2 Athesalonike 2
1 Atĩrĩrĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, ha ũhoro wa gũcooka kwa Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ na gũcookanĩrĩrio gwitũ harĩ we, nĩtũkũmũthaitha,
Now [I want to write to you] about the time when our Lord Jesus Christ will return and when [God] will gather us together to [where Jesus] is. My fellow believers, I urge you
2 atĩ mũtikahiũhe kwenyenyio kana mũhahũrwo nĩ ũrathi mũna, kana ndũmĩrĩri, o na kana marũa merĩtwo atĩ moimĩte kũrĩ ithuĩ, makoiga atĩ mũthenya wa Mwathani nĩũrĩkĩtie gũkinya.
that you think calmly [about any message] that [claims/says] that the Lord has [already] come again. Do not be shaken or alarmed/worried by any such message. [It does not matter] if [it is a message that someone claims God’s Spirit] revealed to him, or if [it is some other message that someone] has spoken, or whether [it is a message that someone claims] that I wrote in a letter.
3 Mũtikareke mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ amũheenie o na atĩa, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya ũcio ndũgaakinya, ũhoro wa kũregana na watho ũtakinyĩte, o nake mũndũ ũrĩa mũregi watho ataguũranĩirio, o ũcio ũtuĩrĩirwo ciira wa kwanangwo.
Do not allow anyone to deceive you in any way [with the result that you believe any such message]. 2 Thessalonians 2:3b-5 [The Lord] will not come [MTY] [immediately]. First, [many people] [PRS] will rebel [against God]. The result of their rebelling will be that [they will accept and obey] the man who will sin very greatly [against God].
4 Nĩagokĩrĩra na etũũgĩrie igũrũ rĩa kĩrĩa gĩothe gĩĩtanĩtio na Ngai na kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩhooyagwo, nĩgeetha aikare thĩ kũu thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ya Ngai, agĩĩtuuaga atĩ we mwene nĩ Ngai.
He will be the [supreme] enemy [of God]. He will [proudly] exalt himself above everything that [people] consider to be some god and above everything that people worship. [As a result of wanting people to worship him], he will [even enter] God’s Temple and sit down [there to rule]. He will publicly proclaim that he himself is God! But [God] will [certainly] punish that man forever!
5 Kaĩ mũtararirikana atĩ rĩrĩa ndarĩ hamwe na inyuĩ nĩndamwĩraga maũndũ macio?
(I am sure that you remember that I kept telling you these things while I was still with you [there in Thessalonica]./Do you not remember that I continued telling you these things while I was still with you [there in Thessalonica]?) [RHQ]
6 Na rĩu nĩmũũĩ kĩrĩa kĩgirĩtie mũndũ ũcio ooke na nĩgeetha akaaguũranĩrio ihinda rĩrĩa rĩagĩrĩire.
You also know that there is something (OR, someone) that is preventing this man [from being revealed] {[from revealing himself]}. This man is being (held back/restrained) [now] for him to be revealed {that he reveal himself} at the time that [God has planned] [MTY].
7 Nĩgũkorwo ũhoro wa hitho wa kũregana na watho nĩũraruta wĩra; no nĩ kũrĩ ũrĩa ũgirĩrĩirie ũhoro ũcio woneke rĩu, na egũthiĩ na mbere gwĩka ũguo nginya rĩrĩa akeeherio.
[Although Satan] is already secretly causing [people] to reject [God’s] laws, (the one/God) who is preventing [this man from revealing himself] now [will continue to prevent him from doing that] until he/[God] removes him.
8 Na hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo mũndũ ũcio mũregi watho akaaguũranĩrio. Mũndũ ũcio nĩwe Mwathani Jesũ akooraga na mĩhũmũ ya kanua gake, na amwanange na riiri wake ũrĩa ũkoonanio nĩ gũcooka gwake.
