1 Abasessaloniika
4:1 Ate era tubeegayirira, ab’oluganda, era tubakubiriza mu Mukama waffe
Yesu, nga bwe mwafuna okuva gye tuli, nga bwe musaanidde okutambula n'okusanyusa
Katonda, bwe mutyo mwandyeyongera okweyongera.
4:2 Kubanga mumanyi ebiragiro bye twabawa mu Mukama waffe Yesu.
4:3 Kubanga Katonda ky’ayagala, okutukuzibwa kwammwe
weewale obwenzi:
4:4 Buli omu ku mmwe amanye okutwala ekibya kye mu
okutukuzibwa n’okuweebwa ekitiibwa;
4:5 Si mu kwegomba okw’okwegomba, ng’ab’amawanga abatamanyi
Katonda:
4:6 Omuntu aleme okusukkawo n’afera muganda we mu nsonga yonna: kubanga
nti Mukama ye musasuza w’abo bonna, nga naffe bwe twabalabula
era n’awa obujulizi.
4:7 Kubanga Katonda teyatuyita mu butali bulongoofu, wabula eri obutukuvu.
4:8 Noolwekyo anyooma, tanyooma muntu, wabula Katonda alina
yatuweebwa Omwoyo we omutukuvu.
4:9 Naye ku by’okwagala ab’oluganda temwetaagisa kubawandiikira: kubanga mmwe
mmwe bennyini muyigiriziddwa Katonda okwagalana.
4:10 Era ddala mukikola eri ab’oluganda bonna abali mu Makedoni yonna.
naye tubasaba ab'oluganda, mweyongere nnyo;
4:11 Era muyige okusirika, n'okukola emirimu gyammwe, n'okukola
n'emikono gyo, nga bwe twakulagira;
4:12 mulyoke mutambulire mu bwesimbu eri abali ebweru, era musobole
balina obutaba na kintu kyonna.
4:13 Naye ab’oluganda, saagala muleme kumanya bikwata ku abo
mwebase, muleme okunakuwala, ng'abalala abatalina ssuubi.
4:14 Kubanga bwe tukkiriza nti Yesu yafa n’azuukira, nabo bwe batyo
obwebaka obwo mu Yesu Katonda bw’anaaleeta naye.
4:15 Kino kye tubagamba mu kigambo kya Mukama ffe abaliwo
nga balamu era ne basigalawo okutuusa ku kujja kwa Mukama tebalibalemesa
eziri mu tulo.
4:16 Kubanga Mukama yennyini alikka okuva mu ggulu n’okuleekaana, n’okuleekaana
eddoboozi lya malayika omukulu, n'ekkondeere lya Katonda: n'abafu mu
Kristo alisooka kuzuukira:
4:17 Olwo ffe abalamu era abasigaddewo tulikwatibwa wamu nabo
mu bire, okusisinkana Mukama mu bbanga: era bwe tutyo bwe tulibeera naye emirembe gyonna
Mukama.
4:18 Noolwekyo mugumyagana n’ebigambo bino.