1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
Kami be ja kami cinae aw, nami veia kami law cen sungpyamnak am ni ti nami ksingki.
2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
Thesalonikah mlüh am kami pha law ham üng, Philipih mlüha ihlawka ami jah yaihyün nghekanak cun nami ksingki. Aktäa jah ngtäkpüi kyaw u lü pi, mi Pamhnam naw amät üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw ning jah mtheh vaia lingnak jah pe pängki.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Kami ning jah nghuinak hin am dawkia mkhyenak, am ngcingcaihkia ngaihnak ja limmanak üng ning jah mtheh am ni.
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.
Pamhnam naw Thangkdaw pyen khaia a jah ümnaka mäiha, khyanga mlung jesaki am ni lü, khyanga mlungkyawng jah ksingki Pamhnam jesak vaia ni khut kami bi ve.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),
Nami veia kami law üng, mhläknaka ngthu pyen lü kamvanaka ngthu sumei khaia am kami lawki ti cun angtea nami ksingki. Pamhnam hin kami saksi ni.
6 nor seeking glory from people (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
Nangmi naw pi ni se, akce naw pi ni se, ua jah mküiei vai pi am ktha na u nawng.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Khritawa ngsäa kba nami veia kthähei lü yah kyawki. Cunüngpi, nami veia kami law üng hniphnawi lü nu mat naw a naca a mceia mäiha kami ning jah mceiki.
8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
Acunakyase, kami ning jah mhläkphyanak am Pamhnam üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw däk am ni lü kami sak pi ning jah pet hlü awnga kami ngtünkie cen. Nangmi cun aktä se kami ning jah mhläkphya naki.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
Ka benae aw, ihlawka bawngkha lü mi khüi cun nami ksingki. Ua khana pi ia khuikhanak käh a pha law vaia, amhnüp amthana khüi lü Pamhnam üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw cun kami ning jah mthehki.
10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Nangmi jumeikiea khana ihlawka ngcingcaih, ngsungpyun lü mkat vai käh vekia kami ve cun, nangmi ja Pamhnam cun kami saksia nami kyaki.
11 As you know, as a father with his own children,
Amäta Khankhaw Pe ja hlüngtainaka ning jah cehpüiki, Pamhnam jekyaisakia xünsak üng nami ve vaia, Pa mat naw a cae a jah vepüia kba, mat cima ning jah mcuhmcäi mhlawhmcah lü kami ve nami ksingki.
12 we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as a human word, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
Pamhnam üng aläa kami jenaka mawng ta: Pamhnama ngthu nami veia kami lawpüi üng ngja lü nami dodangki. Khyanga ngthu sawxata mäiha käh ngai lü Mhnama ngthua ngai lü, acun cun Pamhnama ngthu kcanga kya lü jumeiki nangmia khana Pamhnam naw khut a bia phäh ni.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans;
Kami benae aw, Jesuh Khritaw yahei lü Judah khawa veki Pamhnama sangcimea veia thawnkia kba, nangmia veia pi thawn lawki. Judah khyange amimäta khyangmjü naw ami jah mkhuimkhaa kba, nangmi pi namimäta khyangmjü naw ning jah mkhuimkha ve.
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;
Judahe cun Bawipa Jesuh ja sahma he jah hnim u lü keimi pi jah mkhuimkhakie. Ihlawka Pamhnam am jekyaisakie ni. Ihlawka khyang naküt jah mkeieikie ni.
16 forbidding us to speak to those who are not Jewish that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
Küikyannak jah pe khaia thangkdaw Khyangmjükce hea veia kami sang pi jah ngdüm hlüsak ktawihkie. Aläa mkhyenak ami pawh cen ahikba mkhyenak kümceisakie ni. Akpäihnaka ta, Pamhnama mlungsonak ami khana pha päng ve.
17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Ka benae aw, pumsa üng asängca mi ngtai kyaw u lü pi, mlung kyawng üng ta am mi ngtai. Akhyang puma ning jah hmuh be vaia aktä se ning jah süm lü kami ktha nakie.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Nami veia nghlat law be vaia kami yängki. Kamät kung pi nghngih vei law vaia ka ngtängki, Khawyam naw am na lawsak ve.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Kami äpeinak, jekyainak ja mi Bawipa Jesuha law be üng a maa kami ngnängpangnaka mawng awhcahnak vai cun nangmi ni, khyang kce he am ni.
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
Kami hlüngtainak ja kami jekyainak ta nangmi ni.
