Tesalonikatɔwo 1 2
1 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, miawo ŋutɔ mienya ale si míaƒe mia gbɔ vava ɖe vi na mie.
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
2 Mienya ale si wowɔ funyafunya mí kple ale si míekpe fu le Filipi hafi va ɖo mia gbɔ la hã. Ke Mawu na dzideƒo tɔxɛ mí, be míagblɔ nyanyui ma ke na mi, togbɔ be futɔwo ƒo xlã mí gɔ̃ hã.
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.
3 Eya ta miakpɔe adze sii be míele mawunya gblɔm ɖe didi vɔ̃wo alo tameɖoɖo vɔ̃wo ta o, ke boŋ míele egblɔm le anukwareɖiɖi kple dzitsinya nyui me,
For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
4 elabena míawo la míele nya la gblɔm abe dɔla siwo tso Mawu gbɔ, ame siwo wòtsɔ nyanyuie la de asi na la ene; eya ta míetrɔ eƒe nya la ƒe akpa aɖeke be wòasɔ ɖe nyaselawo ƒe didi nu o elabena míawo la, míesubɔa Mawu ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ si dzroa amewo ƒe dzimesusuwo ƒe gogloƒe ke me.
but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
5 Abe ale si mienya nyuie ene la, míedze agbagba zi ɖeka pɛ hã kpɔ be míahe mi va mía gbɔe to mia nu beble me o, eye Mawu ŋutɔ hã nya be menye ɖe míebua be míenye mia xɔlɔ̃wo ale be miana ga mí o.
For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
6 Míebia kafukafu tso miawo alo ame bubu aɖeke gbɔ kpɔ o; evɔ abe Kristo ƒe apostolowo ene la, míedze na bubu tɔxɛ tso mia gbɔ hafi.
nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
7 Le esia teƒe la, míegbɔ dzi ɖi na mi abe ale si vi dada gbɔa dzi ɖi doa nuɖuɖu na viawo, eye wòléa be na wo ene.
But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
8 Míelɔ̃ mi vevie, eye míaƒe lɔlɔ̃ la de to ale gbegbe be míetsɔ Mawu ƒe nyanyui la ɖeɖe ko vɛ na mi o, ke boŋ míetsɔ míawo ŋutɔ ƒe agbe gɔ̃ hã kpe ɖe eŋuti na mi.
even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.
9 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, mieɖo ŋku ale si míewɔ dɔ kple kutrikuku geɖe le mia dome la dzi oa? Zã kple keli míewɔa dɔ kple kutrikuku, eye míetea fifia be míate ŋu akpɔ nu anɔ agbe ɖe eŋuti, ale be míaganye agba na ame aɖeke le afi ma esi míele Mawu ƒe nyanyui la gblɔm le mia dome o.
For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10 Miawo ŋutɔ kple Mawu siaa mienye ɖasefowo na mí be míenɔ agbe dzadzɛ, agbe kɔkɔe kple agbe si ŋu mokaka mele o la le mia dome.
Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblamably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
11 Ɖe mieɖo ŋku edzi be, míeƒoa nu na mi abe ale si fofo ƒoa nu na viawoe la ene oa?
as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,
12 Míeɖea kuku na mi, dea dzi ƒo na mi, eye kura gɔ̃ hã la, míedina tso mia si be miaƒe agbenɔnɔ naganye nuɖiaɖia na Mawu o, ke boŋ wòahe dzidzɔ vɛ na eya ame si yɔ mí va eƒe fiaɖuƒe la me be míakpɔ gome le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe la me.
to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
13 Eye míadzudzɔ akpedada na Mawu ɖe esia ta o, elabena esi míegblɔ nyanyui la na mi la, miebu nya la abe nya siwo míawo ŋutɔ míesusu la ene o, ke boŋ miexɔe abe Nya si tso Mawu ŋutɔ gbɔ la ene, eye le nyateƒe me eya ŋutɔ gbɔe wòtso, eya ta esi miexɔe se la, etrɔ miaƒe agbenɔnɔ.
And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
14 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, esia yomedzenue nye be miawo hã miekpe fu abe ale si Mawu ƒe hame siwo le Yudea le Yesu Kristo me la kpee ene. Miawo ŋutɔ miaƒe dukɔmetɔwo ti mia yome abe ale si woawo hã kpe fu tso woawo ŋutɔ ƒe amewo, Yudatɔwo ƒe asi me ene.
For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judæa in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
15 Esi wowu woawo ŋutɔ ƒe nyagblɔɖilawo vɔ la, woklã Aƒetɔ Yesu gɔ̃ hã ɖe atitsoga ŋuti, eye azɔ la, woti míawo hã yome kutɔkutɔe henya mí do goe le dua me. Wotsi tsitre ɖe Mawu kple amegbetɔ siaa ŋuti,
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
16 eye wole agbagba dzem be woaxe mɔ na mí ne míagagblɔ nya la na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o, ɖe vɔvɔ̃ be wo dometɔ aɖewo akpɔ ɖeɖe ta. Ale ame siawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo gale tsitsim ɖe edzi. Mlɔeba la, Mawu ƒe dziku va wo dzi azɔ.
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, esi míedzo le mia gbɔ le ɣeyiɣi kpui si va yi me la (míaƒe dziwo ya medzo le mia gbɔ o), míedze agbagba ɖe sia ɖe be míagava kpɔ mi ɖa, gake mete ŋu dze edzi o.
But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
18 Edzro mí vevie ŋutɔ be míava mia gbɔ, eye nye, Paulo, medze agbagba zi geɖe be mava, gake Satana meɖe mɔ na mí o.
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
19 Nu ka gɔ̃ míele agbe na? Nu kae na mɔkpɔkpɔ kple dzidzɔ mí, eye wònye míaƒe fetu vavã kple fiakuku la? Miawoe! Ɛ̃, miahe dzidzɔ geɖe vɛ na mí, ne mí katã míetsi tsitre ɖe míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ŋkume, ne etrɔ va,
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
20 elabena miawoe nye míaƒe ŋutikɔkɔe kple dzidzɔ.
For ye are our glory and our joy.
