1 PBS Johane, ewolu, netoewe afiaraka. BSB BSB: You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
2 PBS Jafefei nerotofane, anara elui, janofefe tete-e pa tenajie Filipi, kei Tata nene nekelofe, nave neweko Pife Kekewe pinetene papafilahou. BSB BSB: As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
3 PBS Pa pina netenetewe wahupalafeka na hupala noleka na orawakoka. BSB BSB: For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
4 PBS Pa anane Tata ne-kekeki Pifekekewe kekele ne-tete, k ei teba punerokapa, te Tata kei hupapu nene kelafuile. BSB BSB: Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
5 PBS Pa kei ne-laulapika- kei elu- pa neturu reparaka- Tata-i jalutopakefo- BSB BSB: As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
6 PBS pakeira teba nepuniko ketejijiraka, wa-e, pa teba kau, nera okehahake jai netetete pa noi neteka. BSB BSB: Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
7 PBS Pa nelano tene ehou, anara peume kopepe pepuwatoe. BSB BSB: On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
8 PBS Anaia ne, pipate maki netene-e, Tata ifeke efa nekoteka, pa nopara nenewora nerotete-e, kei era pipate netene. BSB BSB: We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
9 PBS Pa e-emotu, ebaletu, kei ne-enepa. Jano nero fepapapa, u-ebafai baura rapapipika, Tata Pifeke nenarunete-e. BSB BSB: Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
10 PBS Ei jalutopa efo, anaiara Tata, tu tafa, keba bamua pa jauneteferaka ebafai, keehi-i. BSB BSB: You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
11 PBS Elo, anane ne, anara ai lepate hahake, pinenarune pa nave nerotene ebatuho, BSB BSB: For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
12 PBS pa bamuawo newa, u-bamua elakuku Tata, ekelokatiti pai Keke pa pipate Kekewo. BSB BSB: encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
13 PBS Pa nera nitaruka pinaheve newaete Tata, kei Pife Keke nenarunei ewe, kei piti nebaraka, pa- Tata pifeke, kei janora keleile eba ke-ehi. BSB BSB: And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.
14 PBS Peanya e, johane, elakule Tatabapake te-ete Yudea, bapake lakete Oke, kei era janofefe eloe tebahola bapae-e jalelepa fefe tere-e tebapa Yahudi. BSB BSB: For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
15 PBS Pakei teba Yahudi-i Oke tejati kewa pa teba pohake pa netejie. Ja Tata pulei terika pa teba lelepa teheve, BSB BSB: who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
16 PBS kei netotepe-e Tatapifeke netete tebapa-hite ko heve tewewete. Anaia nole potelapa tetepolojako aha tenikoi papa pa uawe ivakepu tewe-te tuppa. BSB BSB: hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
17 PBS Pa ne, johane, kei jetala emoware, lutopa nenotefui habawo, pa ele-ele hupala nene, bamuawo, puletafa, ne-enako nrto e-nefefe. BSB BSB: Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
18 PBS Pa pule netoto-e- ni, Paulus, la-alika-, pa Kebate ne-ekeku. BSB BSB: For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
19 PBS Pa ba nepule na hupalaheve nene na hawuwu juta nene Oke-ho, Tata nene, pu Ke-totole, kei e-kana? BSB BSB: After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
20 PBS Bamua, ei hupapu nene pa pipate nene. BSB BSB: You are indeed our glory and our joy.
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