1 Batesalonika 3
1 Boye lokola tokokaki lisusu kokanga motema te, tomonaki ete ezali malamu mpo na biso kotikala na Ateni.
Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,
2 Yango wana totindaki Timote, ndeko na biso mpe moninga ya Nzambe kati na mosala ya kopanza Sango Malamu ya Klisto, mpo ete alendisa bino mpe apesa bino mpiko kati na kondima,
and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage [you] concerning your faith,
3 na tina ete moko te kati na bino abungisa kondima likolo ya pasi oyo bozali komona; pamba te bino moko boyebi malamu ete tobongisama mpo na yango.
that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;
4 Tango tozalaki nanu elongo na bino, toyebisaki bino ete tokokutana na minyoko. Mpe esalemi kaka ndenge wana, ndenge boyebi yango malamu.
for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)
5 Mpo na yango, lokola nakokaki lisusu kokanga motema te, natindaki Timote mpo na koluka koyeba soki bozali kaka kokoba kati na kondima. Nazalaki kobanga ete Satana ameka bino mpe ete mosala na biso ekende pamba.
For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.
6 Kasi sik’oyo, Timote awuti epai na bino mpe asili kozonga epai na biso, amemeli biso sango ya kitoko na tina na kondima mpe bolingo na bino: ayebisi biso ete bozali tango nyonso na makanisi ya malamu mpo na biso mpe bozali na posa makasi ya komona biso, ndenge biso mpe tozali na posa makasi ya komona bino.
But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;
7 Bandeko, sango ya kondima na bino elendisi biso makasi, kati na pasi mpe minyoko nyonso oyo tozali komona;
for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,
8 mpe nzoto na biso eningani sik’oyo na esengo mpo ete botelemi ngwi kati na Nkolo.
because now we live if ye stand firm in [the] Lord.
9 Matondi ya ndenge nini tokoki kozongisa epai ya Nzambe na tina na bino, mpo na esengo nyonso oyo tozali na yango mpo na bino liboso ya Nzambe na biso?
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,
10 Tobondelaka Nzambe na molende nyonso, butu mpe moyi, mpo ete apesa biso nzela ya komona bino lisusu mpe ya kokokisa oyo ezangi kati na kondima na bino.
night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?
11 Sik’oyo, tika ete Ye moko Nzambe, Tata na biso, mpe Yesu, Nkolo na biso, bafungolela biso nzela ya koya epai na bino.
But our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
12 Tika ete Nkolo abakisa mpe afulukisa bolingo kati na bino mpo ete bolinganaka, bamoko na bamosusu, mpe mpo ete bolingaka bato nyonso, ndenge kaka biso mpe tolingaka bino.
But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
13 Tika ete alendisa mitema na bino mpo ete bozanga pamela kati na bosantu liboso ya Nzambe mpe Tata na biso, na mokolo oyo Yesu, Nkolo na biso, akoya elongo na basantu na Ye nyonso! Amen!
in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
