1 Wathesalonike 3
1 Kwa hiyo, tulipo kuwa hatuwezi kuvumilia zaidi, tulifikiri kuwa ilikuwa vema kubaki kule Athene peke yetu.
Therefore, no longer covering over it, we preferred to be left behind in Athens alone.
2 Tulimtuma Timotheo, ndugu yetu na mtumishi wa Mungu katika injili ya Kristo, kuwaimalisha na kuwafariji kuhusiana na imani yenu.
And we sent Timothy, our brother, and a helper of God, and our fellow workman in the good news of the Christ, in order to establish you and to encourage you about your faith,
3 Tulifanya haya ili kusudi asiwepo yeyote wa kuteteleka kutokana na mateso haya, kwa kuwa wenyewe mnajua kwamba tumekwisha teuliwa kwa ajili ya hili.
for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this.
4 Kwa kweli, wakati tulipokuwa pamoja nanyi, tulitangulia kuwaeleza ya kuwa tulikuwa karibu kupata mateso, na hayo yalitokea kama mjuavyo.
For also when we were with you we foretold you that we were going to be oppressed, just as it also happened, and ye know.
5 Kwa sababu hii, nilipo kuwa siwezi kuvumilia tena, nilituma ilikusudi nipate kujua juu ya imani yenu. Huenda mjaribu alikuwa angalau amewajaribu, na kazi yetu ikawa ni bure.
Because of this, I too, no longer covering over it, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow he who tempts was tempting you, and our labor became in vain.
6 Lakini Timotheo alikuja kwetu kutokea kwenu na akatuletea habari njema juu ya imani na upendo wenu. Alitwambia ya kuwa mnayo kumbukumbu nzuri juu yetu, na kuwa mnatamani kutuona kama ambavyo nasi twatamani kuwaona ninyi.
But now of Timothy, having come to us from you, and having proclaimed good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye always have a good recollection of us, longing to see us, just as we also you,
7 Kwa sababu hii, ndugu tulifarijika sana na ninyi kwa sababu ya imani yenu, katika taabu na mateso yetu yote.
because of this, brothers, we were encouraged toward you in all our affliction and necessity through your faith.
8 Kwa sasa tunaishi, kama mkisimama imara kwa Bwana,
Because now we live, if ye stand firm in the Lord.
9 Kwani ni shukurani zipi tumpe Mungu kwa ajili yenu, kwa furaha yote tuliyonayo mbele za Mungu juu yenu?
For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God,
10 Tunaomba sana usiku na mchana ili tuweze kuziona nyuso zenu na kuwaongezea kinachopungua katika imani yenu.
praying night and day above extraordinary in order to see your face and to mend the deficiencies of your faith?
11 Mungu wetu na Baba mwenyewe, na Bwana wetu Yesu atuongoze njia yetu tufike kwenu.
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
12 Na Bwana awafanye muongezeke na kuzidi katika pendo, mkipendana na kuwapenda watu wote, kama tunavyowafanyia ninyi.
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,
13 Na afanye hivi ili kuiimarisha mioyo yenu iwe bila lawama katika utakatifu mbele za Mungu wetu na Baba yetu katika ujio wa Bwana Yesu pamoja na watakatifu wake wote.
in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.
