Prva poslanica Solunjanima 4

Biblija Hrvatski	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Uostalom, 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!	1 Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.
2 Ta znate koje smo vam zapovijedi dali u Gospodinu Isusu.	2 For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Doista, ovo je volja Božja: vaše posvećenje – da se suzdržavate od bludnosti,	3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication,
4 da svatko od vas zna svoje tijelo posjedovati u svetosti i poštovanju,	4 that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 a ne u pohotnoj strasti kao pogani koji ne poznaju Boga,	5 not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
6 pa time ne prikraćivati i varati svoga brata. Jer Gospodin je osvetnik za sve to, kao što vam već rekosmo i posvjedočismo.	6 and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.
7 Bog nas, doista, nije pozvao na nečistoću, nego na svetost.	7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.
8 Prema tome, tko to odbacuje, ne odbacuje čovjeka, nego Boga koji svoga Duha Svetoga udahnjuje u vas.	8 And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.
9 A o bratoljublju vam nije potrebno pisati. Ta i sami ste od Boga naučili ljubiti jedni druge,	9 But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
10 a to doista i činite prema svoj braći u cijeloj Makedoniji. Samo vas, braćo, potičemo da u tom još više uznapredujete	10 For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more,
11 pa da se trsite mirno živjeti, svoje činiti i raditi svojim rukama, kako smo vam zapovjedili,	11 to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,
12 te tako časno živite prema onima vani i nikoga ne trebate.	12 and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.
13 Nećemo da budete u neznanju, braćo, o onima koji su usnuli, da ne tugujete kao drugi koji nemaju nade.	13 And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.
14 Doista, ako vjerujemo da je Isus umro i uskrsnuo, onda će Bog i one koji usnuše u Isusu, privesti zajedno s njime.	14 For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.
15 Ovo vam uistinu velimo po riječi Gospodnjoj: mi živi, preostali za dolazak Gospodnji, nećemo preteći onih koji su usnuli.	15 For we say this to you, in the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive, who remain until the return of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 Jer sam će Gospodin – na zapovijed, na glas arkanđelov, na zov trublje Božje – sići s neba. I najprije će uskrsnuti mrtvi u Kristu,	16 For the Lord himself, with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven. And the dead, who are in Christ, shall rise up first.
17 a zatim ćemo mi živi, preostali, zajedno s njima biti poneseni na oblacima u susret Gospodinu, u zrak. I tako ćemo uvijek biti s Gospodinom.	17 Next, we who are alive, who are remaining, shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air. And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always.
18 Tješite se dakle uzajamno ovim riječima!	18 Therefore, console one another with these words.