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, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the 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 are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you 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 boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

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

⁵This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

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

⁶Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict 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 give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

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

⁸giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

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

⁹who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face 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 comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was 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 this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and 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.

¹²that the name of our Lord Jesus TR adds “Christ” may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.