1 Basessaloniika 2
1 Mmwe bennyini, abooluganda abaagalwa, mumanyi ng’okujja kwaffe gye muli tekwafa busa.
For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.
2 Mumanyi nga bwe twabonaabonera e Firipi, n’okuyisibwa obubi kyokka ne tugumira mu Katonda waffe ne tubategeeza Enjiri ya Katonda nga tuli mu kuwakanyizibwa okungi.
But having suffered before, and having been outraged, as you know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the midst of great peril.
3 Kubanga okubuulirira kwaffe tekwali kwa bulimba so tekwali kwa bugwenyufu, wadde okw’obukuusa,
For our exhortation arose not from deception, nor from uncleanness, nor was it with guile;
4 naye nga bwe twasaanyizibwa Katonda n’atwesiga n’Enjiri, bwe twogera bwe tutyo, si ng’abaagala okusanyusa abantu, wabula tusiimibwe Katonda, oyo akebera ebirowoozo by’emitima gyaffe.
but as God had judged us worthy to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts.
5 Tetugezangako kubawangula na bigambo biwaaniriza nga nammwe bwe mumanyi, wadde okuba ab’omululu era Katonda akimanyi,
For neither nattering words did we at any time use, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness:
6 newaakubadde okunoonyaamu ekitiibwa, newaakubadde okuva eri mmwe wadde abantu abalala,
nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.
7 tulyoke tulabike ng’abatume ba Kristo ab’amaanyi. Naye twefuula ng’abaana abato mu maaso gammwe, nga nnyina w’abaana bwe yandyagadde abaana be,
But we were gentle among you. As a nurse nourishes her children,
8 bwe tutyo bwe twabalumirwa omwoyo ne tusanyuka okubatuusaako si Enjiri ya Katonda yokka naye n’okuwaayo emyoyo gyaffe ffe, kubanga mwafuuka baagalwa baffe.
so, having a strong affection for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives also, because you had become dear to us.
9 Abooluganda mujjukire okufuba kwaffe n’okutegana kwaffe; bwe twakolanga emisana n’ekiro tuleme okubazitoowerera, nga tubabuulira Enjiri ya Katonda.
For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
10 Mmwe muli bajulirwa baffe, era ne Katonda akimanyi, nga twali bakkiriza ddala era abatuukirivu abataaliko kya kunenyezebwa, abeeweerayo ddala bwe twali mu mmwe,
You are witnesses, and God also, in how holy and just and blameless a manner we conducted ourselves among you that believe,
11 nga bwe mumanyi nga twali kitaawe wa buli omu ku mmwe nga kitaawe w’abaana bw’abeera eri abaana be,
as indeed you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children,
12 nga tubabuulirira era nga tubagumya mu mwoyo era nga tubaweerako obujulirwa, ne tubakuutira okutambulanga nga musaanira mu maaso ga Katonda, oyo abayita okuyingira mu bwakabaka bwe ye ne mu kitiibwa kye.
that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.
13 Naffe kyetuva twebaza Katonda obutayosa, kubanga bwe mwawulira ekigambo ekiva gye tuli, temwakiwulira ng’ekiva eri abantu wabula ng’ekiva eri Katonda, nga ky’ekigambo kya Katonda kyennyini, ekikolera ne mu mmwe, abakkiriza.
For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; because, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.
14 Nammwe, abooluganda abaagalwa, mwabonaabona ng’Ekkanisa za Katonda eziri mu Buyudaaya mu Kristo Yesu, nga muyigganyizibwa abantu b’eggwanga lyammwe mmwe, nga nabo bwe baayigganyizibwa abantu b’eggwanga lyabwe Abayudaaya.
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,
15 Bwe baamala okutta bannabbi baabwe, ne batta ne Mukama waffe Yesu, era naffe baatuyigganya nnyo; tebaasanyusa Katonda era balabe b’abantu bonna,
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,
16 era baatugaana okubuulira Abaamawanga olw’okutya nti bajja kulokoka, kale ebibi byabwe byeyongera bulijjo; ku nkomerero, obusungu bwa Katonda bubabuubuukiddeko.
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full.
17 Abooluganda bwe twabaawukanako nga wayiseewo akaseera akatono, wadde essaawa emu, so ng’emitima gyaffe gisigadde eyo, twegomba nnyo okukomawo twongere okubalabako.
But we, brethren, having been taken from you for a short time, in person, not in heart, did, with great desire, endeavor the more earnestly to see your face.
18 Twayagala nnyo okudda gye muli, na ddala nze, Pawulo; nagezaako emirundi n’emirundi, naye Setaani n’atuziyiza.
For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us.
19 Kale Mukama waffe Yesu bw’alijja, si mmwe mulibeera essuubi n’essanyu lyaffe, n’engule ey’okwenyumiriza kwaffe?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 Kubanga mmwe kitiibwa kyaffe era essanyu lyaffe.
You indeed are our glory and joy.
