²Ka'omea-na, uma-pi kidadahi kalentora-kai. Toe pai' ki'uli', agina aku' mepopea hi ngata Atena, pai' ompi' -ta Timotius kipahawa' tilou hi koi' ompi' -ompi' hi Tesalonika. Timotius toei, doo hampobagoa-kai hi rala pobago Alata'ala, apa' natulungi-kai mpokeni Kareba Kristus. Jadi', kipahawa' mpu'u-imi Timotius tilou, ki'uli' -ki: "Iko-mi to hilou mpokinomo ompi' -ta hi Tesalonika, nurohoi pai' nupomotede' pepangala' -ra."

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

³Kipahawa' -i tilou toe, bona neo' mpai' ria haduaa to mokalingka pepangala' -ra sabana pebalinai' to mporumpa' -koi. Apa' ta'inca moto ompi', pebalinai' to mporumpa' -ta toe, gati patuju Alata'ala ami' -mi hi kita' to Kristen.

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,

⁴Bula-kai retu-pidi wengi, ki'uli' ami' -mi karia-ra mpai' to mpobalinai' -ta. Hiaa' madupa' mpu'u-mi, hewa to ni'inca moto-mi ompi'.

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

⁵Jadi', toe-die pai' kuhubui-i Timotius tilou-e, bona ku'inca kabeiwa-na pepangala' -ni, apa' uma mpu'u-pi kudadahi kalentora-ku. Pai' koro' -a, nee-neo' nasori Magau' Topesori-koi duu' -na napanawu' -koi pai' uma-pi ria kalaua lenge' -kai mpokeni Kareba Lompe' hi koi'.

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.)

⁶Jadi', hewa toe lau, rata nculii' -imi Timotius hi rehe'i, pai' naparata-mikakai kareba to mpakagoe' -kai. Na'uli': "To Tesalonika toera ria, moroho moto pepangala' -ra pai' ahi' -ra. Rapolio oa' -ta pai' lentora wo'o-ra-rawo doko' mpohirua' -taka, hewa kita' wo'o doko' mpohirua' -raka."

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.

⁷Mpo'epe kareba to nakeni Timotius toe, tetanta'u-makai ompi'. Nau' rabalinai' pai' rapakasusa' -kai hi rei, tetanta'u oa' nono-kai mpo'epe kamoroho-na pepangala' -ni.

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;

⁸Jadi', morawa-mi nono-kai, apa' moroho pepangala' -ni hi Pue' Yesus.

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

⁹Uma mowo kagoe' -kai mpokagoe' -koi ompi'. Jadi', napa to ma'ala kihiwili-ki Alata'ala ngkai hawe'ea kagoea' to nawai' -kakai toe? Uma ria ntani' -na, muntu' mpo'uli' tarima kasi-kai hi rala posampaya-kai hi Alata'ala Tuama-ta.

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

¹⁰Hinamengi hina'eo-kai merapi' hi Alata'ala hante nono mpu'u bona nabea ohea-kai mpencuai' -koi, bona kipohonoi' to kura' hi pepangala' -ni.

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

¹¹Mosampaya-kai hi Alata'ala Tuama-ta pai' hi Pue' -ta Pue' Yesus, kiperapi' bona nabea-kakai ohea mpohirua' -kokoi ompi'.

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

¹²Kiperapi' bona katedoo-donihia ahi' -ni, alaa-na momepoka'ahi' mpu'u-koi hadua bo hadua, pai' -koi mpoka'ahi' hawe'ea tauna, hewa ahi' -kai hi koi'.

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

¹³Kiperapi' hi Alata'ala bona narohoi nono-ni, bona moroli' -koi hante uma ria kasalaia' -ni hi nyanyoa-na ane rata-ipi mpai' Pue' Yesus hante hawe'ea topetuku' -na to moroli'.

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.