1 Wathesalonike 2
1 Kwa ndabha mwayhomo mmanyili, ndhongo, kwa bhujio wa tete kwa muenga wayelepi wa mebhwa.
Now you yourselves know, brothers, that our entrance to you did not happen without purpose.
2 Mmanyili kuwa muandi twatesiki ni kutubhona kisoni khola kufilipi, kama kammnyili. Twayele bhakifu kup'etela K'yara kubhomba injili ya muene kup'etela tabu syoa.
Rather, in spite of having already suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, we made bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God, in the face of strong opposition.
3 Kwa ndabha mahusiano ghitu ghihomela lepi kwa ubaya, wala kwa uchafu, wala kup'etela hila.
Further, our exhortation does not spring from delusion or impurity, nor is it in deception,
4 Badala yake, kama kayakubaliki ni K'yara ni kuaminibhwa kiinjili, ndo katinena. Tinena si kwa kubhafurahisha bhanu, ila kwa kumfurahisha K'yara. Muene ndo yachungusya miteema ya tete.
but we speak precisely as those who have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, not so as to please men, but to please the God who evaluates our hearts.
5 Kwa ndabha twatumili lepi malobhi gha kujipendekesa magono ghoa ghoa, kama kammnyili, walakutumila malobhi kujo kisingizio kya tamaa, K'yara ndo shaidi wayhoto.
Further, you well know that we never used words to flatter, or to disguise greed (God is witness),
6 Wala twalondili lepi utukufu kwa bhanu, wala kuh'omela kwa yhomo au bhangi. Ngata bbhwesili kudai au kupendebhulibhwa kitya bhatume bha Yesu Kristu.
or to seek glory from men (whether from you or from others)—as apostles of Christ we could have been ‘heavy’,
7 Badala yake taye tabhapole kati ya yhoto kujo mabhu kabhafaliji bhana bha muene.
but we were gentle among you, like a nurse cherishing her own children.
8 Kwa njela eye taye ni upendo kwa yhomo. Twayele radhi kabh'ele kubhashilikisya muinjili ya K'yara bali kabhele ni maisha gha yhoto tabhene. Kwa ndabha muyele bhapendwa bhitu.
Yearning over you in this way, we were well pleased to share with you not only the Gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become dear to us.
9 Kwa ndabha ndhongo mwikhomboka mbhombho ni tabu sya yhoto. Pakilu ni pamusi twayela kubhomba mbhombho ili tukotokulewabhwa kwa yuoayola, magono ghala, twabhahubilili ayi injili ya K'yara.
Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and exertion, because working night and day, so as not to burden any of you, we proclaimed the Gospel of God to you.
10 Muenga mashaidi, ni K'yara kabhele, ndo kwa N'takatifu wa namna yeleku, ya haki, ni bila lawama tuayalotili twayhoto palongolo pa yhomo pabha mwiamini.
You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe;
11 Eye kabh'ele, mmanyili kwa namna yeleku kwa Kila mmonga bhinu, kujo Dadi kaayele kwabhanabhabhi katika bhahimisi ni kubhapela mioyo. Twashuhudili.
indeed, you know how we treated each one of you as a father does his own children, exhorting and comforting you,
12 Ndabha yapasibhu kulota kawayele bhuito bhuinu kwa K'yara yaabhakutilimu ufalme ni utukufu bhuake.
insisting that you conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
13 Kwa ndabha ya ele tikamshukuru K'yara muda bhuowa. Kwa ndabha magono gha mwapokolai mjumbe kuhomela kwa tete was K'yara wamwapeleliki, mwayopolili, si kama lilobhi la binadamu. Badala yake, mwayopolili kama kaliyele lilobhila K'yara. Ndo lilobhi la lifuanya mbhombho mbhombho kwa bhabhiamini.
Another reason we give thanks to God continually is that when you received from us the spoken Word of God, you welcomed it not as the word of men but, as it actually is, the Word of God, which is indeed operative in you who believe.
14 Ko henu muenga, ndongo, muyele bhanu bha kuyegha makanisa ghaghayele muuyaahudi kup'etela Kristu Yesu. Kwa ndabha muenga kabh'ele mwatesiki kwa mambo ghala ghala kuh'omela kwa bhanubhayhomo, kama kakayele kuhomela kwa mayaudi.
For you, brothers, became imitators of God's congregations in Christ Jesus, the ones in Judea, in that you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen that they did from the Jews
15 Bhayele bhayaudi ndo ya bharikomili Bwana Yesu pamonga ni bhamanabii. Ndo bhayaudi bhabhatubhengili tupitai kwibhala. Bhakampendesya lepi K'yara ndo maadui kwa bhanu bhoa.
(the ones who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, who have persecuted us, who do not please God and are hostile to everybody,
16 Bhatuzuili tusijobhi kwa mataifa ili bhabhwesyai kuokolibhwa. Matokeo ghaki ndo bhiyendelila ni dhambi sabhene. Kumuishu ghadhabu ihidili panani pabhene.
trying to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved—so as to fill up the measure of their sins. They have received the full impact of the Wrath).
17 Tete, ndongo, twatengene ni muenga kwa magono madebe, kimbhele, si kup'etela roho. Twaketili kwa uwezo was yhoto na kwa shauku iyene kubhona nyuso sinu.
Now we, brothers, having been bereaved of you for a short season (in presence, not in heart), made every effort to see your face, from intense longing.
18 Kwa ndabha twalondai kuhida kwa yhomo, nene Paulo, kwa mala ya kuanza ni muda yhene, jobha lisyetani latuzuili.
(We actually tried to come to you—I, Paul, time and again—but Satan thwarted us.)
19 Kwa ndabha ya kujiamini kwa yhoto ndo kiki kapalongolo, au furaha, au litaji la kujifunila palongolo pa Bwana Yesu, magono gha kuhida kuaki? Na simuenga zaidi kama kabhayele bhamana?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not precisely you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
20 Kwa ndabha muenga ndo utukufu ni furaha yhitu.
Indeed, you are our glory and our joy.
