3 Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation, who consoleth us in all our afflictions,4 that we may be able to console those who are in all afflictions by that consolation by which we are consoled of Aloha.5 For as the sufferings of the Meshiha abound in us, so, through the Meshiha, our consolation aboundeth also.6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your salvation that we be afflicted: and if we are consoled, it is that you may be consoled, that there may be in you perseverance to endure those sufferings which we also suffer.7 And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know that if you participate in the sufferings, you also participate in the consolation.