1 Thessalonians 3
1 Therefore when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
Kwa eyo, tubiole kuwa twaweza kwaa vumiliya muno, twatiwaza kuwa inoyite kubaki kolyo Athene twabene.
2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
Tumtumile Timotheo, nongo witu na mtumishi wa Nnongo katika injili ya Kristo, kubaimarisha na kubafariji husiana na imani yinu.
3 that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
Tupangite aga ili kusudi kana abe yeyote ywalowa teteleka bokana na mateso aga, kwa mana mwabene mutangite panga tuyomwile saulilwa kwa ajili ya lee.
4 For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
Kwa kweli, muda patubile pamope ni mwenga, twatitangulia kuabakiya kuwa tubile papipi pata mateso, na ago yapangite kati mupangite.
5 For this cause I also, when I could not stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Kwa sababu yee, panibile kuwa naweza kwaa vumulia kae, natimtuma ili kusudi nipate tanga nnani ya imani yinu. Huenda nchela abile angalau atiajaribu, na kazi yitu ikawa ni bure.
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you.
Lakini Timotheo atiisa kwitu boka kwinu na atituletya twenga habari inoite nnani ya imani na upendo winu. Atubakiye kuwa mubile na kumbukumbu nzuri nnani yitu, na kuwa mwatamaniya kutubona kati ambavyo ni twenga twatamani kubabona mwenga.
7 For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.
Kwa sababu yee, alongo twatifarijika muno na mwenga kwa sababu ya imani yinu, katika taabu na mateso yitu yote.
8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
Nambeambe twatama, kati muyemi imara kwa Ngwana,
9 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
Kwani ni shukrani ipi tumpeye Nnongo kwa ajili yinu, kwa puraha yote tubile nayo nnongi ya Nnongo nnani yinu?
10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Twaloba muni kilo ni mutwekati ili tuweze kuibona minyo yinu na kubayongekeya sa kipongwile katika imani yinu.
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
Nnongo witu na Tate mwene, na Tate witu Yesu atuongoze ndela tufike kwinu.
12 May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
Na Ngwana awapange muyongeyekeye ni kuzidi katika lipendo, mupendane na kubapenda bandu bote, kati yatwabapenda mwenga.
13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Na apange nyoo ili kuimarisha mioyo yinu bila lawama katika utakatifu nnongi ya Nnongo witu na Tate yitu katika ujio ba Ngwana Yesu pamope ni batakatifu bake bote.
