1 KwabaseThesalonikha 2

2 ¹Ngokuba nina ngokwenu niyazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ukufika kwethu kini akubanga yize. ²Kodwa noma sase sihluphekile saphathwa kabi eFilipi, njengoba nazi, sathola isibindi kuBaba wethu sokukhuluma kini izindaba zakhe ezinhle phakathi kokuphikiswa okukhulu. ³Ngokuba ukunxusa kwethu akuveli ekudukeni nasekungcoleni, futhi asizami ukukhohlisa muntu. ⁴Kunalokho, njengoba uBaba wethu esivumele ukuba siphathiswe ivangeli, sikhuluma kanjalo—singafuni ukujabulisa abantu, kodwa uBaba wethu, ohlola izinhliziyo zethu. ⁵Asizange sikhulume ngamazwi okuyenga, njengoba nazi, futhi hhayi njengesisibekelo sokuhaha—uBaba wethu ungufakazi. ⁶Asizange sifune udumo kubantu—hhayi kini, hhayi nakwabanye—noma singabaphostoli bakaKhristu besingasebenzisa igunya lethu. ⁷Kodwa saba mnene phakathi kwenu, njengomama owancelisayo onakekela abantwana bakhe ngothando. ⁸Ngakho, ngokunilangazelela ngokujulile, kwasithokozisa ukwabelana nani kungekona izindaba ezinhle zikaBaba wethu kuphela kodwa nokuphila kwethu uqobo, njengoba naba yithemba kithi. ⁹Ngokuba niyakhumbula, bazalwane, ukusebenza kanzima nokukhandleka kwethu: sasebenza ubusuku nemini, ukuze singabi ngumthwalo kini noyedwa, lapho sishumayela kini izindaba ezinhle zikaBaba wethu. ¹⁰Nina noBaba wethu ningofakazi bokuthi saziphatha ngobungcwele, ngokulunga nangokungasoleki kangakanani kini bakholwayo. ¹¹Njengoba nazi, saphatha yilowo nalowo kini njengobaba ephethe abantwana bakhe—sinikhuthaza, siniduduza, siniyala, ¹²ukuba niphile ukuphila okufanele uBaba wethu, onibizela embusweni wakhe nasebukhosini bakhe.

¹³Futhi simbonga uBaba wethu njalo ngalokhu: lapho namukela izwi likaBaba wethu enalizwa kithi, nalamukela kungekona njengomyalezo womuntu kodwa njengalokho eliyikho ngempela—izwi lakhe, elisebenzayo kini enikholwayo. ¹⁴Bazalwane, nalingisa amabandla kaBaba wethu akuKhristu uJesu aseJudiya, ngokuba nahlupheka ngokufanayo kubantu bakini njengoba nawo ahlushwa ngamaJuda, ¹⁵abulala iNkosi uJesu nabaprofethi, asixosha, angamjabulisi uBaba wethu, aphikisana nabo bonke abantu, ¹⁶asivimbela ukuba sikhulume kwabezizwe ukuze basindiswe, egcwalisa isilinganiso sezono zawo njalo. Manje ulaka selubafikele ekugcineni.

Ukulangazelela ukuniphinda sinibone

¹⁷Bazalwane, njengoba sahlukaniswa nani isikhashana—ngenyama, kungekona ngenhliziyo—salangazelela nakakhulu ukubona ubuso benu, ngokulangazelela okukhulu. ¹⁸Sasifisa ukuza kini—mina, Pawulu, kaningi—kodwa uSathane wasivimbela. ¹⁹Ngokuba liyini ithemba lethu, intokozo yethu, noma umqhele wethu wokuzibonga phambi kweNkosi yethu uJesu ekufikeni kwakhe? Akusini yini? ²⁰Yebo, ningudumo lwethu nentokozo yethu.