1 Tesalonik 3

1 Se konsa, mwen pa t' kapab tann ankò. Mwen pran desizyon rete pou kont mwen lavil Atèn.

Therefore, when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

2 Mwen te voye Timote, frè nou an, al wè nou. Se yon sèvitè Bondye k'ap travay ansanm ak mwen pou fè konnen bon nouvèl Kris la. Li te gen pou l' te fòtifye nou, pou l' te ankouraje nou nan lafwa,

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

3 pou pesonn pa febli nan mitan tribilasyon sa yo. Nou menm, moun lavil Tesalonik, se pou n' soufri bagay sa yo paske Bondye te wè davans sa tapral rive nou.

that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

4 Lè m' te la nan mitan nou, mwen te pale nou davans nou tapral gen anpil lafliksyon. Nou wè se sa menm ki rive nou.

For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

5 Se poutèt sa, mwen te voye Timote ban nou, mwen pa t' kapab tann ankò. Mwen te voye l' pran nouvèl jan konfyans nou nan Bondye ye. Mwen te pè pou Satan pa t' pran nou nan pèlen li, pou tout travay mwen an pa t' pèdi.

For this cause I also, when I could not stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

6 Men koulye a, Timote fèk rive sot lakay nou, li fè kè m' kontan, li ban m' bon nouvèl, li di m' jan nou gen konfyans ak renmen. Li di m' jan nou menm tou nou toujou chonje m', jan nou anvi wè m', menm jan mwen menm mwen anvi wè nou.

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;

7 Konsa, frè m' yo, nan mitan tout fikilte ak tout lafliksyon mwen yo, sa te ban m' kouraj lè m' tande jan n'ap kenbe fèm nan lafwa.

for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

8 Se koulye a m'ap viv tout bon, paske nou menm, moun Tesalonik, nou rete fèm nan lavi n'ap mennen ansanm ak Kris la.

For now we live, since you stand firm in the Lord.

9 Mwen pa konn ki jan pou m' di Bondye mèsi pou nou, tèlman nou fè kè m' kontan devan li.

For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

10 Lajounen kou lannwit, m'ap mande ak tout kè mwen pou Bondye ban m' chans yon lè vizite nou ankò, pou m' ka fin moutre nou sa nou manke nan lafwa a toujou.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

11 Mwen mande Bondye, Papa nou, ansanm ak Jezikri, Seyè nou, pou yo louvri yon chemen pou mwen pou m' ka vin wè nou.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you;

12 Mwen mande Seyè a pou nou gen plis renmen yonn pou lòt ak pou tout moun, menm jan mwen renmen nou.

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, even as we also do toward you,

13 Konsa, nou menm moun Tesalonik, Kris la va fòtifye kè nou pou nou ka san repwòch devan Bondye, Papa nou, tankou moun k'ap viv apa pou li jouk lè Jezikri, Seyè nou an, va vini ansanm ak tout moun pa l' yo.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.