1 Teselonikawa 3

1 Nitu ki, a tie ta ya ndu ki nji'u, kina si ya ndi abi toh bi don ta zi ni Athens kpa mbu.

And so, when I could no longer bear it, I made up my mind to be left behind at Athens, all alone.

2 Ki ton Timoti, vayi mbu ni ikpan tie ndu mbu ni Irji ni tre Kristi, dun ki no yi gbemgble ndi ka suron mbi kusi nitu yo shishi mbi.

I sent Timothy, my brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to hearten you in your faith.

3 Ki tie ki don ko ri mbi duna klu sissri nitu iya wa ahe'a na. U biyi ni ki-mbi bi toh ndi nitu kii ba chu ta no ta ndi ki.

So that no one should be shaken by these troubles-for you know well that we are appointed to troubles.

4 Njanji, wa kina he yayi'a, ki bla hla ni yiwu ni gbagbla ndi ki he ni gbugbu ya ni ko shishi, u ahe naki, nawa bi to'a.

For even when I was with you I used to tell you beforehand that I was to suffer affliction; and so it proved, as you know.

5 Nitu naki, u wa ime me a tie me ya dun mi kri, mi ton ndi don dun mi ton nitu yo suron mbi. U ani ya he ndi memme'a ye gyru yi nda du indu mbu a duna tie-tu na.

So, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that my labor had been in vain.

6 U Timoti ye nita rji niyi nda njiye nitawu itre ndindi ma wa bi ka suron mbi yo ni Irji. A hla ni tawu ndi chachu bi rhi mre mbu bi, ndi bi son bi toh ta nawa kita ngame ki yo shi si ya nkon u toh yi.

But now that Timothy has returned from you to me, and has brought good news of your faith and love, and that you are still holding me in affectionate remembrance, always longing to see me as I also am longing to see you.

7 Nitu kii, mri vayi, biyi mba bi kpa suron mbu si nitu wa bi nji Irji gbamgba me, ni mi-ya wa kisi tie.

I have been comforted, my brothers, in regard to you, in spite of all my distress and affliction over your faith.

8 Ni zizan ki kuson, toh bi kri gbamgba ni Irji.

For now I am really living, if you are standing firm in the Lord.

9 Ahi nge ni he ngiri mbu nitu mbi, u wawu si-suron mbu ni shishi Irji wa ki he niwu nitu mbi'a?

For what thanksgiving can I render again to God in your behalf, in return for all the joy which you cause me in the presence of my God?

10 Ni-chu mba ni-rji ki vuh bre gbamgba me ndu ki toh shishi mbi ndi zo yi ni wirji wa bi kunyre ni nkoh Irji.

Night and day I am praying earnestly that I may see you face to face, and may perfect whatever is yet lacking in your faith.

11 Ki bre ndi Irji ni Titi mbu ni Lima, mba Bachi mbu Yesu dun tsro ta nkon ye ni yi.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct my path to you.

12 Ki bre dun Irji du no yi gbemgble ni suron u son kpa mbi ndi son wawu ndji, na wa kita ngame ki tie ni yi.

Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.

13 Ibre mbu hi dun Irji no suron mbi gbemgble u tie ndindi nda hama ni lla tre ni shishi Irji, Iti mbu, ni ye u Bachi mbu Yesu ni biwa ba huu bi.

And so may he establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his saints.