2 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Paulo, Silwano, na Timotheo, kwa kanisa la Wathesalonike katika Mungu Baba yetu na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
2 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Neema na iwe kwenu na amani itokayo kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
3 We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;
Imetupasa sisi kumshukuru Mungu siku zote kwa ajili yenu, ndugu. Maana hivi ndivyo itupasavyo, kwa kuwa imani yenu inakua sana, na upendo wenu kwa kila mtu uongezeke mwingi.
4 so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;
Hivyo sisi wenyewe tunaongea kwa fahari juu yenu katika makanisa ya Mungu. Tunazungumza habari ya saburi yenu na imani mliyo nayo katika mateso yote. Tunaongea kwa habari ya mateso mnayostahimili.
5 a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,
Hii ndiyo ishara ya hukumu ya haki ya Mungu. Matokeo ya haya ni kuwa ninyi mhesabiwe kuwa mwastahili kuuingia ufalme wa Mungu ambao kwa ajili yake mnateswa.
6 since [it is] a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you — trouble,
Kwa kuwa ni haki kwa Mungu kuwalipa mateso wale wawatesao ninyi,
7 and to you who are troubled — rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,
na kuwapa raha ninyi mteswao pamoja nasi. Atafanya hivi wakati wa kufunuliwa kwake Bwana Yesu kutoka mbinguni pamoja na malaika wa uweza wake.
8 in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Katika mwali wa moto atawalipiza kisasi wao wasiomjua Mungu na wao wasioitii injili ya Bwana wetu Yesu.
9 who shall suffer justice — destruction age-during — from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength, (aiōnios g166)
Watateseka kwa maangamizi ya milele wakiwa wametengwa na uwepo wa Bwana na utukufu wa nguvu zake. (aiōnios g166)
10 when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing — because our testimony was believed among you — in that day;
Atafanya wakati atakapokuja ili kutukuzwa na watu wake na kustaajabishwa na wote walioamini. Kwa sababu ushuhuda wetu kwenu ulisadikiwa kwenu.
11 for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,
Kwa sababu hii twawaombea ninyi siku zote. Twaomba kwamba Mungu wetu awahesabu kuwa mlistahili kuitwa. Twaomba kwamba apate kutimiza kila haja ya wema na kila kazi ya imani kwa nguvu.
12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
Tunaomba mambo haya ili mpate kulitukuza jina la Bwana Yesu. Tunaomba kwamba mpate kutukuzwa naye, kwa sababu ya neema ya Mungu na ya Bwana Yesu Kristo.
