1 Thessalonians 2
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1For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
1ⲚⲐⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲈⲘⲒ ⲚⲈⲚⲤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲘⲠⲈⲚⲘⲰⲒⲦ ⲈϦⲞⲨⲚ ⲈⲦⲀⲚϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ϨⲀⲢⲰⲦⲈⲚ ϪⲈ ⲘⲠⲈϤϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈϤϢⲞⲨⲒⲦ.
2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
2ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲀⲚⲈⲢϢⲞⲢⲠ ⲚϬⲒϦⲒⲤⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨϢⲞϢⲈⲚ ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲈⲘⲒ ϪⲈ ⲚϨⲢⲎ ⲒϦⲈⲚ ⲪⲒⲖⲒⲠⲠⲞⲒⲤ ⲀⲚⲞⲨⲞⲚϨⲈⲚ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲈⲚⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲈⲘⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲘⲠⲒⲈⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲚⲒϢϮ ⲚⲀⲄⲰⲚ.
3For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
3ⲠⲈⲚⲐⲰⲦ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲚϨⲎⲦ ⲚⲞⲨⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲠⲖⲀⲚⲎ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲚⲞⲨⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨϬⲰϦⲈⲘ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲚⲞⲨⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲬⲢⲞϤ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ.
4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
4ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲦⲀⲨⲈⲢⲆⲞⲔⲒⲘⲀⲌⲒⲚ ⲘⲘⲞⲚ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲈⲚ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲦⲈⲚϨⲞⲨⲦⲈⲚ ⲈⲠⲒⲈⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲒⲞⲚ ⲠⲀⲒⲢⲎϮ ⲦⲈⲚⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲀⲚ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲈⲨⲢⲀⲚⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲚⲒⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈⲢⲆⲞⲔⲒⲘⲀⲌⲒⲚ ⲚⲚⲈⲚϨⲎⲦ.
5For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
5ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲘⲠⲈⲚϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈⲚⲈϨ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲤⲞⲠⲤⲈⲠ ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲈⲘⲒ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲖⲰⲒϪⲒ ⲘⲘⲈⲦϬⲒⲚϪⲞⲚⲤ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲠⲈⲦⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ.
6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
6ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲚⲀⲚⲔⲰϮ ⲚⲤⲀⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲚⲒⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲚⲦⲈⲚ ⲐⲎⲚⲞⲨ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲚⲦⲈⲚ ϨⲀⲚⲔⲈⲬⲰⲞⲨⲚⲒ.
7But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
7ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ϢϪⲞⲘ ⲘⲘⲞⲚ ⲈϢⲰⲠⲒ ϦⲀ ⲞⲨⲂⲀⲢⲞⲤ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲀⲠⲞⲤⲦⲞⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲬⲢⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲀⲚⲈⲢⲔⲞⲨϪⲒ ⲚⲀⲖⲞⲨ ϦⲈⲚⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲘⲎϮ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲘⲞⲚⲒ ⲈⲤⲈⲢⲐⲀⲖⲠⲒⲚ ⲈⲚⲈⲤϢⲎⲢⲒ.
8Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
8ⲠⲀⲒⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲚⲦⲀϢⲈ ⲘⲈⲒ ⲘⲘⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲀⲚϮⲘⲀϮ ⲈϮ ⲚⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲞⲨ ⲘⲞⲚⲞⲚ ⲘⲠⲒⲈⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲈⲚⲔⲈⲮⲨⲬⲎ ⲈⲐⲂⲈϪⲈ ⲀⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲚⲀⲚ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲘⲈⲚⲢⲀϮ.
9For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
9ⲀⲢⲒⲪⲘⲈⲨⲒ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲚⲈⲚⲤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲘⲠⲈⲚϦⲒⲤⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲈⲚⲘⲔⲀϨ ⲈⲚⲈⲢϨⲰⲂ ⲚϪⲰⲢϨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲘⲈⲢⲒ ϪⲈ ⲚⲦⲈⲚϢⲦⲈⲘⲞⲨⲀϨⲂⲀⲢⲞⲤ ⲈϪⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲘⲘⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲀⲚϨⲒⲰⲒϢ ϦⲈⲚⲐⲎⲚⲞⲨ ⲘⲠⲒⲈⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
10You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
10ⲚⲐⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲈⲦⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ϪⲈ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲦⲞⲨⲂⲞ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲘⲈⲐⲘⲎⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲘⲈⲦⲀⲦⲀⲢⲒⲔⲒ ⲀⲚϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲚⲰⲦⲈⲚ ϦⲀ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲀϨϮ.
11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
11ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲈⲘⲒ ϪⲈ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲒⲰⲦ ⲈϤϮϨⲞ ⲈⲚⲈϤϢⲎⲢⲒ.
