1 Tessalonicesi 3
1 Perciò, non potendo più sofferire, avemmo a grado d'esser lasciati soli in Atene;
As a result of that, when I could no longer endure [worrying about you], I decided that [Silas and I] would stay behind alone in Athens [city],
2 E mandammo Timoteo, nostro fratello, e ministro di Dio, e nostro compagno d'opera nell'evangelo di Cristo, per confermarvi, e confortar[vi] intorno alla vostra fede.
and we two sent Timothy [to you. You know that he is] our close associate and also works for God by [proclaiming] the message about Christ. [Silas and I sent him] in order that he would urge you to continue to strongly trust [in Christ].
3 Acciocchè niuno fosse commosso in queste afflizioni; poichè voi stessi sapete che noi siam posti a questo.
We wanted none [of you] to consider turning away from Christ as a result of [people] causing you to suffer. You know that [God has] planned that [we who trust in him will suffer like that when people do that to us who trust in him].
4 Perciocchè, eziandio quando eravamo fra voi, vi predicevamo, che saremmo afflitti; siccome ancora è avvenuto, e voi [il] sapete.
Remember that when we were present with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted {that [people] would cause us to suffer}. And because that is what happened, you know that [what we said] was true!
5 Perciò ancora, non potendo più sofferire, io [lo] mandai, per conoscer la fede vostra; che talora il tentatore non vi avesse tentati, e la nostra fatica non fosse riuscita vana.
[I was] afraid that [Satan], the one who tempts us, had caused you [to stop trusting in Christ. If that had happened], we would have worked uselessly [while we were present with you! So] I sent [Timothy to you] in order to find out whether or not you were [still] trusting [in Christ]. I sent him because I could no longer endure [not knowing (about your spiritual condition/whether or not you were still trusting in Christ]).
6 Or al presente, essendo Timoteo venuto da voi a noi, ed avendoci rapportate liete novelle della vostra fede, e carità; e che voi avete del continuo buona ricordanza di noi, desiderando grandemente di vederci, siccome ancora noi voi;
Now Timothy has just returned to Silas and me from [being with] you, and he has told us the good news that you [still] trust [in Christ] and that you love [him] (OR, [each other]). He told us also that you always happily remember us [and that] you strongly desire that we visit you, just like we strongly desire to visit you.
7 perciò, fratelli, noi siamo stati consolati di voi, in tutta la nostra afflizione, e necessità, per la vostra fede.
My fellow believers, [even though] we are suffering very much [DOU] because of what people are doing to us here, we have been cheered up because [Timothy told us about] your [still] trusting [in Christ].
8 Poichè ora viviamo, se voi state fermi nel Signore.
Now we feel very encouraged [IDM] that you continue to strongly [trust] in the Lord [Jesus].
9 Perciocchè, quali grazie possiam noi render di voi a Dio, per tutta l'allegrezza, della quale ci rallegriamo per voi, nel cospetto dell'Iddio nostro?
(We cannot thank God adequately for [what he has done for] you!/How can we thank God enough for [what he has done for] you?) [RHQ] We greatly rejoice concerning you [when we pray to] our God!
10 Pregando intentissimamente, notte e giorno, di poter vedere la vostra faccia, e compier le cose che mancano ancora alla fede vostra.
We constantly [HYP] and fervently/earnestly ask [God] that [we will be able] to visit you [SYN] and that [we will be able] to help you to trust [in Christ/God] more strongly!
11 Or Iddio stesso, Padre nostro, e il Signor nostro Gesù Cristo, addirizzi il nostro cammino a voi.
We pray to God, our Father, and to our Lord Jesus, that they will (clear the way/make it possible) so that we can return to you.
12 E il Signore vi accresca, e faccia abbondare in carità gli uni inverso gli altri, e inverso tutti; come noi ancora [abbondiamo] inverso voi;
As for you, we pray that the Lord Jesus will help you to love each other and other people more and more, just like we continue loving you more and more.
13 per raffermare i vostri cuori, [acciocchè sieno] irreprensibili in santità, nel cospetto di Dio, Padre nostro, all'avvenimento del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo, con tutti i suoi santi. Amen.
We pray that our Lord Jesus will strengthen your resolve to do what pleases God (OR, strengthen you spiritually). We pray that God our Father will enable you to conduct your lives in a way that is pure and that no one can justly criticize, so that when Jesus comes back to earth accompanied by all those who belong to him, he will be pleased with you.
