1 Thessalonians 3
1 Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
Ku lulo, nai katulaa shanga kuhumile kugimya ikilo, ai kusigile kina ai ituile iziza kusaga kuko ku Athene king'wene duu.
2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
Kikamulagiilya uTimotheo, muluna itu hangi munya milimo nuang'wa Itunda mu nkani ninza niang'wa Kristo, kumuika ikaku nu kumupoeelya kukaminkana nu uhuiili nuanyu.
3 that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
Ai kitumile aya iti kisigo aleke kutula umoli wihi nua ku nkukankuka kupumiila nu lwago ulu, kunsoko akola mulingile kina kakondya sagulwa ku nsoko a ili.
4 For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
Ku tai, itungo nai kukoli palung'wi nu nyenye, ai katongela kumuganuila nia kina ai katulaa pakupi kulija u lwago, nayo ai apumie anga nai mulingile.
5 For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Ku nsoko ili, nai natulaa nemilwe kugimya hangi, ai ndagiiye iti kusiga ndije kulinga migulya a uhuiili nuanyu. Anga itye u mugemi ai watulaa bahu wamugemaa, nu mulimo nuitu utule nankanda.
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you.
Kuiti uTimotheo ai uzile kitaitu kupembelya kitalanyu nu ku uletela inkani ni nkende migulya a uhuiili nu ulowa nuitu. Ai ukutambuie ni yakina mukete u ukimbukiilyi nu uziza migulya itu, ni kina mukete nsula kuihenga anga niiza usese kihung'waa nsula kumihenga unyenye.
7 For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.
Ku nsoko a ili, aluna ai kipoelya nangaluu nu nyenye ku nsoko a uhuiili nuanyu, mu lwago nu wagigwa nuitu wihi.
8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
Ku itungili kikie, anga mi mike ikomo ku Mukulu,
9 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
Ku iti ingi ilumbi ni niuli kuminkiilye Itunda ku nsoko anyu, ku iloeelya lihi ni kukete ntongeela ang'wa Itunda migulya anyu?
10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Kulompile nangaluu utiku nu mung'wi iti kuhume kihenga u usu nuanyu nu kumongeelya ni kikepile mu uhuiili nuanyu.
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
Itunda itu hangi Tata mukola, nu Mukulu itu uYesu wakutongeele i nzila yitu kupike kitalanyu.
12 May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
Nu Mukulu amuike mongeeleke nu kukila mu ulowa, muze miloilwe nu kualowa i antu ihi, anga ni kimutendeela unyenye.
13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Nu itume izi iti kuikomya inkolo nianyu itule shanga nu utukwi mu welu ntongeela ang'a Itunda nuitu hangi Tata nuitu mu upembyi nua Mukulu uYesu palung'wi ni elu akwe ihi.
