1Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
1Xban a'an nak k'axal takaj raj rabinquil êresil. Inc'a' chic xkacuy roybeninquil. Jo'can nak lâo xocana arin Atenas kajunes.
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;
2Ut xkatakla li hermano Timoteo êriq'uin. A'an laj c'anjel chiru li Dios chixyebal resil li colba-ib sa' xc'aba' li Cristo. Laj Timoteo tixq'ue xcacuilal êch'ôl sa' lê pâbâl ut tixq'ue ajcui' êna'leb.
3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
3Inc'a' nakaj nak tâch'inâk êch'ôl xban li raylal a'in. Lâex nequenau nak takac'ul li raylal.
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.
4Nak toj cuanco chak sa' êyânk xkaye resil êre nak takac'ul li raylal lâo aj pâbanel. Ac nequenau lâex nak jo'can quic'ulman.
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.
5Jo'can nak xintakla laj Timoteo êriq'uin xban nak inc'a' chic xincuy roybeninquil resil chanru cuanquex sa' lê pâbâl. Mâre anchal xex-âlêc xban laj tza ut li kac'anjel mâre chicanâk chi mâc'a' rajbal.
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;
6Toje' xsuk'i chak laj Timoteo êriq'uin ut a'an xc'am chak jun châbil esilal chêrix chanru nak cau êch'ôl sa' lê pâbâl ut chanru nak nequexrahoc. Ut xye ajcui' ke nak rajlal nocoêc'oxla jo' ajcui' nak nequexkac'oxla lâo. Lâex nequeraj rilbal ku ut jo'can ajcui' lâo nakaj rilbal êru lâex.
7for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.
7Riq'uin a'in, ex hermân, sa' chixjunil li raylal li yôco chixc'ulbal, nac'ojla kach'ôl chirabinquil nak cau êch'ôl sa' lê pâbâl.
8For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
8Ut anakcuan naru chic tocuânk chi sa sa' kach'ôl xban nak nakanau nak cau êch'ôl sa' êpâbâl sa' xc'aba' li Jesucristo.
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;
9Inc'a' nakatau chanru nak takabantioxi chiru li Dios riq'uin lix sahil li kach'ôl nequeq'ue ke sa' xc'aba' lê pâbâl. Li Dios naxnau nak c'ajo' xsahil li kach'ôl êban lâex.
10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
10Chi k'ek chi cutan nakatz'âma chiru li Dios nak takil cui'chic êru re nak takaq'ue xcacuilal êch'ôl sa' lê pâbâl.
11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
11A' taxak li Dios li kaYucua' ut a' taxak li Kâcua' Jesucristo chitenk'ânk ke re nak târûk toxic cui'chic êriq'uin.
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,
12A' taxak li Kâcua' chitenk'ânk êre re nak têra êrib chêribil êrib ut chi anchal êch'ôl cherahak taxak lê ras êrîtz'in jo' nak nequexkara lâex.A' taxak li Dios li kaYucua' chiq'uehok xcacuil êch'ôl. Tz'akalak taxak re ru lê pâbâl. Mâc'a'ak taxak êmâc chiru li Dios nak tâchâlk li Jesucristo rochbeneb li ac colbileb.
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.
13A' taxak li Dios li kaYucua' chiq'uehok xcacuil êch'ôl. Tz'akalak taxak re ru lê pâbâl. Mâc'a'ak taxak êmâc chiru li Dios nak tâchâlk li Jesucristo rochbeneb li ac colbileb.