问安

保罗赛拉斯提摩太

致那在父神和主耶稣基督里的帖撒罗尼迦人的教会:

愿恩典与平安[a]临到你们!

感恩

我们为你们大家常常感谢神,在祷告中提到你们; 在神我们的父面前,不住地记念你们在我们主耶稣基督里的信仰的行为、爱心的劳苦,以及对盼望的忍耐。 蒙神所爱的弟兄们,我们知道你们是蒙拣选的, 因为我们的福音传到你们那里,不仅是藉着话语,也是藉着能力、圣灵和充分的确信。你们知道,为了你们的缘故,我们在你们中间是怎样为人的。 你们效法了我们,也效法了主,在大患难中,怀着圣灵所赐的喜乐接受了这话语。 因此,你们成了马其顿亚该亚省所有信徒的榜样。 事实上,主的福音[b]已经从你们那里传扬出去,不仅在马其顿亚该亚省,也在你们对神的信仰所传开的各个地方;所以我们不需要再说什么了。 其实他们自己在宣扬有关我们的事,说我们是怎样进到你们那里,你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神、服事又活又真的神, 10 并且等候他那从天降临的儿子,就是神使他从死人中复活的耶稣——他拯救我们脱离那将要来临的震怒。

Footnotes

  1. 帖撒罗尼迦前书 1:1 有古抄本附“从神我们的父和主耶稣基督”。
  2. 帖撒罗尼迦前书 1:8 福音——原文直译“话语”或“道”。

From Sha’ul and Silvanus (Sila) and Timotiyos. To the kehillah of the inhabitants of the city of Thessalonika, the kehillah in Hashem, in Elohim HaAv and in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua. Chen v’Chesed Hashem and Shalom Hashem to you.

Hodinu l’Hashem (We give thanks to Hashem) always for all of you, with zikaron (remembrance) during our davening, without ceasing

In our tefillos recalling before our G-d and Avinu your work of emunah, your labor of ahavah (agape), and your perseverance of tikvah in Moshiach Adoneinu Yeshoshua,

Knowing, Achim b’Moshiach ahuvei Hashem (Brothers in Moshiach beloved of G-d), your bechirah (election).

For our Besuras HaGeulah did not come to you in mere locution but indeed in gevurah (miraculous power) and in the Ruach HaKodesh and in full bitachon (confidence), just as you have da’as what sort of men we were among you for your sake.

And you became imitators of us and of Adoneinu, having received the Dvar Hashem (the Word of the L-rd) in much redifah (persecution) with the simcha of the Ruach HaKodesh,

With the result that you became a mofet (portent), even a role model for all the ma’aminim (believers) in the territory of Macedonia [T.N. a Roman province in northern Greece] and in Achaia [T.N. a Roman province of southern Greece].

For from you the Dvar Hashem has resounded not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place to which your emunah in Hashem has gone forth, with the result that we have no need to say anything.

For they themselves (the ma’aminim b’Moshiach in Macedonia and Achaia) are reporting about us, what sort of initial reception we had with you, and how you made teshuva, turning to Hashem from elilim (idols), from avodah zarah (idol worship), turning to worship the Elohim Chayyim and Elohei Emes (the Living G-d and the True G-d),

10 And to expect [Moshiach] Ben Elohim from Shomayim whom Hashem made to stand up in the Techiyas HaMoshiach from the Mesim Yehoshua Moshieynu (our Deliverer) from the Charon Af HaBah (the wrath to come).