Tesalonike I 2
1 U A ike hoi oukou, e na hoahanau, i ko makou komo ana iwaena o oukou, aole ia he mea ole;
For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
2 Aka, i ko makou eha mua ana'e me ka hoino wale ia mai, ma Pilipi, ua ike oukou, ua wiwo ole ae la makou ma ko kakou Akua i ka hai aku ia oukou i ka euanelio a ke Akua, me ka paio nui ana.
But, as you will remember, after we had already met with suffering and outrage at Philippi, we summoned up boldness, by the help of our God, to tell you God's Good News amid much opposition.
3 No ka mea, aole ma ka wahahee ka makou ao ana aku, aole hoi ma ka haumia aole hoi ma ka hoopunipuni;
For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion, nor prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it.
4 Aka, me ka haawi ana mai o ke Akua ia makou, i kauohaia mai ka euanelio ia makou, pela hoi makou e olelo aku nei; aole me he mea hoolealea la i kanaka, aka, i ke Akua, i ka mea nana ko kakou naau i hoao mai nei.
But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives.
5 Aole makou i lawe i na hua olelo malimali, ua ike oukou; aole hoi i ka hookohu o ka makee waiwai; o ke Akua ka mea ike.
For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;
6 Aole makou i imi i ka hoonaniia mai e kanaka, aole hoi e oukou, aole hoi e hai, i ka wa pono e lilo ai makou i poe hookaumaha, me he mau lunaolelo la na Kristo.
nor did we seek glory either from you or from any other mere men, although we might have stood on our dignity as Christ's Apostles.
7 Ua ahonui makou iwaena o oukou, e like me ka wahine hanai la, e malama ana i kana mau keiki:
On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.
8 Oia, me ko makou aloha nui aku ia oukou, ua oluolu makou ke haawi aku, aole i ka euanelio wale no a ke Akua ia oukou, aka, i ko makou ola kekahi, no ka mea, he hiwahiwa oukou na makou.
Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.
9 Ke hoomanao nei no oukou, e na hoahanau, i ka makou hana, a me ko makou luh! ana hoi; e hana ana i ka po a me ke ao, i ole ai makou e lilo i mea e luhi ai kekahi o oukou, pela makou i hai aku ai ia oukou i ka euanelio a ke Akua.
For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: how, working night and day so as not to become a burden to any one of you, we came and proclaimed among you God's Good News.
10 O oukou ko makou poe hoike, a o ke Akua kekahi, i ka hemolele, a me ka pono, a me ka hala ole o ko makou noho ana iwaena o oukou ka poe i manaoio.
You yourselves are witnesses--and God is witness--how holy and upright and blameless our dealings with you believers were.
11 Ua ike hoi oukou i ko makou hooikaika ana'ku, a me ka hooluolu ana'ku, a me ke kauoha ana'ku ia oukou a pau, me he makuakane la i kana mau keiki,
For you know that we acted towards every one of you as a father does towards his own children, encouraging and cheering you,
12 I hele pono oukou ma ka pono o ke Akua, ka mea nana oukou i hea mai iloko o kona aupuni, a i kona nani.
and imploring you to live lives worthy of fellowship with God who is inviting you to share His own Kingship and glory.
13 No ia mea hoi i hoomaikai mau aku ai makou i ke Akua, no ka mea, i ka loaa ana ia oukou o ka ke Akua olelo a oukou i lohe mai ai ia makou nei, aole oukou i apo mai ia me ho olelo la na kanaka, aka, he olelo no na ke Akua, he oiaio no ia, o ka mea i hooikaika nui iloko o oukou o ka poe i manaoio.
And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.
14 No ka mea, ua lilo mai oukou, e na hoahanau, i mau mea hoohalike me na ekalesia o ke Akua, ma ludea, iloko o Kristo Iesu; no ka mea, ua hoinoia mai hoi oukou e ko ka aina o oukou iho, e like me lakou e ka poe Iudaio;
For you, brethren, followed the example of the Churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea; seeing that you endured the same ill-treatment at the hands of your countrymen, as they did at the hands of the Jews.
15 Ka poe i pepehi i ka Haku ia Iesu, a i ko lakou poe kaula hoi, a i alualu kolohe mai hoi ia makou; aole no e hooluolu i ke Akua, a ua ku e i na kanaka a pau.
Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;
16 Ua keakea mai la lakou ia makou i ka olelo aku i ko na aina e e ola'i lakou, e hoopiha mau ana i ko lakou hewa; aka, e kau mai ana ka inaina nui loa maluna iho o lakou.
for they still try to prevent our preaching to the Gentiles so that they may find salvation. They thus continually fill up the measure of their own sins, and God's anger in its severest form has overtaken them.
17 Aka, o makou la, e na hoahanau, ua hookaawaleia mai nei mai o oukou mai la, i keia mau la, o ko makou kino, aole ka naau, ua ma kemake loa makou e ike hou aku i ko oukou mau maka, ua hooikaika nui aku ilaila.
But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, to see you face to face.
18 No ia mea, o ko makou manao e hele aku io oukou la, owau o Paulo kekahi i keia manawa a i keia manawa; aka, ua alalai mai la o Satana ia makou.
On this account we wanted to come to you--at least I Paul wanted again and again to do so--but Satan hindered us.
19 Heaha hoi ko makou manaolana a me ka olioli, a me ka lei e hauoli ai makou? aole anei o oukou ia, i ke alo o ko kakou Haku o Ieau Kristo i kona hiki ana mai?
For what is our hope or joy, or the crown of which we boast? Is it not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His Coming?
20 No ka mea, o oukou no ka nani a me ka olioli o makou.
Yes, you are our glory and our joy.
