1 KWEBETHESALONIKA 3
1Nje-ke kwathi nasele singasakghoni ukunyamezela, saqunta ukuzihlalela sisodwa e-Athene. 2Sathumela uThimothi umfowethu nesibambisene naye emsebenzini kaZimu wokutjhumayela ivangeli lakaKrestu, kobana azoniqinisa abe anikhuthaze ngebanga lokukholwa kwenu, 3ukuze kungabikho namunye wenu ozakusikinywa mitlhago le. Ngambala nina ngokwenu nazi kuhle bona lokhu ngilokho esibekelwe khona. 4Emanyeni, lokha nabesiphakathi kwenu, sanitjela ngaphambilini bona sizokutlhagiswa, yeke kube njalo njengombana nisazi. 5Ngalokho-ke, kuthe nasele ngingasakghoni, ngathumela bona ngizwe ngokukholwa kwenu; bengesaba bona mhlambe umlingi unilingile nokobana umsebenzethu sele uphenduke ilize.Umbiko okhuthazako kaThimothi
6Kodwana uThimothi uqeda ukufika ubuya kini, usilethele iindaba ezimnandi mayelana nokukholwa kwenu kanye nethando lenu. Godu usitjele bona nihlala nisikhumbula ngokuhle begodu nihlulukela ukusibona njengombana nathi sihlulukela ukunibona. 7Ngalokho-ke bazalwana, kilo loke isizi lethu nokuzunywa kwethu, sikhuthazekile ngani ngokukholwa kwenu 8ngombana sesizizwela ukuphila njengombana nidzimelele eKosini nje. 9Singamthokoza njani uZimu ngokwaneleko ngani ngalo loke ithabo esizizwela lona phambi kwakaZimethu ngebanga lenu na? 10Sithandaza ngamandla imini nobusuku ukuze sibonane nani ubuso nobuso, sivuselele koke okutlhayelako ekukholweni kwenu.
11Sengathi uZimethu nonguBaba kanye neKosethu uJesu ngokwakhe, anganqophisa indlelethu yokuza kini. 12Godu kwanga iKosi inganandisa beniphuphume ngethando omunye komunye nakibo boke, njengombana nathi sinithanda ngokuphuphumako. 13IKosi ayiniphe amandla ngokweenhliziyo kikho ukucwenga ukuze nibe msulwa phambi koZimethu nonguBaba, ekufikeni kweKosethu uJesu nabo boke abacwengileko.
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