1 KWABASETESALONIKA 1

₁Kubhala mna Pawulos, ndikunye noSilas noTimoti. Ndibhalela ibandla likaThixo uYise neNkosi uYesu Krestu, eliseTesalonika. Ndithi kuni: Makulawule ubabalo noxolo.

₂Ndisoloko ndimbulela uThixo ngenxa yenu nonke, ndinikhumbula njalo emithandazweni yam. ₃Ewe, andinilibali phambi koThixo onguBawo wethu. Ndikhumbula ukusebenza kwenu niqhutywa lukholo, ukubulaleka kwenu niqhutywa luthando, nomonde wenu ngenxa yethemba lenu eNkosini uYesu Krestu. ₄Ndiqinisekile, mawethu athandiweyo nguThixo, ukuba uninyulele ukuze nibe ngabakhe. ₅Kaloku iindaba ezimnandi endaniphathela zona yayingengomlomo nje qha, koko ndazizisa ngamandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele, ndiqhutywa kukoyiseka bubunyaniso bazo. Niyayazi indlela endandiziphethe ngayo ngokuya ndandilapho phakathi kwenu. Yonke loo nto yayikukulungiselela nina. ₆Nani ngokwenu nalandela ekhondweni lethu neleNkosi. Nangona naniphatheke kabuhlungu, udaba nalwamkela ngovuyo oluvela kuMoya oyiNgcwele. ₇Naza ngokwenjenjalo naba ngumzekelo kuwo onke amakholwa eMakedoni naseAkaya. ₈Kuba kaloku udaba lweNkosi lwahlokoma luphuma kuni, alwaya eMakedoni naseAkaya kuphela, koko iindaba zokukholwa kwenu kuThixo zihlwayeleke kuyo yonke indawo, kangangokuba akusekho mfuneko yakuba sichaze nto thina. ₉Seyingundaba-mlonyeni kubo bonke abantu indlela enasamkela ngayo kutyelelo lwethu. Kanti nokulahla kwenu izithixo niguqukela kuThixo, ukuze nibe zizicaka zoThixo wenene ophilayo, kukwanjalo. ₁₀Nonke nihlala nilindele ukubuya koNyana wakhe ezulwini, lowo wamvusayo ekufeni; ewe uYesu, yena usihlangulayo kuyo yonke ingqumbo ezayo.