1 Tesaloničanom 1

1 Pavel in Silván ter Timótej cerkvi Tesaloníčanov, ki je v Bogu Očetu in v Gospodu Jezusu Kristusu: ›Milost bodi vam in mir od Boga, našega Očeta in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa.‹

Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Vedno se za vas vse zahvaljujemo Bogu in vas omenjamo v svojih molitvah,

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

3 ko se brez prenehanja spominjamo vašega dela vere in truda ljubezni ter potrpežljivosti upanja v našega Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, pred očmi Boga in našega Očeta;

remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father:

4 ker poznamo, ljubljeni bratje, vašo izvolitev od Boga.

because we know, brethren beloved of God, your election.

5 Kajti naš evangelij ni prišel k vam samo v besedi, temveč tudi v moči in v Svetem Duhu in v precejšnjem zagotovilu; kakor veste, kakšne vrste ljudje smo bili med vami zaradi vas.

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in full assurance, as you know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes.

6 In vi ste postali naši in Gospodovi sledilci, ker ste besedo sprejeli v veliki stiski, z veseljem Svetega Duha,

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit,

7 tako da ste bili zgledi vsem, ki verujejo v Makedoniji in Ahaji.

so that you were examples to all that believe, in Macedonia and Achaia.

8 Kajti od vas je odmevala Gospodova beseda ne samo po Makedoniji in Ahaji, temveč se je vaša, do Boga usmerjena vera, razširila tudi naokoli, po vsakem kraju; tako da nam ni treba karkoli govoriti,

For from you, the word of the Lord sounded out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also your faith in God has gone abroad in every place, so that we have no need to speak any thing.

9 kajti oni sami so o nas prikazali kakšne vrste prihod smo imeli k vam in kako ste se od malikov obrnili k Bogu, da služite živemu in resničnemu Bogu;

For they themselves declare concerning us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God,

10 in da čakate na njegovega Sina iz nebes, ki ga je obudil od mrtvih, celó Jezusa, ki nas je osvobodil pred besom, ki pride.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, even Jesus, whom he raised from the dead, and who delivers us from the coming wrath.