1 KwabaseThesalonikha 5

5 ¹Manje mayelana nezikhathi nezinkathi, bazalwane, anidingi ukuba kubhalelwe nina lutho. ²Nina ngokwenu niyazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu luyeza njengesela ebusuku. ³Lapho abantu bethi: “Ukuthula nokulondeka,” khona lapho kubehlela ukubhujiswa ngokuzumayo—njengemihelo yokubeletha kowesifazane okhulelweyo—futhi ngeke baphunyuke. ⁴Kodwa nina, bazalwane, anikho ebumnyameni ukuze lolo suku lunizume njengesela. ⁵Nonke ningabantwana bokukhanya nabantwana bosuku; thina asisibo abobusuku nabobumnyama. ⁶Ngakho-ke, masingalali njengabanye, kodwa masihlale siphapheme siqwashile. ⁷Ngokuba abalalayo balala ebusuku, nabadakwayo badakwa ebusuku. ⁸Kodwa njengoba singabosuku, masiqwashe, sifake ukukholwa nothando njengesivikelo sesifuba, nethemba losindiso njengesigqoko sensimbi. ⁹Ngokuba uBaba wethu kasimiselanga intukuthelo, kodwa ukuba sizuze usindiso ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, ¹⁰owasifela, ukuze noma siphapheme noma silele, siphile kanye naye. ¹¹Ngakho-ke khuthazanani niphinde nakhane, njengoba nje nenza.

Ukuphila Njengabantwana Bokukhanya

¹²Siyanicela, bazalwane, ukuba nibahloniphe labo abakhuthazela phakathi kwenu, abaniholayo eNkosini, baniqondise. ¹³Nibazise kakhulu ngothando ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo. Hlalisanani ngokuthula.

¹⁴Bazalwane, siyanincenga: yalani abavilaphayo, niduduze abadumele, nisekele ababuthakathaka, nibekezelele bonke. ¹⁵Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho obuyisela omunye okubi ngokubi, kodwa njalo phishekelani okuhle komunye nomunye nakubo bonke.

¹⁶Jabulani njalo, ¹⁷nikhuleke ningayeki, ¹⁸nibonge kukho konke; ngokuba lokhu kuyintando kaBaba wethu ngoKhristu uJesu kini. ¹⁹Ningamcimi uMoya oNgcwele. ²⁰Ningazideleli iziphrofetho, ²¹kodwa hlolani konke; nibambelele kokuhle. ²²Xwayani zonke izinhlobo zobubi.

²³Sengathi uBaba wethu wokuthula ngokwakhe anganingcwelisa niphelele, nomoya wenu wonke nomphefumulo nomzimba kulondolozwe kungasoleki ekufikeni kweNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu. ²⁴Lowo onibizayo uthembekile; impela uyakukufeza.

²⁵Bazalwane, sikhulekeleni.

²⁶Bingelelani bonke abazalwane ngokwanga okungcwele. ²⁷Nginiyala phambi kweNkosi ukuba le ncwadi ifundwe kubo bonke abazalwane.

²⁸Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu mawube nani.