¹ጳውሎስና ስልዋኖስ ጢሞቴዎስም፥ በእግዚአብሔር በአባታችን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ወደምትሆን ወደ ተሰሎንቄ ሰዎች ቤተ ክርስቲያን፤

¹Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታ ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ጸጋ ሰላምም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እምነታችሁ እጅግ ስለሚያድግ የሁላችሁም የእያንዳንዳችሁ ፍቅር እርስ በርሳችሁ ስለሚበዛ፥ ሁልጊዜ ስለ እናንተ እግዚአብሔርን እንደሚገባ ልናመሰግን ግድ አለብን፤

³We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

⁴ስለዚህ በምትታገሱበት በስደታችሁና በመከራችሁ ሁሉ ከመጽናታችሁና ከእምነታችሁ የተነሣ በእግዚአብሔር አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ስለ እናንተ ራሳችን እንመካለን።

⁴so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;

⁵ስለ እርሱ ደግሞ መከራ ለምትቀበሉለት ለእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የምትበቁ ሆናችሁ ትቈጠሩ ዘንድ፥ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ቅን ፍርድ ምልክት ነው።

⁵a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;

⁶ጌታ ኢየሱስ ከሥልጣኑ መላእክት ጋር ከሰማይ በእሳት ነበልባል ሲገለጥ፥ መከራን ለሚያሳዩአችሁ መከራን፥ መከራንም ለምትቀበሉ ከእኛ ጋር ዕረፍትን ብድራት አድርጎ እንዲመልስ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በእርግጥ ጽድቅ ነውና።

⁶if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,

⁸እግዚአብሔርን የማያውቁትን፥ ለጌታችንም ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንጌል የማይታዘዙትን ይበቀላል፤

⁷and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with [the] angels of his power,

⁹በዚያም ቀን በቅዱሳኑ ሊከብር፥ ምስክርነታችንንም አምናችኋልና በሚያምኑት ሁሉ ዘንድ ሊገረም ሲመጣ፥ ከጌታ ፊት ከኃይሉም ክብር ርቀው በዘላለም ጥፋት ይቀጣሉ።

⁸in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹¹ስለዚህም ደግሞ እንደ አምላካችን እንደ ጌታም እንደ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ፥ የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም በእናንተ ዘንድ ሊከብር እናንተም በእርሱ ዘንድ ልትከብሩ፥ አምላካችን ለመጥራቱ የምትበቁ አድርጎ ይቈጥራችሁ ዘንድ፥ የበጎነትንም ፈቃድ ሁሉ የእምነትንም ሥራ በኃይል ይፈጽም ዘንድ ስለ እናንተ ሁልጊዜ እንጸልያለን።

⁹who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,

¹⁰when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.

¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all [the] good pleasure of [his] goodness and [the] work of faith with power,

¹²so that the name of our Lord Jesus [Christ] may be glorified in you and *ye* in him, according to the grace of our God, and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ.