1 Thessalonians 3

1 As a result of that, when I could no longer endure [worrying about you], I decided that [Silas and I] would stay behind alone in Athens [city],

Lwa bofelo, erile fa ke sa tlhole ke ka kgona go itshoka, ke ne ka ikaelela go nna nosi mo Athena,

2 and we two sent Timothy [to you. You know that he is] our close associate and also works for God by [proclaiming] the message about Christ. [Silas and I sent him] in order that he would urge you to continue to strongly trust [in Christ].

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 We wanted none [of you] to consider turning away from Christ as a result of [people] causing you to suffer. You know that [God has] planned that [we who trust in him will suffer like that when people do that to us who trust in him].

4 Remember that when we were present with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted {that [people] would cause us to suffer}. And because that is what happened, you know that [what we said] was true!

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 [I was] afraid that [Satan], the one who tempts us, had caused you [to stop trusting in Christ. If that had happened], we would have worked uselessly [while we were present with you! So] I sent [Timothy to you] in order to find out whether or not you were [still] trusting [in Christ]. I sent him because I could no longer endure [not knowing (about your spiritual condition/whether or not you were still trusting in Christ]).

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 Now Timothy has just returned to Silas and me from [being with] you, and he has told us the good news that you [still] trust [in Christ] and that you love [him] (OR, [each other]). He told us also that you always happily remember us [and that] you strongly desire that we visit you, just like we strongly desire to visit 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 My fellow believers, [even though] we are suffering very much [DOU] because of what people are doing to us here, we have been cheered up because [Timothy told us about] your [still] trusting [in Christ].

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 Now we feel very encouraged [IDM] that you continue to strongly [trust] in the Lord [Jesus].

re ka itshokela sengwe le sengwe fela fa re itse gore lo eme ka nonofo mo go ene.

9 (We cannot thank God adequately for [what he has done for] you!/How can we thank God enough for [what he has done for] you?) [RHQ] We greatly rejoice concerning you [when we pray to] 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 We constantly [HYP] and fervently/earnestly ask [God] that [we will be able] to visit you [SYN] and that [we will be able] to help you to trust [in Christ/God] more strongly!

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 We pray to God, our Father, and to our Lord Jesus, that they will (clear the way/make it possible) so that we can return to you.

A Modimo Rara wa rona ka sebele le Morena wa rona Jesu ba re rome gape kwa go lona.

12 As for you, we pray that the Lord Jesus will help you to love each other and other people more and more, just like we continue loving you more and more.

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 We pray that our Lord Jesus will strengthen your resolve to do what pleases God (OR, strengthen you spiritually). We pray that God our Father will enable you to conduct your lives in a way that is pure and that no one can justly criticize, so that when Jesus comes back to earth accompanied by all those who belong to him, he will be pleased with you.

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.