1 Tesalonaika 1
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Ko Paula, mo Silivenusi, mo Timote, ki he siasi ʻoe kakai Tesalonika ʻoku ʻi he ʻOtua ko e Tamai mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi: Ke ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻae ʻaloʻofa, mo e melino mei he ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai, mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi.
1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2ʻOku mau fakafetaʻi maʻuaipē ki he ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu kotoa pē, ʻo takua ʻakimoutolu ʻi heʻemau ngaahi lotu;
2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
3ʻO manatu maʻuaipē ki hoʻomou ngaue ʻi he tui, mo e faʻa fai ʻi he ʻofa, mo e faʻa kātaki ʻi he ʻamanaki lelei, ʻi hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai;
3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
4ʻI heʻemau ʻilo, ʻe kāinga ʻofeina, homou fili ʻe he ʻOtua.
4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5He naʻe ʻikai hoko ʻemau ongoongolelei kiate kimoutolu ʻi he lea pe, ka ʻi he mālohi foki, pea ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e fakamoʻoni lahi; ʻo hangē ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae anga naʻa mau fai ʻiate kimoutolu koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu.
5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
6Pea naʻa mou faʻifaʻitaki kiate kimautolu, pea mo e ʻEiki, he nemou maʻu ʻae folofola ʻi he mamahi lahi, mo e fiefia ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni:
6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
7Pea ne mou hoko ai ko e kau fakaʻilonga ki he kakai tui kotoa pē ʻi Masitōnia mo ʻAkeia.
7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8He naʻe ongoongo atu meiate kimoutolu ʻae folofola ʻae ʻEiki, ʻo ʻikai ki Masitōnia pe mo ʻAkeia, ka ko hoʻomou tui ki he ʻOtua kuo mafola atu ki he potu kotoa pē foki; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ʻaonga ke mau lea ki ai.
8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
9He ʻoku fakahā ʻekinautolu pe hono anga ʻo ʻemau hoko atu kiate kimoutolu, pea mo hoʻomou tafoki ki he ʻOtua mei he ngaahi tamapua, ke tauhi ʻae ʻOtua moʻui mo moʻoni;
9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10Pea ke tatali ki hono ʻAlo mei he langi, ʻaia naʻa ne fokotuʻu hake mei he mate, ko Sisu ʻaia ʻoku ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu mei he houhau ʻe haʻu.
10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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