Thessalonicenses I 1

1 Paulus, et Silvanus, et Timotheus Ecclesiae Thessalonicensium in Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo.

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

2 Gratia vobis, et pax. Gratias agimus Deo semper pro omnibus vobis, memoriam vestri facientes in orationibus nostris sine intermissione,

We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

3 memores operis fidei vestrae, et laboris, et charitatis, et sustinentiae spei Domini nostri Iesu Christi, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum:

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

4 scientes fratres, dilecti a Deo, electionem vestram:

Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

5 quia Evangelium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermone tantum, sed et in virtute, et in Spiritu sancto, et in plenitudine multa, sicut scitis quales fuerimus in vobis propter vos.

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

6 Et vos imitatores nostri facti estis, et Domini, excipientes verbum in tribulatione multa, cum gaudio Spiritus sancti:

And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

7 ita ut facti sitis forma omnibus credentibus in Macedonia, et in Achaia.

So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

8 A vobis enim diffamatus est sermo Domini, non solum in Macedonia, et in Achaia, sed et in omni loco fides vestra, quae est ad Deum, profecta est, ita ut non sit nobis necesse quidquam loqui.

For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

9 Ipsi enim de nobis annunciant qualem introitum habuerimus ad vos: et quomodo conversi estis ad Deum a simulachris, servire Deo vivo, et vero,

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

10 et expectare Filium eius de caelis (quem suscitavit a mortuis) Iesum, qui eripuit nos ab ira ventura.

Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.