2 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Paulo, Silwano, na Timotheo, kwa kanisa la Wathesalonike katika Mungu Baba yetu na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Neema na iwe kwenu na amani itokayo kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,
Imetupasa sisi kumshukuru Mungu siku zote kwa ajili yenu, ndugu. Maana hivi ndivyo itupasavyo, kwa kuwa imani yenu inakua sana, na upendo wenu kwa kila mtu uongezeke mwingi.
4 so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
Hivyo sisi wenyewe tunaongea kwa fahari juu yenu katika makanisa ya Mungu. Tunazungumza habari ya saburi yenu na imani mliyo nayo katika mateso yote. Tunaongea kwa habari ya mateso mnayostahimili.
5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.
Hii ndiyo ishara ya hukumu ya haki ya Mungu. Matokeo ya haya ni kuwa ninyi mhesabiwe kuwa mwastahili kuuingia ufalme wa Mungu ambao kwa ajili yake mnateswa.
6 For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
Kwa kuwa ni haki kwa Mungu kuwalipa mateso wale wawatesao ninyi,
7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
na kuwapa raha ninyi mteswao pamoja nasi. Atafanya hivi wakati wa kufunuliwa kwake Bwana Yesu kutoka mbinguni pamoja na malaika wa uweza wake.
8 punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
Katika mwali wa moto atawalipiza kisasi wao wasiomjua Mungu na wao wasioitii injili ya Bwana wetu Yesu.
9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (aiōnios g166)
Watateseka kwa maangamizi ya milele wakiwa wametengwa na uwepo wa Bwana na utukufu wa nguvu zake. (aiōnios g166)
10 when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
Atafanya wakati atakapokuja ili kutukuzwa na watu wake na kustaajabishwa na wote walioamini. Kwa sababu ushuhuda wetu kwenu ulisadikiwa kwenu.
11 To this end we also pray always for you that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,
Kwa sababu hii twawaombea ninyi siku zote. Twaomba kwamba Mungu wetu awahesabu kuwa mlistahili kuitwa. Twaomba kwamba apate kutimiza kila haja ya wema na kila kazi ya imani kwa nguvu.
12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tunaomba mambo haya ili mpate kulitukuza jina la Bwana Yesu. Tunaomba kwamba mpate kutukuzwa naye, kwa sababu ya neema ya Mungu na ya Bwana Yesu Kristo.
