1 Thessalonians 2
1 You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
Amwe bhayaa, mmenye mwemwe huje ate natahenzele hulimwe setahenzele wene.
2 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.
Mmenye huje ulwahwande talabhile tee nantele bhatibhombeye embibhi enzyensoni hula hufilipi, amwe mumenye. Lelo tahwikazile hwa Ngulubhi ayanje ibangili lyakwe pamoja na mayemba aminji.
3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
Ate ensundozye tu sezyafumene nembibhi, wala muntavu wala mumwoyo ubhibhi.
4 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.
Ate neshi ateteshe Ungulubhi na hweteshelwe mwibhangii enzyo zyatiyanga. Tiyanga siyo huje tibhasungwezyaje abantu, tihusongwezya Ungulubhi. Ungulubhi mwene yasepa amoyo getu.
5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
Ate setayanjile enongwa enzyahwillesye hulimwene, Neshi shamumenye, wala ate setatumiye ewongwa ezyensinjizizyo zye nziliho, Ungulubhi keti wetu ate setahanzalaga utuntumu hwa bhantu,
6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Wala afume hulimwe au hwabhantu abhanje. Handatibhajiedai apendelelwe huje ate tilibhatumwe bha Yesu.
7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
Lelo talibhahogowe hulimwe nensi umaye shazinzya abhana bhakwe yuyo.
8 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.
Hu namna ewe tali niganwe hulimwe, ati tali tayari abhashikisye siyohuje ibangili lya Ngulubhe lyene lelo na maisha getu tete kwasababu mulibha mwetu.
9 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.
Amwe bhaholo muhwizuha embombo na mayemba getu. Na tabombaga embombo nu siku na pasanya aje tusahagwe melele umuntu yayonti. Uwakati uwo, tabhalumbelye ibhangililya Ngulubhe.
10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
Amwe mulibhaketi bha Ngulubhi, Nufinjile nantele bila ya fujinjile nantele bilaa ya muntu atilulumwe, takakhile shinza namwe mwamumweteshe uYesu.
11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
Shesho huje mumenye aje shiliwele shila muntu umoumo, neshi ubaba shalihina bhana bhakwe tabhapelie umwoyo na bhasubhizye na hwilolele.
12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
Aje mwahanziwaga ajendelele weshi ulukwizyo lwenyu hwa Ngulubhi yabhakwizizye huumwene nu tuntumu wakwe.
13 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 the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
Kwa sababu tihusalifya Ungulubhi shila wakati neshi shamwahejeleye afume hulite enongwa zya Ngulubhi mwazyejeleye siyohuje nongwa zya bantu. Mwazyejeleye huje nongwa zya bhomba embombo hulimwe mwamulyeteshe.
14 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,
Eshiamwe bhaholo, mubhebhantu bhafuatizye amakanisa ga Ngulubhe gagali hwa Bhayahudi mwa Yesu Kilisti. Maana namwe mwayembele humambo kagaala afumehwa bhantu bhenyu, neshi gagali fume hwa Bhayahudi.
15 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,
Bhaali Bhayahudi bhabhaagojile uYesu pandwemo na aakuwe, Bhayahudi bhabhaatibhenjele tifume hwonzesebhahusungwezya Ungulubhe nantele bhabhibhi hwa bhantu bonti.
16 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.
Bhatizijiye huje tisahaya nje na bhantu bhasiga Bhayahudi, aje bhope bhaposhele uwokovu. Afume epo abhantu bhahwendelela ne mbibhi zyao, mpaka amakhome gabhenzela.
17 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.
Ate bhaholo, talehene namwe hashe shebele, siga talehene shiputi. Taabhombile hunguvu zyetu nahunziliho engosi, abhalole amaso genyu.
18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
Pepo tahanzaga ahwenze hulimwe, aneene Paulo, nahanzaga ahwenze lumo nu lwa mwao, lelo usetano anzigiiye.
19 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?
Ahwilole hwetu pamande hwaibha yeenu au nuluse shelo, au fwalo gwataivunila hwa gosi uwetu uYesu naayenza? Eshi semwemwe neshi shabhali abhaje?
20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.
Hwa huje amwemulituntuntu wetu nuluseshelo lwetu.
