2 KWABASETESALONIKA 2

₁Mayela nokubuya kweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, nokuhlangana kwethu nayo: ndiyanibongoza, ₂musani ukuthatheka msinya, okanye nidideke lula ngamarhe athi iMini yeNkosi isemnyango; noba kukho mntu uthi uyixelelwe ezulwini loo nto, okanye uyixelelwe ngomnye umntu, kanti noba ningade nifumane ileta engathi ivela kum isitsho, lumkani. ₃Sanukuvuma nilahlekiswe mntu. Kaloku loo Mini ayinako ukufika lungakhange lubekho uvukelo-mbuso lokugqibela, andule ke ukucaca umchasi-mthetho, umfo okhohlakeleyo ochasana noThixo, omiselwe intshabalalo, avele elubala. ₄Ulolona tshaba kaloku. Yena uya kuziphakamisa achase nantoni na ekuthiwa nguthixo, achase nantoni na enqulwa ngabantu, ade athathe isihlalo endlwini kaThixo, ezigwagwisa ngokuthi unguThixo ngenkqu.

₅Ngaba senilibele? Kaloku ndandinixelele yonke le nto ngokuya ndandilapho. ₆Ngokunjalo nani niyayiqonda into embambileyo ukuba angaveli phambi kwexesha elimisiweyo. ₇Kuba selekho kambe amandla enkohlakalo asebenza ngokufihlakeleyo. Ewe, asebenza ngokufihlakeleyo okwangoku, elinde ukuba ade emke lowo umbambezeleyo. ₈Uya kuthi ke akuvela loo mchasi-mthetho, iNkosi uYesu imbulale ngelizwi layo nje kuphela, imtshabalalise ngobumenyemenye bobungangamsha bokufika kwayo. ₉Ukufika kwalo mchasi-mthetho ngumsebenzi kaSathana; yaye uya kuphelekwa yimisebenzi yamandla nemiqondiso nemimangaliso yenkohliso, ₁₀kubekho zonke iintlobo zolahlekiso ezinokwenziwa bububi kwabo baya kwantshabalalo. Ewe, baya kutshabalala, kuba kaloku bona abalwamkelanga uthando lukaKrestu nenyaniso yakhe, ukuze basindiswe. ₁₁Ngoko ke uThixo ubayekele ngolahlekiso olusebenza kubo, ukuze bamkele ubuxoki. ₁₂Ngenxa yale nto ke bonke abangayamkelanga inyaniso, abasuke bavuyela ukuxhamla isono, baya kugwetywa.

₁₃Sifanele ukuba simbulele uThixo singaphezi ngenxa yenu, mawethu athandiweyo yiNkosi. Kuba kaloku uThixo waninyula kwasekuqaleni ukuze nisindiswe ngokwenziwa nyulu nguMoya wakhe, nangokukholwa kuyo inyaniso. ₁₄UThixo wanibiza ngeendaba ezimnandi esazishumayelayo kuni; wanibiza ukuze nifumane isabelo kubuqaqawuli beNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. ₁₅Ngoko ke, mawethu, yimani ningahexi kwizithethe esanifundisa zona ngomlomo nangeeleta.

₁₆Yanga iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu ngenkqu noThixo uBawo wethu, owasithandayo, ngesisa sakhe wasinika ukukhuthala nethemba eliyokozelayo, ₁₇wanga angaziphuphumisa iintliziyo zenu ngenkuthalo, anomeleze ukuze nenze, nithethe, izinto ezilungileyo.