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.
1Uostalom, braćo, molimo vas i zaklinjemo u Gospodinu Isusu: primili ste od nas kako treba da živite da biste ugodili Bogu. Vi tako i živite pa sve više napredujete!
2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
2Ta znate koje smo vam zapovijedi dali u Gospodinu Isusu.
3For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
3Doista, ovo je volja Božja: vaše posvećenje - da se uzdržavate od bludnosti,
4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
4da svatko od vas zna svoje tijelo posjedovati u svetosti i poštovanju,
5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God;
5a ne u pohotnoj strasti kao pogani koji ne poznaju Boga,
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.
6pa time ne prikraćivati i varati svoga brata. Jer Gospodin je osvetnik za sve to, kao što vam već rekosmo i posvjedočismo.
7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
7Bog nas, doista, nije pozvao na nečistoću, nego na svetost.
8Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
8Prema tome, tko to odbacuje, ne odbacuje čovjeka nego Boga koji svoga Duha Svetoga udahnjuje u vas.
9But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
9A o bratoljublju vam nije potrebno pisati. Ta i sami ste od Boga naučili ljubiti jedni druge,
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;
10a to doista i činite prema svoj braći u cijeloj Makedoniji. Samo vas, braćo, potičemo da u tom još više uznapredujete
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;
11pa da se trsite mirno živjeti, svoje činiti i raditi svojim rukama, kako smo vam zapovijedili,
12that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
12te tako časno živite prema onima vani i nikoga ne trebate.
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.
13Nećemo da budete u neznanju, braćo, o onima koji su usnuli, da ne tugujete kao drugi koji nemaju nade.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
14Doista, ako vjerujemo da je Isus umro i uskrsnuo, onda će Bog i one koji usnuše u Isusu, privesti zajedno s njime.
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.
15Ovo vam uistinu velimo po riječi Gospodnjoj: mi živi, preostali za Dolazak Gospodnji, nećemo preteći onih koji su usnuli.
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,
16Jer sam će Gospodin - na zapovijed, na glas arkanđelov, na zov trublje Božje - sići s neba. I najprije će uskrsnuti mrtvi u Kristu,
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.
17a zatim ćemo mi živi, preostali, zajedno s njima biti poneseni na oblacima u susret Gospodinu, u zrak. I tako ćemo uvijek biti s Gospodinom.
18Therefore comfort one another with these words.
18Tješite se dakle uzajamno ovim riječima!