1 Thessalonians 3
1 So when we could endure it no longer, we decided to remain behind in Athens alone;
Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis:
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;
et misimus Timotheum fratrem nostrum, et ministrum Dei in Evangelio Christi ad confirmandos vos, et exhortandos pro fide vestra:
3 that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.
ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis: ipsi enim scitis quod in hoc positi sumus.
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.
Nam et cum apud vos essemus, praedicebamus vobis passuros nos tribulationes, sicut et factum est, et scitis.
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.
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 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--
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 for this reason in our distress and trouble we have been comforted about you, brethren, by your faith.
ideo consolati sumus fratres in vobis in omni necessitate, et tribulatione nostra per fidem vestram,
8 For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.
quoniam nunc vivimus, si vos statis in Domino.
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,
Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,
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?
nocte ac die abundantius orantes, ut videamus faciem vestram, et compleamus ea, quae desunt fidei vestrae?
11 But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus--guide us on our way to you;
Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Iesus Christus dirigat viam nostram ad vos.
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.
Vos autem Dominus multiplicet, et abundare faciat charitatem vestram in invicem, et in omnes, quemadmodum et nos in vobis:
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.
ad confirmanda corda vestra sine querela in sanctitate, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum, in adventu Domini nostri Iesu Christi cum omnibus sanctis eius. Amen.
