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.