1 Thessalonians 3

1 Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,

Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis:

2 and did send Timotheus — our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ — to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

et misimus Timotheum fratrem nostrum, et ministrum Dei in Evangelio Christi ad confirmandos vos, et exhortandos pro fide vestra:

3 that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,

ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis: ipsi enim scitis quod in hoc positi sumus.

4 for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known [it];

Nam et cum apud vos essemus, prædicebamus vobis passuros nos tribulationes, sicut et factum est, et scitis.

5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

Propterea et ego amplius non sustinens, misi ad cognoscendam fidem vestram: ne forte tentaverit vos is, qui tentat, et inanis fiat labor noster.

6 And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, as we also [to see] you,

Nunc autem veniente Timotheo ad nos a vobis, et annunciante nobis fidem et charitatem vestram, et quia memoriam nostri habetis bonam semper, desiderantes nos videre, sicut et nos quoque vos:

7 because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

ideo consolati sumus fratres in vobis in omni necessitate, et tribulatione nostra per fidem vestram,

8 because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;

quoniam nunc vivimus, si vos statis in Domino.

9 for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,

10 night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.

nocte ac die abundantius orantes, ut videamus faciem vestram, et compleamus ea, quæ desunt fidei vestræ?

11 And our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you,

Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Iesus Christus dirigat viam nostram ad vos.

12 and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

Vos autem Dominus multiplicet, et abundare faciat charitatem vestram in invicem, et in omnes, quemadmodum et nos in vobis:

13 to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

ad confirmanda corda vestra sine querela in sanctitate, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum, in adventu Domini nostri Iesu Christi cum omnibus sanctis eius. Amen.