2 Wathesalonike 3
1 Hatimaye, ndugu, tuombeeni ili ujumbe wa Bwana uzidi kuenea upesi na kupokelewa kwa heshima kama vile ulivyo kati yenu.
Henceforth, brethren, pray ye for us, that the word of our Lord may, in every place, run and be glorified, as with you;
2 Ombeni pia ili Mungu atuokoe na watu wapotovu na waovu, maana si wote wanaoamini ujumbe huu.
and that we may be delivered from evil and perverse men; for faith is not in all.
3 Lakini Bwana ni mwaminifu. Yeye atawaimarisheni na kuwalinda salama na yule Mwovu.
And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue you from the evil One.
4 Naye Bwana anatupatia tumaini kubwa juu yenu, na hatuna shaka kwamba mnafanya na mtaendelea kufanya yale tuliyowaambieni.
And we have confidence in you, through our Lord, that what we have inculcated on you, ye both have done, and will do.
5 Bwana aiongoze mioyo yenu katika upendo wa Mungu na katika uvumilivu tunaopewa na Kristo.
And may our Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to a patient waiting for the Messiah.
6 Ndugu, tunawaamuru kwa jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, mjiepushe na ndugu wote walio wavivu na ambao hawafuati maagizo tuliyowapa.
And we enjoin upon you, my brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that ye withdraw from every brother who walketh wickedly, and not according to the precepts which ye received from us.
7 Ninyi wenyewe mnajua kwamba mnapaswa kufuata mfano wetu. Sisi tulipokuwa nanyi hatukuwa wavivu;
For ye know how ye ought to imitate us, who did not walk wickedly among you.
8 hatukula chakula kwa mtu yeyote bila ya kumlipa. Tulifanya kazi kwa bidii na taabu mchana na usiku ili tusiwe mzigo kwa mtu yeyote kati yenu.
Neither did we eat bread gratuitously from any of you; but, with toil and weariness, we labored by night and by day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.
9 Tulifanya hivyo si kwa kuwa hatuna haki ya kutaka msaada wenu, ila kwa sababu tunataka kuwapeni mfano.
It was not because we have no authority, but that we might give you an example in ourselves, that ye might imitate us.
10 Tulipokuwa pamoja nanyi tulikuwa tukiwaambieni, “Mtu asiyefanya kazi, asile.”
And while we were with you, we also gave you this precept, That every one who would not work, should likewise not eat.
11 Tunasema mambo hayo kwa sababu tumesikia kwamba wako baadhi yenu ambao ni wavivu na ambao hawafanyi chochote, isipokuwa tu kujiingiza katika mambo ya watu wengine.
For we hear, there are some among you who walk wickedly, and do nothing except vain things.
12 Kwa jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo tunawaamuru na kuwaonya watu hao wawe na nidhamu na kufanya kazi ili wajipatie maslahi yao wenyewe.
Now such persons, we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that in quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 Lakini ninyi ndugu, msichoke kutenda mema.
And my brethren, let it not be wearisome to you, to do what is good.
14 Huenda kwamba huko kuna mtu ambaye hatautii huu ujumbe tunaowapelekeeni katika barua hii. Ikiwa hivyo, basi, mfichueni mtu huyo na msiwe na uhusiano wowote naye kusudi aone aibu.
And if any one hearkeneth not to these my words in this epistle, separate that man from you, and have no intimacy with him, that he may be ashamed.
15 Lakini msimtendee mtu huyo kama adui, bali mwonyeni kama ndugu.
Yet, hold him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
16 Bwana mwenyewe ndiye chanzo cha amani, awajalieni amani siku zote kwa kila namna. Bwana awe nanyi nyote.
And may the Lord of peace give you peace, always, in every thing. Our Lord be with you all.
17 Kwa mkono wangu mwenyewe naandika hivi: Salamu kutoka kwa Paulo! Hivi ndivyo ninavyotia sahihi kila barua; ndivyo ninavyoandika.
The salutation in the writing of my own hand, I Paul have written it; which is the token in all my epistles, so I write.
18 Tunawatakieni nyote neema ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
The grace of Jesus the Messiah be with you all, my brethren. Amen.
