Eyesi-2 kwabaseTesalonika
1:1 UPawulos noSilvano noTimoti babhalela ibandla labaseTesalonika;
kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
1:2 bathi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu
UKrestu.
1:3 Simelwe kukuhlala sibulela kuThixo ngenxa yenu, bazalwana, njengokuba kufanelekile.
ngokuba lukhula ngokuncamisileyo ukholo lwenu, nothando lwabo bonke
uphuphuma uthile kuni nonke;
1:4 ngokokude siqhayise ngani phakathi kwamabandla kaThixo ngenxa yenu
umonde, nokholo kuzo zonke iintshutshiso neembandezelo eninazo
nyamezela:
1:5 obungumqondiso womgwebo onobulungisa kaThixo, ukuze nibe nako
nibalelwe ekuthini nibufanele ubukumkani bukaThixo, enithi ngenxa yabo nive ubunzima;
1:6 ukuba ke oko kububulungisa kuThixo ukubuyekeza imbandezelo;
abanikhathazayo;
1:7 Nina ke babandezelwayo, aniphumle kunye nathi, xa iya kubakho iNkosi uYesu
etyhilwe ezulwini kunye nezithunywa zakhe ezinamandla;
1:8 inomlilo odangazelayo, ibaphindezela abangamaziyo uThixo;
musani ukuzilulamela iindaba ezilungileyo zeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu;
1:9 abo baya kohlwaywa ngentshabalalo engunaphakade, bemke ebusweni boThixo;
iNkosi, nakuzuko lwamandla ayo;
1:10 xa ithe yeza kuzukiswa ngabakhe abangcwele, nokunconywa
bonke abakholwayo (ngokuba nakholwa bubungqina bethu kuni).
ngolwa suku.
1:11 Kungoko sihlala sinithandazela, ukuze uThixo wethu anibalele
elufanelekele olu bizo, aze azalise konke ukuthanda kwakhe
ukulunga, nomsebenzi wokholo ngamandla;
1:12 ukuze lizukiswe igama leNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu kuni, nani
kuye ngokobabalo lukaThixo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.