1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
Nokuti munoziva imwi, hama, kupinda kwedu kwamuri, kuti hakuna kuva pasina;
2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
asi kunyange takambotambudzika nekuitirwa zvakaipa, sezvamunoziva, paFiripi, takatsunga muna Mwari wedu kutaura kwamuri evhangeri yaMwari pakati pekupikiswa kukuru.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Nokuti kurudziro yedu haina kubva pakunyengera, uye haina kubva patsvina, hainawo kubva pamano-mano;
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.
asi sezvatakatendiwa naMwari, kuti tibatiswe evhangeri, saizvozvo tinotaura; kwete sekufadza vanhu, asi Mwari anoidza moyo yedu.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),
Nokuti hatina kutongouya nemashoko ekubata kumeso, sezvamunoziva, kana nemano-mano eruchiva; Mwari chapupu;
6 nor seeking glory from people (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
tisingatsvaki rukudzo kuvanhu, kana rwunobva kwamuri kana kuvamwe, kunyange taigona kukuremedzai sevaapositori vaKristu.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Asi takange tiri vanyoro pakati penyu, semureri achivaraidza vana vake;
8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
sezvatinokushuvai kwazvo, takada zvikuru kukupai kwete evhangeri yaMwari chete, asi mweya yedu pacheduwo, nokuti makange muri vadikanwi kwatiri.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
Nokuti munorangarira, hama, kushingaira nekurwisa kwedu; nokuti taibata siku nesikati, kuti tisava mutoro kune umwe wenyu, takakuparidzirai evhangeri yaMwari.
10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Imwi muri zvapupu, naMwari, kuti taiva vatsvene sei uye takarurama tisina chatingapomerwa kwamuri vanotenda.
11 As you know, as a father with his own children,
Sezvamunoziva kuti umwe neumwe wenyu, sababa kuvana vavo takakukurudzirai sei nekunyaradza nekupupura,
12 we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
kuti mufambe zvakafanira Mwari, anokudanirai kuushe hwake nekubwinya.
13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as a human word, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
Nekuda kwaizvozvi nesu hatimiri kuvonga Mwari, kuti pamakagamuchira shoko raMwari ramakanzwa kwatiri, makarigamuchira kwete seshoko revanhu, asi seriri chokwadi, shoko raMwari rinoshandawo mamuri imwi munotenda.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans;
Nokuti imwi, hama, makava vateveri vemakereke aMwari ari muJudhiya muna Kristu Jesu; nokuti imwiwo makatambudzika zvakadaro kune vekwenyu momene, sezvavakatambudzwa ivowo neVaJudha,
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;
ndivowo vakauraya Ishe Jesu nevaporofita vavo vomene, vakatishushawo isu, vasingafadziwo Mwari, uye vachipesana nevanhu vese,
16 forbidding us to speak to those who are not Jewish that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
vachitidzivisa kutaurira vahedheni kuti vaponeswe, kuti vagare vachizadzisa zvivi zvavo; asi hasha dzakasvika pamusoro pavo kusvikira pakuguma.
17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Zvino isu, hama, sezvo takaparadzaniswa nemwi kwechinguvana pazviso, kwete pamoyo, takashingairira zvikuru nechishuwo chikuru kuti tione chiso chenyu.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Naizvozvo taida kuuya kwamuri, zvikuru ini Pauro, kamwe nekudzokorora, asi Satani wakatidzivisa.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Nokuti tariro yedu chii, kana mufaro, kana korona yekuzvirumbidza? Hamusi imwizve here pamberi paIshe wedu Jesu Kristu pakuuya kwake?
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
Nokuti imwi muri kubwinya nemufaro wedu.
