1 Thessalonians 3
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
Ko ia ʻi he ʻikai te mau kei faʻa kātaki, naʻa mau fiemālie ke nofo pe ʻi ʻAtenisi;
2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
Kae fekau atu ʻa Timote, ko homau tokoua, mo e faifekau ʻae ʻOtua, mo ʻemau kaungā ngaue ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻa Kalaisi, ke fakamālohi ʻakimoutolu, pea ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻakimoutolu ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou tui:
3 that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.
Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ngaueue ha taha ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ni: he ʻoku mou ʻilo kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻakitautolu ki ai.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
He ko e moʻoni, ʻi heʻemau ʻiate kimoutolu, naʻa mau tomuʻa tala kiate kimoutolu ʻe tautea ʻakimautolu; ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hoko, pea ʻoku mou ʻilo.
5 For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour should be in vain.
Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni, ʻi he ʻikai te u kei faʻa kātaki, ne u fekau atu ai ke u ʻilo hoʻomou tui, telia naʻa ai ha meʻa kuo fakatauveleʻi ai ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻahiʻahi, pea fakataʻeʻaonga ai ʻemau ngaue.
6 But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;
Ka ko eni, ʻi he hoko mai ʻa Timote meiate kimoutolu, ʻo ʻomi kiate kimautolu ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo hoʻomou tui mo e ʻofa, pea mo hoʻomou manatu lelei maʻuaipē kiate kimautolu, ʻo holi lahi ke mamata kiate kimautolu, ʻo hangē ko kimautolu kiate kimoutolu:
7 for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:
Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, naʻa mau fiemālie ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻi heʻemau mamahi mo e tuʻutāmaki kotoa pē, ʻi hoʻomou tui:
8 for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
He ʻoku mau moʻui eni, ʻo kapau ʻoku mou tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻEiki.
9 For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
He ko e hā ʻae fakafetaʻi te mau faʻa ʻatu ki he ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, ʻi he fiefia kotoa pē ʻoku mau fiefia ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo hotau ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu;
10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
ʻo lotu lahi ʻaupito ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho, koeʻuhi ke mau mamata ki homou mata, pea ke mau fakakakato ʻaia ʻoku toe ʻi hoʻomou tui?
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:
Pea ko eni, ke ʻi he ʻOtua pe ko ʻetau Tamai, mo hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ke fakahinohino homau hala kiate kimoutolu.
12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
Pea ke fakafonu ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki, ke mou tupulekina lahi ʻi he feʻofaʻaki ʻakimoutolu kiate kimoutolu, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko kimautolu kiate kimoutolu
13 to the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Koeʻuhi ke ne fokotuʻumaʻu ʻo taʻehalaia homou loto ʻi he māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, ko ʻetau Tamai, ʻi he hāʻele mai ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi mo ʻene kau māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē.
