2 Thessalonians 3
1 As for the other matters, [our] fellow believers, pray for us that more and more [people will] hear [PRS] our message [about our] Lord [Jesus]. Pray that they will believe this message, as you [have done].
Mbe woli, bhaili, mchisabhile, ati musango gwa Latabhugenyi ogutula okuswila no kukusibha, lwa kutyo jili one kwemwe.
2 Pray also for us that we will be rescued {that God will rescue us} from those very perverse/evil people [here] who [cause us to suffer. Pray like that] because [they and many others] refuse to believe [LIT] [this message].
Nimusabhwe ati chitule okukisibhwa okusoka mu bhubhibhi na bhanu abhagomi, kulwo kubha bhatali bhona bhanu bhane likilisha.
3 [Remember that our] Lord [Jesus] is trustworthy! [So we are sure that] he will cause you to continue to be steadfast. [We are also sure that] he will protect you from [Satan], the evil one (OR, from evil).
Mbe nawe Latabhugenyi ni mwiikanyibhwa, unu kabhakomesha emwe no kubhalinda okusoka ku mubhibhi ulya.
4 [Because of your close relationship with our] Lord [Jesus], we are confident that you are obeying what we have commanded you, and we are confident that you will obey what we are commanding [you in this letter].
Mbe nawe chili no bhubhasi mu Latabhugenyi ingulu yemwe, ati omukola no mujo okugendelela okukola emisango jinu echibhalagilila.
5 [We pray that our] Lord [Jesus] would enable you to continue [knowing] that God loves you. [We pray] also that Christ will cause you to continue [being] steadfast (OR, being steadfast as he [was steadfast]).
Latabhugenyi atule okutangasha emyoyo jemwe mu kwenda na mu bhwigumilisha bhwa Kristo.
6 [Our] fellow believers, we command you, with the authority [MTY] that our Lord Jesus Christ [has given to us], that you stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. That is, you must stay away from those who are not [conducting their lives] in the manner that we taught you.
Woli echibhalagilila, bhaili, mwisina Lya Latabhugenyi Yesu Kristo, ati nuwichunde bhuli muili unu ekaye no obhulame bhwo bhulenga atali kwo kulubhana na jintungwa jo bhusimuka jinu mwalamiye okusoka kweswe.
7 [We tell you this] because you yourselves know that you should [behave] like we [behaved]. We (did not just sit [around] without working/were never lazy) [while we were living] among you.
Kulwo kubha emwe abhene mumenyele ati ni kisi kwemwe okuchilubha eswe. Chitalamile agati-gati yemwe lwa bhalya bhanu bhaliga bhatana bhwolobhe.
8 Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay [that person] for it. Instead, we worked very hard ([to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed]). We worked hard [DOU] during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you [to supply what we needed].
Na chitaliye ebhilyo bhyo munu wona wona obhutabhiliila. Ukwiya nichikola emilimu mu mumwisi na mu ngeta kwe milimu mikomee na mu nyako, koleleki chasiga mujigo ku wona wona kwimwe.
9 We have always had the right [to depend on you for money, but instead we worked hard in order to make ourselves] examples for you, in order that you should behave like we behave.
Chakolele kutya atali kulwa insonga ati chitana bhutulo. Nawe chakolele kutya koleleki chibhe chijejekanyo kwimwe, koleleki ati muchilubhilile eswe.
10 Remember that when we were [there] with you, we kept commanding you that if any [fellow believer] refuses to work, [you should not give] him food to eat.
Mu mwanya gunu chaliga chili amwi nemwe chabhalagiliye, “Akabha oumwi wemwe atakwenda kukola milimu, asige okulya.”
11 [We are commanding the same thing] again now, because someone has told us that some of you are lazy and not working at all, just interfering [with what other people are doing]!
Kulwo kubha echugwa ati abhandi abhalibhatila mu bhulenga agati-gati yemwe. Bhatakola milimu okumala abhabhonekana ni bhanu bhanu bhatana bhwitondi.
12 We command those fellow believers who are not working, and urge [them] by the authority [MTY] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they settle down and (support themselves by working/work to earn money to buy what they need).
Mbe woli abho bhona echibhalagilila no kubhasimbagilisha mu Latabhugenyi Yesu Kristo, ati ni bhusi-bhusi bhakole emilimu kwo obhucholele no kulya ebhilyo bhyebhwe abhene.
13 Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!
Mbe nawe emwe, bhaili, mwasiga kukabha mu mitima jemwe mu kukola ganu gali ge kisi.
14 If any [fellow believer refuses to work] and does not obey what I have written in this letter, ([publicly] identify that person/tell the congregation what that person is doing). Then do not associate with him, in order that he may become ashamed.
Akabha omunu wona wona atakwenda kugwolobhela omusango gweswe mu Nyalumba inu, mbe mumwangalile na mwasiga kusangila amwi nage, koleleki ati eswale.
15 Do not think of him as though he was [your] enemy; instead, warn him as [you would warn your other] fellow believers.
Mwasiga kumulola kuti musoko, Mbe nawe ni mumusakile uti muili.
16 [I pray that our] Lord [Jesus] himself, who [gives inner] peace [to his people], will give [inner] peace to you always (and in every situation/whatever happens). 2 Thessalonians 3:16b-18 I [pray that our] Lord [Jesus will continue to] help you all.
Latabhugenyi wo mulembe omwene abhayane omulembe mu mwanya gwona gwona mu njila jona. Latabhugenyi abhe amwi nemwe bhona.
17 Now, having taken the pen from my scribe, I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself [SYN]. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters.
Bhunu ni bhukesha bwani, Paulo, kwo kubhoko kwani omwene, lunu ni lunyamo lwa bhuli nyalubha. Kutya nikwo nandikile.
18 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.
Echigongo cha Latabhugenyi weswe Yesu Kristo chitule okubha amwi nemwe bhona.
