1 Ndizo takati tibona tikong'wa, tikayemula kuti tisale toga mu Atene. 2 Takatuma Timoti ikamu tjedu, nshingili we Ndzimu naswi mu kusumikila ndebo mbuya ya Kirisiti, kumusimisa nenge kumukulumbidza mu bugalimoyo gwenyu, 3 kuti ndizo kushaye unosagadzikanyiwa nge ndiko idzedzi. Moziba zubuyanana kuti ikoku kwakatilingisana. 4 Nge malebeswa takati tinamwi, takabe timubudza lubaka gutjipo kuti towodziyidziwa; ngono sekwa munoziba, nditjo tjakashingikala. 5 Ndizo ngekwa ikoku ndakati ndibona kuti andingatjatubule kudzikitadza, ndakatumila nthu ndida ziba sekwa munotjila mu bugalimoyo gwenyu. Ndidziyidzika mu meya ndialakana kuti pamwe nliki wakamulika, ngono nshingo wedu ukasibe ne mbhayilo.
6 Koga se Timoti akatjibuya edwa kumuli ngono katizhisila thawu dzakanaka ngekwe bugalimoyo nenge ludo gwenyu, wakatibudza kuti tjibaka tjose motikumbula nge kwakanaka nenge kuti makashuba kutibona, se naswibo takamushuba. 7 Ndizo ngwenu zwikamu, mu buyendasi gwedu ne kudziyidziwa, takakulumbidzika nge kwe bugalimoyo gwenyu. 8 Ngobe ngwenu tozwihwa titjila dumbu, ngoti mumile makasima muna She. 9 Apa tingaboka Ndzimu kungapani nge kwenyu, ngekwe kushatha kose kwatinako nge kwenyu mbeli kwe Ndzimu wedu kene? 10 Siku ne sikati totembezela nge kugalamoyo, kuti titubule kumubona kakale kuti ndizo timupe tjamunosheta mu kugalamoyo kwenyu.
11 Tshene Ndzimu wedu, ibo Tate nge kwabo na She wedu Jesu bangatizhulila zila kuti tizhe kumuli. 12 Tshene She bangayita kuti, ludo gwenyu gupaphidzike, kuswikila mudana kwazo, kakale mudzine mude bathu bose sekwa tinomuda iswi. 13 Tshene bangasimisa mimoyo yenyu mu buyengemali, kuti ha She Jesu ezha ne bayengemali babe musibe ne nlandu mbeli kwe Ndzimu wedu, kakale bali Tate bedu.
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 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: 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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: 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men , even as we do toward you: 13 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.