1 Thessalonians 2
1 Yes, friends, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
Toronoo nggare! Basa hei bubꞌuluꞌ, leleꞌ hai mii tao ues fee Lamatualain sia Tesalonika, hai nda nggari hendi mbusa titi mara hie-hieꞌ a sa.
2 For, although we had experienced suffering and ill treatment, as you know, at Philippi, we had the courage, by the help of our God, to tell you God’s good news in spite of great opposition.
Hei o misinedꞌa, leleꞌ hai nda feꞌe misiꞌ Tesalonika sa, atahori sia kota Filipi ra tao raꞌasususaꞌ ma doidꞌoso hai ena. Te Lamatualain tao manggatete hai rala mara, de mimbirani mifadꞌe Lamatuaꞌ Dudꞌui Malolen neu nggi, mae atahori naeꞌ musu hai.
3 Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
Leleꞌ naa, hai mendi Dudꞌui Maloleꞌ naa fee hei sia Tesalonika, nda mendi nenoriꞌ mana tao leliꞌ sa. Hai nda meti tao minggonggoa do peko-lelekoꞌ hei sa.
4 But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the good news, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not people, but God who proves our hearts.
Hokoꞌ! Faiꞌ naa hai meti mo rala ndos. Lamatulain mana dudꞌu hai, fo mendi Dudꞌui Malolen fee neu nggi. Hai nda mae tao mimihoꞌo atahori rala nara sa, te mae tao mimihoꞌo Lamatualain, huu Eni mana timba-tai hai rala mara nae, ndos do hokoꞌ.
5 Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.
Hei o mihine mae, hai nda maa-mina sa, seluꞌ fai mae sangga hahambuꞌ sen esa-rua mia hei e. Lamatualain o bubꞌuluꞌ hai rala mara.
6 Nor did we seek to win honour from people, whether from you or from others, although, as apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.
Hai o ue-tao nda mae sangga nara kokoaꞌ mia atahori, mia hei do mia atahori feaꞌ sa.
7 But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
Hai ia ra Kristus dedenun. De hai o miꞌena hak onaꞌ malangga-malangga ra, te hai nda nau soꞌu botiꞌ ao mara taꞌo naa sa. Leleꞌ naa hai tao ao mara onaꞌ anadikiꞌ sia taladꞌa mara. Hai o mitudꞌu susueꞌ neu nggi, onaꞌ mama sa nasusu anan.
8 In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God’s good news, but our lives as well – so dear had you become to us.
Hai nda mendiꞌ a Dudꞌui Maloleꞌ fee hei sa, te hai o fee ao mara teme-teme huu hai sue miseliꞌ nggi.
9 You will not have forgotten, friends, our labour and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God’s good news.
Toronoo nggare! Hei feꞌe misinedꞌa, hai o tao ues mitaꞌ mamate mara hatuꞌ-rerelon, fo bisa tanggon hai masodꞌa mara. Leleꞌ hai mendi Dudꞌui Maloleꞌ a fee hei, hai nda nau tao misimbute nggi sa.
10 You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.
Basa hei mita ao mara, ma Lamatulain boe oi, leleꞌ hai miꞌibꞌue mo hei mana mamahereꞌ sia naa, hai misodꞌa no rala meuꞌ, leo-lao tungga dala ndos, ma nda tao salaꞌ saa sa boe.
11 Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
Hei bubꞌuluꞌ hai tao mataꞌ neu nggi, onaꞌ ama bonggiꞌ tao mataꞌ neu ana nara.
12 so that you should make your daily lives worthy of God who is calling you into the glory of his kingdom.
Hai tao manggatee rala mara, fee nggi nesenenedꞌaꞌ, ma kokoe nggi fo misodꞌa mindaa-mitetu, fo tao nemehoꞌo Lamatualain ralan. Te Eni mana dadꞌi maneꞌ. Ana noꞌe nala hei fo masoꞌ dadꞌi bobꞌonggin, ma hambu hadꞌa-hormat mo E.
13 This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God – because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of humans, but as what it really is – the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.
Hai moꞌe makasi nda namaetuꞌ sa neu Lamatualain, huu leleꞌ hei rena Dudꞌui Maloleꞌ naa mia hai, hei rena Lamatualain dedꞌea-oꞌolan, te nda atahori raefafo dedꞌea-oꞌola nara sa. Huu Lamatualain ue-tao sia hei mana mamahereꞌ ra rala mara.
14 For you, friends, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow citizens, in the same way as those churches did at the hands of their people –
Toronoo nggare! Hei feꞌe mae tungga Lamatualain dalan, te atahori nusa isi mara tao raꞌasususaꞌ nggi ena. No taꞌo naa, basa hei o mimedꞌa sususaꞌ onaꞌ atahori mamahereꞌ sia propinsi Yudea ra, fo mana hambu sususaꞌ mia sira atahori Yahudi nara, huu ramahere Yesus Kristus.
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all humanity,
Hambu atahori Yahudi ruma nda tao afiꞌ neu Lamatualain hihiin sa. Naa de, leleꞌ Lamatualain haitua mana ola-ola nara neu se, ara tao doidꞌoso ma risa mana ola-olaꞌ naa ra. Ara o tao risa Lamatuaꞌ Yesus onaꞌ naa boe. Ia naa ara sangga-sangga dalaꞌ fo rae mbuu hendi hai fai. Ara bamusuꞌ ro basa atahori, de Lamatualain nda hii se sa.
16 for they try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation, and so are always filling up the measure of their iniquity. But the wrath of God has come upon them to the full!
Lenaꞌ fali ara ai-bꞌaa mataꞌ-mataꞌ, naa fo hai afiꞌ mendi Lamatulain Dudꞌui Malolen fee nusa feaꞌ ra. Atahori Yahudi naa ra nda nau Lamatualain fee masodꞌaꞌ neu atahori feaꞌ ra sa. No taꞌo naa, ara boe tao salaꞌ raꞌaunuꞌ. Naa de, Lamatulain namanasa, de hukun se.
17 As for ourselves, friends, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time – though in body only, and not in spirit – made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong on us.
Toronoo nggare! Mae oras ia, nau do nda nau sa o hita leo taꞌadooꞌ, te naa dooꞌ siaꞌ a mata memeteꞌ, nda dooꞌ sia rala tara sa. Hai sangga-sangga dalaꞌ, fo ona bee na, hai meti seꞌu seluꞌ nggi, huu hai o maeꞌ a do bee fo mindaa mo nggi ena.
18 That was why we made up our minds to go and see you – at least I, Paul, did, more than once – but Satan put difficulties in our way.
Au o sobꞌa usufafali ae eti ita nggi, te nitu malangga monaeꞌ a akaꞌ babꞌa au nakandondooꞌ a.
19 For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown will we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming, if it isn’t you?
Hei bubꞌuluꞌ, taꞌo b e de hai mae meti mita hei? Naa, huu hai mimihena nggi. Hei mana tao maꞌahee ma neꞌemoko hai rala mara. Te se fai mana toꞌu nehereꞌ Lamatuaꞌ Yesus naran? Akaꞌ a hei! Mete ma Lamatuaꞌ nema nasafali na, hai botiꞌ mala mata mara huu hei.
20 You are our pride and our delight!
Memaꞌ tebꞌe! hei mana tao hai rala mara raꞌamoko ma ramahoꞌo.
