Ukubingelela abaseThesalonika
Incwadi elandelayo eqinisa ibandla elidideke ngosuku lweNkosi, futhi elibizela ukuba lime liqine.
1 1UPawulu, noSilivanu, noThimothewu, ebandleni labaseThesalonika elikuBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Khristu: 2Umusa awube kini noxolo oluvela kuBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Khristu.
Ukubonga ngokukhula kokholo lwenu
3Kumele sihlale sibonga uBaba wethu ngenxa yenu, bazalwane—njengoba kufanele—ngokuba ukholo lwenu lukhula ngokwengeziwe, nothando lwenu komunye nomunye luyakhula kini nonke. 4Ngakho thina ngokwethu siyaziqhenya ngani phakathi kwamabandla kaBaba wethu, ngenxa yokubekezela nokholo lwenu kukho konke ukushushiswa nezinhlupheko enizikhuthazelayo.
5Lokhu kuwubufakazi bokwahlulela okulungileyo kukaBaba wethu, ukuze nibalwe njengabafanele umbuso kaBaba wethu, eniwuhluphekelayo nani. 6Njengoba uBaba wethu elungile, uyakubuyisela inhlupheko kulabo abanihluphayo, 7aniphe nina enihluphekayo ukuphumula, kanye nathi, mhla iNkosi uJesu yembulwa ivela ezulwini kanye nezingelosi zayo ezinamandla, 8ngomlilo ovuthayo, iletha ukwahlulela kulabo abangamazi uBaba wethu, nakulabo abangalaleli ivangeli leNkosi yethu uJesu. 9Bayakujeziswa ngokubhujiswa okuphakade, bekhishwe ebukhoneni beNkosi nasemandleni ayo enkazimulo, 10ngalolo suku, mhla efika ukuze akhazinyuliswe kwabangcwele bakhe, abunyekwe phakathi kwabo bonke abakholwayo—ngokuba ubufakazi bethu kini bakholwa.
11Ngenxa yalokhu sihlale sinikhulekela, ukuze uBaba wethu anibale njengabafanele ubizo lwakhe, agcwalise ngamandla akhe sonke isifiso esihle nomsebenzi wokholo, 12ukuze igama leNkosi yethu uJesu likhazinyuliswe kini, nani nikhazinyuliswe kuyo, ngomusa kaBaba wethu neNkosi uJesu Khristu.
