1 Thessalonians 3

1 Therefore when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

ato'haṁ yadā sandehaṁ punaḥ soḍhuṁ nāśaknuvaṁ tadānīm āthīnīnagara ekākī sthātuṁ niścitya

2 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,

svabhrātaraṁ khrīṣṭasya susaṁvāde sahakāriṇañceśvarasya paricārakaṁ tīmathiyaṁ yuṣmatsamīpam apreṣayaṁ|

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

varttamānaiḥ kleśaiḥ kasyāpi cāñcalyaṁ yathā na jāyate tathā te tvayā sthirīkriyantāṁ svakīyadharmmamadhi samāśvāsyantāñceti tam ādiśaṁ|

4 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.

vayametādṛśe kleśe niyuktā āsmaha iti yūyaṁ svayaṁ jānītha, yato'smākaṁ durgati rbhaviṣyatīti vayaṁ yuṣmākaṁ samīpe sthitikāle'pi yuṣmān abodhayāma, tādṛśameva cābhavat tadapi jānītha|

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

tasmāt parīkṣakeṇa yuṣmāsu parīkṣiteṣvasmākaṁ pariśramo viphalo bhaviṣyatīti bhayaṁ soḍhuṁ yadāhaṁ nāśaknuvaṁ tadā yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya tattvāvadhāraṇāya tam apreṣayaṁ|

6 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.

kintvadhunā tīmathiyo yuṣmatsamīpād asmatsannidhim āgatya yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsapremaṇī adhyasmān suvārttāṁ jñāpitavān vayañca yathā yuṣmān smarāmastathā yūyamapyasmān sarvvadā praṇayena smaratha draṣṭum ākāṅkṣadhve ceti kathitavān|

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

he bhrātaraḥ, vārttāmimāṁ prāpya yuṣmānadhi viśeṣato yuṣmākaṁ kleśaduḥkhānyadhi yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsād asmākaṁ sāntvanājāyata;

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

yato yūyaṁ yadi prabhāvavatiṣṭhatha tarhyanena vayam adhunā jīvāmaḥ|

9 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,

vayañcāsmadīyeśvarasya sākṣād yuṣmatto jātena yenānandena praphullā bhavāmastasya kṛtsnasyānandasya yogyarūpeṇeśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadituṁ kathaṁ śakṣyāmaḥ?

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

vayaṁ yena yuṣmākaṁ vadanāni draṣṭuṁ yuṣmākaṁ viśvāse yad asiddhaṁ vidyate tat siddhīkarttuñca śakṣyāmastādṛśaṁ varaṁ divāniśaṁ prārthayāmahe|

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

asmākaṁ tāteneśvareṇa prabhunā yīśukhrīṣṭena ca yuṣmatsamīpagamanāyāsmākaṁ panthā sugamaḥ kriyatāṁ|

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

parasparaṁ sarvvāṁśca prati yuṣmākaṁ prema yuṣmān prati cāsmākaṁ prema prabhunā varddhyatāṁ bahuphalaṁ kriyatāñca|

13 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.

aparamasmākaṁ prabhu ryīśukhrīṣṭaḥ svakīyaiḥ sarvvaiḥ pavitralokaiḥ sārddhaṁ yadāgamiṣyati tadā yūyaṁ yathāsmākaṁ tātasyeśvarasya sammukhe pavitratayā nirdoṣā bhaviṣyatha tathā yuṣmākaṁ manāṁsi sthirīkriyantāṁ|