Eyoku-1 kwabaseTesalonika
5:1 Ke kaloku ngawo amaxesha namathuba, bazalwana, akufuneki nganto ukuba ndinibhalele;
kuwe.
5:2 kuba nani ngokwenu niyazi ngokucacileyo, ukuba imini yeNkosi iya kuza, njengeliza ngokunjalo
isela ebusuku.
5:3 Kuba xenikweni baya kuthi, Luxolo nokunqaba; emva koko intshabalalo yequbuliso
ukubafikela kwanjengenimba komithiyo; kwaye abayi
ukubaleka.
5:4 Ke nina, bazalwana, anisebumnyameni, ukuba imini leyo iniqubule
njengesela.
5:5 Nina nonke ningoonyana bokukhanya, nabantwana bemini;
asiyiyo yobusuku, nesebumnyameni.
5:6 Ngoko masingalali, njengabanye aba; masiphaphe sibe ziingcathu.
5:7 Kuba abaleleyo balala ebusuku; nabanxilayo baba
enxilile ebusuku.
5:8 Ke thina bangabemini masibe ziingcathu, sinxibe isigcina-sifuba somphefumlo
ukholo nothando; nesigcina-ntloko esilithemba losindiso.
5:9 Kuba uThixo akasimiselanga ngqumbo; usimisele ukuzuza usindiso ngayo
INkosi uYesu Kristu,
5:10 owasifelayo, ukuze nokuba sihleli, nokuba silele, sidle ubomi kunye
naye.
5:11 Kungoko ndithi, Thuthuzelanani, nakhane, kwanjengoko
nani niyayenza.
5:12 Ke kaloku siyanicela, bazalwana, ukuba nibazi abo babulalekayo phakathi kwenu, kwaye
baphezu kwenu eNkosini, bayaniluleka;
5:13 nibabeke ngokugqithiseleyo kakhulu ukubathanda, ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo. Kwaye ube ku
uxolo phakathi kwenu.
5:14 Ke kaloku siyaniyala, bazalwana, balumkeleni abanxaxhayo, bathuthuzeleni abanxaxhayo.
yibani buthathaka, basekeleni ababuthathaka, yibani nomonde kubantu bonke.
5:15 Lumkani, kungabikho bani ubuyekeza ububi ngobubi nakubani; kodwa hlala ulandela oko
oko kulungileyo phakathi kwenu, nakubo bonke abantu.
5:16 Vuyani nanini;
5:17 Thandazani ningaphezi;
5:18 Ezintweni zonke bulelani; kuba oko kukuthanda kukaThixo kuKristu Yesu
malunga nawe.
5:19 Musani ukumcima uMoya;
5:20 Iziprofeto musani ukuzenza into engento.
5:21 Zicikideni zonke izinto; nibambe leyo intle.
5:22 Khumkani kuzo zonke iintlobo zenkohlakalo.
5:23 Wanga ke uThixo woxolo ngokwakhe anganingcwalisa niphelelisekile; kwaye ndithandaza kuThixo ngempilo yakho yonke
umoya nomphefumlo nomzimba zigcinwe zingenakusoleka ekufikeni kwethu
INkosi uYesu Kristu.
5:24 Uthembekile onibizayo, oya kukwenza nokukwenza oko.
5:25 Bazalwana, sithandazeleni.
5:26 Bulisani kubo bonke abazalwana ngolwango olungcwele.
5:27 Ndiyanifungisa iNkosi ukuba le ncwadi ileswe kubo bonke abangcwele
bazalwana.
5:28 Ubabalo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu malube nani. Amen.