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American Standard Version

1 Thessalonians

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1Saka zvatakanga tisisagoni kutsunga, takati zvakanaka kuti tisiiwe tiri toga paAtene;
1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
2tikatuma Timotio hama yedu nemushumiri waMwari nemushandi pamwe nesu muevhangeri yaKristu, kuti akusimbisei, nekukunyaradzai parutendo rwenyu;
2and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
3kuti kurege kuva neumwe unozununguswa nematambudziko awa, nekuti munoziva mumene kuti takagadzirwa izvozvi.
3that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.
4Nekuti kunyange tichinemwi takagara takuudzai kuti tava kuzotambudzwa; kunyange sezvazvakaitika, nemwi munoziva.
4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
5Nekuda kwaizvozvi zvandakanga ndisingachagoni kutsunga, ndakamutuma kuti ndizive rutendo rwenyu, zvimwe neumwe mutowo muidzi wakakuidzai, basa redu rikava pasina.
5For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
6Asi zvino Timotio wakati asvika kwatiri achibva kwamuri, akatipira mashoko akanaka erutendo rwenyu nerudo, uye kuti mune murangariro wakanaka pamusoro pedu nguva dzose muchishuva zvikuru kutiona isu, sesuwo imwi;
6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;
7nekuda kwezvizvi, takanyaradzwa, hama, pamusoro penyu pakutambudzika kwedu kose nenhamo nerutendo rwenyu;
7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:
8Nekuti ikozvino tinorarama, kana imwi mumire makasimba muna Ishe.
8for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
9Nekuti kuvonga kwakadini kwatingaripira kuna Mwari pamusoro penyu, nemufaro wose watinofara nawo nekuda kwenyu pamberi paMwari wedu?
9For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
10Siku nesikati tichikumbira zvikuru kuti tione chiso chenyu, tizadzise zvakataira parutendo rwenyu?
10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11Zvino iye Mwari pachake naBaba vedu naIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, ngaaruramisire nzira yedu kwamuri;
11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:
12uye ishe akukurisei nekukuwanzirai rudo umwe kune umwe nekune vose, sesu kwamuri,
12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
13kuti asimbise moyo yenyu isamhurika pautsvene pamberi paMwari, uye Baba vedu, pakuuya kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu pamwe nevatsvene vake vose.
13to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.