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

¹Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of 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 our 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 ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

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

⁴so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;

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

⁵a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;

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

⁶if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,

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

⁷and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with [the] angels of his power,

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

⁸in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

⁹who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence 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 have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been 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 the calling, and fulfil all [the] good pleasure of [his] goodness and [the] work of faith with power,

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

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