1 Thesalonika 1:1 UPawulu, noSilvanu, noThimothewu, ebandleni labaseThesalonika okukuNkulunkulu uBaba naseNkosini uJesu Kristu: Umusa mawube kini kini nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu. 1:2 Sibonga uNkulunkulu njalo ngani nonke, sinikhumbula ezinhliziyweni zethu imithandazo; 1:3 Ngikhumbula ngokungaphezi umsebenzi wenu wokholo, nomshikashika wothando, futhi ukubekezela kwethemba eNkosini yethu uJesu Kristu, phambi kukaNkulunkulu naphambi kwethu Baba; 1:4 sisazi, bazalwane abathandekayo, ukukhetha kwenu kukaNkulunkulu. 1:5 Ngoba ivangeli lethu alifikanga kini ngezwi kuphela, kodwa futhi ngamandla, futhi uMoya oNgcwele, nangokuqiniseka okukhulu; njengokuba nazi ukuthi singabantu abanjani babephakathi kwenu ngenxa yenu. 1:6 Nani naba ngabalingisi bethu, nabeNkosi, selamukele izwi ekuhluphekeni okukhulu, ngentokozo kaMoya oNgcwele; 1:7 Ukuze nibe yisibonelo kubo bonke abakholwayo eMakedoniya nase-Akhaya. 1:8 Ngoba kusukela kini kwazwakala izwi leNkosi, hhayi kuphela eMakedoniya nase I-Akhaya, kepha ukukholwa kwenu kuNkulunkulu kwanda ezindaweni zonke; ukuze singadingi ukukhuluma utho. 1:9 Ngoba bona ngokwabo babika ngathi ukuthi kwakunjani ukungena kwethu nina, nokuthi naphendukela kanjani kuNkulunkulu niphuma ezithombeni, ukuze nikhonze abaphilayo nabaqinisileyo uNkulunkulu; 1:10 Futhi ukulinda iNdodana yakhe evela ezulwini, ayivuse kwabafileyo, ngisho uJesu, owasikhulula olakeni oluzayo.