Prva poslanica Solunjanima 4

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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 Finally, brothers, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God--and as you are conducting yourselves--you do so even more.
2 Ta znate koje smo vam zapovijedi dali u Gospodinu Isusu.	2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Doista, ovo je volja Božja: vaše posvećenje – da se suzdržavate od bludnosti,	3 This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality,
4 da svatko od vas zna svoje tijelo posjedovati u svetosti i poštovanju,	4 that each of you know how to acquire a wife for himself in holiness and honor,
5 a ne u pohotnoj strasti kao pogani koji ne poznaju Boga,	5 not in lustful passion as do 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 not to take advantage of or exploit a brother in this matter, for the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you before and solemnly affirmed.
7 Bog nas, doista, nije pozvao na nečistoću, nego na svetost.	7 For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.
8 Prema tome, tko to odbacuje, ne odbacuje čovjeka, nego Boga koji svoga Duha Svetoga udahnjuje u vas.	8 Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not a human being but God, who (also) gives his holy Spirit to you.
9 A o bratoljublju vam nije potrebno pisati. Ta i sami ste od Boga naučili ljubiti jedni druge,	9 On the subject of mutual charity you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to 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 Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,
11 pa da se trsite mirno živjeti, svoje činiti i raditi svojim rukama, kako smo vam zapovjedili,	11 and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your (own) hands, as we instructed you,
12 te tako časno živite prema onima vani i nikoga ne trebate.	12 that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not depend on anyone.
13 Nećemo da budete u neznanju, braćo, o onima koji su usnuli, da ne tugujete kao drugi koji nemaju nade.	13 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no 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 died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
15 Ovo vam uistinu velimo po riječi Gospodnjoj: mi živi, preostali za dolazak Gospodnji, nećemo preteći onih koji su usnuli.	15 Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely 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 word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise 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 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Tješite se dakle uzajamno ovim riječima!	18 Therefore, console one another with these words.