Eyesi-2 kwabaseTesalonika
2:1 Ke kaloku siyanicela, bazalwana, ngokufika kweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
nangokuhlanganisana kwethu kuye.
2:2 ukuze ningazanyazanyiswa kwamsinya, nahlukane nengqiqo;
nokuba kungelizwi, nokuba kungencwadi ngathi, ivela kuthi, ngokungathi ikufuphi imini kaKristu
isandla.
2:3 Makungabikho bani unilukuhlayo nangalunye uhlobo;
kwafika ukreqo kuqala, yaza loo ndoda yesono ityhileke
unyana wentshabalalo;
2:4 lowo uchasayo, uziphakamisayo ngaphezu kwento yonke ekuthiwa nguThixo, nokuba yiloo nto
kuyanqulwa; ngokokude ahlale etempileni kaThixo, ebonisa, njengoThixo
ngokwakhe ukuba unguThixo.
2:5 Anikhumbuli na, ukuba oko bendisekuni ndanixelela ezi zinto?
2:6 Nangoku niyakwazi okubambezelayo, ukuze atyhileke ngelakhe ixesha.
2:7 Kuba imfihlelo yokuchasana nomthetho iselisebenza, ingenguwo ubambekayo ngoku
uya kumyeka, ade asuswe endleleni.
2:8 Andule ukutyhileka ongendawo, eya kuthi iNkosi imtshabalalise kunye naye
umoya womlomo wakhe awutshabalalise ngokukhazimla komlomo wakhe
ndiyeza:
2:9 lowo ukufika kwakhe kungokokusebenza kukaSathana, ngawo onke amandla akhe
imiqondiso nezimanga zobuxoki,
2:10 nangako ukulukuhla konke kokungalungisi kwabo batshabalalayo;
ngokuba bengakwamkelanga ukuyithanda inyaniso, ukuze babe ngabo
igciniwe.
2:11 Kwaye ngenxa yoko, uThixo uya kubathumela kubo ulahlekiso olunamandla, ukuze babe
kholelwa ubuxoki:
2:12 ukuze bagwetywe bonke abangakholwanga yiyo inyaniso, basuka banayo
ukukholiswa kukungalungisi.
2:13 Ke thina simelwe kukuhlala sibulela kuye uThixo ngenxa yenu, bazalwana baziintanda.
yeNkosi, ngokuba uThixo kwasekuqalekeni waninyulela usindiso
ngobungcwalisa boMoya nokukholwa yinyaniso;
2:14 awanibizela kuko oko ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo zethu, ukuba nizuze uzuko lozuko
iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
2:15 Ngoko ke, bazalwana, yimani, nizibambe izithethe eninazo
safundiswa, nokuba kungelizwi, nokuba kungencwadi yethu.
2:16 Ke kaloku iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu ngokwakhe, noThixo uBawo wethu onayo
Wasithanda, wasinika intuthuzelo engunaphakade, nethemba elilungileyo
ngobabalo,
2:17 wanga angazithuthuzela iintliziyo zenu, anizimase kuwo onke amazwi nemisebenzi elungileyo.