1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our acceptance among you was not empty.
Biyi ni tu-mbi bi toh, mmri vayi, ndi ye mbu ni yi ana he megen na.
2 Instead, having previously suffered and been treated shamefully, as you know, at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, so as to speak the Gospel of God to you with much solicitude.
Bi toh ndi ni logon mu ki tie ya ni tie shan kpukpo meh ni-gbuh Filipi. Ki krï mgbamgba nitu Irji mbu ni hla ni yiwu tre Irji'a nimi zren mbu'a.
3 For our exhortation was not in error, nor from impurity, nor with deception.
Ikpa tie ndu mbu-a ana rji ni nkoh memme na, ndana rji ni irji-u kpa na, nda na rji ni nkoh iche na.
4 But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.
Naki, Irji kpa nyeme ndi dun kita mba ki nji tre Ma-a, u ki vu'u tre. Kina tre'u dun ki kusi dri-ndji na, ama don ki kpa dri Irji kusi. Ahi wawuyi a toh mi dri mbu.
5 And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.
Kita kina vú tre bla ndi dun ki kpa suron ba ndji kusi na, na wa bi toh-a, kina tie dun ki kpa kpe wa ana umbu na, u Irji si ya mi dri mbu.
6 Nor did we seek the glory of men, neither from you, nor from others.
U kita kina wa kpa ninkon rji ni ba ndji na, ko rji ni yi ko rji ni bari nkan na. Kita kina fe inton na bi tie ndu Kristi na.
7 And although we could have been a burden to you, as Apostles of Christ, instead we became like little ones in your midst, like a nurse cherishing her children.
Kita ki si hu yi srensren me ni mi mbi na-iyi ni ywre mmri bi nne ma dun kpa suron mba kusi.
8 So desirous were we for you that we were willing to hand over to you, not only the Gospel of God, but even our own souls. For you have become most beloved to us.
Ni nkoh kii, ki ka suron mbu yo ni yi. Ki kpa nyeme dun ki kpa ga ni yi ana tre Irji megen na hra ni mi dri mbu. U ki nji yi mgbamgba me nimi suron mbu.
9 For you remember, brothers, our hardship and weariness. We preached the Gospel of God among you, working night and day, so that we would not be burdensome to any of you.
Bi kpa ri-mre, mri vayi, indu wa ki tie'a. Ni chu mba ni-rji kina kuson na ndi si ta tie ndu don dun yi ni ka suron ko iri-mbi kusi na. Ni nton u gon, wa kisi bla tre Irji ni yiwu.
10 You are witnesses, as is God, of how holy and just and blameless we were with you who have believed.
Biyi bi toh ni shishi mbi, u Irji ngame, wa ki sòn bi, ni nji tre Irji, ni na tie memme na, ni vu tu mbu nji ni yi bi wa bi kpa tre Irji'a.
11 And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons,
Ahe naki bi yi me bi toh na wa ki si tie ni konha mbi na wa itie ni si tie ni mrli ma,
12 in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.
ki si bre yi ndi si nno yi tre-u sen ngble ndi si me yi dun yi zren bi ni Irji, Wawu mba yo yi rii nimi koh ma ni shulu.
13 For this reason also, we give thanks to God without ceasing: because, when you had accepted from us the Word of the hearing of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but (as it truly is) as the Word of God, who is working in you who have believed.
Nitu wa yi, kita ngame kisi ngiri ni Irji chachu. U ni nton wa bi kpa rji nita itre Irji wa-ndi bi kpa wo, bi na kpa'u tie na'a tre indji na. U, bi kpa'u nji na wa ahe, itre Irji'a. Ahi tre'a si tie-ndu ngame nimi mbi biwa bi kpa tre'a.
14 For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God which are at Judea, in Christ Jesus. For you, too, have suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen as they have suffered from the Jews,
U biyi, mri vayi, bi tie na kisi tie ni tre Irji ni Judiya ni Kristi Yesu. Bi tie ya na bi tie ndu Irji ni wo ndji gbu mbi, na wa ba tie ni yiwu ni gbu Yahudawa-a.
15 who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.
Ahi ba Yahudawa-a ba Bachi Yesu ni bi tie ndu Irji. Ahi ba Yahudawa-a ba zu ta rju. Ba na kpa suron Irji kusi na. Naki ba kpa nfu ni konha.
16 They prohibit us to speak to the Gentiles, so that they may be saved, and thus do they continually add to their own sins. But the wrath of God will overtake them in the very end.
Ba zu ta dun ta na tre ni bi wa ba na toh Irji na. Ba si tie naki don dun ba ka lla tre mba kari. Ni kle'a infu Irji ni grji ni tumba.
17 And we, brothers, having been deprived of you for a short time, in sight, but not in heart, have hurried all the more to see your face, with a great desire.
Mri ya ba kpa ta ga tie nkah, ni ntoh fieme, ni kpa ana ni dri na. Ki yo suron ndi si wa ndu ki toh shishi mbi.
18 For we wanted to come to you, (indeed, I, Paul, attempted to do so once, and then again, ) but Satan impeded us.
Ki wa ndu ki ndi ye niyi, ime, Bulus, nkpu ri u ngari, u brji zu ta.
19 For what is our hope, and our joy, and our crown of glory? Is it not you, before our Lord Jesus Christ at his return?
U yo suron mbu hi nge ni ko shishi, ko ngiri mbu, ko wru wo san mbu ni shishi Bachi mbu Yesu ni wa a kma ye'a? Ndi a biyi yi ni mbru ndji?
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
U biyi yi bi nzuh nde mbu ni ngiri mbu.
