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 Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto 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 without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

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

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

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 unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

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

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

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

So that ye were ensamples 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 sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not 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 shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye 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, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.