1 Wathesalonike 1
1 Paulo, Silwano na Timotheo kwa kanisa la Wathesalonike katika Mungu Baba na Bwana Yesu Kristo. Neema na amani iwe nanyi.
To the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. May God bless you and give you peace.
2 Tunatoa shukrani kwa Mungu kila mara kwa ajili yenu nyote, wakati tunapowataja katika maombi yetu.
We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all;
3 Tunaikumbuka bila kukoma mbele ya Mungu na baba yetu kazi yenu ya imani, juhudi ya upendo, na uvumilivu wenye ujasiri kwa ajili ya baadaye katika Bwana Yesu Kristo.
recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Ndugu Mnaopendwa na Mungu, tunajua wito wenu.
Friends, whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,
5 Na jinsi injili yetu ilivyokuja kwenu si kwa neno tu, bali pia katika nguvu, katika Roho Mtakatifu, na katika uhakika. Kwa namna hiyo, mnajua pia sisi tulikuwa watu wa namna gani miongoni mwenu kwa ajili yenu.
because the good news that we brought came home to you, not merely as so many words, but with a power and a fulness of conviction due to the Holy Spirit. For you know the life that we lived among you for your good.
6 Mlikuwa watu wa kutuiga sisi na Bwana, kama mlivyopokea neno katika taabu kwa furaha itokayo kwa Roho Mtakatifu.
And you yourselves began to follow, not only our example, but the Master’s also; and, in spite of much suffering, you welcomed the message with a joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,
7 Na matokeo yake, mkawa mfano kwa wote katika Makedonia na Akaiya ambao wanaamini.
and so became a pattern to all who believed in Christ throughout Macedonia and Greece.
8 Kwa kuwa kutoka kwenu neno la Mungu limeenea kote, na si kwa Mekadonia na Akaiya peke yake. Badala yake, kwa kila mahali imani yenu katika Mungu imeenea kote. Na matokeo yake, hatuhitaji kusema chochote.
For it was from you that the Lord’s message resounded throughout Macedonia and Greece; and, more than that, your faith in God has become known far and wide; so that there is no need for us to say another word.
9 Kwa kuwa wao wenyewe wanaarifu ujio wetu ulikuwa wa namna gani kati yenu. Wanasimulia jinsi mulivyomgeukia Mungu kutoka katika sanamu na kumtumikia Mungu aliye hai na wa kweli.
Indeed, in speaking about us, the people themselves tell of the reception you gave us, and how, turning to God from your idols, you became servants of the true and living God,
10 Walitoa habari kuwa mnamsubiri Mwana wake kutoka mbinguni, aliyefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu. Na huyu ni Yesu, anayetuweka huru kutoka kwenye ghadhabu ijayo.
and are now awaiting the return from heaven of his Son whom he raised from the dead – Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.
