2 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, which is in God our Father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ:
Mimi Paulo, Silwano na Timotheo tunawaandikia ninyi jumuiya ya kanisa la Thesalonike, ambao ni watu wake Mungu Baba yetu na wa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
2 Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
Tunawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
3 We ought to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another, aboundeth,
Ndugu, tunapaswa kushukuru Mungu daima kwa ajili yenu. Inafaa kwetu kufanya hivyo kwani imani yenu inakua sana na kupendana kwenu kunaongezeka sana.
4 So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience and faith in al your persecutions and tribulatios that ye suffer,
Ndio maana sisi tunajivunia ninyi katika makanisa ya Mungu. Tunaona fahari juu ya jinsi mnavyoendelea kuamini na kustahimili katika udhalimu wote na mateso mnayopata.
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.
Hayo yote yanathibitisha kwamba hukumu ya Mungu ni ya haki, na matokeo yake ninyi mtastahili Utawala wake ambao kwa ajili yake mnateseka.
6 For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,
Mungu atafanya jambo la haki: atawalipa mateso wale wanaowatesa ninyi,
7 And to you which are troubled, rest with vs, when the Lord Iesus shall shewe himselfe from heauen with his mightie Angels,
na kuwapeni nafuu ninyi mnaoteseka, na sisi pia. Atafanya jambo hilo wakati Bwana atakapotokea kutoka mbinguni pamoja na malaika wake na wakuu
8 In flaming fire, rendring vengeance vnto them, that doe not know God, and which obey not vnto the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ,
na miali ya moto, kuwaadhibu wale wanaomkataa Mungu na wale wasiotii Habari Njema ya Bwana wetu Yesu.
9 Which shall be punished with euerlasting perdition, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, (aiōnios g166)
Adhabu yao itakuwa kuangamizwa milele na kutengwa mbali na utukufu wake mkuu, (aiōnios g166)
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and to be made marueilous in all them that beleeue (because our testimonie toward you was beleeued) in that day.
wakati atakapokuja Siku ile kupokea utukufu kutoka kwa watu wake na heshima kutoka kwa wote wanaoamini. Ninyi pia mtakuwa miongoni mwao, kwani mmeuamini ule ujumbe tuliowaletea.
11 Wherefore, we also pray alwayes for you, that our God may make you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodnes, and the worke of faith with power,
Ndiyo maana tunawaombeeni daima. Tunamwomba Mungu wetu awawezeshe muyastahili maisha aliyowaitia myaishi. Tunamwomba, kwa uwezo wake, atimize nia yenu ya kutenda mema na kukamilisha kazi yenu ya imani.
12 That the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ.
Kwa namna hiyo, jina la Bwana wetu Yesu litapata utukufu kutoka kwenu, nanyi mtapata utukufu kutoka kwake kwa neema ya Mungu wetu na ya Bwana Yesu Kristo.
