1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, miawo ŋutɔ mienya ale si míaƒe mia gbɔ vava ɖe vi na mie.
2 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.
Mienya ale si wowɔ funyafunya mí kple ale si míekpe fu le Filipi hafi va ɖo mia gbɔ la hã. Ke Mawu na dzideƒo tɔxɛ mí, be míagblɔ nyanyui ma ke na mi, togbɔ be futɔwo ƒo xlã mí gɔ̃ hã.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Eya ta miakpɔe adze sii be míele mawunya gblɔm ɖe didi vɔ̃wo alo tameɖoɖo vɔ̃wo ta o, ke boŋ míele egblɔm le anukwareɖiɖi kple dzitsinya nyui me,
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
elabena míawo la míele nya la gblɔm abe dɔla siwo tso Mawu gbɔ, ame siwo wòtsɔ nyanyuie la de asi na la ene; eya ta míetrɔ eƒe nya la ƒe akpa aɖeke be wòasɔ ɖe nyaselawo ƒe didi nu o elabena míawo la, míesubɔa Mawu ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ si dzroa amewo ƒe dzimesusuwo ƒe gogloƒe ke me.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
Abe ale si mienya nyuie ene la, míedze agbagba zi ɖeka pɛ hã kpɔ be míahe mi va mía gbɔe to mia nu beble me o, eye Mawu ŋutɔ hã nya be menye ɖe míebua be míenye mia xɔlɔ̃wo ale be miana ga mí o.
6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
Míebia kafukafu tso miawo alo ame bubu aɖeke gbɔ kpɔ o; evɔ abe Kristo ƒe apostolowo ene la, míedze na bubu tɔxɛ tso mia gbɔ hafi.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Le esia teƒe la, míegbɔ dzi ɖi na mi abe ale si vi dada gbɔa dzi ɖi doa nuɖuɖu na viawo, eye wòléa be na wo ene.
8 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.
Míelɔ̃ mi vevie, eye míaƒe lɔlɔ̃ la de to ale gbegbe be míetsɔ Mawu ƒe nyanyui la ɖeɖe ko vɛ na mi o, ke boŋ míetsɔ míawo ŋutɔ ƒe agbe gɔ̃ hã kpe ɖe eŋuti na mi.
9 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.
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, mieɖo ŋku ale si míewɔ dɔ kple kutrikuku geɖe le mia dome la dzi oa? Zã kple keli míewɔa dɔ kple kutrikuku, eye míetea fifia be míate ŋu akpɔ nu anɔ agbe ɖe eŋuti, ale be míaganye agba na ame aɖeke le afi ma esi míele Mawu ƒe nyanyui la gblɔm le mia dome o.
10 You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Miawo ŋutɔ kple Mawu siaa mienye ɖasefowo na mí be míenɔ agbe dzadzɛ, agbe kɔkɔe kple agbe si ŋu mokaka mele o la le mia dome.
11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
Ɖe mieɖo ŋku edzi be, míeƒoa nu na mi abe ale si fofo ƒoa nu na viawoe la ene oa?
12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
Míeɖea kuku na mi, dea dzi ƒo na mi, eye kura gɔ̃ hã la, míedina tso mia si be miaƒe agbenɔnɔ naganye nuɖiaɖia na Mawu o, ke boŋ wòahe dzidzɔ vɛ na eya ame si yɔ mí va eƒe fiaɖuƒe la me be míakpɔ gome le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe la me.
13 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 the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
Eye míadzudzɔ akpedada na Mawu ɖe esia ta o, elabena esi míegblɔ nyanyui la na mi la, miebu nya la abe nya siwo míawo ŋutɔ míesusu la ene o, ke boŋ miexɔe abe Nya si tso Mawu ŋutɔ gbɔ la ene, eye le nyateƒe me eya ŋutɔ gbɔe wòtso, eya ta esi miexɔe se la, etrɔ miaƒe agbenɔnɔ.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies 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 Jews
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, esia yomedzenue nye be miawo hã miekpe fu abe ale si Mawu ƒe hame siwo le Yudea le Yesu Kristo me la kpee ene. Miawo ŋutɔ miaƒe dukɔmetɔwo ti mia yome abe ale si woawo hã kpe fu tso woawo ŋutɔ ƒe amewo, Yudatɔwo ƒe asi me ene.
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
Esi wowu woawo ŋutɔ ƒe nyagblɔɖilawo vɔ la, woklã Aƒetɔ Yesu gɔ̃ hã ɖe atitsoga ŋuti, eye azɔ la, woti míawo hã yome kutɔkutɔe henya mí do goe le dua me. Wotsi tsitre ɖe Mawu kple amegbetɔ siaa ŋuti,
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
eye wole agbagba dzem be woaxe mɔ na mí ne míagagblɔ nya la na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o, ɖe vɔvɔ̃ be wo dometɔ aɖewo akpɔ ɖeɖe ta. Ale ame siawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo gale tsitsim ɖe edzi. Mlɔeba la, Mawu ƒe dziku va wo dzi azɔ.
17 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,
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, esi míedzo le mia gbɔ le ɣeyiɣi kpui si va yi me la (míaƒe dziwo ya medzo le mia gbɔ o), míedze agbagba ɖe sia ɖe be míagava kpɔ mi ɖa, gake mete ŋu dze edzi o.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Edzro mí vevie ŋutɔ be míava mia gbɔ, eye nye, Paulo, medze agbagba zi geɖe be mava, gake Satana meɖe mɔ na mí o.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Nu ka gɔ̃ míele agbe na? Nu kae na mɔkpɔkpɔ kple dzidzɔ mí, eye wònye míaƒe fetu vavã kple fiakuku la? Miawoe! Ɛ̃, miahe dzidzɔ geɖe vɛ na mí, ne mí katã míetsi tsitre ɖe míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ŋkume, ne etrɔ va,
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
elabena miawoe nye míaƒe ŋutikɔkɔe kple dzidzɔ.
