1 Thessalonians 2
1 You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
PORQUE, hermanos, vosotros mismos sabeis que nuestra entrada á vosotros no fué vana:
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.
Pues aun habiendo padecido ántes, y sido afrentados en Filipos, como sabeis, tuvimos denuedo en Dios nuestro para anunciaros el Evangelio de Dios con gran combate.
3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
Porque nuestra exhortacion no [fué] de error, ni de inmundicia, ni por engaño;
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.
Sino segun fuimos aprobados de Dios para que se nos encargase el Evangelio, así hablamos; no como los que agradan á los hombres, sino á Dios, el cual prueba nuestros corazones.
5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
Porque nunca fuimos lisonjeros en la palabra, como sabeis, ni tocados de avaricia: Dios [es] testigo.
6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Ni buscamos de los hombres gloria, ni de vosotros, ni de otros: aunque podiamos seros carga, como apóstoles de Cristo.
7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
Antes fuimos blandos entre vosotros como la que cria, que regala á sus hijos:
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.
Tan amadores de vosotros, que quisiéramos entregaros no solo el Evangelio de Dios, mas aun nuestras propias almas; porque nos erais carísimos.
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.
Porque ya, hermanos, os acordais de nuestro trabajo y fatiga: que trabajando de noche y de dia por no ser gravosos á ninguno de vosotros, os predicamos el Evangelio de Dios.
10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
Vosotros sois testigos, y Dios, de cuán santa, y justa é irreprensiblemente nos condujimos con vosotros que creisteis:
11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
Así como sabeis de qué modo exhortábamos y consolábamos á cada uno de vosotros, como el padre á sus hijos,
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.
Y os protestábamos que anduvieseis [como es] digno de Dios, que os llamó á su reino y gloria.
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.
Por lo cual tambien nosotros damos gracias á Dios sin cesar, de que habiendo recibido la palabra de Dios, que oisteis de nosotros, recibisteis no palabra de hombres, sino segun es en verdad, la palabra de Dios, el cual obra en vosotros los que creisteis.
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,
Porque vosotros, hermanos, habeis sido imitadores de las iglesias de Dios en Cristo Jesus, que están en Judéa; pues habeis padecido tambien vosotros las mismas cosas de los de vuestra propia nacion, como tambien ellos de los Judíos:
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,
Los cuales aun mataron al Señor Jesus y á sus propios profetas, y á nosotros nos han perseguido; y no agradan á Dios, y se oponen á todos los hombres,
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.
Prohibiéndonos hablar á los Gentiles, á fin de que se salven, para henchir [la medida de] sus pecados siempre: pues vino sobre ellos la ira hasta el extremo.
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.
Mas nosotros, hermanos, privados de vosotros por un poco de tiempo, de vista, no de corazon, tanto más procuramos con mucho deseo ver vuestro rostro.
18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
Por lo cual quisimos ir á vosotros, yo Pablo á la verdad, una vez y otra; mas Satanás nos embarazó.
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?
Porque ¿cuál es nuestra esperanza, ó gozo, ó corona de que me gloríe? ¿No sois vosotros delante de nuestro Señor Jesu-Cristo en su venida?
20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.
Que vosotros sois nuestra gloria y gozo.
