1 Thessalonians 2
1 You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
And you know, my brethren, that our entrance unto you was not in vain,
2 As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, in Philipos, and then (even) in great conflict we spoke with you with the confidence of our God the gospel of the Meshiha.
3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
For our exhortation was not from deceit, nor from uncleanness, nor from guile;
4 Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
but as approved of Aloha to be intrusted with his gospel, so speaking as not to please men, but Aloha who trieth our hearts.
5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
For never have we used flattering speech, as you know, nor for an occasion of covetousness, Aloha witnesseth.
6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Neither have we sought glory from men, either from you or from others, though we could have been honoured ones, as the apostles of the Meshiha;
7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
but we were humble among you, and, as a nurse who loveth her children,
8 We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
so also we loved, and were desirous to impart to you, not only the gospel of Aloha, but also our life, because we loved you.
9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Remember, therefore, my brethren, how we laboured and toiled in the work of our hands by night and by day, that we might not be a burden on one of you.
10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
You witness and Aloha, how we preached to you the gospel of Aloha, purely and justly, and were without blame with all the faithful.
11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
As you know how every one of you, as a father his children, we exhorted, and spoke with your hearts;
12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
and (now) we testify to you how you should walk worthy of Aloha himself who hath called you to his kingdom and to his glory.
13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
WHEREFORE we also give thanks constantly unto Aloha, that the word of Aloha which you received from us, was not as the word of man (that) you received (it), but, as it is truly, the word of Aloha, which in operation worketh (alike) in you and in all them who believe.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
But you, my brethren, have become like the churches of Aloha which are in Jihud, who are in Jeshu Meshiha, because you likewise suffer from your fellow-country-men, as they also from the Jihudoyee;
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
who killed our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and the prophets who were of them, and ourselves have persecuted, and Aloha have not pleased,
16 hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
and have acted adversely to all men; who forbid us to speak with the Gentiles that they might be saved; to fill up their sins for all time: but upon them cometh the wrath unto the end!
17 Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
BUT we, my brethren, having been bereaved-ones of you the time of an hour, as to our presence, but not in our heart, have been the more solicitous to see your faces with great love,
18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
and have wished to come to you (even) I, Paulos, one time and two; but Satana hindered me.
19 After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming?
20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.
For you are our glory and our joy.
