1 Bathesalonike 2
1 Kulwo kubha emwe abhene mumenyele, abhaili, ati okuja kweswe kwemwe kwaliga kutali kwa kutye- ela.
Yes, Brothers, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
2 Mumenyele ati mubhwambilo chanyakile na bhachikolee kwa jinswalo elya Filipi, lwakutyo mumenyele. Chaliga chili no bhuyali mu Nyamuanga mu musango gwo bwana ogwa Nyamuanga nolwo mu nyako nyafu.
For, although we had experienced suffering and ill-treatment, as you know, at Philippi, we had the courage, by the help of our God, to tell you God’s Good News in spite of great opposition.
3 Kulwo kubha obhusilisha bhweswe bhutakulubhana no bhubhibhi nolwo mu bhujabhi, nolwo mubhwilige-lige.
Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
4 Amwi nejo, lwa kutyo chekilisibhwe na Nyamuanga no kwikilisibhwa kwo omusango gwo bhwana, nkokutyo echaikaga. Echaika, atali kulwo kubhakondelesha abhanu, mbe nawe okumukondelesha Nyamuanga. Omwenene enyele niwe unu katatilisha mu mitima jeswe.
But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the Good News, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not men, but God who proves our hearts.
5 Kulwo kubha chitatumie misango jo kwikuya mu mwanya gwona gwona, lwakutyo mumenyele, nolwo utatumie misango kuti chibheelesisho Cha inamba, Nyamuanga ni mubhambasi weswe.
Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.
6 Nolwo chitaigile ekusho kubhanu, nolwo okusoka kwimwe amwi okusoka ku bhandi. Chakatulile okutonga no okwendibhwa kuti Jintumwa eja Kristo.
Nor did we seek to win honour from men, whether from you or from others, although, as Apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.
7 Chejile chamala nichibha bhololo agati yemwe uti Mai unu kasilisha abhana bhaye omwene.
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
8 Munjila inu chaliga chili no kwenda kwimwe. Nikwo kutyo chabhasabhile okubha amwi atali kulwo musango gwo bhwana-la ogwa Nyamuanga nawe one no bhulame bhweswe eswe abhene. Kulwo kubha mwabhee abhendwa bheswe.
In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God’s Good news, but our very lives as well — so dear had you become to us.
9 Kulwo kubha bhaili, omwichuka emilimu na jinyako jeswe. Mugeta na mumwisi chaliga nichikola emilimu koleleki chasiga kumtamilisha munu wona wona. Mumwanya ogwo, chabhasimuliye omusango gwo bhwana ogwa Nyamuanga.
You will not have forgotten, Brothers, our labour and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God’s Good News.
10 Emwe muli bhabhambasi, na Nyamuanga one, ni kwo bhulengelesi-ki, mu-chimali, no kubhulwa echilwala lwakutyo chalibhataga abhene imbele yemwe bhanu omwikilisha.
You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.
11 Kutyo nikwo bhili, mumenyele ati nikutiki ku bhuli umwi wemwe, lwa kutyo Lata ali ku bhana bhaye lwa kutyo chabhasimuliye no kubha simbagilisha omwoyo. Nchibhabhambalila
Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
12 ati kwaliga kubheile okulibhata lwa muli okubhilikilwa kwemwe ku Nyamuanga, unu abhabhilikie mu bhukama na mwikusho lwaye.
so that you should make your daily lives worthy of God who is calling you into the glory of his Kingdom.
13 Kulwa insonga eyo echimusima Nyamuanga. one bhuli mwanya. Kulwo kubha mumwanya gunu mwamulamiye okusoka kwimwe emisango ja Nyamuanga lwa kutyo mwonguywe, mwalamiye gutali kuti musango gwa abhanamunu. Mbe nawe mwalamiye chimali kutyo bhili, omusango gwa Nyamuanga. Ni musango gunuogukola emilimu agati yemwe bhanu mwikilisishe.
This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God — because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of man, but as what it really is — the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.
14 Kulwejo emwe, Bhaili, mubhe bhanu bho kulubhilila amakanisa ga Nyamuanga ganu gali mu Bhuyaudi mu Kristo Yesu. Kulwo kubha emwe one mwanyasibhe mu misango jilya jilya okusoka ku bhanu bhemwe, lwakutyo jaliga jili okusoka ku Bhayaudi.
For you, Brothers, began to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow-citizens, in the same way as those Churches did at the hands of the Jews —
15 Bhaliga bhali Bhayaudi nibho bhamwitile Latabhugenyi Yesu amwi na abhalagi. Ni Bhayaudi bhanu bhachibhilimishe okubha anja. Bhatamukondelesha Nyamuanga na nibhasoko ku bhanu bhona.
The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all mankind,
16 Bhachiganyishe chisige okwaika na bhamaanga koleleki bhabhone okukisibhwa. Amwi nejo hi atii abhagendelela ne bhibhibhi bhyebhwe. Kubhutelo lisungu lyejile ingulu yebhwe.
for they would prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their Salvation, and thus are always ‘filling up the measure of their iniquity.’ But the Wrath of God has come upon them to the full!
17 Eswe, Bhaili, chaliga chaukene nemwe kwo mwanya mufuyi, chimubhili, atali mu chinyamwoyo. Chakolele kwo bhutulo bheswe na mu lyenda ekulu kwo okulola obhusu bhweswe.
As for ourselves, Brothers, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time — though in body only, and not in spirit — made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong upon us.
18 kulwo kubha chaliga nichenda okuja kwemwe, Anye Paulo, mulugendo lumwi na lugendo lundi, mbe nawe Shetani anganyishe.
That was why we made up our minds to go and see you — at least I, Paul, did, more than once — but Satan put difficulties in our way.
19 Kulwo kubha mu is byikilisha kweswe katungu Kandi ni chinuki amwi bhukonde, amwi lutenga lwo mwikusho imbele ya Latabhugenyi weswe Yesu mu mwanya gwo kuja kwaye? Angu kwiya kafu atali emwe lwa kutyo bhali abhandi?
For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown shall we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his Coming, if it be not you?
20 Kulwo kubha emwe mulikusho no kukondelwa kweswe.
You are our pride and our delight!
