1 Tesalonik 2
1 Paske nou menm konnen, frè m yo, ke aparans nou pami nou menm nan pa t anven.
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
2 Men apre nou te deja soufri e maltrete nan Philippes, jan nou konnen an, nou te gen kouraj nan Bondye nou an pou pale levanjil la avèk nou malgre anpil opozisyon.
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
3 Paske egzòtasyon nou an pa soti ni nan erè, ni nan salte, ni nan fason pou twonpe moun.
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
4 Men jis jan nou te vin apwouve pa Bondye a pou vin konfye nou levanjil la; alò nou pale, pa pou fè lòm plezi, men pou Bondye ki egzamine kè nou yo.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
5 Paske nou pa t janm vini avèk pawòl k ap flate moun, jan nou konnen an, ni avèk yon pretèks pou fè lajan (Bondye se temwen)
For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
6 ni nou pa t chache glwa ki sòti nan lòm, ni nan nou menm, ni nan lòt yo, menmsi kòm apot a Kris, nou ta dwe montre otorite nou.
nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as emissaries of Messiah.
7 Men nou te pwouve nou plen dousè pami nou, tankou yon manman nouris ki byen pran swen pwòp pitit li.
But we were gentle amongst you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
8 Avèk bon jan afeksyon ke nou te gen pou nou an, nou te byen kontan pataje non sèlman levanjil a Bondye a, men osi pwòp lavi nou, paske nou te devni trè chè a nou menm.
Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
9 Paske nou sonje, frè yo travay ak difikilte nou. Jan nou te travay lannwit kou lajounen pou nou pa t yon chaj pou okenn nan nou. Konsa nou te pwoklame a nou menm levanjil a Bondye a.
For you remember, brothers, our labour and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
10 Nou se temwen, e Bondye osi de jan nou te konpòte ak devwe nou an, dwat e san fot anvè nou menm, kwayan yo.
You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves towards you who believe.
11 Jis kon nou konnen jan nou t ap egzòte, ankouraje e plede ak nou chak, tankou yon papa ta dwe fè pwòp pitit li,
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
12 pou nou ta kab mache nan yon fason ki dign pou Bondye kap rele nou antre nan pwòp wayòm ak laglwa Li a.
to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
13 Pou rezon sa a, nou, tout tan, bay Bondye remèsiman ke lè nou te resevwa pawòl Bondye nou te tande de nou an, nou te aksepte li pa kòm yon pawòl a lòm, men pou sa li vrèman ye a, pawòl Bondye a, ki anplis fè travay li nan nou menm ki kwè yo.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
14 Paske nou menm, frè m yo, nou te devni imitatè a legliz Bondye nan Kris Jésus ki an Judée yo. Konsa, nou te andire menm soufrans sa yo nan men a pwòp moun peyi parèy a nou yo, jan yo menm te andire l nan men a Jwif yo.
For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Messiah Yeshua; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans
15 Sila ki te touye Senyè a Jésus ak pwofèt yo, e ki te fòse nou sòti. Yo p ap fè Bondye plezi, men yo se lènmi a tout moun.
who killed both the Lord Yeshua and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
16 Yo anpeche nou pale avèk etranje yo pou yo kapab sove. Kon rezilta yo toujou ranpli mezi peche pa yo. Men lakolè gen tan vini sou yo pi rèd.
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
17 Men nou menm, frè yo, akoz ke nou te separe de nou pou yon ti tan—kòmsi an pèsòn, men pa an espri—nou tout te pi empasyan ak lanvi pou wè figi nou.
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
18 Paske nou tout te vle vin kote nou—mwen menm, Paul, plis ke yon sèl fwa—e malgre sa, Satan te anpeche nou.
because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
19 Paske kilès ki esperans nou, oubyen lajwa nou, oubyen kouwòn egzaltasyon an? Èske se pa menm nou menm nan, nan prezans a Senyè nou an nan moman retou Li a.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Yeshua at his coming?
20 Paske nou se laglwa ak lajwa nou.
For you are our glory and our joy.
