1 Thessalonians 1

1 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.

Od Pavla i Silvana i Timotija crkvi Solunskoj u Bogu ocu i Gospodu Isusu Hristu: blagodat vam i mir od Boga oca našega i Gospoda Isusa Hrista.

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

Zahvaljujemo Bogu svagda za sve vas spominjuæi vas u molitvama svojima,

3 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;

I spominjuæi bez prestanka vaše djelo vjere, i trud ljubavi, i trpljenje nada Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista, pred Bogom i ocem našijem,

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

Znajuæi, braæo ljubazna, od Boga izbor vaš.

5 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.

Jer jevanðelje naše ne bi k vama samo u rijeèi nego i u sili i u Duhu svetome, i u velikom priznanju, kao što znate kakovi bismo meðu vama vas radi.

6 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,

I vi se ugledaste na nas i na Gospoda primivši rijeè u velikoj nevolji s radošæu Duha svetoga,

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

Tako da postadoste ugled svima koji vjeruju u Maæedoniji i u Ahaji.

8 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.

Jer se od vas promèe rijeè Gospodnja ne samo u Maæedoniji i Ahaji, nego i u svako mjesto iziðe vjera vaša u Boga tako da nam nije trijebe što govoriti.

9 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,

Jer oni obznanjuju za vas kakav ulazak imasmo k vama, i kako se obratiste Bogu od idola, da služite Bogu živu i istinu,

10 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.

I da èekate sina njegova s nebesa kojega vaskrse iz mrtvijeh, Isusa, koji nas izbavlja od gnjeva koji æe doæi.