¹Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you

¹A što se tiče Dolaska Gospodina našega Isusa Krista i našeg okupljanja oko njega, molimo vas, braćo:

²not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come.

²ne dajte se brzo pokolebati u svom shvaćanju niti uznemiriti ni nekim duhom, ni nekom riječju, ni nekim tobože našim pismom, kao da će sad-na Dan Gospodnji.

³Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

³Neka vas nitko ne zavede ni na koji način. Jer ako prije ne dođe onaj otpad i ne otkrije se Čovjek bezakonja, Sin propasti,

⁴he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

⁴Protivnik, onaj koji uzdiže sebe protiv svega što se zove Bog ili svetinja, dotle da i u Božji hram zasjedne gradeći se Bogom...

⁵Don’t you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?

⁵Ne sjećate li se, to sam vam govorio dok sam još bio među vama?

⁶Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

⁶I sada znate što ga zadržava da bi se pojavio tek u svoje vrijeme.

⁷For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

⁷Doista, otajstvo bezakonja već je na djelu, samo ima tko da ga sada zadržava dok ne bude uklonjen.

⁸Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

⁸Tada će se otkriti Bezakonik. Njega će Gospodin Isus pogubiti dahom usta i uništiti pojavkom Dolaska svoga -

⁹even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

⁹njega koji djelovanjem Sotoninim dolazi sa svom silom, lažnim znamenjima i čudesima

¹⁰and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹⁰i sa svim nepravednim zavaravanjem onih koji propadaju poradi toga što ne prihvatiše ljubavi prema istini da bi se spasili.

¹¹Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;

¹¹I zato im Bog šalje djelovanje zavodničko da povjeruju laži

¹²that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

¹²te budu osuđeni svi koji nisu povjerovali istini, nego su se odlučili za nepravednost.

¹³But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

¹³Mi pak moramo uvijek zahvaljivati Bogu za vas, braćo od Gospodina ljubljena, što vas je od početka odabrao za spasenje, posvećenjem u Duhu i vjerom u istinu.

¹⁴to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴Da, na to vas pozva po našem evanđelju - na posjedovanje slave Gospodina našega Isusa Krista.

¹⁵So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

¹⁵Stoga braćo, čvrsto stojte i držite se predaja u kojima ste poučeni bilo našom riječju, bilo pismom.

¹⁶Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

¹⁶A sam Gospodin naš Isus Krist i Bog, Otac naš, koji nas uzljubi i koji nam po milosti dade trajno ohrabrenje i dobru nadu,

¹⁷comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

¹⁷neka ohrabri vaša srca i neka ih učvrsti u svakom dobru djelu i riječi!