Bathesalonia I 1

1 Lokwalo lo lo tswa kwa go: Paulo le Silase le Timotheo. Lo kwalelwa: Phuthego e e kwa Thesalonia, lona ba lo leng ba Modimo Rara le Morena Jesu Keresete: a tshegofatso le kagiso ya pelo e nne dineo tsa lona tse di itekanetseng di tswa kwa Modimong Rraa rona, le kwa go Jesu Keresete Morena wa rona.

PAULOS, and Sylvanos, and Timotheos, to the church of the Thesalonikoyee which (is) in Aloha the Father, and in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. Grace be with you and peace.

2 Ka malatsi otlhe re leboga Modimo ka lona re ntse re lo rapelela ka metlha yotlhe.

We give thanks to Aloha at all time for you all and are mindful of you in our prayers constantly,

3 Ga re ke re lebala ditiro tsa lona tsa lorato fa re ntse re bua le Modimo wa rona le Rara kaga lona, le kaga tumelo ya lona e e nonofileng le ka go lebelela ka tshisibalo go bonala ga Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete.

and remember before Aloha the Father the works of your faith, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope, which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

4 Re a itse gore Modimo o lo tlhophile, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang thata mo Modimong.

For we know your election, my brethren, beloved of Aloha,

5 Gonne erile fa re lo leretse Mafoko a a molemo, e ne e se gore ke puo fela e e senang molemo mo go lona; nnyaa, lo ne lwa reetsa ka kgatlhego e kgolo. Se re se lo boleletseng se ne sa ungwa loungo lo lo nonofileng mo go lona, gonne Mowa O O Boitshepo o ne wa lo naya tlhomamiso e kgolo gore se re se buileng e ne e le boammaaruri. Ebile lo itse ka fa one matshelo a rona a neng a le sesupo mo go lona sa boammaaruri jwa molaetsa wa rona ka teng.

because our preaching was not in words only with you, but with power, and with the Spirit of Holiness, and with the persuasion of truth. Also you know how we were among you, on account of you;

6 Jalo lwa nna balatedi ba rona le ba Morena; gonne lo amogetse molaetsa wa rona ka boitumelo jo bo tswang mo Moweng O O Boitshepo mo godimo ga meleko le dikutlo botlhoko tse o di lo lereditseng.

and you became imitators of us and of our Lord, and you received the word in great affliction, and with the joy of the Spirit of Holiness,

7 Mme lona ka sebele lwa nna sekao mo Bakereseteng ba bangwe botlhe mo Masedonia le mo Akaia.

and became an example to all the believers who are in Makedunia and in Akaia.

8 Mme jaanong lefoko la Morena le dule mo go lona la anamela kwa ntle kwa go ba bangwe gongwe le gongwe, kgakala go feta melelwane ya Masedonia le Akaia, gonne gongwe le gonwe kwa re yang teng re fitlhela batho ba re bolelela kaga tumelo ya lona e e sa belaesegeng mo Modimong. Ga go tlhokege gore re ba bolelele ka yone,

For from you was made to be heard the word of our Lord, not only in Makedunia and in Akaia, but in every place your faith which is in Aloha was made to be heard, so that we have no need to say of you any thing.

9 gonne ba re bolelela gangwe le gape kaga kamogelo e e hakgamatsang e ntle e lo re amogetseng ka yone, le ka fa lo furaletseng medimo ya disetwa ka teng lo boela mo Modimong gore jaanong Modimo o o tshelang o o boammaaruri ke one Morena wa lona.

For they learned what an entrance we had unto you, and how you turned to Aloha, from the fear of idols, to worship Aloha the living and the true;

10 Gape ba bua ka fa lo lebeletseng ka teng go bowa ga Morwa Modimo a tswa legodimong, ebong Jesu, yo Modimo o neng wa mo tsosa mo baswing, ebile ke ene fela Mmoloki wa rona mo bogaleng jwa Modimo jo bo boitshegang kgatlhanong le sebe.

awaiting his Son from heaven, Jeshu himself, whom he raised from among the dead, and who delivered us from the wrath that cometh.