1Sebab saudara sekalian tahu kedatangan kami kepada kalian itu tidaklah sia-sia:
1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
1Sebab saudara sekalian tahu kedatangan kami kepada kalian itu tidaklah sia-sia:
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
2Tetapi walaupun kami pernah menderita dahulu, dan dilayani dengan begitu memalukan di Filipi seperti yang kalian tahu, kami tabah dalam Allah kami untuk ucapkan kepada kalian injil Allah di demi banyak persengketaan.
2But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
2Tetapi walaupun kami pernah menderita dahulu, dan dilayani dengan begitu memalukan di Filipi seperti yang kalian tahu, kami tabah dalam Allah kami untuk ucapkan kepada kalian injil Allah di demi banyak persengketaan.
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
3Sebab gesaan kami itu bukan dalam perdayaan, atau dalam kenajisan, atau dalam kelicikan:
3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
3Sebab gesaan kami itu bukan dalam perdayaan, atau dalam kenajisan, atau dalam kelicikan:
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
4Tetapi sementara kami dibenarkan Allah untuk diamanahkan injil itu, demikianlah kami berbicara; bukan untuk menyenangkan manusia tetapi Allah, yang menguji hati kita.
4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
4Tetapi sementara kami dibenarkan Allah untuk diamanahkan injil itu, demikianlah kami berbicara; bukan untuk menyenangkan manusia tetapi Allah, yang menguji hati kita.
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
5Sebab kami sesekali pun tidak memakai kata-kata mengampu, sepertimana kalian tahu, atau memakai selubung kedambaan; Allah itu saksi:
5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
5Sebab kami sesekali pun tidak memakai kata-kata mengampu, sepertimana kalian tahu, atau memakai selubung kedambaan; Allah itu saksi:
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
6Lagi pula tidak mencari-cari pemuliaan daripada manusia baik daripada kalian mahupun daripada orang lain, walaupun boleh membebankan kalian kerana kami para rasul Kristus.
6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
6Lagi pula tidak mencari-cari pemuliaan daripada manusia baik daripada kalian mahupun daripada orang lain, walaupun boleh membebankan kalian kerana kami para rasul Kristus.
Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7Tetapi kami berlemah-lembut di antara kalian, seumpama seorang pengasuh yang membela anak-anaknya:
7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
7Tetapi kami berlemah-lembut di antara kalian, seumpama seorang pengasuh yang membela anak-anaknya:
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
8Jadi, sementara sungguh sayang dan merindui kalian, kami rela menyerahkan kepada kalian, bukan sahaja injil Allah tetapi juga jiwa kami sendiri, kerana kalian sangat berharga kepada kami.
8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
8Jadi, sementara sungguh sayang dan merindui kalian, kami rela menyerahkan kepada kalian, bukan sahaja injil Allah tetapi juga jiwa kami sendiri, kerana kalian sangat berharga kepada kami.
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
9Sebab ingatlah, saudara sekalian, akan jerih lelah dan kerja keras kami: dengan berjerih lelah siang dan malam, kerana kami tidak ingin membebankan sesiapa pun antara kalian, kami mengkhutbahkan kepada kalian injil Allah.
9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
9Sebab ingatlah, saudara sekalian, akan jerih lelah dan kerja keras kami: dengan berjerih lelah siang dan malam, kerana kami tidak ingin membebankan sesiapa pun antara kalian, kami mengkhutbahkan kepada kalian injil Allah.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10Kalian merupakan saksi-saksi, dan Allah juga, akan betapa kudus, dan benar, dan tidak tercela perlakuan kami di antara kalian yang percaya:
10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
10Kalian merupakan saksi-saksi, dan Allah juga, akan betapa kudus, dan benar, dan tidak tercela perlakuan kami di antara kalian yang percaya:
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11Sedang kala kalian tahu bagaimana kami menggesa dan menghibur dan mempertanggungjawabkan setiap orang antara kalian, seperti seorang ayah buat anaknya,
11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
11Sedang kala kalian tahu bagaimana kami menggesa dan menghibur dan mempertanggungjawabkan setiap orang antara kalian, seperti seorang ayah buat anaknya,
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12Supaya kalian akan berjalan dengan layak terhadap Allah, yang telah memanggil kalian kepada kerajaannya dan kemuliaannya.
