帖撒羅尼迦前書 1

1 保祿和息耳瓦諾及弟茂德，致書給在天主父及主耶穌基督內得的得撒洛尼人的教會。祝你們恩寵及平安!

Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you.

2 我們常為你們眾人感謝天主，在祈禱常記念你們，不斷地，

We continually give thanks to God because of you all, while we make mention of you in our prayers.

3 在天主和我們的父前，記念你們因信德所作的工作，因愛德所受的勞苦，因盻我們的主耶穌基督所有的堅忍。

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

4 天主所愛的弟兄們，我們知道你們是蒙召選的，

knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God and that He has chosen you.

5 因為我們把福音傳到你們那裏，不僅在乎言語，而且也在乎德能和聖神，以及固信心；正如你們也知道，我們為了你們，在你們中是怎麼的人。

The Good News that we brought you did not come to you in words only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, for you know the sort of men we became among you, as examples for your sakes.

6 你們雖在許多困難中，卻懷著聖神的喜接受了聖道，成了效法我們和效法主的人，

And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master, after you had received the Message amid severe persecution, and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives,

7 甚致成了馬其頓和阿哈雅眾信徒的模範。

so that you became a pattern to all the believers throughout Macedonia and Greece.

8 因為主的聖由你們那裏，不僅聲聞於馬其頓和阿哈雅，而且你們對天主的信仰也傳了各地，以致不須要我們再說什麼。

For it was not only from you that the Master's Message sounded forth throughout Macedonia and Greece; but everywhere your faith in God has become known, so that it is unnecessary for us to say anything about it.

9 因為有他們傳述我們的事，說我們怎樣來到了你們那裏，你們怎樣離開偶像歸依了天主，為事奉永生的真天主，

For when others speak of us they report the reception we had from you, and how you turned from your idols to God, to be bondservants of the true and ever-living God,

10 並期待衪的聖子自天降下，就是衪使之從死中復活，為救我們脫免那要來的震怒的耶穌。

and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He raised from among the dead--even Jesus, our Deliverer from God's coming anger.