1 Thessalonikerbrevet 1
1 Paulus och Silvanus och Timoteus hälsa tessalonikernas församling i Gud, Fadern, och Herren Jesus Kristus. Nåd och frid vare med eder.
[I], Paul, [am writing this letter]. Silas and Timothy [are with me]. [We(exc) are sending this letter] to [you who are] the congregation [of believers] in Thessalonica [city]. We [(inc)] all [worship] (OR, [trust in]) God [our] Father [MET] and [our] Lord Jesus Christ. [We three desire/pray that God, our Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, will continue to] act kindly toward you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.
2 Vi tacka Gud alltid för eder alla, när vi tänka på eder i våra böner.
We always thank God for you all [when] we mention you while we pray (OR, [when] we pray [for you]).
3 Ty oavlåtligen ihågkomma vi inför vår Gud och Fader edra gärningar i tron och edert arbete i kärleken och eder ståndaktighet i hoppet, i vår Herre Jesus Kristus.
[We thank God because] we continually remember that you work [for God because] you trust [in him] and you earnestly/energetically help people because you love them. You also endure [it when people cause you to suffer]. You endure it because you confidently expect that our Lord Jesus Christ [will soon return from heaven to rescue you]!
4 Vi veta ju, käre bröder, i Guds älskade, huru det var, när I bleven utvalda:
My fellow believers whom God loves, we [also thank him because] we know that he chose you [to become his people].
5 vårt evangelium kom till eder icke med ord allenast, utan i kraft och helig ande och med full visshet. I veten ock på vad sätt vi uppträdde bland eder, till edert bästa.
We know that he chose you because [when] we told that message to you, we did not speak only words. The Holy Spirit [helped us to speak] powerfully/effectively, and he strongly assured [us that he was powerfully working in you by means of] the message [about Christ] that we [told to you. You yourselves know that], because you know how we spoke and how we conducted ourselves when we were with you, in order that [we might help] you.
6 Och I å eder sida bleven våra efterföljare och därmed Herrens, i det att I, mitt under stort betryck, togen emot ordet med glädje i helig ande.
We also [know that God chose you] because we have now heard that you have endured your troubles when [people] caused you to suffer very much [because you believed in Christ]. You endured just like the Lord [Jesus Christ] endured, and just like we did [when people caused us to suffer]. At that time you were joyful because the Holy Spirit caused you to be joyful.
7 Så bleven I själva ett föredöme för alla de troende i Macedonien och Akaja.
As a result [of your joyfully enduring your troubles], all the believers who live in Macedonia and Achaia [provinces have heard how firmly you trust God. So they know that they should firmly trust in God] as you do.
8 Ty från eder har genljudet av Herrens ord gått vidare ut; icke allenast i Macedonien och Akaja, utan allestädes har eder tro på Gud blivit känd, så att vi för vår del icke behöva tala något därom.
Other people have heard you tell the message [from] the Lord [Jesus]. Then they also have proclaimed the message to people who live throughout Macedonia and Achaia [provinces]. Not only that, but [people who live] in many far-away places [HYP] have heard that you trust in God. As a result, we do not need to tell people [what God has done in your lives].
9 Ty själva förkunna de om oss, med vilken framgång vi begynte vårt arbete hos eder, och huru I från avgudarna omvänden eder till Gud, till att tjäna den levande och sanne Guden,
People [who live far from you are telling others what happened when we were with you]. They also report that you stopped [worshipping things that] ([you/your ancestors]) [considered to be] gods and now you worship God. [As a result], you serve the God who is all-powerful and who is the real God.
10 och till att vänta hans Son från himmelen, honom som han har uppväckt från de döda, Jesus, som frälsar oss undan den kommande vredesdomen.
They tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son [to return to earth] from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue [all of] us, [who trust in him], from [God’s] punishing us [MTY].
