Bathesalonia I 2
1 Lona ka sebele lo a itse, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, gore loeto loo lo ne lwa nna lwa botlhokwa jang.
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our acceptance among you was not empty.
2 Lo itse gore re ne ra sotlwa jang kwa Filipi pele ga re tla kwa go lona, le gore re bogile go le kae teng. Le fa go ntse jalo Modimo o ne wa re naya kgothatso go boelela molaetsa o mo go lona ka bopelokgale, le fa re ne re dikaganyeditswe ke baba.
Instead, having previously suffered and been treated shamefully, as you know, at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, so as to speak the Gospel of God to you with much solicitude.
3 Jalo lo ka bona gore re ne re sa rere ka maikutlo ape a tsietso kgotsa maikaelelo ape a a bosula mo megopolong ya rona; re ne re tlhamaletse gape re le boammaaruri.
For our exhortation was not in error, nor from impurity, nor with deception.
4 Gonne re bua re le barongwa ba ba tswang kwa Modimong, re ikantswe ke One go bolela boammaaruri; ga re fetole molaetsa wa One ka gope go kgatlha batho ba ba o utlwang; gonne re direla Modimo ka osi, o o tlhatlhobang dikakanyo tse di boteng tsa dipelo tsa rona.
But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.
5 Le fa e le gangwe fela ga re ise re ke re leke go lo gapa ka mafoko a a borethe, jaaka lo itse sentle, le Modimo o itse gore re ne re sa itire ditsala tsa lona gore lo tle lo re neye madi!
And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.
6 Fa e le kaga kgalaletso, ga re ise re ke re e kope mo go lona kgotsa mo go ope, legale ka re le baaposetoloi ba ga Keresete, re ne re na le tshwanelo ya gore lo re neye tlotlo.
Nor did we seek the glory of men, neither from you, nor from others.
7 Mme re ne re siame mo go lona jaaka mmabana a otla bana ba gagwe ebile a ba tlhokomela.
And although we could have been a burden to you, as Apostles of Christ, instead we became like little ones in your midst, like a nurse cherishing her children.
8 Re ne ra lo rata thata thata, mo e leng gore ga re a ka ra lo naya molaetsa wa Modimo fela, mme re lo neile le one matshelo a rona tota.
So desirous were we for you that we were willing to hand over to you, not only the Gospel of God, but even our own souls. For you have become most beloved to us.
9 A ga lo gakologelwe, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ka fa re dirileng ka teng ka bonatla mo go lona? Bosigo le motshegare re ne re fufulela go bona se se lekaneng gore tshedisa gore ditshenyegelo tsa rona di se ka tsa nna mokgweleo mo go ope wa lona, jaaka re rerile Mafoko a a Molemo a Modimo mo go lona.
For you remember, brothers, our hardship and weariness. We preached the Gospel of God among you, working night and day, so that we would not be burdensome to any of you.
10 Lona ka sebele lo basupi ba rona, jaaka Modimo le one e le mosupi, gore re ntse re siame re ikanyega ebile re se na molato mo go mongwe le mongwe wa lona.
You are witnesses, as is God, of how holy and just and blameless we were with you who have believed.
11 Re buile le lona jaaka rabana a buisanya le bana ba gagwe, a ga lo gakologelwe? Re lo kopa, re lo kgothatsa ebile re batla
And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons,
12 gore matshelo a lona a malatsi otlhe a seka a tlhabisa Modimo ditlhong, mme a lere boitumelo mo go One o o lo laleditseng mo bogosing jwa One go nna le seabe mo kgalalelong ya One.
in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.
13 Mme ga re kitla re khutlisa go leboga Modimo kaga se: gore erile fa re lo rerela, ga lo ise lo ke lo tseye gore mafoko a re neng re a bua e ne e kane e le a rona fela, mme lo ne lwa amogela se re neng re se bua e le Lefoko la Modimo tota, le tota e neng e le lone, mme le ne la fetola matshelo a lona fa lo le dumela.
For this reason also, we give thanks to God without ceasing: because, when you had accepted from us the Word of the hearing of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but (as it truly is) as the Word of God, who is working in you who have believed.
14 Mme jaanong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, lo bogile se diphuthego mo Judea di se bogileng, lo bogisiwa ke ba ga lona, fela jaaka ba ne ba bogisiwa ke ba ga bone ebong Bajuta.
For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God which are at Judea, in Christ Jesus. For you, too, have suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen as they have suffered from the Jews,
15 Erile ba sena go bolaya baporofiti ba bone, ba ne ba bolaya le ene Morena Jesu; mme jaanong ba re bogisitse setlhogo thata ba bo ba re leleka. Ba kgatlhanong le Modimo le botlhe
who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.
16 ba leka go re kganela gore re seka ra rerela Badichaba. Ba tlhabana ka ntlha ya go boifa gore e ka re kgotsa bangwe ba bolokwa; mme jalo dibe tsa bone di tswelela ka go gola. Mme lwa bofelo bogale jwa Modimo bo tsile mo go bone.
They prohibit us to speak to the Gentiles, so that they may be saved, and thus do they continually add to their own sins. But the wrath of God will overtake them in the very end.
17 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, fa re sena go kgaogana le lona lobakanyana ntswa dipelo tsa rona di ise di ke di lo tlogele, re ne ra leka thata go boela kwa go lona go lo bona gape.
And we, brothers, having been deprived of you for a short time, in sight, but not in heart, have hurried all the more to see your face, with a great desire.
18 Re ne re rata go tla, mme nna Paulo, ke lekile gangwe le gape, mme Satane a re kganela.
For we wanted to come to you, (indeed, I, Paul, attempted to do so once, and then again, ) but Satan impeded us.
19 Gonne re tshelela eng, se se re nayang tsholofelo le boitumelo ebile e le tuelo le serwalo se re ikgantshang ka sone? Ke lona! Ee, lo tlaa re leretse boitumelo jo bogolo fa re ema mmogo fa pele ga Morena Jesu Keresete fa a tla gape.
For what is our hope, and our joy, and our crown of glory? Is it not you, before our Lord Jesus Christ at his return?
20 Gonne lo kgalalelo ya rona le boitumelo.
For you are our glory and our joy.
