1 Tessalonikawa 3

1 Saboda haka da muka kāsa daurewa, sai muka ga ya fi kyau a bar mu a Atens mu kaɗai.

So when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left in Athens alone

2 Muka aiki Timoti, wanda yake ɗan’uwanmu da kuma abokin aikin Allah a cikin yaɗa bisharar Kiristi, don yă gina ku yă kuma ƙarfafa ku cikin bangaskiyarku,

and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, also our fellow worker in the Gospel of Christ, to confirm you and encourage you concerning your faith,

3 don kada kowa yă raunana ta wurin waɗannan gwaje-gwajen. Kun sani sarai cewa an ƙaddara mu don waɗannan.

that no one be unsettled by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

4 Gaskiyar ita ce, sa’ad da muke tare da ku, mun sha gaya muku cewa za a tsananta mana. Haka kuwa ya faru, kamar dai yadda kuka sani.

For indeed, when we were with you we kept telling you in advance that we were going to be afflicted; just as it happened, in fact, as you know.

5 Saboda wannan, sa’ad da ban iya jimrewa ba, sai na aika domin in sami labarin bangaskiyarku, da fata kada yă zama mai jarraban nan ya riga ya jarrabce ku, ƙoƙarinmu kuma yă zama banza.

Yes, that is why, no longer standing it, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had successfully tempted you and our labor come to be for nothing.

6 Amma ga shi yanzu Timoti ya dawo mana daga wurinku ya kuma kawo labari mai daɗi game da bangaskiyarku da kuma ƙaunarku. Ya faɗa mana yadda kullum kuke da tunani mai kyau a kanmu, yadda kuke marmari ku gan mu, kamar dai yadda mu ma muke marmari mu gan ku.

But now that Timothy has come 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, just as we also long to see you

7 Saboda haka’yan’uwa, cikin dukan damuwarmu da tsananinmu an ƙarfafa mu game da ku saboda bangaskiyarku.

—because of this, brothers, in all our affliction and distress we were encouraged about you by your faith;

8 Gama yanzu tabbatacce muna da rai, da yake kuna nan tsaye daram a cikin Ubangiji.

for now we live, if you are standing firm in the Lord.

9 Wace irin godiya ce za mu yi wa Allah saboda ku a kan dukan farin cikin da muke da shi a gaban Allahnmu ta dalilinku?

With what thankfulness can we repay God for you, for all the joy with which we are rejoicing in the presence of our God because of you;

10 Dare da rana muna addu’a da himma domin mu sāke ganinku, mu kuma ba ku abin da kuka rasa a bangaskiyarku.

praying most earnestly night and day, that we may see your face and complete the things lacking in your faith?

11 Yanzu bari Allahnmu da Ubanmu kansa da kuma Ubangijinmu Yesu yă shirya mana hanya mu zo wurinku.

Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you.

12 Ubangiji yă sa ƙaunarku ta ƙaru ta kuma yalwata ga juna da kuma ga kowa, kamar yadda tamu take muku.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward each other and toward all, just as we also do toward you,

13 Bari yă ƙarfafa zukatanku har ku zama marasa aibi da kuma tsarkaka a gaban Allahnmu da Ubanmu sa’ad da Ubangijimmu Yesu ya dawo tare da dukan tsarkakansa.

so as to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His holy ones.