Mbimbi
1 Ngekwe kuzha kwa She wedu Jesu Kirisiti ne kukubungana kwedu kuti tishangane naye, tomukumbila zwikamu 2 kuti musitongo shangana misholo kene mukapalukamoyo, muyitiwa nge bulebesambeli kene mbiko kene lukwalo, zwinoyi zwakadwa ku tili guti zhuba la She lakatjizha kale. 3 Kushaye unomutjebela nge imwe zila, ngobe zhuba ilelo alitowozha kudzina kupanduka kuzha, na iye mbiimbi ezumbunugwa, iye wakabigigwa kuloba. 4 Unowonyanyayidza, kazwibiga pezhugwi kwe tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinodang'wa kuyi ndzimu kene tjinothigamigwa, naiko unowozwibiga pezhugwi mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ezwidana eti Ndzimu.
5 Apa amutoalakana kene kuti ndakati ndi namwi ndakabe ndimubudza zwithu izwezwi? 6 Ngono ngwenu moziba kuti wakabhakhwa ngeni. Moziba kuti wakabhatigwa kuti akowozumbunugwa nge tjibaka tjakalingisana. 7 Ngobe simba gulu biibi lakasumbikala loshinga kale, koga lowozumbunugwa ha iwoyo wakalibhata adusiwa mu zila. 8 Ngono mbiimbi unowozumbunugwa, ngono She Jesu unowombulaya nge meya ye nlomo uwe, kanlobesa ngekwe kuzha kukwe. 9 Kuzha kwe mbiimbi kowobe kuli kushinga kwa Satani, iye uno shingisa masimba akasiyana siyana nenge zwilakidzo ne matjenamiso e manyepkhwa, 10 nenge bubi gose gwakasiyana siyana gwe butjakwani gunotjebela ibabo banowoloba, ngobe bakalamba kuda malebeswa kuti ndizo batjidziwe. 11 Ngekwa ikoku Ndzimu unobatumila tjidzimilabgwe tjikulu kuti ndizo bagalemoyo mu manyepkhwa, 12 kuti ndizo basakagalamoyo mu malebeswa koga bakazipigwa nge mbipo, bose babong'we nlandu.
Makashaluligwa kutjidziwa
13 Koga takafanila kuboka Ndzimu misi yose nge kwenyu zwikamu zwinodiwa ndi She, ngobe kudwa tjose mu kutangisa, Ndzimu wakamushalulila kutjidziwa nge nshingo we Meya inoyengemadza nenge kugalamoyo kwenyu mu malebeswa. 14 Wakamudanila ikoku nge ndebo mbuya yedu kuti namwibo mube ne gobe mu gudzo la She wedu Jesu Kirisiti. 15 Ndizo, zwikamu, imani makasima kakale mubhatilile mu zwidiyo zwatakapitshila kumuli ne nlomo kene nge lukwalo.
16 Dzene tshene She wedu Jesu Kirisiti nge kukwe ne Ndzimu Tate bedu, ibo bakatida, kakale bakatipa nyaladzo isingapele ne kugalabgwe kwakalulwama nge ngoni dzabo, 17 dzene bangadwilila bakasimisa mimoyo yenyu, mu nshingo mmwe ne mmwe wakanaka nenge dama lakanaka.
The Lord's Return
1 When our Lord Jesus returns, we will be gathered up to meet him. So I ask you, my friends, 2 not to be easily upset or disturbed by people who claim the Lord has already come. They may say they heard this directly from the Holy Spirit, or from someone else, or even that they read it in one of our letters. 3 But don't be fooled! People will rebel against God. Then before the Lord returns, the wicked one who is doomed to be destroyed will appear. 4 He will brag and oppose everything holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God. 5 Don't you remember I told you this while I was still with you?
6 You already know what is holding this wicked one back until it is time for him to come. 7 His mysterious power is already at work, but someone is holding him back. And the wicked one won't appear until this someone is out of the way. 8 Then he will appear, but the Lord Jesus will kill him simply by breathing on him. He will be completely destroyed by the Lord's glorious return.
9 When the wicked one appears, Satan will pretend to work all kinds of miracles, wonders, and signs. 10 Lost people will be fooled by his evil deeds. They could be saved, but they will refuse to love the truth and accept it. 11 So God will make sure they are fooled into believing a lie. 12 All of them will be punished, because they would rather do evil than believe the truth.
Be Faithful
13 My friends, the Lord loves you, and it is only natural for us to thank God for you. God chose you to be the first ones to be saved. His Spirit made you holy, and you put your faith in the truth. 14 God used our preaching as his way of inviting you to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 My friends, this is why you must remain faithful and follow closely what we taught you in person and by our letters.
16 God our Father loves us. He treats us with undeserved grace and has given us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope. We pray that our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father 17 will encourage you and help you always to do and say the right thing.