¹Sasa yahusu kuja kwake Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo na kukusanywa kwetu pamoja tukae naye. Ndugu, tunawaombeni sana

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

²msifadhaike upesi moyoni, na wala msitiwe wasiwasi kwa sababu ya madai kwamba Siku ya Bwana imekwisha fika. Labda inadhaniwa kwamba jambo hili limetokana na uaguzi fulani, mahubiri au barua inayosemekana kuwa imetoka kwetu.

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;

³Msikubali kudanganywa na mtu yeyote kwa namna yoyote ile. Maana Siku hiyo haitakuja mpaka kwanza ule Uasi Mkuu utokee na yule Mwovu aonekane ambaye mwisho wake ni kuangamizwa kabisa.

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,

⁴Yeye atapinga kila kitu wanachokiona watu kuwa ni mungu, au wanachokiabudu. Naam, hata ataingia na kuketi ndani ya Hekalu la Mungu akijidai kuwa Mungu.

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].

⁵Je, hamkumbuki kwamba niliwaambieni haya yote wakati nilipokuwa pamoja nanyi?

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

⁶Lakini kuna kitu kinachomzuia sasa, nanyi mwakijua kitu hicho. Basi, huyo Mwovu ataonekana wakati wake ufaao.

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

⁷Hata hivyo, Mwovu huyo aliyefichika anafanya kazi sasa, lakini hataonekana mpaka yule anayemzuia aondolewe.

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,

⁸Hapo ndipo Mwovu atakapotokea; lakini Bwana Yesu anapokuja atamuua kwa pumzi ya kinywa chake na kumwangamiza kwa mng'ao wa kuja 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,

⁹Huyo Mwovu atakuja na nguvu za Shetani na kufanya kila namna ya miujiza na maajabu ya uongo,

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

¹⁰na kutumia udanganyifu wa kila namna kwa wale walio katika mkumbo wa kupotea. Hao watapotea kwa sababu hawakuupokea na kuupenda ule ukweli ili waokolewe.

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

¹¹Ndiyo maana Mungu amewaweka chini ya nguvu ya upotovu, wauamini uongo.

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

¹²Matokeo yake ni kwamba wote wasioamini ukweli, ila wafurahia dhambi, watahukumiwa.

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

¹³Tunapaswa kumshukuru Mungu daima kwa ajili yenu ninyi ndugu, ninyi mnaopendwa na Bwana, kwa maana Mungu amewateua tangu mwanzo mpate kuokolewa kwa nguvu ya Roho mfanywe watu wake watakatifu kwa imani yenu katika ukweli.

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,

¹⁴Mungu aliwaitieni jambo hili kwa njia ya Habari Njema tuliyowahubirieni; aliwaiteni mpate kupokea sehemu yenu katika utukufu wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

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

¹⁵Basi, ndugu, simameni imara na zingatieni yale mafundisho tuliyowafundisheni kwa mahubiri yetu na barua zetu.

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

¹⁶Tunamwomba Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo mwenyewe na Mungu Baba yetu ambaye alitupenda, na kwa neema yake akatujalia faraja ya milele na tumaini jema,

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,

¹⁷aifariji mioyo yenu na kuwaimarisheni ili mweze daima kutenda na kusema yaliyo mema.

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