhodlali sme sa smele vo svojom Bohu hovoriť vám evanjelium Božie v mnohom boji.

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

³Lebo naše napomínanie nepochádzalo z bludu ani z nečistoty ani sa nedialo v lesti.

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.

⁴ale jako nás Bôh uznal za hodných byť poverenými evanjeliom, tak hovoríme, nie ako takí, ktorí sa chcú ľúbiť ľuďom, ale Bohu, ktorý zkúša naše srdcia.

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

⁵Lebo ani sme nikdy nepoužili lichotného slova, jako viete, ani zámienky lakomstva, Bôh je svedok;

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

⁶ani sme nehľadali od ľudí chvály, ani od vás ani od iných, hoci sme si mohli dodať vážnosti jako Kristovi apoštolovia.

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

⁷Ale sme boli láskaví medzi vami, sťa by kojaca matka nežne k sebe vinula a opatrovala svoje vlastné deti.

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.

⁸A naplnení súc takou srdečnou láskou naproti vám hotoví sme boli dať vám nie len evanjelium Božie, ale aj svoje vlastné duše, pretože ste sa nám stali takí milí.

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.

⁹Lebo veď sa pamätáte, bratia, na našu úsilnú prácu a námahu, lebo sme pracovali dňom i nocou, aby sme nikomu z vás neboli na ťarchu a tak sme vám hlásali evanjelium Božie.

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

¹⁰Vy ste svedkami i Bôh, ako sväte, spravedlive a bezúhonne sme sa vám veriacim chovali

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,

¹¹a že sme, jako viete, jedného každého z vás ako otec svoje vlastné deti napomínali a povzbudzovali

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

¹²a osvedčovali, aby ste chodili hodne Boha, ktorý vás povoláva do svojho kráľovstva a do svojej slávy.

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.

¹³A preto aj my neprestajne ďakujeme Bohu, že prijmúc od nás slovo zvesti Božej neprijali ste slová ľudí, ale - jako je pravda - slovo Božie, ktoré aj mocne pôsobí vo vás veriacich.

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;

¹⁴Lebo vy ste sa, bratia, stali nasledovníkmi cirkví Božích, ktoré sú v Judsku v Kristu Ježišovi, lebo aj vy ste pretrpeli to isté od svojich vlastných súkmeňovcov ako aj oni od Židov,

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

¹⁵ktorí aj Pána Ježiša zabili aj svojich vlastných prorokov aj nás prenasledujúc vyhnali a Bohu sa neľúbia a sú protivní všetkým ľuďom

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.

¹⁶a bránia nám hovoriť pohanom, aby neboli spasení, aby vždycky doplnili svoje hriechy, ale náhle prišiel na nich hnev Boží ku koncu.

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:

¹⁷Ale my, bratia, osirotejúc násilným odlúčením od vás, na krátky čas, tvárou, nie srdcom, tým viacej sme sa usilovali vidieť vašu tvár s velikou túžbou.

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

¹⁸Preto sme chceli prijsť k vám, ja Pavel, i raz i dva razy, ale nám prekazil satan.

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

¹⁹Lebo veď kto je našou nádejou alebo radosťou alebo korunou chlúby - či azda nie aj vy pred naším Pánom Ježišom Kristom, keď prijde?!

²⁰For ye are our glory and our joy.

²⁰Lebo vy ste našou slávou a radosťou.