1 Batesalonika 2
1 Mobanse, amwe mobene mucinshi kwambeti kufwakasha kwetu kwalikuba kwaina.
You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
2 Mucinshi mbuli bantu baku Filipi ncobalatupensha nekutusebanya, katutana kwisa ku Tesalonika. Necikabeco Lesa walatuyumisha moyo mpaka twalacikosha kumukambaukila Mulumbe Waina weshikufuma kulyendiye nambi bangi balikutoteka.
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
3 Pakwinga mbyetwalikukambauka nkatwalasebensesha miyeyo yaipa nambi kuyanda kubepa bantu sobwe.
For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
4 Nsombi tukute kukambauka mbuli Lesa ncakute kuyandeti twinse, pakwinga Lesa walatusuminisha kwambeti twelela kupewa mulimo wakukambauka Mulumbe Waina. Nkatuleleshenga kukondwelesha bantu sobwe, nsombi kukondwelesha Lesa uyo ukute kwinshiba miyeyo yetu.
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
5 Mucinshi cena kwambeti nkatwalesa kulinjamwe ne maswi akuyanda kumukondwelesha nambi kwambeti tucaninepo pindu kulinjamwe, Lesa ekamboni wetu.
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
6 Nkatwalayanda kulumbwa ne muntu uliyense nambi amwe, nambi bambi,
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
7 cakubinga mpotwalasenga lunyamfo netukaba batumwa ba Yesu Klistu twalalibombelesha pakumusenga bintu mbuli mushali mutukashi ncakute kulama cena banabendi.
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
8 Pacebo cakumusunishisha twalikuba twalibambila kumuyabila Mulumbe Waina weshi kufuma kuli Lesa kayi ne buyumi bwetu. Pakwinga mwalikuba mwasunika kulinjafwe.
We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
9 Mobanse mwengashila cena mbuli ncotwalasebensa cangofu pakati penu, twalasebensa munshi ne mashiku kwambeti tutamupensha mubintu mbyotwalikuyanda kusebensesha mpotwali kumukambaukila Mulumbe Waina wa Lesa.
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
10 Njamwe bakamboni betu pamo ne Lesa, kwambeti bwikalo bwetu pakati penu amwe bashoma bwalikuba bwaswepa, bwalululama kayi bwabula kampenda.
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
11 Lino mucinshi kwambeti twalikushako mano kuli uliyense pakati penu mbuli mushali mutuloba ncakute kulama banabendi.
For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
12 Twalamuyuminisha ne kumutontosha myoyo, kayi ne kumwambila cangofu kwambeti mwelela kuba ne bwikalo bwakukondwelesha Lesa, uyo lamukunga kwambeti mukengile mu Bwami bwabulemu bwakendi.
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
13 Nomba kuli cebo nacimbi cikute kupesheti tulumbaishe Lesa. Mpotwalamuletela Mulumbe Waina mwalaukutika nekusumina.
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
14 Mobanse, bintu bimobimo byalamwinshikila byalenshikila kumibungano ya Lesa ili muli Yesu Klistu yaku Yudeya. Nomba bantu bakucomwenu balamupensha mbuli Bayuda ncebalapensha baklistu baku Yudeya.
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
15 Abo balashina Mwami Yesu ne bashinshimi balikubako kaindi, kayi ebalatupensha. Aba nkabakute kukondwelesha Lesa sobwe, kayi ebapelana ne bantu bonse.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
16 Balelesha kutukanisha kukambuka Mulumbe Waina kubantu ba kunsa kwambeti batambule lupulusho. Neco balalibunjikila bwipishi bwabo bonse cakwambeti bukalu bwa Lesa bulabashikili.
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
17 Mobanse necikabeti twalapansana nenjamwe kwa kacindi cing'ana kumubili nsombi mumiyeyo tuli pamo, twalikuyandishisha kwambeti tukabonane menso ne menso. Nambi twalamushiya myoyo yetu yalikubowa nenjamwe.
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
18 Ecebo cakendi twalikuyandishisha kubwelela kwisa kumubona, ame ndalelekesha kwisa kayi nteko kankanda kamowa nsombi tubili, nomba Satana walatabankana panshila.
For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
19 Anu kupembelela kwetu nicani? Inga kukondwa kwetu nicani? Kayi ne cilambo cetu nicani ncetwelela kutwangila Mwami wetu akesa? Sena ntamwe?
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
20 Cakubinga bulemu bwetu nekukondwa kwetu njamwe.
You are indeed our glory and our joy.
