2 Wathesalonike 2
1 Sasa kuhusu kuja kwa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo na kukusanywa pamoja ili tuwe naye: tunawaomba ninyi ndugu zetu,
And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,
2 kwamba msisumbuliwe wala kutabishwa kwa urahisi, kwa roho, au kwa ujumbe au kwa barua inayoonkana kuwa imetoka kwetu, ikisema ya kuwa siku ya Bwana tayari imekuja.
that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;
3 Mtu na asiwadanganye kwa namna yoyote. Kwa kuwa haitakuja mpaka lile anguko litokee kwanza na mtu wa uasi afunuliwe, yule mwana wa uharibifu.
let not any one deceive you in any manner, because — if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed — the son of the destruction,
4 Huyu ndiye apingaye naye hujiinua mwenyewe akimpinga Mungu na chochote kinachoabudiwa. Na matokeo yake, hukaa kwenye hekalu la Mungu na kujionyesha yeye kuwa kama Mungu.
who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God — [the day doth not come].
5 Je, hamkumbuki kuwa nilipokuwa nanyi niliwaambia juu ya mambo haya?
Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?
6 Sasa mnajua kile kinachomzuia, ili kwamba aweze kufunuliwa kwa wakati sahihi utakapowadia.
and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,
7 Kwa kuwa siri ya yule mtu mwenye kuasi inafanya kazi mpaka sasa, ila tu kuna anaye mzuia sasa mpaka atakapotolewa njiani.
for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now [will hinder] — till he may be out of the way,
8 Ndipo yule mwenye kuasi atakapofunuliwa, amabaye Bwana Yesu atamwua kwa pumzi ya kinywa chake. Bwana atamfanya kuwa si chochote kwa ufunuo wa ujio wake.
and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,
9 Ujio wa yule mwenye kuasi utakuwa kwa sababu ya kazi ya shetani kwa nguvu zote, ishara na maajabu ya uongo,
[him, ] whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,
10 na uongo wote wenye udhalimu. Mambo haya yatakuwepo kwa wale wanaopotea, kwa sababu hawakuupokea upendo wa kweli kwa ajili ya kuokolewa kwao.
and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,
11 Kwa sababu hiyo Mungu anawatumia kazi yenye uovu ili waamini uongo.
and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,
12 Matokeo yake ni kwamba wote watahukumiwa, wale ambao hawakuamini ukweli bali wao hujifurahisha katika udhalimu.
that they may be judged — all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.
13 Lakini inatupasa tumshukuru Mungu kila mara kwa ajili yenu ndugu mpendwao na Bwana. Kwa sababu Bwana aliwachagua ninyi kama malimbuko ya wokovu kwa utakaso wa Roho na imani katika ile kweli.
And we — we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,
14 Hiki ndicho alichowaitieni ninyi, kwamba kupitia injili muweza kuupata utukufu wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;
15 Kwa hiyo, ndugu, simameni imara. Ueleweni ule utamaduni mliofundishwa, kwa neno au kwa barua yetu.
so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;
16 Sasa, Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo mwenyewe, na Mungu Baba yetu aliyetupenda na kutupa faraja ya milele na ujasiri mwema kwa ajili ya maisha yajayo kupitia neema, (aiōnios g166)
and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace, (aiōnios g166)
17 awafariji na kuifanya imara mioyo yenu katika kila neno na kazi njema.
comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.
