¹Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

¹Huchiin, ka thuak zoh tak louh phet un Athen khuaah koumau kia nutsiahin om le ung hoih ka sa ua,

²and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;

²I unaupa uh. Timothi, Kris tanchin hoih lama Pathian nasempa bel, nou honhihkip ding leh na ginna lam ua nou honkhamuan dingin, kon sawlta uhi.

³that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

³Hiai gimthuaknate jiaka kuamah a linlouhna ding un. Hiaite bang thuak dinga seh ka hi uh chih, noumau ngeiin na thei ngal ua.

⁴For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

⁴Na kiang ua ka om lai un gimthuak ding ka hi uh chih ka honhilh khol ua; huchibang ngeiin a tungta hi, huai tuh na thei uhi.

⁵For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

⁵Hiaijiakin ka thuak zoh tak louh nungin, khempan nou a honkhem puk kha dia, ka sepgimna uh a thawn kha ding, chiin, na gindan uh ka natheihna dingin mi ka honsawl ahi.

⁶But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;

⁶Himahleh, Timothi tuh noumau akipana tua ka kiang uh a hongtunin, non muh ka ut mahmah sang un nou leng honmuh ut mahmahin hehpihtakin na hontheigige uh chih thu leh, na ginna uh leh na itna tanchin uh kipahhuai takmai a honpuaka;

⁷for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

⁷Huchi a hih jiakin, unaute aw, ka mangbatna uleh gimthuakna tengteng ah, na ginna jiak un na tung thu uah lungmuanin ka omta uhi;

⁸for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

⁸Tun tuh ka hingta uhi. Toupaa na din kip phot uleh.

⁹For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

⁹I Pathian ma uah na tung ua ka kipahna tengteng jiak un noumau lamthu ah Pathian kiangah bangchibang kipathu ke gen thei zojen ding uam aw;

¹⁰night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

¹⁰Na mel uh ka muh theihna ding uleh, na ginna lam ua na taksap awng uh kon huksak theihna ding un sun leh jana nakpi taka thumin?

¹¹Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:

¹¹Huchiin, i Pathian, i Pa ngei un, i Toupa Jesuin leng, na kiang lam uah honpi hen.

¹²and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;

¹²Huan, noumau lama itna ka hauh bang un, noumau lamah kiit tuah chiatna leh mi tengteng lamah itna Toupa nou honhihkhang jelpan honhau sak hen;Huchia, i Toupa Jesu a misiangthou tengteng toh a hongpai chainga, i Pathian leh a Pa maa na lungtangte uh siangthouna lamah gensiatbeia om dinga nou a honhihkip theihna dingin.

¹³to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

¹³Huchia, i Toupa Jesu a misiangthou tengteng toh a hongpai chainga, i Pathian leh a Pa maa na lungtangte uh siangthouna lamah gensiatbeia om dinga nou a honhihkip theihna dingin.