1 Thesalonikah 2
1 Kami be ja kami cinae aw, nami veia kami law cen sungpyamnak am ni ti nami ksingki.
Yes, friends, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
2 Thesalonikah mlüh am kami pha law ham üng, Philipih mlüha ihlawka ami jah yaihyün nghekanak cun nami ksingki. Aktäa jah ngtäkpüi kyaw u lü pi, mi Pamhnam naw amät üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw ning jah mtheh vaia lingnak jah pe pängki.
For, although we had experienced suffering and ill treatment, as you know, at Philippi, we had the courage, by the help of our God, to tell you God’s good news in spite of great opposition.
3 Kami ning jah nghuinak hin am dawkia mkhyenak, am ngcingcaihkia ngaihnak ja limmanak üng ning jah mtheh am ni.
Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
4 Pamhnam naw Thangkdaw pyen khaia a jah ümnaka mäiha, khyanga mlung jesaki am ni lü, khyanga mlungkyawng jah ksingki Pamhnam jesak vaia ni khut kami bi ve.
But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the good news, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not people, but God who proves our hearts.
5 Nami veia kami law üng, mhläknaka ngthu pyen lü kamvanaka ngthu sumei khaia am kami lawki ti cun angtea nami ksingki. Pamhnam hin kami saksi ni.
Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.
6 Nangmi naw pi ni se, akce naw pi ni se, ua jah mküiei vai pi am ktha na u nawng.
Nor did we seek to win honour from people, whether from you or from others, although, as apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.
7 Khritawa ngsäa kba nami veia kthähei lü yah kyawki. Cunüngpi, nami veia kami law üng hniphnawi lü nu mat naw a naca a mceia mäiha kami ning jah mceiki.
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
8 Acunakyase, kami ning jah mhläkphyanak am Pamhnam üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw däk am ni lü kami sak pi ning jah pet hlü awnga kami ngtünkie cen. Nangmi cun aktä se kami ning jah mhläkphya naki.
In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God’s good news, but our lives as well – so dear had you become to us.
9 Ka benae aw, ihlawka bawngkha lü mi khüi cun nami ksingki. Ua khana pi ia khuikhanak käh a pha law vaia, amhnüp amthana khüi lü Pamhnam üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw cun kami ning jah mthehki.
You will not have forgotten, friends, our labour and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God’s good news.
10 Nangmi jumeikiea khana ihlawka ngcingcaih, ngsungpyun lü mkat vai käh vekia kami ve cun, nangmi ja Pamhnam cun kami saksia nami kyaki.
You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.
11 Amäta Khankhaw Pe ja hlüngtainaka ning jah cehpüiki, Pamhnam jekyaisakia xünsak üng nami ve vaia, Pa mat naw a cae a jah vepüia kba, mat cima ning jah mcuhmcäi mhlawhmcah lü kami ve nami ksingki.
Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
so that you should make your daily lives worthy of God who is calling you into the glory of his kingdom.
13 Pamhnam üng aläa kami jenaka mawng ta: Pamhnama ngthu nami veia kami lawpüi üng ngja lü nami dodangki. Khyanga ngthu sawxata mäiha käh ngai lü Mhnama ngthua ngai lü, acun cun Pamhnama ngthu kcanga kya lü jumeiki nangmia khana Pamhnam naw khut a bia phäh ni.
This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God – because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of humans, but as what it really is – the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.
14 Kami benae aw, Jesuh Khritaw yahei lü Judah khawa veki Pamhnama sangcimea veia thawnkia kba, nangmia veia pi thawn lawki. Judah khyange amimäta khyangmjü naw ami jah mkhuimkhaa kba, nangmi pi namimäta khyangmjü naw ning jah mkhuimkha ve.
For you, friends, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow citizens, in the same way as those churches did at the hands of their people –
15 Judahe cun Bawipa Jesuh ja sahma he jah hnim u lü keimi pi jah mkhuimkhakie. Ihlawka Pamhnam am jekyaisakie ni. Ihlawka khyang naküt jah mkeieikie ni.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all humanity,
16 Küikyannak jah pe khaia thangkdaw Khyangmjükce hea veia kami sang pi jah ngdüm hlüsak ktawihkie. Aläa mkhyenak ami pawh cen ahikba mkhyenak kümceisakie ni. Akpäihnaka ta, Pamhnama mlungsonak ami khana pha päng ve.
for they try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation, and so are always filling up the measure of their iniquity. But the wrath of God has come upon them to the full!
17 Ka benae aw, pumsa üng asängca mi ngtai kyaw u lü pi, mlung kyawng üng ta am mi ngtai. Akhyang puma ning jah hmuh be vaia aktä se ning jah süm lü kami ktha nakie.
As for ourselves, friends, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time – though in body only, and not in spirit – made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong on us.
18 Nami veia nghlat law be vaia kami yängki. Kamät kung pi nghngih vei law vaia ka ngtängki, Khawyam naw am na lawsak ve.
That was why we made up our minds to go and see you – at least I, Paul, did, more than once – but Satan put difficulties in our way.
19 Kami äpeinak, jekyainak ja mi Bawipa Jesuha law be üng a maa kami ngnängpangnaka mawng awhcahnak vai cun nangmi ni, khyang kce he am ni.
For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown will we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming, if it isn’t you?
20 Kami hlüngtainak ja kami jekyainak ta nangmi ni.
You are our pride and our delight!
