1 Wathesalonike 1
1 Paulo, Silvano na Timotheo: Kwa kanisa la Wathesalonike, ninyi mlio ndani ya Mungu Baba yetu na ndani ya Bwana Yesu Kristo: Neema iwe kwenu na amani.
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!
2 Siku zote tunamshukuru Mungu kwa ajili yenu ninyi nyote, tukiwataja kwenye maombi yetu daima.
We always give thanks to God for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,
3 Tunaikumbuka daima kazi yenu ya imani mbele za Mungu aliye Baba yetu, taabu yenu katika upendo na saburi yenu ya tumaini katika Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
unceasingly remembering your work of faith, and the labor of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
4 Ndugu zetu mpendwao na Mungu, kwa kuwa tunajua kwamba Mungu amewachagua,
having known, beloved brothers, by God, your [divine] selection,
5 kwa sababu ujumbe wetu wa Injili haukuja kwenu kwa maneno matupu bali pia ulidhihirishwa katika nguvu na katika Roho Mtakatifu, tena ukiwa na uthibitisho kamili, kama vile ninyi wenyewe mnavyojua jinsi tulivyoenenda katikati yenu kwa ajili yenu.
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 you have known of what sort we became among you for your sake,
6 Nanyi mkawa wafuasi wetu na wa Bwana, ingawa mlipata mateso mengi, mlilipokea lile Neno kwa furaha katika Roho Mtakatifu.
and you became imitators of us and of the LORD, having received the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,
7 Hivyo ninyi mkawa kielelezo kwa waumini wote katika Makedonia na Akaya.
so that you became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,
8 Kwa maana kutoka kwenu neno la Bwana limesikika, si katika Makedonia na Akaya tu, bali pia imani yenu katika Mungu imejulikana kila mahali kiasi kwamba hatuna haja ya kusema lolote kwa habari yake.
for from you has sounded forth the word of the LORD, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God went forth, so that we have no need to say anything,
9 Kwa maana watu wa maeneo hayo wenyewe wanaeleza jinsi mlivyotupokea na jinsi mlivyomgeukia Mungu mkaacha sanamu, ili kumtumikia Mungu aliye hai na wa kweli
for they themselves declare concerning us what entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,
10 na ili kumngojea Mwanawe kutoka mbinguni, ambaye Mungu alimfufua kutoka kwa wafu: yaani, Yesu, yeye aliyetuokoa kutoka ghadhabu inayokuja.
and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He raised out of the dead—Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.
