1 Thessalonians 3

1 Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

Ce a dawngawh am kami yh thai voel awhtaw, Atheni khaw awh awm aham nep hly soeih hy ti unyng.

2 and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage [you] concerning your faith,

Khrih awithang leek khynaak benawh Khawsa bi anik bi pyikung, ka mi naa Timote ce cangnaak benawh nangmih tha ak pe aham ingkaw ngaihqepnaak awi ak kqawn na tyi law unyng,

3 that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

cawh ni u ingawm vemyih khuikhanaak ingkaw ngaihkyinaak a mami peek hly. Vemyihkhqi awh ni kaimih kami law tice ak leek cana sim uhyk ti.

4 for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)

Nangmih a venawh ka mi awm awh thekhanaak hu kawng unyng tice nik kqawn pek khqi hawh unyng, ka mik kqawn amyihna awm tang saw nangmih ing sim uhyk ti.

5 For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

Vawh am ka yh thai voel awh nangmih ak cangnaak ce sim aham thlang tyi law nyng. Ikawp na nu sykzoekkung ing nangmih ce ni syk khqi nawh kaimih a bibinaak ve a hoeina a awm kaw ti kqih nyng.

6 But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

Tuh, Timote ve nangmih a ven awhkawng law thai nawh nangmih ak cangnaak ingkaw lungnaak awithang leek ce law pyi hy. Kaimih amni hilh khqi nawh kaimih ing nangmih huh aham kami ngaih amyihna nangmih ingawm kaimih huh aham ngaih uhyk ti tice anih ing kqawn law hy.

7 for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,

Cedawngawh, koeinaakhqi, kyinaak ingkaw thekhanaak ami huh awh awm cangnaak nami taak a dawngawh ka ming ngaih qep hy.

8 because now we live if ye stand firm in [the] Lord.

Bawipa awh ak cak na naming dyih hawh a dawngawh, tuh awhtaw ningnih ni hqing tang tang hawh uhy.

9 For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,

Nangmih ak camawh ni Khawsa haiawh zeelnaak ka mi taak boeih a dawngawh ikawmyihna nu Khawsa venawh zeelnaak awi ka mik kqawn tloep lawt lah voei?

10 night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?

Nangmih ni huk khqi tlaih unyng saw nangmih ak cangnaak ak voet ce dawm a hlai thainaak aham khawmthan khawdai cykcah poepa unyng.

11 But our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

Amah ningnih a Pa Khawsa ingkaw ningnih a Bawipa Jesu ing nangmih a venna ka mi law thainaak aham lam qoek abah law seh.

12 But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,

Bawipa ing nangmih ak cangnaak ce pung a tai sak seitaw nangmih boeih aham ingkaw thlak changkhqi ham awm nangmih aham ka mi sai lawt amyihna be ngen sak seh nyng.

13 in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Ni Bawipa Jesu ce ak thlakciimkhqi mi a law awh ni Pa Khawsa haiawh coet a kap kaana awm thainaak aham nangmih ak kawlung ce tha awm sak seh.