1 Thessalonians 1

1 Poul, and Siluan, and Tymothe, to the chirche of Tessalonicensis, in God the fadir,

Παῦλος, καὶ Σιλουανὸς, καὶ Τιμόθεος, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν ˚Θεῷ Πατρὶ καὶ ˚Κυρίῳ ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστῷ: χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη.

2 and in the Lord Jhesu Crist, grace and pees to you. We doon thankyngis to God euere more for alle you, and we maken mynde of you in oure preyeris withouten ceessyng;

Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ ˚Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν, μνείαν ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν, ἀδιαλείπτως

3 hauynge mynde of the werk of youre feith, and trauel, and charite, and abyding of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifor God and oure fadir.

μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν,

4 Ye louyde britheren of God, we witinge youre chesing;

εἰδότες, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, τὴν ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν,

5 for oure gospel was not at you in word oneli, but also in vertu, and in the Hooli Goost, and in myche plente; as ye witen, whiche we weren among you for you;

ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν ˚Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, καὶ πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ, καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ὑμῖν διʼ ὑμᾶς.

6 and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost;

Καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε καὶ τοῦ ˚Κυρίου, δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς ˚Πνεύματος Ἁγίου,

7 so that ye ben maad ensaumple to alle men that bileuen, in Macedonye and in Acaie.

ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπους πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ.

8 For of you the word of the Lord is pupplischid, not oneli in Macedonye and Acaie, but youre feith that is to God, in ech place is gon forth; so that it is not nede to vs to speke ony thing.

Ἀφʼ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ ˚Κυρίου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ, ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν ˚Θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν, ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἔχειν ἡμᾶς λαλεῖν τι.

9 For thei schewen of you, what maner entre we hadden to you, and hou ye ben conuertid to God fro maumettis, to serue to the lyuynge God and veri; and to abide his sone fro heuenes,

Αὐτοὶ γὰρ περὶ ἡμῶν ἀπαγγέλλουσιν ὁποίαν εἴσοδον ἔσχομεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πῶς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς τὸν ˚Θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων, δουλεύειν ˚Θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῷ,

10 whom he reiside fro deth, the Lord Jhesu, that delyuerede us fro wraththe to comynge.

καὶ ἀναμένειν τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦν, τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ὀργῆς τῆς ἐρχομένης.