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!

保祿和息耳瓦諾及弟茂德，致書給在天主父及主耶穌基督內得的得撒洛尼人的教會。祝你們恩寵及平安!

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

我們常為你們眾人感謝天主，在祈禱常記念你們，不斷地，

3 unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

在天主和我們的父前，記念你們因信德所作的工作，因愛德所受的勞苦，因盻我們的主耶穌基督所有的堅忍。

4 having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,

天主所愛的弟兄們，我們知道你們是蒙召選的，

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 ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you,

因為我們把福音傳到你們那裏，不僅在乎言語，而且也在乎德能和聖神，以及固信心；正如你們也知道，我們為了你們，在你們中是怎麼的人。

6 and ye — ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

你們雖在許多困難中，卻懷著聖神的喜接受了聖道，成了效法我們和效法主的人，

7 so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,

甚致成了馬其頓和阿哈雅眾信徒的模範。

8 for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything,

因為主的聖由你們那裏，不僅聲聞於馬其頓和阿哈雅，而且你們對天主的信仰也傳了各地，以致不須要我們再說什麼。

9 for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,

因為有他們傳述我們的事，說我們怎樣來到了你們那裏，你們怎樣離開偶像歸依了天主，為事奉永生的真天主，

10 and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead — Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.

並期待衪的聖子自天降下，就是衪使之從死中復活，為救我們脫免那要來的震怒的耶穌。