1 Watesaloniki 3
1 Upeleru wakuwi tusinditi kuhepelera nentu, su tuamuwiti kusigala Aseni kulii gweka yetu,
And so, as we could bear it no longer, we made up our minds to remain behind alone at Athens,
2 na kumtuma kwa twenga mlongu gwetu Timotewu, mweni ndo mtenda lihengu muyetu kwajili ya Mlungu mukubwera Shisoweru Shiwagira sha Kristu tumlagaliriti kawagangamaziyi na kuwatula moyu na kukamaziya njimiru yenu.
and sent Timothy, our dear friend and God’s minister of the good news of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,
3 Su kwahera muntu yoseri yakawuya kumbeli toziya ya magaziwu aga. Maweni mwenga hamvimani kuwera tufiruwa kupata ntabika.
so that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.
4 Toziya patuweriti pamuhera na mwenga, tuwagambiriti kuwera hatutabisiwi su ilawiriti ntambu ira ayi, ntambu yamvimana.
For, even while we were with you, we warned you beforehand that we were certain to encounter trouble. And so it proved, as you know.
5 Toziya ayi, nsinditi kuhepelera ng'anji su numjegiti Timotewu kwa mwenga su mpati visoweru vya njimiru yenu. Ntira kuwera kwa ntambu yingi mkondola kawajeriti na lihengu lyoseri lyatutenditi pakati pa mwenga lyagamili hera.
Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.
6 Kumbiti vinu Timotewu kawuyiti kala, yomberi katugambiriti visoweru viherepa kuusu njimiru yenu na mafiliru genu. Yomberi katugambiriti kuwera mutuhola mashaka goseri, na mfira kutuwona gambira twenga ntambu yatufira kuwawona mwenga.
But, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us – always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing to see you –
7 Su waumini wayetu, mumagaziwu na ntabika zyetu zoseri, twenga tuwera na moyu toziya ya mwenga kupitira njimiru yenu,
on hearing this, we felt encouraged about you, friends, in the midst of all our difficulties and troubles, by your faith.
8 toziya vinu nakaka twankulikala payiwera mwenga mgangamala mukulikolerana pamuhera na Mtuwa.
For it is new life to us to know that you are holding fast to the Lord.
9 Kwa ntambu gaa tuweza kulonga mayagashii Mlungu toziya ya mwenga, kwa nemeleru yoseri yatuwera nayu kulongolu kwa Mlungu toziya ya mwenga?
How can we thank God enough for all the happiness that you are giving us in the sight of our God?
10 Pashiru na paliwala twenga tumluwa Mlungu kwa njimiru yetu yoseri tuwawoni kayi mwenga su tuwezi kushinyawa shilii shashipungukiti mumoyu mwa mwenga.
Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and make good any deficiency in your faith.
11 Twankumluwa Mlungu yakawera Tati gwetu mweni ndo Mtuwa gwetu Yesu, katutandiri njira ya kwiza kwa mwenga.
May our God and Father himself, and Jesus, our Lord, make the way plain for us to come to you.
12 Mtuwa pamuhera na mwenga hamuwezi kutenda kwongereka na kugangamala mumafiliru kwa muntu na muyaguwi na kwa wantu woseri ntambu yatutenditi kwa mwenga.
And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for everyone, just as we are filled with love for you;
13 Kwa njira ayi yomberi hakayigangamaziyi myoyu ya mwenga, na mwenga hamuweri pota na vidoda wananagala kulongolu kwa Mlungu yakawera Tati, Mtuwa gwetu Yesu pakizaku pamuhera na wananagala wakuwi woseri.
and so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.
