1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Paulo, na Silwano, na Timotheo, kwa kanisa la Wathesalonike, lililo katika Mungu Baba yetu, na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
2 grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Neema na iwe kwenu na amani zitokazo kwa Mungu Baba, na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
Rejoicing in their Fidelity
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
Ndugu, imetupasa kumshukuru Mungu sikuzote kwa ajili yenu, kama ilivyo wajibu, kwa kuwa imani yenu inazidi sana, na upendo wa kila mtu kwenu kwa mwenzake umekuwa mwingi.
4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Hata na sisi wenyewe twaona fahari juu yenu katika makanisa ya Mungu kwa ajili ya saburi yenu, na imani mliyo nayo katika adha zenu zote na dhiki mnazostahimili.
5 which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Ndiyo ishara hasa ya hukumu iliyo haki ya Mungu, ili mhesabiwe kuwa mwastahili kuuingia ufalme wa Mungu, ambao kwa ajili yake mnateswa.
6 seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Kwa kuwa ni haki mbele za Mungu kuwalipa mateso wale wawatesao ninyi;
7 and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
na kuwalipa ninyi mteswao raha pamoja na sisi; wakati wa kufunuliwa kwake Bwana Yesu kutoka mbinguni pamoja na malaika wa uweza wake
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
katika mwali wa moto; huku akiwalipiza kisasi wao wasiomjua Mungu, na wao wasioitii Injili ya Bwana wetu Yesu;
9 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
watakaoadhibiwa kwa maangamizi ya milele, kutengwa na uso wa Bwana na utukufu wa nguvu zake;
10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
yeye atakapokuja ili kutukuzwa katika watakatifu wake, na kustaajabiwa katika wote waliosadiki katika siku ile, (kwa sababu ushuhuda wetu ulisadikiwa kwenu).
11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Kwa hiyo twawaombea ninyi sikuzote, ili Mungu wetu awahesabu kuwa mmekustahili kuitwa kwenu, akatimiza kila haja ya wema na kila kazi ya imani kwa nguvu;
12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
jina la Bwana wetu Yesu litukuzwe ndani yenu, nanyi ndani yake, kwa neema ya Mungu wetu na ya Bwana Yesu Kristo.
