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

¹Imi ur nezmir ara a neṣbeṛ fell-awen nnig wannect-a, nufa-d yiwen ṛṛay : nukni a neqqim di temdint n Atinya,

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;

²ma d gma-tneɣ Timuti, aqeddac n Sidi Ṛebbi, ițbecciṛen lexbaṛ n lxiṛ n Lmasiḥ, a wen-t-in-nceggeɛ a kkun isseǧhed yerna a kkun-inhu di liman nwen,

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

³iwakken yiwen ur ifeččel di teswiɛt-agi n uqehheṛ. Teẓram belli ayagi d ayen i ɣ-ițṛaǧun.

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.

⁴Asmi nella yid-wen nenna-yawen yakan belli a d-yas wass i deg ara nețwaqehheṛ. Atan tura twalam belli d ayen ideṛṛun.

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.

⁵Imi xaqeɣ fell-awen, ur zmireɣ ara ad ṣebṛeɣ, ceggɛeɣ-awen gma tneɣ Timuti iwakken a yi-d-yawi lexbaṛ ma mazal teṭṭfem di liman nwen ; axaṭer uggadeɣ a kkun iɣuṛṛ Cciṭan, aț-țețțum ayen akk i wen-nesselmed, uggadeɣ lxedma nneɣ aț-țuɣal d ulac.

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;

⁶Mi d-yuɣal Timuti s ɣuṛ-wen, yewwi-yaɣ-d lexbaṛ yelhan fell-awen : iḥka-yaɣ-d amek tḍuɛem Sidi Ṛebbi, d leḥmala yellan wway gar-awen ; yenna-yaɣ-d daɣen amek i ɣ-d țmektayem, ur aɣ-tețțum ara, tḥarem melmi ara ɣ-teẓrem am akken i nxaq fell-awen ula d nukni.

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

⁷Ay atmaten, ɣas akka nella di lmeḥna d iɣeblan, theddnen wulawen nneɣ ɣef wayen yeɛnan liman-nwen.

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

⁸Tura yuɣal-aɣ-d ṛṛuḥ imi neẓra teṭṭfem di Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

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;

⁹Lfeṛḥ-nneɣ d ameqqran zdat Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef ddemma-nwen. Akken nebɣu neḥmed-it fell-awen drus.

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

¹⁰Nețḥellil Sidi Ṛebbi am iḍ am ass, a ɣ-d-yefk tagniț i deg ara kkun-nẓer, iwakken a wen-nkemmel aselmed n wayen i kkun-ixuṣṣen di liman-nwen.

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

¹¹Nessutur Sidi Ṛebbi baba-tneɣ d Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa a ɣ-d-ldin iberdan iwakken a n-nas ɣuṛ-wen.

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,

¹²Ad isnerni Ṛebbi leḥmala i tesɛam wway gar-awen, aț-țḥemmlem daɣen imdanen meṛṛa am akken i kkun nḥemmel nukni.

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.

¹³Ad isseǧhed Ṛebbi ulawen nwen, iwakken aț-țeṣfum, aț-țilim mbla lɛib zdat Sidi Ṛebbi baba-tneɣ i wass i deg ara d-yuɣal Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ nețța d lmalayekkat.