1I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy join me in writing.
We are sending this letter to you, the members of the church in Thessalonica. You belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Paul Prays and Gives Thanks
3Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing. 4So among God’s churches we brag about the fact that you don’t give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.
5All of this proves that when God judges, he is fair. So you will be considered worthy to enter God’s kingdom. You are suffering for his kingdom. 6God is fair. He will pay back trouble to those who give you trouble. 7He will help you who are troubled. And he will also help us. All these things will happen when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come in blazing fire. He will come with his powerful angels. 8He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus. 9They will be destroyed forever. They will be shut out of heaven. They will never see the glory of the Lord’s strength. 10All these things will happen when he comes. On that day his glory will be seen in his holy people. Everyone who has believed will be amazed when they see him. This includes you, because you believed the witness we gave you.
11Keeping this in mind, we never stop praying for you. Our God has chosen you. We pray that he will make you worthy of his choice. We pray he will make every good thing you want to do come true. We pray that he will do this by his power. We pray that he will make perfect all that you have done by faith. 12We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus will receive glory through what you have done. We also pray that you will receive glory through what he has done. We pray all these things in keeping with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Bulus, da Sila, da Timoti,
Zuwa ga ikkilisiya ta Tessalonikawa ta Allah Ubanmu da Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi.
2Alheri da salama daga Allah Uba da kuma Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi, su kasance tare da ku.
Godiya da addu’a
3Dole kullum mu gode wa Allah saboda ku, ’yan’uwa, haka kuwa ya dace, domin bangaskiyarku tana girma gaba-gaba, ƙaunar da kowannenku yake yi wa juna kuwa tana ƙaruwa. 4Saboda haka, a cikin ikkilisiyoyin Allah muna taƙama game da daurewarku da kuma bangaskiyarku cikin dukan tsanani da gwaje-gwajen da kuke sha.
5Dukan wannan yana tabbatar cewa hukuncin Allah daidai ne, saboda haka kuma za a lissafta ku a kan kun cancanci mulkin Allah, wanda dominsa ne kuke shan wahala. 6Allah mai adalci ne, Zai sāka wa masu ba ku wahala da wahala 7yă kuma sauƙaƙa muku ku da kuke wahala, har ma da mu. Wannan zai faru sa’ad da aka bayyana Ubangiji Yesu daga sama cikin wuta mai ci tare da mala’ikunsa masu iko. 8Zai hukunta waɗanda ba su san Allah ba da kuma waɗanda ba su yi biyayya da bisharar Ubangijinmu Yesu ba. 9Za a hukunta su da madawwamiyar hallaka a kuma kau da su daga gaban Ubangiji da kuma daga ɗaukakar ikonsa 10a ranar da zai dawo don a ɗaukaka shi a cikin mutanensa masu tsarki, yă kuma zama abin banmamaki ga dukan waɗanda suka gaskata. Wannan ya haɗa har da ku, domin kun gaskata shaidar da muka yi muku.
11Sane da wannan, kullum muna addu’a saboda ku, don Allahnmu yă sa ku cancanci kiransa, ta wurin ikonsa kuma yă cika kowace manufarku mai kyau da kuma kowane aikin da bangaskiyarku ta iza. 12Muna wannan addu’a don sunan Ubangijinmu Yesu yă sami ɗaukaka a cikinku, ku kuma a cikinsa, bisa ga alherin Allahnmu da na Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi.1.12 Ko kuwa Allah da Ubangiji, Yesu Kiristi
