1 KWABASETESALONIKA 3

₁Ngoko ke ndithe ndakuqonda ukuba akunyamezeleki, ndabona ukuba mandisale ndedwa apha eAtene, ₂ndimthumele kuni uTimoti ongugxa wam kumsebenzi kaThixo wokushumayela iindaba ezimnandi ezingoKrestu. Ndimthumela ukuze anikhuthaze nime ngxishi elukholweni, ₃ningagungqiswa nto naxa nitshutshiswa. Njengoko nisazi, ezo ntshutshiso zisisabelo sethu kaloku. ₄Ndatsho kuni oko bendiphakathi kwenu ukuthi simelwe kukubuva ubunzima. Kwenzeke kanye loo nto ke ngoku, njengoko nisazi. ₅Ndakungabi nakunyamezela ke ndithumele uTimoti ukuba akhe eze kuqonda ngombandela wokholo lwenu, hleze kuthi kanti unihendile uSathana, ndize mna ndibe ndifane ndabulaleka ndisebenza.

₆Ngoku uTimoti usandul' ukufika evela apho kuni eTesalonika, esiza neendaba ezindonwabisayo, endixelela ngokholo nangothando eninalo. Uthi nisoloko nineengcinga ezintle ngam; yaye uthi nani ninqwenela ukundibona kwanjengokuba ndinqwenela ukunibona nam. ₇Kuzo zonke ke ngoko iinkxwaleko neenzingo zam, ukholo lwenu, mawethu, luyandikhuthaza. ₈Kaloku ikukuphila kum into yokuba nina nihlale nithe zinzi nimanywe neNkosi. ₉Ndingambulela ndithini uThixo ngenxa yenu? Ndingambulela ndithini ngenxa yolonwabo enindenzele lona? ₁₀Imini nobusuku ndihleli ndithandaza ngenyameko, ndicela ukuba ze ndibuye ndibonane nani, ndize ndilulungise ukholo lwenu apho lulambatha khona.

₁₁Wanga uThixo uYise ngenkqu, ekunye neNkosi uYesu, angayenza mhlophe indlela yam xa ndizayo apho kuni! ₁₂Yanga ingalukhulisa iNkosi uthando eninalo luphuphume, nithandane, nithande naye wonke ubani, kanye ngale ndlela ndinithanda ngayo mna. ₁₃Ngamana iNkosi inganomeleza ngolu thando, ukuze xa nimi phambi koThixo uYise, nifunyanwe ninyulu, ningenabala ekufikeni kweNkosi uYesu, inabo bonke abo bamanywe nayo.