1 From Paul, Silas, and Timothy—
To the people of the church in Thessalonica, who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
May grace and peace be yours.
The Life and Faith of the Thessalonians
2 We always thank God for you all and always mention you in our prayers. 3 For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm. 4 Our friends, we know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own. 5 For we brought the Good News to you, not with words only, but also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you; it was for your own good. 6 You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit. 7 So you became an example to all believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For not only did the message about the Lord go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need to say. 9 All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God 10 and to wait for his Son to come from heaven—his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's anger that is coming.
1 Okuza ku Paulus na Silvanus na Timoteus. Matu tjanga kombongo yOvatesalonika, ndji ri oya Ndjambi Tate na Muhona Jesus Kristus.
Otjari nohange ngavi kare na eṋe.
Omuinyo nongamburiro yOvatesalonika
2 Eṱe aruhe tu mu tjera okuhepa amuhe ku Ndjambi nu tu mu zemburuka mozongumbiro zetu nokuhaisa. 3 Tu zemburuka komurungu wa Ndjambi Tate ihi otjiungura tjongamburiro yeṋu, nongondjero yeṋu yorusuvero, nomaundjiro weṋu nga zikama mu Muhona Jesus Kristus. 4 Vakwetu, matu tjiwa kutja Ndjambi we mu suvera, nokutja we mu toororera okurira otjiwaṋa tje. 5 Orondu Ombuze Ombwa, ndji twe mu zuvarisira, ku eṋe kai ri momambo porwe, nungwari wina ya ri momasa na mOmbepo Ondjapuke, neye wa raisa kutja ombuze youatjiri. Neṋe mamu tjiwa kutja twa kara vi mokati keṋu, indu tji twa ungurira eṋe. 6 Eṋe mwa horera ku eṱe, notji mwa rira ovakongorere va Muhona. Nu momauzeu omengi tjinene eṋe mwa yakura indi embo nenyando, ndi mwa pewa i Ombepo Ondjapuke. 7 Notji mwa rira otjihorera kovakambure avehe mOmakedonie na Akaja. 8 Okuza ku eṋe embo ra Muhona ra kazuvarisiwa mOmakedonie na Akaja, nu akuhe ovandu va zuva ongamburiro yeṋu mu Ndjambi, nu otje he ri ohepero ku eṱe okuhungira otjiṋa hi nambano. 9 Ovandu avehe mba ve serekarera omuhingo mbu mwe tu yakura, na indu tji mwa yandja omatambo koomukuru vovisenginina namu ritanaurire ku Ndjambi, na indu nambano tji mu karera Ndjambi omunamuinyo nowouatjiri, 10 nokutja eṋe mu undja okuza keyuru ingwi Omuna we eye ngwa pendura movakoke, ingwi Jesus, ngu tu yama komazenge wa Ndjambi ngu maye ya kombunda.
