Umbuliso kwabaseTesalonika
Incwadi elandelayo ezinzisa ibandla elididekileyo ngomhla weNkosi, ilibizela ukuba lime liqine.
1 1UPawulos, noSilvano, noTimoti, babhalela ibandla labaseTesalonika elikuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu: 2Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu.
Ukubulela ngoKholo lwenu Olukhulayo
3Simelwe kubulela uBawo wethu ngani ngamaxesha onke, bazalwana, njengoko kufanelekile, ngokuba ukholo lwenu lukhula ngokukhula, nothando lomnye komnye phakathi kwenu nonke luyanda. 4Ngoko thina ngokwethu siyaqhayisa ngani phakathi kwamabandla kaBawo wethu, ngenxa yonyamezelo nokholo lwenu kuzo zonke iintshutshiso neembandezelo enizinyamezelayo.
5Oku kububungqina bomgwebo olungileyo kaBawo wethu, ukuba nibalelwa ekubeni nikufanele ukumkani bukaBawo wethu, enibuva ngenxa yabo nobunzima. 6Ekubeni uBawo wethu elungile, uya kubuyekeza ngembandezelo abo banibandezelayo, 7aze anithuthuzele nina nivayo ubunzima, kunye nathi, xa iNkosi uYesu iya kutyhilwa ivela ezulwini kunye nezithunywa zayo ezinamandla, 8iselangatyeni lomlilo, izisa ubulungisa phezu kwabo bangamaziyo uBawo wethu, naphezu kwabo bangayithobeliyo ivangeli yeNkosi yethu uYesu. 9Baya kuhlawula isohlwayo sentshabalalo engunaphakade, bekude nobuso beNkosi namandla ayo azukileyo, 10ngaloo mini, xa iya kuzukiswa kubo abangcwele bayo, ithandeke phakathi kwabo bonke abakholwayo—ngokuba ubungqina bethu kuni babukholiwe.
11Ngenxa yoku sinithandazela ngamaxesha onke, ukuba uBawo wethu anibalele ekubeni nikufanele ukubizwa kwakhe, aze azalisekise ngamandla akhe lonke uthando lokulungileyo nomsebenzi wokholo, 12ukuze igama leNkosi yethu uYesu lizukiswe kuni, nani kuyo, ngokobabalo lukaBawo wethu neNkosi uYesu Krestu.