12to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
12ⲠⲀⲒⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲚϮϨⲞ ⲈⲠⲒⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲠⲒⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲘⲘⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲚⲐⲰⲦ ⲘⲠⲈⲦⲈⲚϨⲎⲦ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲚⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ϪⲈ ⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲘⲞϢⲒ ⲈⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚ ⲘⲠϢⲀ ⲘⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲪⲀⲒ ⲈⲦⲀϤⲐⲀϨⲈⲘ ⲐⲎⲚⲞⲨ ⲈϦⲞⲨⲚ ⲈⲦⲈϤⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲈϤⲰⲞⲨ.
13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
13ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲐⲂⲈⲪⲀⲒ ⲀⲚⲞⲚ ϨⲰⲚ ⲦⲈⲚϢⲈⲠϨⲘⲞⲦ ⲚⲦⲈⲚ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲬⲰ ⲚⲦⲞⲦⲈⲚ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲀⲚ ϪⲈ ⲈⲦⲀⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚϬⲒ ⲘⲠⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲤⲰⲦⲈⲘ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲞⲦⲈⲚ ⲀⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚϢⲞⲠϤ ⲈⲢⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲚⲞⲨⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲠⲒⲢⲎϮ ⲀⲖⲎⲐⲰⲤ ⲞⲨⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲪⲎ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲦⲈⲢϨⲰⲂ ϦⲈⲚⲐⲎⲚⲞⲨ ϦⲀ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲀϨϮ.
14For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews
14ⲚⲐⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲚⲈⲚⲤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲀⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚⲞⲚⲒ ⲚⲚⲒⲈⲔⲔⲖⲎⲤⲒⲀ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦϦⲈⲚ ϮⲒⲞⲨⲆⲈⲀ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲬⲢⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ ⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚϢⲰⲠ ϨⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲚⲚⲀⲒⲘⲔⲀⲨϨ ⲚⲞⲨⲰⲦ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲞⲦⲞⲨ ⲚⲚⲈⲦⲈⲚϢⲪⲎⲢ ⲘⲪⲨⲖⲎ ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲪⲢⲎϮ ϨⲰⲚ ⲈⲦⲀⲚϬⲒ ⲚⲦⲞⲦⲞⲨ ⲚⲚⲒⲒⲞⲨⲆⲀⲒ.
15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
15ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲀⲨϦⲰⲦⲈⲂ ⲘⲠϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎⲦⲎⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲞⲚ ϨⲰⲚ ⲀⲨϬⲞϪⲒ ⲚⲤⲰⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲤⲈⲢⲀⲚⲀϤ ⲘⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲀⲚ ⲈⲨⲞⲒ ⲚⲢⲈϤϮ ⲈϦⲞⲨⲚ ⲈϨⲢⲈⲚ ⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ.
16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
16ⲈⲨⲦⲀϨⲚⲞ ⲘⲘⲞⲚ ⲈⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲈⲐⲚⲞⲤ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲤⲈⲚⲞϨⲈⲘ ⲈⲠϪⲒⲚⲤⲈϪⲈⲔ ⲚⲞⲨⲚⲞⲂⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲚⲤⲎⲞⲨ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ⲀϤⲒ ⲆⲈ ⲈϨⲢⲎⲒ ⲈϪⲰⲞⲨ ⲚϪⲈⲠⲒϪⲰⲚⲦ ϢⲀ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ.
17But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
17ⲀⲚⲞⲚ ⲆⲈ ⲚⲈⲚⲤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲀⲨϢⲞⲚϨⲈⲚ ⲘⲘⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲠⲢⲞⲤⲞⲨⲤⲎⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲈⲞⲨⲞⲨⲚⲞⲨ ϦⲈⲚⲠϨⲞ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϦⲈⲚⲠϨⲎⲦ ⲀⲚ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲘⲈⲦϨⲞⲨⲞ ⲀⲚⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲈⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲠⲈⲦⲈⲚϨⲞ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲚⲒϢϮ ⲚⲈⲠⲒⲐⲨⲘⲒⲀ
18because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
18ϪⲈ ⲀⲚⲞⲨⲰϢ ⲈⲒ ϨⲀⲢⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲘⲈⲚ ⲠⲀⲨⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲞⲨⲤⲞⲠ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲂⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲦⲀϨⲚⲞ ⲘⲘⲞⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲠⲤⲀⲦⲀⲚⲀⲤ.
19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
19ⲚⲒⲘ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲠⲈ ⲦⲈⲚϨⲈⲖⲠⲒⲤ ⲒⲈ ⲠⲈⲚⲢⲀϢⲒ ⲒⲈ ⲠⲬⲖⲞⲘ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲈⲚϢⲞⲨϢⲞⲨ ⲘⲎ ⲚⲐⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲘⲠⲈⲘⲐⲞ ⲘⲠⲈⲚϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲚϨⲢⲎⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲦⲈϤⲠⲀⲢⲞⲨⲤⲒⲀ.
20For you are our glory and our joy.
20ⲚⲐⲰⲦⲈⲚ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲈⲚⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲈⲚⲢⲀϢⲒ.
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