World English Bible

Amharic: New Testament

1 Thessalonians

2

1For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
1ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ራሳችሁ ወደ እናንተ መግባታችን ከንቱ እንዳልሆነ ታውቃላችሁና።
2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
2ነገር ግን እንደምታውቁት በፊልጵስዩስ አስቀድመን መከራ ተቀብለን ተንገላትተንም፥ በብዙ ገድል የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለእናንተ እንናገር ዘንድ በአምላካችን ደፈርን።
3For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
3ልመናችን ከስሕተት ወይም ከርኵሰት ወይም ከተንኰል አልነበረምና፤
4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
4ነገር ግን ወንጌልን አደራ ይሰጠን ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር የታመንን ሆነን እንዳገኘን መጠን፥ እንዲሁ እንናገራለን፥ ልባችንን የሚመረምር እግዚአብሔርን እንጂ ሰውን ደስ እንደምናሰኝ አይደለም።
5For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
5እንደምታውቁ፥ እያቈላመጥን ከቶ አልተናገርንም፥ እግዚአብሔርም እንደሚመሰክር እያመካኘን በመጐምጀት አልሠራንም፤
6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
6የክርስቶስም ሐዋርያት እንደ መሆናችን ልንከብድባችሁ ስንችል፥ ከእናንተ ቢሆን ወይም ከሌሎች ክብርን ከሰው አልፈለግንም።
7But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
7ነገር ግን ሞግዚት የራስዋን ልጆች እንደምትከባከብ፥ በመካከላችሁ የዋሆች ሆንን፤
8Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
8እንዲሁም እያፈቀርናችሁ የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለማካፈል ብቻ ሳይሆን የገዛ ነፍሳችንን ደግሞ እናካፍላችሁ ዘንድ በጎ ፈቃዳችን ነበረ፥ ለእኛ የተወደዳችሁ ሆናችሁ ነበርና።
9For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
9ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ድካማችንና ጥረታችን ትዝ ይላችኋልና፤ ከእናንተ በአንዱ ስንኳ እንዳንከብድበት ሌሊትና ቀን እየሠራን፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል ለእናንተ ሰበክን።
10You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
10በእናንተ በምታምኑ ዘንድ በእንዴት ያለ ቅድስናና ጽድቅ ነቀፋም በሌለበት ኑሮ እንደ ሄድን፥ እናንተና እግዚአብሔር ምስክሮች ናችሁ፤
11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
11ወደ መንግሥቱ ወደ ክብሩም ለጠራችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እየመከርንና እያጸናን እየመሰከርንላችሁም፥ አባት ለልጆቹ እንደሚሆን ለእያንዳንዳችሁ እንደ ሆንን ታውቃላችሁና።
12to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
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።
13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
14እናንተ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በይሁዳ የሚኖሩትን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ያሉትን የእግዚአብሔርን ማኅበሮች የምትመስሉ ሆናችኋልና፤ እነርሱ ከአይሁድ መከራ እንደ ተቀበሉ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ ያንን መከራ ከአገራችሁ ሰዎች ተቀብላችኋልና።
14For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
15እነዚያም ጌታን ኢየሱስን ደግሞ ገደሉ ነቢያትንም እኛንም አሳደዱ፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ደስ አያሰኙም፥ ሰዎችንም ሁሉ ይቃወማሉ፥
15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please God, and are contrary to all men;
16ሁልጊዜ ኃጢአታቸውን ይፈጽሙ ዘንድ አሕዛብ እንዲድኑ እንዳንናገራቸው ይከለክሉናልና። ነገር ግን ቍጣው ወደ እነርሱ ፈጽሞ ደርሶአል።
16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
17እኛ ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በልብ ያይደለ ፊት ለፊት ለጥቂት ጊዜ አጥተናችሁ፥ በብዙ ናፍቆት ፊታችሁን ለማየት እጅግ ሞከርን፤
17But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
18ወደ እናንተ ልንመጣ ወደን ነበርና፥ እኔ ጳውሎስም አንድና ሁለት ጊዜ፥ ሰይጣን ግን አዘገየን።
18because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
19ተስፋችን ወይስ ደስታችን ወይስ የትምክህታችን አክሊል ማን ነው? በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ፊት በመምጣቱ እናንተ አይደላችሁምን?
19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
20እናንተ ክብራችን ደስታችንም ናችሁና።
20For you are our glory and our joy.