1 Tessalonikerne 2
1 For de veit sjølve, brør, um vår inngang hjå dykk, at han ikkje hev vore til fåfengs.
Yes, Brothers, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
2 Men endå me fyreåt hadde lide og vorte ille medfarne i Filippi, som de veit, fekk me då frimod i vår Gud til å tala Guds evangelium til dykk i stor strid.
For, although we had experienced suffering and ill-treatment, as you know, at Philippi, we had the courage, by the help of our God, to tell you God’s Good News in spite of great opposition.
3 For vår forkynning kjem ikkje av villfaring eller av urein hug eller med svik.
Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
4 Men liksom me er haldne verdige av Gud til å få evangeliet yverlate, soleis talar me, ikkje som dei som vil tekkjast menneskje, men Gud, han som prøver hjarto våre.
But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the Good News, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not men, but God who proves our hearts.
5 For korkje kom me noko sinn med smeikjande ord, som de veit, eller med fyrebering for havesykja, Gud er vitne,
Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.
6 og ikkje heller søkte me æra av menneskje, korkje av dykk eller av andre, endå me kunde ha kravt vyrdnad som Kristi apostlar.
Nor did we seek to win honour from men, whether from you or from others, although, as Apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.
7 Men me var milde millom dykk: Som ei mor vermer borni ved barmen,
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
8 soleis var me i inderleg kjærleik til dykk viljuge til å gjeva dykk ikkje berre Guds evangelium, men og vårt eige liv med, av di de vart oss kjære.
In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God’s Good news, but our very lives as well — so dear had you become to us.
9 For de minnest då, brør, vårt stræv og vår møda: Medan me arbeidde natt og dag, so me ikkje skulde vera nokon av dykk til tyngsla, forkynte me Guds evangelium for dykk.
You will not have forgotten, Brothers, our labour and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God’s Good News.
10 De er vitne, og Gud med, kor heilagt og rettferdigt og ulastande me ferdast hjå dykk, de truande!
You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.
11 liksom de veit kor me påminte kvar og ein av dykk, som ein far borni sine, og lagde dykk på hjarta
Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
12 og bad dykk inderleg at de skulde ferdast so som verdigt er for Gud, som hev kalla dykk til sitt rike og sin herlegdom.
so that you should make your daily lives worthy of God who is calling you into the glory of his Kingdom.
13 Difor takkar me og uavlatande Gud for, at då de fekk det Guds ord me forkynte, so tok de imot det, ikkje som eit menneskje-ord, men - som det i sanning er - som eit Guds ord, som og ter seg verksamt i dykk som trur.
This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God — because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of man, but as what it really is — the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.
14 For de, brør, hev vorte etterfylgjarar til dei Guds kyrkjelydar som er i Kristus Jesus i Judæa; for de hev og lide det same av dykkar eigne samættingar som dei hev lide av jødarne,
For you, Brothers, began to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow-citizens, in the same way as those Churches did at the hands of the Jews —
15 som og slo Herren Jesus og profetarne i hel og forfylgde oss og ikkje er Gud til hugnad og stend alle menneskje imot,
The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all mankind,
16 då dei meinkar oss i å tala til heidningarne, at dei kann verta frelste - so dei alltid må fylla sitt syndemål. Men vreiden hev endeleg nått deim.
for they would prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their Salvation, and thus are always ‘filling up the measure of their iniquity.’ But the Wrath of God has come upon them to the full!
17 Men då me, brør, ei liti stund hadde vore skilde frå dykk med åsyn, ikkje med hjarta, so hev me i vår store lengting gjort oss so mykje større umak for å få sjå dykkar åsyn;
As for ourselves, Brothers, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time — though in body only, and not in spirit — made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong upon us.
18 for me hev vilja koma til dykk - eg, Paulus, både ein gong og tvo gonger - men Satan hindra oss derifrå.
That was why we made up our minds to go and see you — at least I, Paul, did, more than once — but Satan put difficulties in our way.
19 For kven er vel vår von eller gleda eller heiderskrans? Er ikkje de det og for vår Herre Jesu Kristi åsyn i hans tilkoma?
For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown shall we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his Coming, if it be not you?
20 For de er vår æra og gleda.
You are our pride and our delight!
