1 Athesalonike 3
1 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, rĩrĩa twaremirwo nĩgũkirĩrĩria-rĩ, nĩtuonire arĩ wega tũtigwo tũrĩ ithuiki kũu Athene.
And because we could not endure, we were willing to be left at Athinos alone,
2 Tũgĩgĩtũma Timotheo ũrĩa mũrũ wa Ithe witũ, na ndungata ya Ngai hamwe na ithuĩ ya kũhunjia Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega wa Kristũ, nĩguo amwĩkĩre hinya, na amũũmĩrĩrie wĩtĩkio-inĩ wanyu,
and to send to you Timotheos our brother, a minister of Aloha and our helper in the gospel of the Meshiha, to fortify you, and inquire of you concerning your faith,
3 nĩguo gũtikagĩe mũndũ ũngĩagagio nĩ magerio macio. Inyuĩ nĩmũũĩ wega atĩ nĩmo twathĩrĩirio.
that none of you should be slain through these afflictions; for you know that to this we are set.
4 Ti-itherũ o na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa twarĩ na inyuĩ nĩtwamwĩraga kaingĩ atĩ no nginya tũnyariirwo. O ta ũrĩa mũũĩ atĩ ũguo noguo gwacookire gũgĩtuĩka.
For while also we were with you, we foretold you that we were to be afflicted, as you know that it hath been.
5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, rĩrĩa ndaremirwo nĩgũkirĩrĩria rĩngĩ-rĩ, ngĩtũmana nĩguo menye ũhoro wa wĩtĩkio wanyu. Nĩgũkorwo nĩndetigagĩra gũtigakorwo atĩ hihi mũgerania nĩamũgeretie, naguo wĩra witũ ũtuĩke wa tũhũ.
On account of this also, I, not enduring until I had sent to know your faith, lest the tempter should tempt you, and we should have laboured in vain;
6 No rĩrĩ, rĩu Timotheo nĩ okĩte kũrĩ ithuĩ oimĩte kũrĩ inyuĩ, na agatũrehere ũhoro mwega ũkoniĩ wĩtĩkio na wendani wanyu. Nĩatwĩrĩte atĩ nĩmũtũririkanaga hĩndĩ ciothe mũkenete, na atĩ nĩmwĩriragĩria gũtuona, o ta ũrĩa o na ithuĩ twĩriragĩria kũmuona.
but now when Timotheos came to us from among you, and gave us intelligence of your faith and of your love, and that you have a good remembrance of us in every season, and desire to see us as we also (to see) you;
7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ-rĩ, o na tũrĩ na mĩnyamaro na mathĩĩna nĩtuomĩrĩirio twaigua ũhoro wanyu nĩ tondũ wa gwĩtĩkia kũu kwanyu.
on this account we were comforted in you, my brethren, in all our anxieties and our afflictions because of your faith.
8 Nĩgũkorwo rĩu tũgũtũũra muoyo kũna, kuona atĩ nĩmwĩhaandĩte wega thĩinĩ wa Mwathani.
And now we live, if you are established in our Lord.
9 Tũngĩhota atĩa gũcookeria Ngai ngaatho cia kũigana nĩ ũndũ wanyu, tondũ wa gĩkeno kĩrĩa gĩothe tũrĩ nakĩo mbere ya Ngai witũ nĩ ũndũ wanyu?
For what thanks giving can we render on account of you to Aloha, over all the joy with which we rejoice on your behalf,
10 Nĩtũhooyaga ũtukũ na mũthenya na kĩyo kĩingĩ nĩgeetha tũkoonana na inyuĩ rĩngĩ na tũmũrehere kĩrĩa mũtarĩ nakĩo ũhoro-inĩ wa gwĩtĩkia kwanyu.
unless before Aloha we supplicate exceedingly by night and by day to see your faces, and to perfect what is wanting to your faith?
11 Rĩu-rĩ, Ngai mwene, o Ithe witũ, na Mwathani witũ Jesũ, marotũhingũrĩra njĩra tũhote gũũka kũrĩ inyuĩ.
But Aloha himself, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, will make straight our way to you,
12 Mwathani arotũma wendani wanyu wongerereke na ũiyũrĩrĩre harĩ o mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, na harĩ andũ arĩa angĩ othe, o ta ũrĩa o na ithuĩ tũmwendete.
and he will cause your love to increase to one another, and to every man, even as we love you;
13 Ningĩ aroĩkĩra ngoro cianyu hinya nĩgeetha mũgaakorwo mũtarĩ na ũcuuke, na mũrĩ atheru mbere ya Ngai, o we Ithe witũ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Mwathani witũ Jesũ agooka hamwe na andũ ake arĩa atheru othe.
and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.
