1 VaTesaronika 3

¹Saka zvatakanga tisingagoni kutsunga, takati zvakanaka kuti tisiyiwe tiri toga paAtene;Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

²tikatuma Timotio, hama yedu, mushumiri waMwari paEvhangeri yaKristu, kuti akusimbisei, nokukutsungisai moyo pakutenda kwenyu;And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

³kuti kurege kuva nomunhu unozununguswa nenhamo idzi, nokuti munoziva mumene kuti takagadzirirwa izvozvo.That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

⁴Nokuti tichiri kwamuri takambokuvudzai kuti tichatambudzwa; sezvazvakaitika, nemi munoziva.For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

⁵Saka ini vo, zvandakanga ndisichagoni kutsunga, ndakamutuma kuti ndizive kutenda kwenyu, ndichiti zvimwe muidzi wakakuidzai, izvo zvatakabata zvikava pasina.For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

⁶Asi zvino Timotio wakati asvika kwatiri achangobva kwamuri, akativudza mashoko akanaka okutenda kwenyu norudo rwenyu, vuye kuti munongositifunga nomurangariro wakanaka, muchida zvikuru kutivona isu, sesu vo tichida kukuvonai imi;But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

⁷saka, hama dzangu, takanyaradzwa pamusoro penyu pakutambudzika kwedu kwose nenhamo nokutenda kwenyu;Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

⁸nokuti zvino isu tinorarama, kana imi mumire makasimba munaShe.For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

⁹Nokuti tingavonga Mwari neiko pamusoro penyu nomufaro wose watinofara nawo pamberi paMwari wedu nokuda kwenyu,For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

¹⁰tichingokumbira zvikuru vusiku namasikati kuti tivone chiso chenyu, kuti tizadzise zvakataira pakutenda kwenyu?Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

¹¹Zvino iye Mwari, Baba vedu naShe wedu Jesu, ngaaruramisire nzira yedu kwamuri;Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

¹²ishe akukurisei, akuwanzirei rudo pakati penyu nokunavose, sezvatinoita isu kwamuri,And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

¹³asimbise moyo yenyu kuti ive isina chaingapomerwa pavutsvene pamberi paMwari, Baba vedu, pakuvuya kwaShe wedu Jesu pamwe chete navatsvene vake vose.To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.