Thessalonicenses I 3

1 Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis:

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

2 et misimus Timotheum fratrem nostrum, et ministrum Dei in Evangelio Christi, ad confirmandos vos, et exhortandos pro fide vestra:

and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;

3 ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis: ipsi enim scitis quod in hoc positi sumus.

that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

4 Nam et cum apud vos essemus, prædicebamus vobis passuros nos tribulationes, sicut et factum est, et scitis.

For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

5 Propterea et ego amplius non sustinens, misi ad cognoscendam fidem vestram: ne forte tentaverit vos is qui tentat, et inanis fiat labor noster.

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

6 Nunc autem veniente Timotheo ad nos a vobis, et annuntiante nobis fidem et caritatem vestram, et quia memoriam nostri habetis bonam semper, desiderantes nos videre, sicut et nos quoque vos:

But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;

7 ideo consolati sumus, fratres, in vobis in omni necessitate et tribulatione nostra, per fidem vestram,

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

8 quoniam nunc vivimus, si vos statis in Domino.

for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

9 Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,

For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

10 nocte ac die abundantius orantes, ut videamus faciem vestram, et compleamus ea quæ desunt fidei vestræ?

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

11 Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Jesus Christus, dirigat viam nostram ad vos.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:

12 Vos autem Dominus multiplicet, et abundare faciat caritatem vestram in invicem, et in omnes, quemadmodum et nos in vobis:

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

13 ad confirmanda corda vestra sine querela in sanctitate, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum, in adventu Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum omnibus sanctis ejus. Amen.

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