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.

¹Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

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

²For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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

³For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

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

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

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

⁵not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God;

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

⁶that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

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

⁷For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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

⁸Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

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

⁹But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

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

¹⁰for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

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

¹¹and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

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

¹²that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

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

¹³But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

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

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

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

¹⁵For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

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

¹⁶For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

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

¹⁷then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

¹⁸Takže sa potešujte navzájom týmito slovami.

¹⁸Therefore comfort one another with these words.