¹Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

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

²and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

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

³that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

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

⁴For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

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

⁵For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

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

⁶But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;

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፥

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

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

⁸For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

⁸እናንተ በጌታ ጸንታችሁ ብትቆሙ፥ አሁን በሕይወት እንኖራለንና።

⁹For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

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?

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

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

¹¹Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;

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።

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,

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