1Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,
1¶ Na, i te kore e taea te ngakau te pehi tonu, i pai matou kia mahue ko matou anake i Atene.
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,
2A 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.
3that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,
3Kei whakangaueuetia tetahi e enei tukinotanga: e matau ana ano hoki koutou he mea momotu ke tatou mo tenei mea.
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];
4I 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.
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.
5Na 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.
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,
6¶ 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;
7because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,
7Na 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.
8because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;
8Ko to matou ora nei hoki tenei, ara kia tu tonu koutou i runga i te Ariki.
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?
9Me 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?
10night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.
10Nui 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.
11And our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you,
11¶ 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.
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,
12Ma 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.
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.
13Kia 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.