1 PBY Do keka yei meke we ye dua da arambuku de ye we kwa mekate na nemei na waripei mipei. BSB BSB: You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
2 PBY Nemane peko tere nero ne we ye dua da arambuku, sere sere mane Filipi yo ne, de ye wake te da deka te Awa mang tetero kna dambere Injil a sena te we na damba sename te da yereu neno ne. 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 PBY De ye a te da sename te a peu peu te na wapipei, a temberari te na seiyinipei ambai, BSB BSB: For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
4 PBY Awa mang tetero ne ye de te nemeiyupuku Injil a sena te de ye da seiyimane da tetero yei ne na pepoi seiyinipei nederaitie Awa mang tetero ne nei pepoi te de ye seiyane te. 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 PBY De dei mendo eiyo na a te na a seiyinipei we ye dua arambuku Awa mang tetero ne ye nemane dua da arombuku. BSB BSB: As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
6 PBY De ye damane da tetero yei kna pepoi te na wureipei bei we na re doma bei tetero si kna re na ambai. Ne do Kristus ne na Rasul bra dera na ne ne. 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 PBY De dei wa te kani kani mane we na nero ne da warema. Nawa mane da warema ne nei yei te sema te keu na. BSB BSB: On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
8 PBY De ye we te na kena bise te da derane te Injil a sena bei te na sanimipei Awa mang tetero ne na pepoi tupu wande nemane deraitie de na yereu tupu we na nero ne de dei kena bise we na damba da. 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 PBY We ye mendo te mekonende do keka yei meke de na da kembari meka te na nemane dai deneng derane te de ye tetero si kna damba na o se mena ambai da Awa mang tetero ne nei Injil a sena te we te da sename te. 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 PBY We ye a te da seiyaunue nemane Awa mang tetero ne na buru ne teme mro mro dambe ne da de ye we na nero ne da wera te. BSB BSB: You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
11 PBY We ye dua da ne pe te arambuku de ye we te a te da sename te kena te da meramete awa bra mane ne nei yei bra kna damba, BSB BSB: For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
12 PBY We na yereu te pepoi tere Awa mang tetero ne na a yeko dambere ne nei dia pa dai dia dai me ta kreu me ta keme merembuku na pa meye yepone. 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 PBY Awa mang tetero ne na damba pepoi a te da senane te damane we ye de na re da a te da beteyau a sena Firman Awa mang tetero ne nei a sena da tetero yei na na a ambai nemane we na burune kembari te da mekou nepe te da we ye dua da arambuku. 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 PBY Do keka yei meke we ye tetero wa te ouraupuku Awa mang tetero ne na jemaat serai bra yei Yesus Kristus ne na dambe ne da Yudea ne we seraibra peko te damane da tikayaunue wei tetero Yahudi seraibrabra kna dambere. 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 PBY Yahudi ne yo ne ye Tuhan mang tetero yei Yesus te da no te da tewaipiki wande nabi seraibra pere dembere da meye na mane peko te mekeyaimie. Awa mang tetero ne na kembari te na aroipei tetero yei te yembe te da werai. 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 PBY Ne yo Yahudi de te bai pa da si saimie tetero seraibra si kna pa a te na sanimipeinya yereu pepoi damba na eipeinya te na nemane ne yo ne nei peko te nou nue da mekai. 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 PBY Do keka yei meke eiyei wa te moi moi da kiya te neperei ne bei pa da me ma be te da birima. 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 PBY De ye we kwa dewa da mina te de Pauluswai da mo serei iblis sekai e na nipi te da pereupuku. BSB BSB: For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
19 PBY Tuhan mang tetero yei Yesus dewa da mene nena bekou ne simi ye kena kari kou kari ne wenta te da ourunai nemane we te na te da. 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 PBY We na damba da keme te da merenene nepere da de na kou kari kena kari de tere tere da kene. BSB BSB: You are indeed our glory and our joy.
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