1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
Nam ipsi scitis, fratres, introitum nostrum ad vos, quia non inanis fuit:
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.
sed ante passi, et contumeliis affecti (sicut scitis) in Philippis, fiduciam habuimus in Deo nostro loqui ad vos Evangelium Dei in multa solicitudine.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Exhortatio enim nostra non de errore, neque de immunditia, neque in dolo,
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.
sed sicut probati sumus a Deo ut crederetur nobis Evangelium: ita loquimur non quasi hominibus placentes, sed Deo, qui probat corda nostra.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
Neque enim aliquando fuimus in sermone adulationis, sicut scitis: neque in occasione avaritiæ: Deus testis est:
6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
nec quærentes ab hominibus gloriam, neque a vobis, neque ab aliis.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Cum possemus vobis oneri esse ut Christi Apostoli: sed facti sumus parvuli in medio vestrum, tamquam si nutrix foveat filios suos.
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.
Ita desiderantes vos, cupide volebamus tradere vobis non solum Evangelium Dei, sed etiam animas nostras: quoniam charissimi nobis facti estis.
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.
Memores enim estis fratres laboris nostri, et fatigationis: nocte ac die operantes, ne quem vestrum gravaremus, prædicavimus in vobis Evangelium Dei.
10 You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Vos testes estis, et Deus, quam sancte, et iuste, et sine querela, vobis, qui credidistis, fuimus:
11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
sicut scitis, qualiter unumquemque vestrum (sicut pater filios suos)
12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
deprecantes vos, et consolantes, testificati sumus, ut ambularetis digne Deo, qui vocavit vos in suum regnum, et gloriam.
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.
Ideo et nos gratias agimus Deo sine intermissione: quoniam cum accepissetis a nobis Verbum auditus Dei, accepistis illud, non ut verbum hominum, sed (sicut est vere) Verbum Dei, qui operatur in vobis, qui credidistis.
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
Vos enim imitatores facti estis fratres Ecclesiarum Dei, quæ sunt in Iudæa in Christo Iesu: quia eadem passi estis et vos a contribulibus vestris, sicut et ipsi a Iudæis:
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,
qui et Dominum occiderunt Iesum, et Prophetas, et nos persecuti sunt, et Deo non placent, et omnibus hominibus adversantur,
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.
prohibentes nos Gentibus loqui ut salvæ fiant, ut impleant peccata sua semper: pervenit enim ira Dei super illos usque in finem.
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,
Nos autem fratres desolati a vobis ad tempus horæ, aspectu, non corde, abundantius festinavimus faciem vestram videre cum multo desiderio:
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
quoniam voluimus venire ad vos: ego quidem Paulus, et semel, et iterum, sed impedivit nos Satanas.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Quæ est enim nostra spes, aut gaudium, aut corona gloriæ? Nonne vos ante Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum estis in adventu eius?
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
Vos enim estis gloria nostra et gaudium.
