1 م ِنْ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا وَتِيمُوثاوُسَ، إلَى كَنِيسَةِ تَسالُونِيكِي الَّتِي فِي اللهِ الآبِ، وَفِي الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. لِتَكُنْ مَعَكُمُ النِّعمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ. حَياةُ التَّسالُونِيكِيِّينَ وَإيمانُهُم

This letter is from Paul and Silas and Timothy. It is to you, the church, in the city of Thessalonica. You belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May you have His loving-favor and His peace.

2 ن َحنُ نَشكُرُ اللهَ دائِماً مِنْ أجلِكُمْ وَنَذكُرُكُمْ فِي صَلَواتِنا.

We thank God for you all the time and pray for you.

3 و َلا نَنسَى أبَداً أنْ نَذكُرَ أمامَ اللهِ وَأبِينا عَمَلَكُمُ النّابِعَ مِنَ إيمانِكُمْ، وَجُهُودَكُمُ النّابِعَةَ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِكُمْ، وَصَبرَكُمُ النّابِعَ مِنَ الرَّجاءِ الَّذِي لَكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

While praying to God our Father, we always remember your work of faith and your acts of love and your hope that never gives up in our Lord Jesus Christ.

4 ك َما نَشكُرُ اللهَ أيُّها الإخوَةُ المَحبُوبُونَ مِنَ اللهِ، لِأنَّنا نَعلَمُ أنَّهُ اختارَكُمْ لِتَكُونُوا لَهُ.

Christian brothers, we know God loves you and that He has chosen you.

5 ف َنَحنُ أعلَنّا لَكُمُ البِشارَةَ، لا بِالكَلامِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ بِقُوَّةِ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ وَبُرهانِهِ المُقنِعِ. وَأنتُمْ تَعلَمُونَ كَيفَ كُنّا نَتَصَرَّفُ حينَ كُنّا مَعَكُمْ، فَكانَ ذَلِكَ لِفائِدَتِكُمْ.

The Good News did not come to you by word only, but with power and through the Holy Spirit. You knew it was true. You also knew how we lived among you. It was for your good.

6 ف َقَدْ صِرتُمْ حَريصينَ عَلَى الاقتِداءِ بِنا وَبِالرَّبِّ. وَقَبِلتُمُ الرِّسالَةَ وَسَطَ مُعاناةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، بِفَرَحٍ نابِعٍ مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ.

You followed our way of life and the life of the Lord. You suffered from others because of listening to us. But you had the joy that came from the Holy Spirit.

7 و َصِرتُمْ بِذَلِكَ قُدوَةً لِكُلِّ المُؤمِنِينَ فِي مُقاطَعَةِ مَكدُونِيَّةَ وَفِي مُقاطَعَةِ أخائِيَّةَ.

Because of your good lives, you are showing all the Christians in the countries of Macedonia and Greece how to live.

8 ف َقَدِ انتَشَرَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ مِنْ عِنْدِكُمْ حَتَّى خارِجَ مَكدُونِيَّةَ وَأخائِيَّةَ. وَفِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ، يَتَحَدَّثُ النّاسُ عَنْ إيمانِكُمْ بِاللهِ، فَلا حاجَةَ بِنا إلَى أنْ نَقُولَ شَيئاً عَنْ ذَلِكَ.

The Word of the Lord has been spoken by you in the countries of Macedonia and Greece. People everywhere know of your faith in God without our telling them.

9 ف َهُمْ أنفُسُهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ عَنْ كَيفِيَّةِ استِقبالِكُمْ لَنا. وَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ أيضاً كَيفَ أنَّكُمْ تَرَكتُمُ الأوثانَ وَرَجِعتُمْ إلَى اللهِ، لِتَخدِمُوا الإلَهَ الحَيَّ الحَقِيقِيَّ،

The people themselves tell us how you received us when we came to you. They talk of how you turned to God from worshiping false gods. Now you worship the true and living God.

10 و َأنَّكُمْ تَنتَظِرُونَ مَجِيءَ ابنِهِ مِنَ السَّماءِ، الابنِ الَّذِي أقامَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ، أيْ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي سَيُخَلِّصُنا مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ الآتِي.

They tell us how you are waiting for His Son Jesus to come down from heaven. God raised Him from the dead. It is Jesus Who will save us from the anger of God that is coming.