1 Tesalonaika 3
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Ko ia ʻi he ʻikai te mau kei faʻa kātaki, naʻa mau fiemālie ke nofo pe ʻi ʻAtenisi;
1For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone:
2Kae fekau atu ʻa Timote, ko homau tokoua, mo e faifekau ʻae ʻOtua, mo ʻemau kaungā ngaue ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻa Kalaisi, ke fakamālohi ʻakimoutolu, pea ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻakimoutolu ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou tui:
2And we sent Timothy, our brother, and the minister of God in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith:
3Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ngaueue ha taha ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ni: he ʻoku mou ʻilo kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻakitautolu ki ai.
3That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.
4He ko e moʻoni, ʻi heʻemau ʻiate kimoutolu, naʻa mau tomuʻa tala kiate kimoutolu ʻe tautea ʻakimautolu; ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hoko, pea ʻoku mou ʻilo.
4For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.
5Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni, ʻi he ʻikai te u kei faʻa kātaki, ne u fekau atu ai ke u ʻilo hoʻomou tui, telia naʻa ai ha meʻa kuo fakatauveleʻi ai ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻahiʻahi, pea fakataʻeʻaonga ai ʻemau ngaue.
5For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you, and our labour should be made vain.
6Ka ko eni, ʻi he hoko mai ʻa Timote meiate kimoutolu, ʻo ʻomi kiate kimautolu ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo hoʻomou tui mo e ʻofa, pea mo hoʻomou manatu lelei maʻuaipē kiate kimautolu, ʻo holi lahi ke mamata kiate kimautolu, ʻo hangē ko kimautolu kiate kimoutolu:
6But now when Timothy came to us from you, and related to us your faith and charity, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us as we also to see you;
7Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, naʻa mau fiemālie ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻi heʻemau mamahi mo e tuʻutāmaki kotoa pē, ʻi hoʻomou tui:
7Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith,
8He ʻoku mau moʻui eni, ʻo kapau ʻoku mou tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻEiki.
8Because now we live, if you stand in the Lord.
9He ko e hā ʻae fakafetaʻi te mau faʻa ʻatu ki he ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, ʻi he fiefia kotoa pē ʻoku mau fiefia ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo hotau ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu;
9For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,
10ʻo lotu lahi ʻaupito ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho, koeʻuhi ke mau mamata ki homou mata, pea ke mau fakakakato ʻaia ʻoku toe ʻi hoʻomou tui?
10Night and day more abundantly praying that we may see your face, and may accomplish those things that are wanting to your faith?
11Pea ko eni, ke ʻi he ʻOtua pe ko ʻetau Tamai, mo hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ke fakahinohino homau hala kiate kimoutolu.
11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
12Pea ke fakafonu ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki, ke mou tupulekina lahi ʻi he feʻofaʻaki ʻakimoutolu kiate kimoutolu, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko kimautolu kiate kimoutolu
12And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you,
13Koeʻuhi ke ne fokotuʻumaʻu ʻo taʻehalaia homou loto ʻi he māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, ko ʻetau Tamai, ʻi he hāʻele mai ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi mo ʻene kau māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē.
13To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.
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