1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
Nou menm frè m' yo, nou konn sa byen: vizit mwen te fè lakay nou an te bay bon rezilta.
2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
Mwen te fenk soti lavil Filip kote yo te maltrete m' anpil, kote yo te joure m' lan. Men, Bondye ban m' fòs ak kouraj pou m' te ka anonse nou bon nouvèl ki soti nan li a, malgre tout opozisyon mwen te jwenn.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Paske, lè m'ap pale ak moun, se pa manti m'ap bay, ni mwen pa gen ankenn move lide dèyè tèt mwen, ni mwen p'ap chache twonpe pesonn.
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
Okontrè, mwen te toujou pale jan Bondye vle l' la. Se Bondye ki konnen sa ki nan kè mwen. Li fè m' konfyans, li ban mwen bon nouvèl li a pou m' anonse. Se sak fè, se pa lèzòm m'ap chache fè plezi, men Bondye ki konnen sa ki nan kè mwen.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
Nou menm, nou konn sa byen: mwen pa janm sèvi ak pawòl ki pou flate moun, ni mwen pa janm pran ankenn pretès pou chache fè lajan. Mwen pran Bondye pou temwen.
6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
Mwen pa chache lwanj nan men pesonn, ni nan men nou, ni nan men lòt moun.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Se pa kapab mwen pa ta kapab fè nou santi otorite Kris la ban mwen tankou apòt li. Non, okontrè. Pandan tout tan m' te lakay nou, mwen te aji avèk dousè, tankou yon manman k'ap pran swen pitit li yo.
8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
Mwen te sitèlman renmen nou, se pa bon nouvèl la ase mwen ta ban nou. Ata vi m' mwen ta bay pou nou. Nou wè jan m' renmen nou!
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
Nou chonje, frè m' yo, jan m' te travay, jan m' te fatige kò m' ap travay lajounen kou lannwit pou m' pa t' sou kont nou yonn pandan tout tan mwen t'ap anonse nou bon nouvèl Bondye a.
10 You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Mwen pran nou sèvi m' temwen ansanm ak Bondye: Nou menm ki gen konfyans nan Bondye, nou ka di mwen te aji byen ak nou, yon jan ki dakò ak volonte Bondye, yon jan ki dwat, ki san repwòch.
11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
Nou konnen ki jan mwen te aji ak nou chak, tankou yon papa ak pitit li yo.
12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
Mwen te ankouraje nou, mwen te konsole nou, mwen pa t' janm sispann fè nou konprann byen ki jan pou nou mennen tèt nou pou nou ka fè Bondye plezi, paske Bondye rele nou pou nou resevwa pa nou nan gouvènman l' ak nan bèl pouvwa li.
13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
Se konsa, mwen pa sispann di Bondye mèsi tou pou jan nou te pare zòrèy nou koute lè m' t'ap fè nou konnen pawòl Bondye a. Nou te resevwa l' pou sa l' ye a: pou pawòl Bondye, pa pou pawòl lèzòm. Se pawòl sa a k'ap travay nan kè nou, nou menm ki gen konfyans nan Bondye.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews
Frè m' yo, sa ki rive nou an, se sa ki te rive manm legliz Bondye k'ap viv pou Jezikri nan peyi Jide a. Menm sa yo te soufri nan men jwif yo, se sa nou soufri tou nan men moun menm peyi ak nou yo.
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and do not please God, and are contrary to all men,
Se jwif yo ki te fè touye ni Jezi, Seyè a, ni pwofèt yo. Se yo menm tou ki te pèsekite m' ansanm ak zanmi m' yo. Yo pa soti pou fè Bondye plezi. Yo fè lènmi ak tout moun.
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
Y'ap fè sa yo kapab pou anpeche m' pale ak moun ki pa jwif yo, pou moun sa yo pa sove. Konsa, yo lage kò yo nèt ale nan menm peche yo te toujou kònn fè a. Men, koulye a kòlè Bondye tonbe sou yo.
17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Pou mwen menm, frè m' yo, pa gen lontan depi m' kite nou. Nou pa wè menm, se vre. Men, lide m' toujou sou nou. Se pa ti anvi mwen pa anvi wè nou ankò.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Mwen pa konnen sa m' ta fè pou m' tounen lakay nou ankò. Mwen menm Pòl, mwen te seye plizyè fwa menm. Men, Satan te anpeche mwen.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is not it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Se nou menm, moun Tesalonik, ki tout espwa mwen, se pa lòt moun. Se nou menm ki fè kè m' kontan. Se nou menm k'ap ban m' okazyon pou m' vante tèt mwen devan Jezi, Seyè nou an, lè la vini.
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
Se nou menm ki ban m' satilfaksyon, se nou menm ki fè kè m' kontan.
