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

¹Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

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

²and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage [you] concerning your faith,

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

³that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

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

⁴for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)

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

⁵For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

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፥

⁶But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

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

⁷for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,

⁸እናንተ በጌታ ጸንታችሁ ብትቆሙ፥ አሁን በሕይወት እንኖራለንና።

⁸because now we live if *ye* stand firm in [the] Lord.

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?

⁹For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,

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

¹⁰night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?

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።

¹¹But our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

¹²But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,

¹³in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.