¹Zvino tinokukumbirisai, hama, maererano nekuuya kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, nekuvunganira kwedu pamwe kwaari,

¹And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,

²kuti murege kukurumidza kuzununguswa mufungwa, kana kuvhunduswa kana nemweya kana neshoko, kana netsamba ino seinobva kwatiri, sezvinonzi zuva raKristu ratosvika.

²that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

³Ngakurege kuva nemunhu unokunyengerai nemutowo upi neupi; nekuti harisviki kana kuwa kusati kwatanga kusvika, uye kuti munhu wechivi aratidzwe, mwanakomana wekuparadzwa,

³let not any one deceive you in any manner, because — if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed — the son of the destruction,

⁴unopikisa nekuzvikudza pamusoro pezvose zvinonzi Mwari, kana zvinoshumirwa; zvekuti iye saMwari unogara mutembere yaMwari, achizviratidza kuti ndiMwari.

⁴who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God — [the day doth not come].

⁵Hamurangariri here kuti ndichiri nemwi ndakakuudzai zvinhu izvi?

⁵Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?

⁶Asi zvino munoziva chinodzivisa kuti aratidzwe munguva yake.

⁶and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

⁷Nekuti chakavanzika chekusava nemurairo chotoshanda, chete uyo unodzivisa ikozvino uchadaro kusvikira achibviswa panzira.

⁷for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now [will hinder] — till he may be out of the way,

⁸Ipapo iye usina murairo ucharatidzwa, iye ishe waachauraya nemweya wemuromo wake, uye waachaparadza nekuonekwa kwekuuya kwake;

⁸and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

⁹iye kuuya kwake kwakaita sekuita kwaSatani nesimba rose nezviratidzo nezvinoshamisa zvenhema,

⁹[him,] whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

¹⁰nekunyengera kose kwekusarurama muna avo vanoparara; nekuti havana kugamuchira rudo rwechokwadi kuti vaponeswe.

¹⁰and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

¹¹Uye nekuda kwaizvozvi Mwari uchavatumira simba rekukanganisa, kuti vatende nhema;

¹¹and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

¹²kuti vose varashwe vasina kutenda chokwadi, asi vakafara mukusarurama.

¹²that they may be judged — all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

¹³Asi isu tinosungirwa kupa kuvonga kuna Mwari nguva dzose pamusoro penyu, hama vadikamwa vaIshe, nekuti Mwari kubva pakutanga wakakusarudzirai ruponeso kubudikidza nekuitwa vatsvene kweMweya nerutendo rwechokwadi.

¹³And we — we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

¹⁴Izvo zvaakakudanirai neEvhangei yedu, pakuwana kubwinya kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu.

¹⁴to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁵Naizvozvo, hama, mirai makasimba, mubatirire dzidziso yamakadzidziswa, kana neshoko kana netsamba yedu.

¹⁵so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

¹⁶Zvino Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu omene, naMwari, kunyange Baba vedu vakatida, vakapa kuvaraidzwa kusingaperi netariro yakanaka kubudikidza nenyasha,

¹⁶and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

¹⁷anyaradze moyo yenyu, nekukusimbisai pashoko roga roga rakanaka nepabasa.

¹⁷comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.