1 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Paulo, Silwano na Timotheo kwa kanisa la Wathesalonike katika Mungu Baba na Bwana Yesu Kristo. Neema na amani iwe nanyi.
2 We always give thanks to God for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,
Tunatoa shukrani kwa Mungu kila mara kwa ajili yenu nyote, wakati tunapowataja katika maombi yetu.
3 unceasingly remembering your work of faith, and the labor of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
Tunaikumbuka bila kukoma mbele ya Mungu na baba yetu kazi yenu ya imani, juhudi ya upendo, na uvumilivu wenye ujasiri kwa ajili ya baadaye katika Bwana Yesu Kristo.
4 having known, beloved brothers, by God, your [divine] selection,
Ndugu Mnaopendwa na Mungu, tunajua wito wenu.
5 because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as you have known of what sort we became among you for your sake,
Na jinsi injili yetu ilivyokuja kwenu si kwa neno tu, bali pia katika nguvu, katika Roho Mtakatifu, na katika uhakika. Kwa namna hiyo, mnajua pia sisi tulikuwa watu wa namna gani miongoni mwenu kwa ajili yenu.
6 and you became imitators of us and of the LORD, having received the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,
Mlikuwa watu wa kutuiga sisi na Bwana, kama mlivyopokea neno katika taabu kwa furaha itokayo kwa Roho Mtakatifu.
7 so that you became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,
Na matokeo yake, mkawa mfano kwa wote katika Makedonia na Akaiya ambao wanaamini.
8 for from you has sounded forth the word of the LORD, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God went forth, so that we have no need to say anything,
Kwa kuwa kutoka kwenu neno la Mungu limeenea kote, na si kwa Mekadonia na Akaiya peke yake. Badala yake, kwa kila mahali imani yenu katika Mungu imeenea kote. Na matokeo yake, hatuhitaji kusema chochote.
9 for they themselves declare concerning us what entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,
Kwa kuwa wao wenyewe wanaarifu ujio wetu ulikuwa wa namna gani kati yenu. Wanasimulia jinsi mulivyomgeukia Mungu kutoka katika sanamu na kumtumikia Mungu aliye hai na wa kweli.
10 and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He raised out of the dead—Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.
Walitoa habari kuwa mnamsubiri Mwana wake kutoka mbinguni, aliyefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu. Na huyu ni Yesu, anayetuweka huru kutoka kwenye ghadhabu ijayo.
