1 Thessalonians 1

1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

Pavel in Silván ter Timótej cerkvi Tesaloníčanov, ki je v Bogu Očetu in v Gospodu Jezusu Kristusu: ›Milost bodi vam in mir od Boga, našega Očeta in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa.‹

2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

Vedno se za vas vse zahvaljujemo Bogu in vas omenjamo v svojih molitvah,

3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

ko se brez prenehanja spominjamo vašega dela vere in truda ljubezni ter potrpežljivosti upanja v našega Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, pred očmi Boga in našega Očeta;

4 Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

ker poznamo, ljubljeni bratje, vašo izvolitev od Boga.

5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

Kajti naš evangelij ni prišel k vam samo v besedi, temveč tudi v moči in v Svetem Duhu in v precejšnjem zagotovilu; kakor veste, kakšne vrste ljudje smo bili med vami zaradi vas.

6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

In vi ste postali naši in Gospodovi sledilci, ker ste besedo sprejeli v veliki stiski, z veseljem Svetega Duha,

7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

tako da ste bili zgledi vsem, ki verujejo v Makedoniji in Ahaji.

8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

Kajti od vas je odmevala Gospodova beseda ne samo po Makedoniji in Ahaji, temveč se je vaša, do Boga usmerjena vera, razširila tudi naokoli, po vsakem kraju; tako da nam ni treba karkoli govoriti,

9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

kajti oni sami so o nas prikazali kakšne vrste prihod smo imeli k vam in kako ste se od malikov obrnili k Bogu, da služite živemu in resničnemu Bogu;

10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

in da čakate na njegovega Sina iz nebes, ki ga je obudil od mrtvih, celó Jezusa, ki nas je osvobodil pred besom, ki pride.