1 Thessalonians 3

1 Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

Na, i te kore e taea te ngakau te pehi tonu, i pai matou kia mahue ko matou anake i Atene.

2 and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage [you] concerning your faith,

A tonoa ana e matou a Timoti, to matou teina, he minita na te Atua, he hoa mahi no matou ki te rongopai o te Karaiti, hei whakau i a koutou, hei korero whakamarie ki a koutou mo nga mea o to koutou whakapono.

3 that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

Kei whakangaueuetia tetahi e enei tukinotanga: e matau ana ano hoki koutou he mea momotu ke tatou mo tenei mea.

4 for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)

I a matou hoki e noho ana i a koutou, i korero wawe ano matou ki a koutou, tera tatou e tukinotia; ko ia ano tenei, ka matau nei koutou.

5 For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

Na reira i te mea te taea toku ngakau te pehi tonu, ka tono tangata atu ahau kia mohio ai ahau ki to koutou whakapono, kei whakawaia pea koutou e te kaiwhakawai, a maumau kau ta matou mahi.

6 But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

Tena ko tenei, ka tae mai nei a Timoti ki a matou i a koutou, ka pai hoki tana korero ki a matou mo to koutou whakapono, mo to koutou aroha, mo koutou hoki e whai mahara pai ana ki a matou i nga wa katoa, e hiahia ana kia kite i a matou, he pera ano me to matou ki a koutou;

7 for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,

Na kua whai whakamarietanga matou i a koutou, e oku teina, i o matou tukinotanga katoa, i o matou matenga, he mea na to koutou whakapono.

8 because now we live if ye stand firm in [the] Lord.

Ko to matou ora nei hoki tenei, ara kia tu tonu koutou i runga i te Ariki.

9 For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,

Me aha hoki he whakawhetai ma matou ki te Atua mo koutou, mo nga hari katoa e hari nei matou ki a koutou, i te aroaro o to tatou Atua?

10 night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?

Nui atu ta matou inoi i te po, i te ao, kia kite i o koutou kanohi, kia whakaotia ano hoki e matou nga whai o to koutou whakapono i hapa.

11 But our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

Na, ma te Atua ake ano, ara ma to tatou Matua, ma to tatou Ariki hoki, ma Ihu Karaiti, e whakatika to matou ara ki a koutou.

12 But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,

Ma te Ariki ano hoki e mea kia nui, kia hira to koutou aroha tetahi, ki tetahi, ki nga tangata katoa hoki, kia penei ano me to matou ki a koutou.

13 in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Kia whakaukia ai o koutou ngakau he mea kahore he he i runga i te tapu i te aroaro o te Atua, o to tatou Matua, i te taenga mai o to tatou Ariki, o Ihu Karaiti, ratou ko tana hunga tapu katoa.