Καὶ ὡς ἡ ὠδίνουσα ἐγγίζει τεκεῖν, ἐπὶ τῇ ὠδῖνι αὐτῆς ἐκέκραξεν, οὕτως ἐγενήθημεν τῷ ἀγαπητῷ σου.

1. Καὶ
   And
2. ὡς
   as
3. ἡ
   the
   or
4. ὠδίνουσα
   woman in labor
   laboring, in labor
5. ἐγγίζει
   approaches
6. τεκεῖν
   to give birth
   to bear
7.  
   ,
    
8. ἐπὶ
   upon
9. τῇ
   the
10. ὠδῖνι
    labor pains
    labor pain, in labor
11. αὐτῆς
    her
    of it
12. ἐκέκραξεν
    she cried out
    cried out
13.  
    ,
     
14. οὕτως
    thus
15. ἐγενήθημεν
    we became
16. τῷ
    the
    to the
17. ἀγαπητῷ
    beloved
18. σου
    your
19.  
    .
     

And as the woman in labor approaches giving birth and cries out in her labor pain, so we became before your beloved.