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

¹For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,

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

²but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

³Meie manitsused ei tulene eksitusest ega ebapuhtusest ega pettusest.

³For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

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.

⁴But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

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

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

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

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

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

⁷But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

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

⁸Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

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

⁹For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

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

¹⁰You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

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

¹¹As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

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

¹²to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

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.

¹³For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

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,

¹⁴For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

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

¹⁵who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please God, and are contrary to all men;

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

¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

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

¹⁷But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

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

¹⁸because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

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

¹⁹For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus TR adds “Christ” at his coming?

²⁰Jah, teie olete meie kirkus ja rõõm!

²⁰For you are our glory and our joy.