1 Thessalonians 3
1 Therefore, when we could no longer bear it, we thought it was good to be left behind at Athens alone.
Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis:
2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and comfort you regarding your faith.
et misimus Timotheum fratrem nostrum, et ministrum Dei in Evangelio Christi ad confirmandos vos, et exhortandos pro fide vestra:
3 We did this so that no one would be shaken by these sufferings. For yourselves know that for this we have been appointed.
ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis: ipsi enim scitis quod in hoc positi sumus.
4 Truly, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we were about to suffer affliction, and that happened, as you know.
Nam et cum apud vos essemus, praedicebamus vobis passuros nos tribulationes, sicut et factum est, et scitis.
5 For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I sent that I might know about your faith. Perhaps the tempter had somehow tempted you, and our labor was in vain.
Propterea et ego amplius non sustinens, misi ad cognoscendam fidem vestram: ne forte tentaverit vos is, qui tentat, et inanis fiat labor noster.
6 But Timothy came to us from you and brought us the good news of your faith and love. He told us that you always have good memories of us, and that you long to see us just as we also long to see you.
Nunc autem veniente Timotheo ad nos a vobis, et annunciante nobis fidem et charitatem vestram, et quia memoriam nostri habetis bonam semper, desiderantes nos videre, sicut et nos quoque vos:
7 Because of this, brothers, we were comforted by you because of your faith, in all our distress and affliction.
ideo consolati sumus fratres in vobis in omni necessitate, et tribulatione nostra per fidem vestram,
8 For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
quoniam nunc vivimus, si vos statis in Domino.
9 For what thanks can we give to God for you, for all the joy that we have before our God over you?
Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,
10 Night and day we pray very hard that we may see your face and provide what is lacking in your faith.
nocte ac die abundantius orantes, ut videamus faciem vestram, et compleamus ea, quae desunt fidei vestrae?
11 May our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Iesus Christus dirigat viam nostram ad vos.
12 May the Lord make you increase and abound in love one for another and toward all people, as we also do for you.
Vos autem Dominus multiplicet, et abundare faciat charitatem vestram in invicem, et in omnes, quemadmodum et nos in vobis:
13 May he strengthen your hearts, so that they will be blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
ad confirmanda corda vestra sine querela in sanctitate, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum, in adventu Domini nostri Iesu Christi cum omnibus sanctis eius. Amen.
