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

¹ስለዚህ ወደ ፊት እንታገሥ ዘንድ ባልተቻለን ጊዜ፥ በአቴና ብቻችንን ልንቀር በጎ ፈቃዳችን ሆነ።

²and 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,

²ስለ እምነታችሁም እንዲያጸናችሁና እንዲመክራችሁ ወንድማችንን የእግዚአብሔርንም አገልጋይ ከእኛ ጋርም አብሮ በክርስቶስ ወንጌል የሚሠራውን ጢሞቴዎስን ላክነው፤

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

³በዚህ መከራ ማንም እንዳይናውጥ፥ ለዚህ እንደ ተመረጥን ራሳችሁ ታውቃላችሁና።

⁴for 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];

⁴በእውነት ከእናንተ ጋር ሳለን፥ መከራ እንቀበል ዘንድ እንዳለን አስቀድመን እንነግራችሁ ነበር፤ እንዲሁም ደግሞ ሆነ፥ ይህንም ታውቃላችሁ።

⁵because 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.

⁵ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ ወደ ፊት እታገሥ ዘንድ ባልተቻለኝ ጊዜ። ፈታኝ ምናልባት ፈትኖአቸዋል ድካማችንም ከንቱ ሆኖአል ብዬ እምነታችሁን ለማወቅ ላክሁ።

⁶And 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,

⁶አሁን ግን ጢሞቴዎስ ከእናንተ ዘንድ ወደ እኛ መጥቶ ስለ እምነታችሁና ስለ ፍቅራችሁ የምስራች ብሎ በነገረን ጊዜ፥ እኛም እናያችሁ ዘንድ እንደምንናፍቅ ታዩን ዘንድ እየናፈቃችሁ ሁልጊዜ በመልካም እንደምታስቡን በነገረን ጊዜ፥

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

⁷ስለዚህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በእምነታችሁ በኩል በችግራችንና በመከራችን ሁሉ ስለ እናንተ ተጽናናን፤

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

⁸እናንተ በጌታ ጸንታችሁ ብትቆሙ፥ አሁን በሕይወት እንኖራለንና።

⁹for 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?

⁹ፊታችሁን ልናይ በእምነታችሁም የጎደለውን ልንሞላበት ሌሊትና ቀን ከመጠን ይልቅ እየጸለይን በአምላካችን ፊት ከእናንተ የተነሣ ስለምንደሰተው ደስታ ሁሉ፥ ለእግዚአብሔር በእናንተ ምክንያት ምን ያህል ምስጋና እናስረክብ ዘንድ እንችላለን?

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

¹¹አምላካችንና አባታችን ራሱ ጌታችንም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወደ እናንተ መንገዳችንን ያቅና፤

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

¹²ጌታችንም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከቅዱሳኑ ሁሉ ጋር ሲመጣ፥ በአምላካችንና በአባታችን ፊት በቅድስና ነቀፋ የሌለበት አድርጎ ልባችሁን ያጸና ዘንድ፥ እኛ ደግሞ ለእናንተ እንደምንሆን ጌታ እርስ በእርሳችሁ ያላችሁን ለሁሉም የሚሆን ፍቅራችሁን ያብዛ ይጨምርም።

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

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