1 Thessalonika 3

1 Ka ueh uh thai pawt dongah Athens bueng ah hnoo ham ka lungtlun uh coeng.

Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

2 Timothy, mamih kah manuca neh Khrih kah olthangthen ah Pathen kah bibipuei te nangmih aka duel ham neh nangmihte tangnah dongah hloephloei ham kan tueih uh.

and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,

3 He phacip phabaem dongah ngingai ham moenih. He hamna om uh te amah la na ming uh.

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

4 Nangmih taengah ka om uh vaengah pataeng lawn ham ka cai uh te nangmih taengah ka thui coeng. Te dongaha thoeng vanbanglana ming uh.

For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

5 He he ka ueh tloel dongah nangmih kah tangnah he ming ham ni kan tueih. Aka cuekcawn loh nangmih n'cuekcawn koinih kaimih kah thatlohnah taha tlongtlai la om mai mahpawt nim.

For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour would have been in vain.

6 Tedae nangmih lamloh kaimih taengla Timothy ha pawk tih nangmih kah tangnah neh lungnah khaw, kaimih poekkoepnah, a then la na khueh uh taitu te khaw, kaimih bangla nangmih khaw kaimih hmuh ham na rhingda uh te khaw kaimih ham olthangthen a phong.

But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you.

7 Te dongah manuca rhoek, kaimih kah kueknah neh phacip phabaem cungkuem ah nangmih kah tangnah rhangneh nangmih ham khaw ka mong uh.

For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

8 Te dongah nangmihte Boeipa ahna cak uh atah n'hing uh coeng.

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

9 Nangmih kongah mamih Pathen kah hmaiah ka omngaih uh. Te omngaihnah cungkuem kongah nangmih yueng la Pathen te mebang uemonah nen nim n'sah thai ve.

For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,

10 Nangmih maelhmai hmuh ham neh nangmih kah tangnah dongah vawtthoeknah te moeh ham khoyin khothaiha puehdaih la ka bih uh.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

11 A pa Pathen mah neh mamih kah Boeipa Jesuh loh nangmih taengla kaimih kah longpuei hoihaeng pawn saeh.

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

12 Te dongah Boeipa loh nangmih m'pungtai sak saeh lamtah lungnah te khat neh khat soah khaw, hlang boeih soah khaw, kaimih bangla nangmih soah khaw baecoih saeh.

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love towards one another and towards all men, even as we also do towards you,

13 Mamih kah Pathen neh Pa hmaikah cimcaihnah dongah, mamih kah Boeipa Jesuh neh a hlangcimrhoek boeih kah a lonah dongah nangmih kah thinko te cuemthuek la duel uh. Amen.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.