¹ Nun Pool ak Silwan ak Timote noo leen di bind, yéen mbooloom ñi gëm ci dëkku Tesalonig te nekk ci Yàlla sunu Baay ak Boroom bi Yeesu Kirist.

¹Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

² Na leen Yàlla Baay bi ak Boroom bi Yeesu Kirist may yiw ak jàmm.

²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

³ Bokk yi, mënunu lu dul sax ci sant Yàlla ndax yéen. Loolu jaadu na, ndax seen ngëm di gën a sax, te mbëggeel gi ngeen am ci seen biir, ku nekk ci sa moroom, di yokku lu bare.

³We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

⁴ Noonu nu ngi damu ci yéen ci kanamu mboolooy Yàlla yi, ndax seen muñ ak seen ngëm ci biir mboolem fitnay noon, ak coono, yi ngeen di dékku.

⁴so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;

⁵ Loolu mooy firndeel àtteb Yàlla bu jub bi, di wone ne yelloo ngeen nguuru Yàlla, gi tax ngeen di sonn.

⁵a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;

⁶ Ndaxte jub na ci Yàlla, mu delloo coono ñi leen di sonal,

⁶if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,

⁷ te it yéen ñiy dékku coono, mu boole leen ak nun, tàbbal nu ci noflaay, bés bu sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist jógee asamaan, feeñ fi. Keroog dina ànd ak malaakaam yu am kàttan,

⁷and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with [the] angels of his power,

⁸ safara su yànj wër ko, mu feeñ ngir mbugal ñi xamul Yàlla te bañ a déggal xebaar bu baaxu sunu Boroom Yeesu.

⁸in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁹ Seen pey mooy alku ba fàww, ñu dàq leen fu sore Boroom bi ak ndamam lu réy.

⁹who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,

¹⁰ Dina ñëw bés booba, ngir ndamam jolli ci biir gaayam yu sell yi, te ñépp ñi ko gëm yéemu ci moom — te ci ngeen bokk, ndaxte gëm ngeen li nu leen seede.

¹⁰when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.

¹¹ Moo tax dunu noppeek di leen ñaanal, ngir Yàlla sunu Boroom def leen, ngeen yeyoo li tax mu woo leen, te yeggali ak doole ci yéen bépp yéene ju baax ak bépp jëfu ngëm.

¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all [the] good pleasure of [his] goodness and [the] work of faith with power,

¹² Noonu turu Yeesu sunu Boroom dina màgg ci yéen, te yéen it dingeen màgg ci moom, aju ci yiwu sunu Yàlla ak Boroom bi Yeesu Kirist.

¹²so that the name of our Lord Jesus [Christ] may be glorified in you and *ye* in him, according to the grace of our God, and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ.