Tesalonikatɔwo 1 2
1 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, miawo ŋutɔ mienya ale si míaƒe mia gbɔ vava ɖe vi na mie.
For you yourselves know, brothers, that my visit to you did not fail of its purpose;
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.
for you remember that although I had already borne ill-treatment and insult at Philippi, I took courage in my God to tell you the gospel of God, in the face of much opposition.
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 my preaching was not grounded on a delusion, or on impure motives, on in deceit.
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 as my fitness to be entrusted with the gospel has been tested and approved by God, I so speak, not to please men, but to please God, who is testing my motives.
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 as you well know, I never resorted to flattery, nor to any pretext for enriching myself. God is my 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.
Now was I seeking glory from men, either yourselves or others, although I might have exercised authority as Christ’s apostle.
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.
On the contrary I showed myself among you as gentle as a mother, when she tenderly nurses 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.
So in my fond affection it was my joy to give you, not only the gospel of God, but my very life also, because you had become dear to me.
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.
You recall, brothers, my labor and toil; how, while working at my trade day and night, so as not to become a burden to any of you, I proclaimed to 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.
You are witnesses - and so is God - how pure and just and blameless was my behavior among you believers.
11 Ɖe mieɖo ŋku edzi be, míeƒoa nu na mi abe ale si fofo ƒoa nu na viawoe la ene oa?
You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,
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.
exhorting and imploring and adjuring each one among you to lead a life worthy of the God who called 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.
For this reason also I am giving continual thanks to God, because when you heard from me the spoken word of God, you received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God (which in truth it is), who himself is effectually at work in you 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 you, brothers, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus; and you in your turn suffered at the hands of your fellow citizens persecutions like to those which they endured from 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,
The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out - they are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind.
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.
They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!
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 I, my brothers, although torn from you for a short season (in presence, not in heart), made eager efforts to behold you face to face with strong longing.
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.
For that reason I would fain have visited you - I, Paul, again and again - but Satan hindered me.
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 my hope, or joy? What is the victor’s wreath in which I exult? What but your own selves in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming!
20 elabena miawoe nye míaƒe ŋutikɔkɔe kple dzidzɔ.
For you are my pride and my delight.
