Yokuthoma KwebeThesalonika 1:1-10
1 UPowula, uSilvanu*+ noThimothi,+ ebandleni lebeThesalonika elisebunyeni noZimu uBaba neKosi uJesu Krestu:
Kwanga ningaba nomusa omkhulu nokuthula.
2 Sihlala sithokoza uZimu nasikhuluma ngani noke emithandazwenethu+
3 ngombana sihlala sikhumbula umsebenzenu wokuthembeka, ukuzikhandla kwenu kwethando nokukghodlhelela ngebanga lethemba lenu+ eKosinethu uJesu Krestu phambi kwakaZimethu, uBaba.
4 Ngombana siyakwazi, bafowethu abathandwa nguZimu, ukunikhetha kwakhe
5 ngombana iindaba ezimnandi esizitjhumayelako akhenge zize kini ngamezwi kwaphela kodwana nangamandla nommoya ocwengileko nangokuqiniseka okukhulu njengombana nazi ukuthi saba lihlobo elinjani labantu hlangana nani ngebanga lenu.
6 Nokuthi naba balingisi bethu+ nebeKosi+ njengombana namukele ilizwi ngaphasi kwesizi elikhulu+ ngethabo lommoya ocwengileko
7 kangangobana naba sibonelo kiwo woke amakholwa weMasedoniya ne-Akhaya.
8 Iqiniso kukuthi, ngebanga lenu ilizwi lakaJehova* alikazwakali eMasedoniya ne-Akhaya kwaphela kodwana ukukholwa kwenu kuZimu kurhatjheke eendaweni zoke,+ yeke akusatlhogeki sitjho litho.
9 Ngombana bona ngokwabo bahlala babika ngokuhlangana kwethu kokuthoma nani nendlela enitjhugulukele ngayo kuZimu, nasuka eenthombeni zenu+ naba ziingqila zakaZimu ophilako noweqiniso
10 nokulinda iNdodanakhe evela ezulwini,+ leyo ayivusa kwabafileko, okunguJesu, ositjhaphulula elakeni elizako.+