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
12Supaya kalian akan berjalan dengan layak terhadap Allah, yang telah memanggil kalian kepada kerajaannya dan kemuliaannya.
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
13Oleh sebab ini juga, kami bersyukur kepada Allah tanpa terhenti-henti, kerana, apabila kalian terima firman Allah yang kalian dengar daripada kami, kalian menerimanya bukan sebagai kata-kata manusia, tetapi sebagai kebenaran, iaitu firman Allah, yang juga sedang bekerja di dalam kalian yang percaya dengan berkesan.
13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
13Oleh sebab ini juga, kami bersyukur kepada Allah tanpa terhenti-henti, kerana, apabila kalian terima firman Allah yang kalian dengar daripada kami, kalian menerimanya bukan sebagai kata-kata manusia, tetapi sebagai kebenaran, iaitu firman Allah, yang juga sedang bekerja di dalam kalian yang percaya dengan berkesan.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
14Sebab saudara sekalian menjadi pengikut gereja-gereja Allah yang ada di Yudea dalam Kristus Yesus: kerana kalian juga telah menderita hal-hal yang serupa daripada bangsa kalian sendiri, sepertimana dialami mereka daripada orang Yahudi.
14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
14Sebab saudara sekalian menjadi pengikut gereja-gereja Allah yang ada di Yudea dalam Kristus Yesus: kerana kalian juga telah menderita hal-hal yang serupa daripada bangsa kalian sendiri, sepertimana dialami mereka daripada orang Yahudi.
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
15Yang telah membunuh Tuhan Yesus, dan para nabi mereka sendiri, dan telah menganiaya kami; dan mereka tidak menyenangkan Allah, dan adalah bertentangan dengan semua orang:
15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
15Yang telah membunuh Tuhan Yesus, dan para nabi mereka sendiri, dan telah menganiaya kami; dan mereka tidak menyenangkan Allah, dan adalah bertentangan dengan semua orang:
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
16Sedang kala melarang kami untuk bercakap supaya dapat menyelamatkan orang bukan Yahudi, sehingga selalu mengisi penuh dosa-dosa mereka: sebab murka sudah datang ke atas mereka dengan keamatan sepenuhnya.
16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
16Sedang kala melarang kami untuk bercakap supaya dapat menyelamatkan orang bukan Yahudi, sehingga selalu mengisi penuh dosa-dosa mereka: sebab murka sudah datang ke atas mereka dengan keamatan sepenuhnya.
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17Tetapi kami, saudara sekalian, sementara dipisahkan daripada kalian bagi tempoh singkat dari segi kehadiran, bukan dari segi hati, semakin banyak bertekad untuk melihat muka kalian dengan kerinduan yang meluap-luap.
17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
17Tetapi kami, saudara sekalian, sementara dipisahkan daripada kalian bagi tempoh singkat dari segi kehadiran, bukan dari segi hati, semakin banyak bertekad untuk melihat muka kalian dengan kerinduan yang meluap-luap.
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18Oleh sebab itu, kami sudah mungkin datang kepada kalian, malahan aku sendiri, Paulus, untuk sekali dan sekali lagi; tetapi Syaitan menghalang kami.
18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
18Oleh sebab itu, kami sudah mungkin datang kepada kalian, malahan aku sendiri, Paulus, untuk sekali dan sekali lagi; tetapi Syaitan menghalang kami.
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19Sebab apakah harapan, atau sukacita, atau mahkota kegirangan kami? Bukankah ia kalian dalam hadirat Tuhan Yesus Kristus pada kedatangannya?
19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
19Sebab apakah harapan, atau sukacita, atau mahkota kegirangan kami? Bukankah ia kalian dalam hadirat Tuhan Yesus Kristus pada kedatangannya?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20Sebab kalian kemuliaan dan sukacita kami.
20For ye are our glory and joy.
20Sebab kalian kemuliaan dan sukacita kami.
For ye are our glory and joy.