1 Thessalonians 3
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
Lwa bofelo, erile fa ke sa tlhole ke ka kgona go itshoka, ke ne ka ikaelela go nna nosi mo Athena,
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
Ka roma Timotheo, mokaulengwe wa rona le modiri ka rona, morongwa wa Modimo, go lo letela go nonotsha tumelo ya lona, go lo kgothatsa le go lo tshegetsa e se re kgotsa lwa nyema moko ka ntlha ya mathata a lo neng lo feta mo go one. (Mme legale lo itse gore matshwenyego a a ntsengjalo ke bontlha-bongwe jwa leano la Modimo mo go rona Bakeresete.
3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and all of you know.
Le re santse re na le lona re ne ra lo tlhagisa pele ga nako gore pogiso e tlaa tloga e tla, mme e ne ya tla.)
5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
Jaaka ke boletse, erile ke retelelwa ke go itshoka, ka roma Timotheo go tla go bona gore a tumelo ya lona e santse e nonofile. Ke ne ke boifa gore kgotsa Satane o setse a lo raetse le gore tiro ya rona e setse e le lefela.
6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, (agape) and that all of you have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
Mme jaanong Timotheo o setse a boile mme o tsile ka dikgang tse di monate tse di reng tumelo ya lona le lorato di santse di nonofile fela jaaka gale, le gore lo gakologelwa loeto lwa rona ka boitumelo le gore lo batla go re bona fela thata jaaka le rona re batla go lo bona.
7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
Jalo re gomotsegile thata, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, mo matshwenyegong otlhe a a re pitlaganyeditseng le mo pogisegong kwano, mme e re ka re itse gore lo eme ka boammaaruri mo Moreneng,
8 For now we live, if all of you stand fast in the Lord.
re ka itshokela sengwe le sengwe fela fa re itse gore lo eme ka nonofo mo go ene.
9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
Re ka leboga Modimo thata jang kaga lona le kaga boitumelo le lorato lo lo lo re neileng ka ntlha ya go lo rapelela?
10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Gonne bosigo le motshegare re tswelela ka go lo rapelela, re kopa Modimo gore o re kopanye le lona gape, go kaba diphatlha dingwe tse dinnye tse di ka neng di santse di le mo tumelong ya lona.
11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
A Modimo Rara wa rona ka sebele le Morena wa rona Jesu ba re rome gape kwa go lona.
12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love (agape) one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Gape a Morena a dire lorato lwa lona gore lo gole lo bo lo penologele mo go mongwe le mongwe, fela jaaka lorato lwa rona lo penologela kwa go lona.
13 To the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Mo go tlaa dira gore dipelo tsa lona di nonotshiwe, di tlhoke boleo di bo di itshepisiwe ke Modimo Rraa rona, gore lo tle lo eme fa pele ga one mo letsatsing leo lo sena molato fa Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete a bowa le botlhe bao ba e leng ba gagwe.
