2 KWEBETHESALONIKA 1
Ukulotjhisa
1Mina Powula, uSilasi noThimothi; kilo ibandla lamaThesalonika elikuZimu onguBaba wethu, neKosini yethu uJesu Krestu:
2Akube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuZimu onguBaba, neKosini yethu uJesu Krestu.
Ukugwetjwa mhlana kufika uKrestu
3Bazalwana, sifanele sihlale simthokoza uZimu ngaso soke isikhathi ngani. Iye, kufanele senze njalo ngombana ukukholwa kwenu kuya kusanda nokuthandana kwenu noke kuyakhula. 4Ngalokho thina ngokwethu sizigabazisa ngani hlangana namabandla wakaZimu ngokubekezela kanye nokukholwa kwenu esikhathini soke sokuzunywa kanye nokuhlutjhwa kwenu.
5Koke lokhu kubufakazi bokobana isigwebo sakaZimu silungile. Nje-ke ngalokho nizakubalwa njengabalungele umbuso kaZimu eniwutlhagela kangaka lo. 6Ngambala kuyinto elungileko kuZimu bona abuyiselele ngokubahlunguphaza labo abanihlunguphazako, 7aphumuze abahlunguphaziweko kanye nathi. Lokho uyokwenza mhlana iKosi uJesu Krestu yembulwa, ivela ezulwini, ikanye neengilozi zayo ezinamandla, 8isiza ngomlilo wamalangabi. Izokuhlunguphaza labo abangamaziko uZimu nalabo abangalaleli ivangeli leKosethu uJesu.
9Bazakuhlunguphazwa ngesibetho sokubhujiswa okungapheliko, basuswe phambi kweKosi nephazimulweni yobukhosi bayo, 10lokha nayiza kobana izokuphazimuliswa ngibo boke abacwengileko bayo begodu ibatjazwe ngibo boke abayikholwako ngombana nakholelwa ebufakazini bethu.
11Nje-ke sihlala sinithandazela, sisolo sikhombela bona uZimethu anenze nibe ngabafanele ibizo lakhe, begodu azalise ngamandlakhe koke ukutjhisekela kanye nomsebenzi wokukholwa kwenu 12ukuze ibizo leKosethu uJesu liphazimuliswe kini, nani kube njalo kiyo ngokomusa kaZimethu kanye neKosi uJesu Krestu.
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