1 Thessalonians 3
1 So when we could endure it no longer, we decided to remain behind in Athens alone;
Tin kaa go den fidi, ti den sua ke li ŋani tin ya ye Atena ti bebe.
2 and sent Timothy our brother and God's minister in the service of Christ's Good News, that he might help you spiritually and encourage you in your faith;
ki soani ti kpiilo TIMOTE yikani, wani yua n taa ki tuuni leni u TIENU leni ti tuonsoanlielo KILISITI labaaliŋamo wangima nni ke wan paagi yi pala ki go tundi yi yin ya se boŋanla yi dandanli nni.
3 that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.
Ke yi siiga oba kuli n da lengidi ki guani puoli kelima ban wangi yi ya fala yaapo.
4 For even when we were with you, we forewarned you, saying, "We are soon to suffer affliction;" and this actually happened, as you well know.
Tin den ye leni yi, ti den tuodi ki waani yi ke bi baa wangi ti fala yeni. li den tua tipo yeni nani yin bani maama.
5 For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost.
Nani min kan go den fidi ki juuni ka laa yi maama po, N den soani TIMOTE yi kani ke wan bandi yin se li dandanli nni maama, kelima n den jie ke mi tulinma daano n da ti tulini yi, ki teni ti tuonli yi siiga n tua fanma.
6 But now that Timothy has recently come back to us from you, and has brought us the happy tidings of your faith and love, and has told us how you still cherish a constant and affectionate recollection of us, and are longing to see us as we also long to see you--
Ama TIMOTE n ǹani yi kani ki kpeni ke laa waagi, o puni ti ya labaalo n mani. o go waani yin pia ya dandanli leni ya buama n tie mama. O wani ti ke yi tiani tipo yogunu kuli leni li pamanli, ki go bua ki le ti nani nani timo n bua ki le yi maama.
7 for this reason in our distress and trouble we have been comforted about you, brethren, by your faith.
Baa ke ti ye leni mi yebiadma ki laadi fala, wan waani ti ti labaalo ke yi se li dandanli nni yeni baagi ti.
8 For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.
Moala ti naani guani kelima yi se ke li pa o DIEDO sanŋoadima nni.
9 For what thanksgiving on your behalf can we possibly offer to God in return for all the joy which fills our souls before our God for you,
Yi laa tuondi yo ti ba tuondi u TIENU kelima yipo. Ti tuondi o ti jaandi nni kelima tin pia ya pamancianli o kani kelima yi yaapo.
10 while night and day, with intense earnestness, we pray that we may see your faces, and may bring to perfection whatever may be still lacking in your faith?
U yensiinu leni ku ǹiagu kuli ti miadi u TIENU leni ti pala kulike wan tuo tin go le yi nunmu ki ya todi yi ken yin baa ki biini yaala n poadi yi dandanli nni.
11 But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus--guide us on our way to you;
TI BAA U TIENU leni ti DIEDO JESU n ŋanbi tipo u sanu tin go cua ki le yi.
12 and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.
O DIEDO n teni ke yi buama yi yaba po leni bi niba po kuli po n ya yabidi ki pugidi, nani ti mo ya buama n pugidi yipo maama.
13 Thus He will build up your characters, so that you will be faultlessly holy in the presence of our God and Father at the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
Wan ya paagidi yi pala ke ti BAA U TIENU n ya nua ke yi gagidi cain opo, kaa pia ban baa fidi ki kuli yi leni yaala ti DIEDO JESU n go baa cua leni o nigagidiŋanba kuli ya yogunu.
