¹Pauro naSirivhano naTimotio; kukereke yevaTesaronika muna Mwari baba vedu, naIshe Jesu Kristu:

¹Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;

²Nyasha kwamuri nerugare runobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.

²Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Tinosungirwa kuvonga Mwari nguva dzose pamusoro penyu, hama, sezvazvakafanira, nekuti rutendo rwenyu rwunokura zvikurusa, nerudo rweumwe neumwe wenyu kune umwe neumwe rwunowanda;

³We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

⁴nekudaro isu tomene tinozvirumbidza mamuri mukereke dzaMwari pamusoro pemoyo murefu wenyu, nerutendo mukushushwa kwenyu kose nematambudziko amunotsunga maari.

⁴so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

⁵Ndicho chiratidzo chekutonga kwakarurama kwaMwari, kuti muverengwe semakafanirwa neushe hwaMwari, hwamunotambudzikirawo;

⁵[which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

⁶sezvo chiri chinhu chakarurama kuna Mwari kutsiva dambudziko kune vanokutambudzai,

⁶if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

⁷uye kwamuri munotambudzwa, kuzorora pamwe nesu, pakuzarurwa kwaIshe Jesu, achibva kudenga nevatumwa vesimba rake,

⁷and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

⁸mumurazvo wemoto achitsiva avo vasingazivi Mwari, nevasingateereri evhangeri yaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu;

⁸rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

⁹ivo vacharangwa nekuparadzwa kusingaperi, vabviswe pamberi paIshe, nepakubwinya kwesimba rake,

⁹who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

¹⁰kana achiuya kuzorumbidzwa muvatsvene vake, nekuyemurwa mune vose vanotenda; (nekuti kupupura kwedu kwamuri kwakatendwa) nezuva iro.

¹⁰when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.

¹¹Naizvozvo tinokunyengetereraiwo nguva dzose, kuti Mwari wedu akuverengei semakafanirwa nekudamwa uye azadzise kuda kose kwakanaka kweunaku hwake nebasa rerutendo nesimba;

¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;

¹²kuti zita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu rirumbidzwe mamuri, nemwi maari, zvichienderana nenyasha dzaMwari wedu nedzaShe Jesu Kristu.

¹²that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.