Ubabalo noXolo eTesalonika
Inkuthazo efudumeleyo kaPawulos ebandleni elitsha, nemfundiso yakhe ngokubuya kweNkosi.
1 1UPawulos, noSilas, noTimoti, bebhalela ibandla laseTesalonika elikuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu: makube lubabalo kuni noxolo.
2Sihlala sibulela kuBawo wethu ngenxa yenu nonke, sinikhankanya emithandazweni yethu.
Ukubulela ngoKholo noThando lwabo
3Asiyeki ukukhumbula phambi koBawo wethu umsebenzi wenu ovela kukholo, nokuxelenga kwenu okuvela kuthando, nokunyamezela kwenu okuvela kwithemba eliseNkosini yethu uYesu Krestu. 4Kuba siyazi, bazalwana, zintanda zikaBawo wethu, ukuba uninyulile; 5kuba iindaba ezilungileyo zethu azifikanga kuni ngamazwi odwa, koko nangamandla, nangoMoya oyiNgcwele, nangokweyiseka okupheleleyo. Niyazi ukuba sasinjani na phakathi kwenu ngenxa yenu. 6Nasixelisa thina neNkosi, nilwamkela ilizwi phakathi kweembandezelo ezinkulu, ninovuyo oluvela kuMoya oyiNgcwele, 7ngokokude nibe ngumzekelo kubo bonke abakholwayo baseMakedoni naseAkaya. 8Kuba ilizwi leNkosi laduma liphuma kuni, kungekuwo kodwa amazwe aseMakedoni naseAkaya, koko ukholo lwenu kuBawo wethu lufikile ndaweni zonke, ngangokude singabi nabungasatsho nto. 9Kuba bona ngokwabo babika ngathi ukuba sasamkelwa njani na phakathi kwenu, nokuba naguqukela njani na kuBawo wethu, nishiya izithixo, ukuze nikhonze uBawo ophilileyo noyinyaniso, 10nokuba nilinde uNyana wakhe ovela ezulwini, lowo wamvusayo uBawo wethu kwabafileyo, uYesu, osihlangulayo engqumbweni ezayo. a a v10 UPawulos ulibiza lonke ivangeli ngaxeshanye: uBawo wamvusa uNyana wakhe uYesu, osihlangulayo kumgwebo ozayo — uBawo noNyana besebenza kunye ekusihlanguleni kwethu.
