Eyoku-1 kwabaseTesalonika
2:1 Kuba niyakwazi ngokwenu, bazalwana, ukuba ukungena kwethu kuni bekungenjalo;
nje ngokungenamsebenzi:
2:2 Noko ke, nakuba besive ubunzima ngenxa engaphambili, sihlazekile
Ngoko ke, njengoko naziyo, siseFilipi, sayalelwa, sathetha singafihlisi, sikuThixo wethu
kuni iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo, zinomzamo omkhulu.
2:3 Kuba uvuselelo lwethu aluphumi enkohlisweni, lungaphumi ekungcoleni, lungekho enkohlisweni.
2:4 ke, njengoko sicikidiweyo nguThixo, ukuba siphathiswe iindaba ezilungileyo, ngokunjalo
senjenjalo ukuthetha; singangi sikholisa abantu, kuba sikholisa uThixo ozicikidayo iintliziyo zethu.
2:5 Kuba kananjalo, njengoko naziyo, asizanga sibe nantetho yakucengacenga;
isigqubuthelo sokubawa; UThixo ulingqina:
2:6 Besingafuni nokufuna luzuko bantwini, nokuba kukuni, nokuba kukwabanye, kwakuba thina
kwakusenokuba nzima, njengabapostile bakaKristu.
2:7 Sike saba ngabathantamisayo phakathi kwenu, njengokuba umama ebagcinile abantwana bakhe;
2:8 Ngoko ke sinilangazelela nje, kwakholeka kuthi ukuba sibe nako
ndanekela kungekuphela nje iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo, kodwa kwanemiphefumlo yethu;
ngokuba beniziintanda kuthi.
2:9 Kuba niyakukhumbula, bazalwana, ukubulaleka kwethu nemigu yethu;
sashumayela ke ngemini, sakuba singabi mthwalo nakubani kuni
kuni iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo.
2:10 Ningamangqina, kwanoThixo, ukuba njani na ukuba ngcwele, nobulungisa, nokungabi nakubekwa bala
sahamba phakathi kwenu bakholwayo;
2:11 Njengoko nisazi, ukuba besiniyala, sinithuthuzela, siniyala nonke ngabanye.
njengoyise esenza kubantwana bakhe;
2:12 ukuze nihambe ngokumfaneleyo uThixo, onibizelayo ebukumkanini bakhe
nozuko.
2:13 Ngenxa yoko, nathi siyabulela kuye uThixo singayeki, ngokuba xa nithe nanamkela
Nalamkela ilizwi likaThixo lodaba kuthi, analamkela njengani
Lilizwi labantu nje, kodwa, njengokuba kunjalo okwenyaniso, lililizwi likaThixo elisebenzayo
liyasebenza nakuni bakholwayo.
2:14 Kuba nina, bazalwana, naba ngabaxelisa amabandla kaThixo
ElakwaYuda likuKristu Yesu; ngokuba nani nive ubunzima obunjalo
abantu bakowenu, njengokuba benjenjalo nakumaYuda;
2:15 bona bayibulalayo iNkosi uYesu kwanababo abaprofeti, baba nayo
wasitshutshisa; abamkholisi uThixo, bachasene nabantu bonke;
2:16 esalela thina ukuba sithethe kuzo iintlanga, ukuze zisindiswe, ukuba zizaliseke
ngokuba iwafikele ingqumbo, kwada kwasekupheleni.
2:17 Thina ke, bazalwana, sanihluthwayo nje ixesha elifutshane ngesiqu, asingenguye
entliziyweni, wakuzabalazela ngokugqithiseleyo ukubona ubuso bakho ngokukhulu
umnqweno.
2:18 Kungoko sathandayo ukuza kuni, mna Pawulos lo, kwakanye nakabini; kodwa
USathana wasithintela.
2:19 Kuba liyintoni na ithemba lethu, novuyo lwethu, nesithsaba sethu soqhayiso? Aningeni na nani
ubukho beNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu ekufikeni kwayo?
2:20 Kuba nini uzuko novuyo lwethu.