1 Thessalonians 3
1 Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
Saka zvatakange tisisagoni kutsunga, takati zvakanaka kuti tisiiwe tiri tega paAtene,
2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
ndokutuma Timotio hama yedu nemushumiri waMwari nemushandi pamwe nesu muevhangeri yaKristu, kuti akusimbisei, nekukunyaradzai maererano nerutendo rwenyu,
3 that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
kuti kurege kuva neumwe anozununguswa nematambudziko awa, nokuti munoziva momene kuti takamisirwa izvozvi.
4 For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
Nokuti kunyange tichinemwi, takagara takuudzai kuti tava kuzotambudzwa, kunyange sezvazvakaitika, nemwi munoziva.
5 For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Nekuda kweizvozviwo zvandakange ndisisagoni kutsunga, ndakamutuma kuti ndizive rutendo rwenyu, zvimwe pamwe muidzi wakakuidzai, basa redu rikava pasina.
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you.
Asi zvino Timotio wakati asvika kwatiri achibva kwamuri, wakatipira mashoko akanaka erutendo rwenyu nerudo, uye kuti mune murangariro wakanaka pamusoro pedu nguva dzese, muchishuva zvikuru kutiona, sesuwo imwi;
7 For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.
nekuda kwezvizvi takanyaradzwa, hama, pamusoro penyu padambudziko redu rese nenhamo nerutendo rwenyu;
8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
nokuti ikozvino tinorarama, kana imwi mumire makasimba muna Ishe.
9 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
Nokuti kuvonga kwakadini kwatingagona kuripira kuna Mwari pamusoro penyu, nemufaro wese watinofara nawo nekuda kwenyu pamberi paMwari wedu?
10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Siku nesikati tichinyengetera zvikurusa kuti tione chiso chenyu, tizadzise zvakataira parutendo rwenyu.
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
Zvino dai Mwari pachake naBaba vedu, naIshe wedu Jesu Kristu aruramisira nzira yedu kwamuri;
12 May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
uye dai Ishe akukurisai nekukuwanzirai rudo umwe kune umwe nekune vese, sesuwo kwamuri,
13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
kuti asimbise moyo yenyu isingamhuriki pautsvene pamberi paMwari, uye Baba vedu, pakuuya kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu pamwe nevatsvene vake vese.