It is then that [God will allow] this man, who rejects [God’s] laws [completely], to be revealed {to reveal himself}. Then the Lord Jesus will destroy him, by simply commanding it [MTY]. Jesus, by his own glorious arrival, will cause him to become [completely] powerless.
9 Mũndũ ũcio mũregi watho nĩagooka kũringana na wĩra wa Shaitani ũrĩa wonekaga thĩinĩ wa mĩthemba yothe ya ciama cia maheeni, na marũũri, na morirũ,
But [before Jesus destroys him], Satan will make him very powerful. As a result, he [will do all kinds of supernatural] miracles and amazing things [DOU] that will seem as though [God has enabled him to do them].
10 o na ooke na mĩthemba yothe ya ũmaramari nĩguo aheenie andũ arĩa marĩ njĩra ya kũũra. Moraga tondũ nĩmaregire kwenda ũhoro-ũrĩa-wa-ma nĩguo mahonokio.
And by doing wicked [things], he will completely deceive those who will [certainly] (perish/go to hell). [He will deceive them] because they will have refused to love the true [message]. So they will not be saved {God will not save them}. (questioned)
11 Na tondũ ũcio Ngai nĩamarehagĩra ũndũ wa hinya wa kũmahĩtithia, nĩgeetha metĩkie maheeni macio,
So, God, by his power, will enable this man to easily deceive people, so that they will believe what [this man] falsely [claims/says that he is].
12 na nĩgeetha andũ othe matuĩrwo ciira arĩa matetĩkĩtie ũhoro-ũrĩa-wa-ma na makenagĩra maũndũ ma waganu.
The result will be that everyone will be [rightly] condemned {that [God] will [justly] condemn everyone} [to be punished] who did not believe the true [message], but who instead gladly chose [to be doing] what is wicked.
13 No rĩrĩ, twagĩrĩirwo nĩgũcookagĩria Ngai ngaatho hĩndĩ ciothe nĩ ũndũ wanyu, inyuĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ mwendetwo nĩ Mwathani, tondũ kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria Ngai nĩamũthuurire mũhonokio nĩ ũndũ wa gũtherio nĩ Roho o na gwĩtĩkia ũhoro-ũrĩa-wa-ma.
[Our] fellow believers, whom our Lord [Jesus] loves, we thank God very frequently for you. It is appropriate/right for us to do that, because God chose you (from the beginning [MTY] [of creation/before the world existed]) in order that he might save [you] as a result of [your] believing the true [message] and as a result of [God’s] Spirit setting you apart [for God].
14 Aamwĩtĩire ũhoro ũyũ nĩ ũndũ wa Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega ũrĩa twamũhunjĩirie nĩguo mũgĩe na riiri wa Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ.
[We thank God that] he chose you as a result of our [proclaiming] the message about Christ [to you], in order that you might (share in/have) some of the glory that our Lord Jesus Christ has.
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, mwĩhaandei wega na mũrũmie ũrutani ũrĩa twamũrutire, o na akorwo twaririe na kanua kana tũkĩmwandĩkĩra marũa.
So, [our fellow believers, continue to be firm concerning what you believe]; that is, continue believing the [true] teaching that we gave to you by our speaking to you and by our [writing] a letter [to you].
16 Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ we mwene, o na Ngai Ithe witũ ũrĩa watwendire na agĩtũhe ũũmĩrĩru wa nginya tene na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro kĩega na ũndũ wa Wega wake-rĩ, (aiōnios g166)
Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, our Father, loves us and encourages us and causes us to confidently expect [to receive] the eternal things that [he has promised to give to us] as a result of [Christ] acting kindly toward us in a way we did not deserve. (aiōnios g166)
17 maroomĩrĩria ngoro cianyu, na mamwĩkĩre hinya thĩinĩ wa ciĩko o na ciugo ciothe njega.
[We strongly pray that] God and Jesus together will encourage you! And we pray that they will cause you to continue doing and saying things that God considers to be good.
