We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,
so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
1:5
ከመታርእዩኵነኔጽድቁለእግዚአብሔርከመይክፍልክሙመንግሥቶዘበእንቲኣሁተሐምሙ።
這正是上帝公義判斷的明證,叫你們可算配得上帝的國;你們就是為這國受苦。
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.
1:6
ወርቱዕሰይትፈደዩበኀበእግዚአብሔርሕማመእለያሐምሙክሙ።
上帝既是公義的,就必將患難報應那加患難給你們的人,
For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
To this end we also pray always for you that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,