1 Batesalonika 3

1 Pakupwililisha, pacebo cakwambeti twalaliwa kuliyuminisha, neco twalayeya kwambeti twikale kwatwenka ku Atene.

Wherefore, no longer concealing our anxiety, we were well pleased to be left at Athens alone,

2 Neco twalatuma Timoti mukwetu uyo ukute kusebensela Lesa pamo nenjafwe mukukambauka Mulumbe Waina wa Yesu Klistu. Twalamutuma kwambeti ese ayuminishe lushomo lwenu.

and sent Timothy, our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to exhort you concerning your faith:

3 Kwambeti kakutaba naba umo pakati penu wela kubwelela kunyuma pacebo ca mapensho ayo alamushikili. Nomba mucinshi kwambeti mapensho amushoboyu elela kumushikila kwelana ne kuyanda kwa Lesa.

that no one should be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that we are appointed to them.

4 Pakwinga pacindi mpotwalikuba pamo nenjamwe, twalamwambilila limo kwambeti nitukapenshewe kayi nenjamwe mucinsheti calenshika.

For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we were to be afflicted; which also happened as you know.

5 Weco mpotwalilwa kuliyuminisha, twalatuma Timoti kwambeti ese enshibe lushomo lwenu ncolubele. Pakwinga ndalikutina kwambeti mpani Satana lamusunku kendi, kwambeti ncito shetu kuli njamwe shilaba shabulyo.

For this reason also, no longer concealing my anxiety, I sent to know your faith; lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labor have become in vain.

6 Lino Timoti labwele kufuma kulinjamwe kayi latuletele mulumbe wa sha lushomo lwenu ne lusuno. Latwambilyeti mukute kutuyeya mwakukondwa, kayeti mukute kuyandishisha kutubona mbuli nenjafwe ncotukute kuyandishisha kumubona.

But now, when Timothy came to us from you, and gave us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us at all times, ardently desiring to see us, even as we also to see you;

7 Pacebo ici mobanse, lushomo lwenu muli Yesu lulalengeshe kwambeti tuyume moyo mumapensho ne miyeyo yetu yonse.

by this, brethren, we were comforted concerning you in all our affliction and necessity, even by your faith.

8 Pakwinga lino tukute buyumi bwancine ncine na mulayumu mukwikatana ne Mwami Yesu Klistu.

For now we live, when you stand firm in the Lord.

9 Neco pacebo canjamwe ngatumulumba Lesa. Tulamulumbunga nekusangalala cebo cakukondwa nkotukute pamenso akendi cebo canjamwe.

But what thanksgiving can we return to God concerning you, for all the joy with which we rejoice, through you, in the presence of our God?

10 Munshi ne mashiku tukute kumusenga ne myoyo yetu yonse kwambeti atusuminishe kwisa akumubona kayi. Tulayandanga kumuyabila ibyo mbyomutana muba nabyo mulushomo lwenu.

Night and day, most earnestly requesting to see your face, and to supply the deficiencies of your faith.

11 Tulasengenga kwambeti Lesa Bata ne Mwami wetu Yesu, batubambile bulwendo bwetu bwa kwisa kwenu.

Now may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, make straight our way to you.

12 Neco Mwami Yesu akonempeshe lusuno lwenu ne kuyanda bantu bonse kwambeti mube ne lusuno mbuli ndotukute.

And may the Lord fill you, and make you overflow with love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you;

13 Lesa ayuminishe myoyo yenu kwambeti mubule kampenda kalikonse, kayi kwambeti mube baswepa pamenso akendi kushikila Mwami Yesu akese pamo nebaswepa bakendi bonse.

that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness, before God, even our Father, at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.