1 Tesalonikafo 2
1 Anuanom, mo ankasa munim sɛ sra a yɛbɛsraa mo no anyɛ ɔkwa.
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
2 Munim ayayade a wɔyɛɛ yɛn ne ɔyaw a wɔyaw yɛn wɔ Filipi ansa na yɛreba mo nkyɛn wɔ Tesalonika no. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na nnipa bi tia yɛn de, nanso yɛn Nyankopɔn hyɛɛ yɛn den ma yɛkaa Asɛmpa a efi ne mu no.
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
3 Asɛmpa a yɛka kyerɛɛ mo no mfi adwemmɔne anaa nnaadaa mu, na mmom, nea yɛkae no yɛ nokware turodoo.
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
4 Daa yɛka nokware, sɛnea Onyankopɔn hwehwɛ yɛn sɛ yɛnka no, efisɛ ɔpene so na ɔde Asɛmpa no nso ama yɛn sɛ yɛnka. Yɛmpɛ sɛ yɛsɔ nnipa ani, na mmom Onyankopɔn a ɔsɔ yɛn adwene hwɛ no ani na yɛpɛ sɛ yɛsɔ.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.
5 Munim pefee sɛ yɛamma ha sɛ yɛrebɛka nnaadaasɛm akyerɛ mo anaasɛ yɛde sikanibere rebɛkata yɛn ani akasa. Onyankopɔn ne yɛn danseni.
For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),
6 Sɛ moyɛ Kristo asomafo no nti, anka yɛwɔ ho kwan sɛ yɛpɛ anuonyam fi mo nkyɛn, nanso yemmisaa anuonyam mfii mo anaasɛ onipa foforo bi nkyɛn ɛ.
nor seeking glory from people (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
7 Yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn no, na yɛne mo te odwo so, sɛnea ɔbeatan kokɔ ne mma.
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
8 Yɛhwɛɛ mo yiye, nyaa mo ho anigye sononko; mpo yɛdaa yɛn ho so sɛ yɛde yɛn nkwa bɛto hɔ ama mo, bere a yɛde Onyankopɔn Asɛmpa no brɛɛ mo no.
Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
9 Anuanom, minim sɛ mokae adwuma a yɛyɛɛ ne brɛ a yɛbrɛe. Yɛyɛɛ adwuma awia ne anadwo; sɛnea Onyankopɔn Asɛmpa no ka na yɛka kyerɛɛ mo no, yɛremfa ɔhaw bi mmɛto mo so.
For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
10 Mo ne Onyankopɔn yɛ yɛn nnansefo. Yɛn suban a yɛdaa no adi kyerɛɛ mo a mugyee Asɛmpa no dii no yɛ kronkron a eye na mfomso biara nni ho.
You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
11 Mo ara munim sɛ yɛne mo tenaa sɛnea agya ne nʼankasa mma tena.
As you know, as a father with his own children,
12 Yɛhyɛɛ mo nkuran; yɛkyekyee mo werɛ na yɛkɔɔ so tuu mo fo sɛ montena ase wɔ ɔkwan a ɛsɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔfrɛ mo wɔ nʼahenni ne nʼanuonyam mu no so.
we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
13 Daa yɛbɛda Onyankopɔn ase wɔ saa asɛm yi ho. Bere a yɛkaa Onyankopɔn asɛm kyerɛɛ mo no, mutie gye dii sɛ ɛnyɛ asɛm a efi onipa nkyɛn, na mmom ampa ara sɛ efi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Mo a moagye adi no Onyankopɔn yɛ adwuma wɔ mo mu.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as a human word, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
14 Anuanom, nsɛm a ɛtotoo Onyankopɔn asafo a na ɛwowɔ Yudea ne nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ a na wɔyɛ Kristo Yesu nkurɔfo no bi ara na ato mo yi. Ɔtaa a mo ara mo manfo taa mo no bi na Yudafo a
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans;
15 wokum Awurade Yesu ne adiyifo no de taa yɛn nso. Onyankopɔn ani nsɔ wɔn, na wɔne nnipa di asi bere biara.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;
16 Wɔbɔ mmɔden sɛ wobesiw yɛn kwan, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛrentumi nkɔka asɛm a ɛbɛma amanamanmufo no nkwagye nkyerɛ wɔn. Eyi maa wɔn bɔne kɔɔ so daa. Na Onyankopɔn abufuw wɔ wɔn so.
forbidding us to speak to those who are not Jewish that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
17 Anuanom, yɛantumi amma mo nkyɛn wɔ bere tiaa bi mu, nanso bere biara na yɛdwene mo ho. Yɛpɛɛ sɛ yehu mo, na yɛbɔɔ mmɔden biara sɛ yebehyia mo ankasa.
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
18 Yɛpɛɛ sɛ yɛbɛsan aba mo nkyɛn. Me Paulo de, na mepɛ sɛ meba hɔ boro pɛnkoro nanso ɔbonsam siw yɛn ho kwan.
because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
19 Nanso dɛn ne yɛn anidaso, anigye, anaa ahenkyɛw a ɛbɛma yɛn anuonyam wɔ Awurade Yesu anim bere a ɔbɛsan aba no? Ɛnyɛ mo ana?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
20 Nokware ni, yɛn ahohoahoa ne yɛn ahosɛpɛw gyina mo so.
For you are our glory and our joy.
