1 Thessalonians 2
1 My fellow believers, you know that our time with you was very worthwhile/effective [LIT].
Amwe bhayaa, mmenye mwemwe huje ate natahenzele hulimwe setahenzele wene.
2 Although [people] in Philippi [city] previously mistreated us [(exc)] and insulted us, as you know, our God caused us to be courageous. As a result, we told you the good message [that originates/comes from] God, even though some [people in your city] also strongly (opposed [us/tried to prevent us from telling God’s message]).
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 When we exhorted/urged (OR, tried to convince) [you to obey God’s message], we did not tell you an untrue message. Instead, we told you a true message. We do not [want to get something for ourselves] by immoral means. We do not try to deceive [you or other people].
Ate ensundozye tu sezyafumene nembibhi, wala muntavu wala mumwoyo ubhibhi.
4 On the contrary, we tell God’s message because he trusted us to do that, because he examined us and considered us [to be acceptable to tell people] the message about Christ. As we teach people, we do not say what they like to hear. Instead, [we say what] God [wants us to say, because] he examines everything that we think and what we desire.
Ate neshi ateteshe Ungulubhi na hweteshelwe mwibhangii enzyo zyatiyanga. Tiyanga siyo huje tibhasungwezyaje abantu, tihusongwezya Ungulubhi. Ungulubhi mwene yasepa amoyo getu.
5 We never (flattered you/said nice things about you insincerely), as you know. We were never greedy, so we never needed to use words to (hide greediness [from you/cause you to think that we were not greedy]). God knows that this is true!
Ate setayanjile enongwa enzyahwillesye hulimwene, Neshi shamumenye, wala ate setatumiye ewongwa ezyensinjizizyo zye nziliho, Ungulubhi keti wetu ate setahanzalaga utuntumu hwa bhantu,
6 We never tried to get people [to honor us],
Wala afume hulimwe au hwabhantu abhanje. Handatibhajiedai apendelelwe huje ate tilibhatumwe bha Yesu.
7 although we could have demanded [that you should honor/respect us], because we are apostles [who represent] (OR, [speak for]) Christ. On the contrary, we were gentle when we were among you, as a mother [gently] takes care of her own children [SIM].
Lelo talibhahogowe hulimwe nensi umaye shazinzya abhana bhakwe yuyo.
8 So, because we love you, we were delighted to personally tell you the good message that God [gave us]. But also we were delighted to lovingly do all that we could do to help you [SYN] because (you had become very dear to us/we had begun to love you very much).
Hu namna ewe tali niganwe hulimwe, ati tali tayari abhashikisye siyohuje ibangili lya Ngulubhe lyene lelo na maisha getu tete kwasababu mulibha mwetu.
9 My fellow believers, you remember that we worked very hard [DOU] [in order to] ([support ourselves/earn money to buy what we needed]) [while we were with you]. We worked [during the] day and [also at] night in order that we would not have to ask any one of you to give us what we needed, [while] we proclaimed to you the good message that God [gave us].
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 know that it is true, and God knows that it is true, that we conducted our lives in a very pure, right, and faultless [DOU] manner toward you believers.
Amwe mulibhaketi bha Ngulubhi, Nufinjile nantele bila ya fujinjile nantele bilaa ya muntu atilulumwe, takakhile shinza namwe mwamumweteshe uYesu.
11 You know also that [we lovingly behaved/acted toward] each one of you, just like a father [lovingly behaves/acts toward] his own children [SIM].
Shesho huje mumenye aje shiliwele shila muntu umoumo, neshi ubaba shalihina bhana bhakwe tabhapelie umwoyo na bhasubhizye na hwilolele.
12 [Specifically, we] kept strongly exhorting/urging and encouraging you that you conduct your lives in the way that God’s people should, [because] he has invited you to become his people over whom he will rule in a wonderful way [HEN].
Aje mwahanziwaga ajendelele weshi ulukwizyo lwenyu hwa Ngulubhi yabhakwizizye huumwene nu tuntumu wakwe.
13 We also continually thank God because when you heard the message [that] we told to you, you accepted it as the true message, the good message that God [gave to us]. We did not invent it. [We also thank God] that he is changing your lives because you trust this message [PRS].
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 My fellow believers, we [know that you sincerely believed the message from God], because the manner in which you acted was just like the manner in which [the congregations] in Judea acted. They also [worship] God, [and they] ([have a close relationship with/are united to]) Christ Jesus. Specifically, you endured it [when] your own countrymen [mistreated you because you believe the message from God], in the same manner that those [Jewish believers in Judea] endured it [when] the Jews [who do not believe in Christ mistreated them].
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 [Unbelieving Jews are] the ones whom God considers guilty [for] killing the Lord Jesus, as well as [for killing] many prophets. Other unbelieving Jews forced us to leave [many towns]. They really make God angry; and [they are] opposed to [what is best for] all human beings!
Bhaali Bhayahudi bhabhaagojile uYesu pandwemo na aakuwe, Bhayahudi bhabhaatibhenjele tifume hwonzesebhahusungwezya Ungulubhe nantele bhabhibhi hwa bhantu bonti.
16 [Specifically], when we tell [the good message] to non-Jewish people in order that they can be saved {[that God] will save them} [spiritually], these [unbelieving Jews] try to stop/prevent us from doing that. Because they continually sin more and more, they are almost reaching the limit that has been [set by God] [MET]! [God] will soon punish them [MTY], at last, for all their sins!
Bhatizijiye huje tisahaya nje na bhantu bhasiga Bhayahudi, aje bhope bhaposhele uwokovu. Afume epo abhantu bhahwendelela ne mbibhi zyao, mpaka amakhome gabhenzela.
17 My fellow believers, when for a short time [IDM] [those people forced us to be separated] from you, [we felt like parents] (who had lost all their children/whose children had died) [MET]. [Although] we were far away from you, [we were still] emotionally [concerned about you], and we strongly desired to be present with you.
Ate bhaholo, talehene namwe hashe shebele, siga talehene shiputi. Taabhombile hunguvu zyetu nahunziliho engosi, abhalole amaso genyu.
18 [You can know that] we wanted to return to you. Indeed I, Paul, [tried to return] twice [IDM]. But [we did not return because] each time Satan [prevented us from returning].
Pepo tahanzaga ahwenze hulimwe, aneene Paulo, nahanzaga ahwenze lumo nu lwa mwao, lelo usetano anzigiiye.
19 [We were strongly desiring to be with you], because truly you [RHQ] [are the ones about whom we are proud and joyful]! It is because we are confident that you [will] ([remain faithful/continue believing in God]) that we [will be] joyful! You are the ones who we confidently expect [will keep strongly trusting in God!] It is because you [will] ([remain faithful/continue believing in God]) that we [will] be proud [of the work that we have done] [MET, RHQ] [when] our Lord Jesus [examines what we all have done, at the time] when he comes back [to earth]!
Ahwilole hwetu pamande hwaibha yeenu au nuluse shelo, au fwalo gwataivunila hwa gosi uwetu uYesu naayenza? Eshi semwemwe neshi shabhali abhaje?
20 Indeed, it is because of you that [even now we] are pleased and joyful!
Hwa huje amwemulituntuntu wetu nuluseshelo lwetu.
