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 and Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 give thanks to God always for you all, making 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。

remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight 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，

because we know, brethren beloved of God, your election.

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。

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in full assurance, as you know what sort of persons we were among you 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 became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit,

7 甚致成了馬其頓和阿哈雅眾信徒的模範。

so that you were examples to all that believe, in Macedonia and Achaia.

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 from you, the word of the Lord sounded out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also your faith in God has gone abroad in every place, so that we have no need to speak any thing.

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 they themselves declare concerning us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true 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 wait for his Son from heaven, even Jesus, whom he raised from the dead, and who delivers us from the coming wrath.