Umusa Nokuthula EThesalonika
Ukukhuthaza okufudumele kukaPawulu ebandleni elisha, nemfundiso yakhe ngokubuya kweNkosi.
1 1UPawulu, noSilasi, noThimothewu, kulo ibandla laseThesalonika elikuBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Khristu: umusa kini nokuthula.
2Sihlala sibonga kuBaba wethu ngani nonke, siniphatha emikhulekweni yethu.
Ukubonga Ngokholo Nothando Lwabo
3Sikhumbula njalo phambi kukaBaba wethu umsebenzi wenu ovela ekukholweni, nokusebenza kwenu kanzima okususwa uthando, nokubekezela kwenu okuvuselelwa ithemba eNkosini yethu uJesu Khristu. 4Ngokuba siyazi, bazalwane abathandwa nguBaba wethu, ukuthi unikhethile, 5ngokuba ivangeli lethu alifikanga kini ngamazwi kuphela kodwa nangamandla, nangoMoya oNgcwele, nangokuqiniseka okuphelele. Niyazi ukuthi sasinjani phakathi kwenu ngenxa yenu. 6Nasilingisa thina neNkosi, namukela izwi phakathi kokuhlupheka okukhulu, ngenjabulo evela kuMoya oNgcwele, 7kangangokuba naba yisibonelo kubo bonke abakholwayo eMakedoniya nase-Akhaya. 8Ngokuba izwi leNkosi lezwakala liphuma kini—kungekona eMakedoniya nase-Akhaya kuphela, kodwa ukholo lwenu kuBaba wethu lufinyelele yonke indawo—kangangokuba asidingi ukusho lutho. 9Ngokuba bona ngokwabo bayalandisa ngathi ukuthi samukelwa kanjani phakathi kwenu, nokuthi naphendukela kanjani kuBaba wethu, nishiya izithombe, ukuze nikhonze uBaba ophilayo noweqiniso, 10nokulindela iNdodana yakhe evela ezulwini, leyo uBaba wethu ayivusa kwabafileyo—uJesu, osisindisa olakeni oluzayo. a a v10 UPawulu usho lonke ivangeli kanyekanye: uBaba wavusa iNdodana yakhe uJesu, esisindisa ekwahlulelweni okuzayo—uBaba neNdodana besebenza ndawonye ukuze sikhululwe.
