1ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ራሳችሁ ወደ እናንተ መግባታችን ከንቱ እንዳልሆነ ታውቃላችሁና።
1For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;
2ነገር ግን እንደምታውቁት በፊልጵስዩስ አስቀድመን መከራ ተቀብለን ተንገላትተንም፥ በብዙ ገድል የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለእናንተ እንናገር ዘንድ በአምላካችን ደፈርን።
2but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earnest striving.
3ልመናችን ከስሕተት ወይም ከርኵሰት ወይም ከተንኰል አልነበረምና፤
3For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;
4ነገር ግን ወንጌልን አደራ ይሰጠን ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር የታመንን ሆነን እንዳገኘን መጠን፥ እንዲሁ እንናገራለን፥ ልባችንን የሚመረምር እግዚአብሔርን እንጂ ሰውን ደስ እንደምናሰኝ አይደለም።
4but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.
5እንደምታውቁ፥ እያቈላመጥን ከቶ አልተናገርንም፥ እግዚአብሔርም እንደሚመሰክር እያመካኘን በመጐምጀት አልሠራንም፤
5For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God [is] witness;
6የክርስቶስም ሐዋርያት እንደ መሆናችን ልንከብድባችሁ ስንችል፥ ከእናንተ ቢሆን ወይም ከሌሎች ክብርን ከሰው አልፈለግንም።
6nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;
7ነገር ግን ሞግዚት የራስዋን ልጆች እንደምትከባከብ፥ በመካከላችሁ የዋሆች ሆንን፤
7but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.
8እንዲሁም እያፈቀርናችሁ የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለማካፈል ብቻ ሳይሆን የገዛ ነፍሳችንን ደግሞ እናካፍላችሁ ዘንድ በጎ ፈቃዳችን ነበረ፥ ለእኛ የተወደዳችሁ ሆናችሁ ነበርና።
8Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.
9ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ድካማችንና ጥረታችን ትዝ ይላችኋልና፤ ከእናንተ በአንዱ ስንኳ እንዳንከብድበት ሌሊትና ቀን እየሠራን፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለእናንተ ሰበክን።
9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.
10በእናንተ በምታምኑ ዘንድ በእንዴት ያለ ቅድስናና ጽድቅ ነቀፋም በሌለበት ኑሮ እንደ ሄድን፥ እናንተና እግዚአብሔር ምስክሮች ናችሁ፤
10*Ye* [are] witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:
11ወደ መንግሥቱ ወደ ክብሩም ለጠራችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እየመከርንና እያጸናን እየመሰከርንላችሁም፥ አባት ለልጆቹ እንደሚሆን ለእያንዳንዳችሁ እንደ ሆንን ታውቃላችሁና።
11as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,
13ስለዚህም የመልእክትን ቃል እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ከእኛ በተቀበላችሁ ጊዜ፥ በእውነት እንዳለ በእናንተ በምታምኑ ደግሞ እንደሚሠራ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ቃል እንጂ እንደ ሰው ቃል አድርጋችሁ ስላልተቀበላችሁት፥ እኛ ደግሞ እግዚአብሔርን ሳናቋርጥ እናመሰግናለን።
12that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
14እናንተ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በይሁዳ የሚኖሩትን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ያሉትን የእግዚአብሔርን ማኅበሮች የምትመስሉ ሆናችኋልና፤ እነርሱ ከአይሁድ መከራ እንደ ተቀበሉ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ ያንን መከራ ከአገራችሁ ሰዎች ተቀብላችኋልና።
13And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received [the] word of [the] report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.
15እነዚያም ጌታን ኢየሱስን ደግሞ ገደሉ ነቢያትንም እኛንም አሳደዱ፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ደስ አያሰኙም፥ ሰዎችንም ሁሉ ይቃወማሉ፥
14For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews,
16ሁልጊዜ ኃጢአታቸውን ይፈጽሙ ዘንድ አሕዛብ እንዲድኑ እንዳንናገራቸው ይከለክሉናልና። ነገር ግን ቍጣው ወደ እነርሱ ፈጽሞ ደርሶአል።
15who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and [are] against all men,
17እኛ ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በልብ ያይደለ ፊት ለፊት ለጥቂት ጊዜ አጥተናችሁ፥ በብዙ ናፍቆት ፊታችሁን ለማየት እጅግ ሞከርን፤
16forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
18ወደ እናንተ ልንመጣ ወደን ነበርና፥ እኔ ጳውሎስም አንድና ሁለት ጊዜ፥ ሰይጣን ግን አዘገየን።
17But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;
19ተስፋችን ወይስ ደስታችን ወይስ የትምክህታችን አክሊል ማን ነው? በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ፊት በመምጣቱ እናንተ አይደላችሁምን?
18wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.
20እናንተ ክብራችን ደስታችንም ናችሁና።
19For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [are] not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
20for ye are our glory and joy.