1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that my visit to you did not fail of its purpose;
Ẹ̀yin pàápàá mọ̀ ará, pé ìbẹ̀wò wa sí i yín kì í ṣe ní asán.
2 for you remember that although I had already borne ill-treatment and insult at Philippi, I took courage in my God to tell you the gospel of God, in the face of much opposition.
Àwa tí jìyà, a sì fi àbùkù kàn wá ní ìlú Filipi bí ẹ̀yin ti mọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n nípa ìrànlọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run wa ní àwa fi ìgboyà sọ ìyìnrere fún un yín pẹ̀lú àtakò líle.
3 For my preaching was not grounded on a delusion, or on impure motives, on in deceit.
Nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ ìyànjú wa kì í ṣe ti ẹ̀tàn, tàbí ti èrò àìmọ́, tàbí láti inú àrékérekè.
4 But as my fitness to be entrusted with the gospel has been tested and approved by God, I so speak, not to please men, but to please God, who is testing my motives.
Ṣùgbọ́n bí a ti kà wá yẹ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, bí ẹni tí a fi ìyìnrere lé lọ́wọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwa ń sọ, kì í ṣe bí ẹni tí ń wu ènìyàn, bí kò ṣe Ọlọ́run tí ń dán ọkàn wa wò.
5 For as you well know, I never resorted to flattery, nor to any pretext for enriching myself. God is my witness!
A mọ̀ pé a kò lo ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn, tàbí ìbòjú ojúkòkòrò fún yín, Ọlọ́run ni ẹlẹ́rìí wa.
6 Now was I seeking glory from men, either yourselves or others, although I might have exercised authority as Christ’s apostle.
A kò béèrè ìyìn lọ́dọ̀ yín tàbí fún ara wa. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí aposteli Kristi a ò bá ti di àjàgà fún un yín.
7 On the contrary I showed myself among you as gentle as a mother, when she tenderly nurses her own children.
Ṣùgbọ́n àwa ṣe pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́ láàrín yín tí a sì ṣe ìtọ́jú yín. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìyá ti ń tọ́jú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀,
8 So in my fond affection it was my joy to give you, not only the gospel of God, but my very life also, because you had become dear to me.
bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwa ti ní ìfẹ́ inú rere sí yín, inú wa dùn jọjọ láti fún yín, kì í ṣe ìyìnrere Ọlọ́run nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀mí àwa fúnra wa pẹ̀lú, nítorí ẹ̀yín jẹ́ ẹni ọ̀wọ́n fún wa.
9 You recall, brothers, my labor and toil; how, while working at my trade day and night, so as not to become a burden to any of you, I proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Nítòótọ́ ẹ rántí, ará, iṣẹ́ àti làálàá wa; lọ́sàn án àti lóru ni àwa ń ṣiṣẹ́ kí ìnáwó wa má bà á di ìṣòro fún ẹnikẹ́ni bí a ti ń wàásù ìyìnrere Ọlọ́run fún un yín.
10 You are witnesses - and so is God - how pure and just and blameless was my behavior among you believers.
Ẹ̀yin ni ẹlẹ́rìí wà, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà sì ni Ọlọ́run pẹ̀lú, bí a ṣe gbé ìgbé ayé mímọ́, òdodo àti àìlẹ́gàn láàrín ẹ̀yin tí ó gbàgbọ́.
11 You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin sì ti mọ̀ bí àwa tí ń ba olúkúlùkù yín lò gẹ́gẹ́ bí baba ti ń bá àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ sọ̀rọ̀
12 exhorting and imploring and adjuring each one among you to lead a life worthy of the God who called you into his own kingdom and glory.
ìyànjú, ìtùnú àti tí a ń bẹ̀ yín láti gbé ìgbésí ayé tí ó ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí ó ń pè yín sínú ìjọba àti ògo òun tìkára rẹ̀.
13 For this reason also I am giving continual thanks to God, because when you heard from me the spoken word of God, you received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God (which in truth it is), who himself is effectually at work in you believe.
Àwa ń dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run ní gbogbo ìgbà nítorí pé, ẹ kò ka ọ̀rọ̀ ìwàásù wa sí ọ̀rọ̀ ti ara wa. Pẹ̀lú ayọ̀ ni ẹ gba ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run tí a wí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run, òtítọ́ sì ni pé, ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ni, èyí tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ nínú ẹ̀yin tí ó gbàgbọ́.
14 For you, brothers, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus; and you in your turn suffered at the hands of your fellow citizens persecutions like to those which they endured from the Jews -
Nítorí, ẹ̀yin ara, ẹ jẹ́ àwòkọ́ṣe àwọn ìjọ Ọlọ́run tí o wà ní Judea nínú Kristi Jesu. Nítorí pé ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú jìyà irú ohun kan náà lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìlú yín, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn pẹ̀lú ti jìyà lọ́wọ́ àwọn Júù,
15 The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out - they are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind.
àwọn tí wọ́n pa Jesu Olúwa àti àwọn wòlíì, tí wọ́n sì tì wa jáde. Wọn kò ṣe èyí tí ó wu Ọlọ́run, wọ́n sì ṣe lòdì sí gbogbo ènìyàn
16 They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!
nínú ìgbìyànjú wọn láti dá ìwàásù ìyìnrere dúró láàrín àwọn aláìkọlà kí wọn kí ó lè rí gbàlà. Ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn ń di púpọ̀ sí i lójoojúmọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìkẹyìn, ìbínú Ọlọ́run ti wá sórí wọn ní ìgbẹ̀yìn.
17 But I, my brothers, although torn from you for a short season (in presence, not in heart), made eager efforts to behold you face to face with strong longing.
Ẹ̀yin ará olùfẹ́, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí a ti kúrò lọ́dọ̀ yín fún ìgbà díẹ̀ (nínú ara, kì í ṣe ọkàn), pẹ̀lú ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìtara ni àwa ṣe àníyàn tí a sì fẹ́ gidigidi láti fi rí i yín.
18 For that reason I would fain have visited you - I, Paul, again and again - but Satan hindered me.
Nítorí àwa fẹ́ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ yín—àní èmi, Paulu, gbìyànjú ní ọ̀pọ̀ ìgbà láti wá, ṣùgbọ́n èṣù ú dè wá lọ́nà.
19 For what is my hope, or joy? What is the victor’s wreath in which I exult? What but your own selves in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming!
Kí ni ìrètí wa, ayọ̀ wa, tàbí adé wa nínú èyí tí a ó ṣògo níwájú Jesu Olúwa nígbà tí òun bá dé? Ṣé ẹ̀yin kọ́ ni?
20 For you are my pride and my delight.
Nítòótọ́, ẹ̀yin ni ògo àti ayọ̀ wa.
