1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
Lona ka sebele lo a itse, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, gore loeto loo lo ne lwa nna lwa botlhokwa jang.
2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
Lo itse gore re ne ra sotlwa jang kwa Filipi pele ga re tla kwa go lona, le gore re bogile go le kae teng. Le fa go ntse jalo Modimo o ne wa re naya kgothatso go boelela molaetsa o mo go lona ka bopelokgale, le fa re ne re dikaganyeditswe ke baba.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
Jalo lo ka bona gore re ne re sa rere ka maikutlo ape a tsietso kgotsa maikaelelo ape a a bosula mo megopolong ya rona; re ne re tlhamaletse gape re le boammaaruri.
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
Gonne re bua re le barongwa ba ba tswang kwa Modimong, re ikantswe ke One go bolela boammaaruri; ga re fetole molaetsa wa One ka gope go kgatlha batho ba ba o utlwang; gonne re direla Modimo ka osi, o o tlhatlhobang dikakanyo tse di boteng tsa dipelo tsa rona.
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
Le fa e le gangwe fela ga re ise re ke re leke go lo gapa ka mafoko a a borethe, jaaka lo itse sentle, le Modimo o itse gore re ne re sa itire ditsala tsa lona gore lo tle lo re neye madi!
6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
Fa e le kaga kgalaletso, ga re ise re ke re e kope mo go lona kgotsa mo go ope, legale ka re le baaposetoloi ba ga Keresete, re ne re na le tshwanelo ya gore lo re neye tlotlo.
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Mme re ne re siame mo go lona jaaka mmabana a otla bana ba gagwe ebile a ba tlhokomela.
8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
Re ne ra lo rata thata thata, mo e leng gore ga re a ka ra lo naya molaetsa wa Modimo fela, mme re lo neile le one matshelo a rona tota.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
A ga lo gakologelwe, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ka fa re dirileng ka teng ka bonatla mo go lona? Bosigo le motshegare re ne re fufulela go bona se se lekaneng gore tshedisa gore ditshenyegelo tsa rona di se ka tsa nna mokgweleo mo go ope wa lona, jaaka re rerile Mafoko a a Molemo a Modimo mo go lona.
10 You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
Lona ka sebele lo basupi ba rona, jaaka Modimo le one e le mosupi, gore re ntse re siame re ikanyega ebile re se na molato mo go mongwe le mongwe wa lona.
11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
Re buile le lona jaaka rabana a buisanya le bana ba gagwe, a ga lo gakologelwe? Re lo kopa, re lo kgothatsa ebile re batla
12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
gore matshelo a lona a malatsi otlhe a seka a tlhabisa Modimo ditlhong, mme a lere boitumelo mo go One o o lo laleditseng mo bogosing jwa One go nna le seabe mo kgalalelong ya One.
13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
Mme ga re kitla re khutlisa go leboga Modimo kaga se: gore erile fa re lo rerela, ga lo ise lo ke lo tseye gore mafoko a re neng re a bua e ne e kane e le a rona fela, mme lo ne lwa amogela se re neng re se bua e le Lefoko la Modimo tota, le tota e neng e le lone, mme le ne la fetola matshelo a lona fa lo le dumela.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews
Mme jaanong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, lo bogile se diphuthego mo Judea di se bogileng, lo bogisiwa ke ba ga lona, fela jaaka ba ne ba bogisiwa ke ba ga bone ebong Bajuta.
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
Erile ba sena go bolaya baporofiti ba bone, ba ne ba bolaya le ene Morena Jesu; mme jaanong ba re bogisitse setlhogo thata ba bo ba re leleka. Ba kgatlhanong le Modimo le botlhe
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
ba leka go re kganela gore re seka ra rerela Badichaba. Ba tlhabana ka ntlha ya go boifa gore e ka re kgotsa bangwe ba bolokwa; mme jalo dibe tsa bone di tswelela ka go gola. Mme lwa bofelo bogale jwa Modimo bo tsile mo go bone.
17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, fa re sena go kgaogana le lona lobakanyana ntswa dipelo tsa rona di ise di ke di lo tlogele, re ne ra leka thata go boela kwa go lona go lo bona gape.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Re ne re rata go tla, mme nna Paulo, ke lekile gangwe le gape, mme Satane a re kganela.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Gonne re tshelela eng, se se re nayang tsholofelo le boitumelo ebile e le tuelo le serwalo se re ikgantshang ka sone? Ke lona! Ee, lo tlaa re leretse boitumelo jo bogolo fa re ema mmogo fa pele ga Morena Jesu Keresete fa a tla gape.
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
Gonne lo kgalalelo ya rona le boitumelo.
