1 Thessalonians 1

1 PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Pavel in Silvan in Timotej občini Tesaloničanov v Bogu očetu in Gospodu Jezusu Kristusu; milost vam in mir od Boga očeta našega in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa!

2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

Zahvaljujemo se Bogu vedno za vas vse, spominjajoč se vas v molitvah svojih,

3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Neprestano spominjajoč se dela vašega v veri in truda v ljubezni, in stanovitnosti v tipanji Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, pred Bogom in očetom našim;

4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

Vedóč, bratje ljubljeni od Boga, za izvoljenje vaše;

5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

Da evangelj naš ni prišel samo v besedi do vas, nego tudi v moči in v Duhu svetem, in v mnogem prepričanji, kakor veste, kakošni smo med vami postali za vas.

6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

In vi ste postali posnemalci naši in Gospodovi, sprejemši besedo, v mnogi stiski z veseljem Duha svetega,

7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

Tako da ste postali zgled vsem verujočim v Macedoniji in Ahaji.

8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

Kajti od vas je zadonela beseda Gospodova ne samo po Macedoniji in Ahaji, nego tudi v vsakem kraji razširila se je vaša vera v Boga, tako da nam ni treba kaj govoriti.

9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Kajti sami oznanjajo za nas, kak smo imeli prihod k vam, in kako ste se obrnili k Bogu od malikov, služit Bogu živemu in resničnemu,

10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

In čakat sina njegovega iz nebés, katerega je zbudil izmed mrtvih, Jezusa, ki nas rešuje jeze prihodnje.