Yekucala KubaseThesalonika

1 Mine Pawula ngikanye naSilvanosi*+ naThimothi,+ ngibhalela libandla laseThesalonika lelisebunyeni naNkulunkulu longuBabe, neNkhosi Jesu Khristu:

Shengatsi ningemukela umusa lomkhulu kanye nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu.

2 Ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi siyambonga Nkulunkulu nasinibeka emithantazweni yetfu,+ 3 ngobe sihlale siwukhumbula umsebenti leniwenta ngekwetsembeka, nekutikhandla kwenu ngelutsandvo, kanye nekucinisela kwenu ngenca yelitsemba leninalo+ eNkhosini yetfu Jesu Khristu embikwaNkulunkulu wetfu longuBabe. 4 Bazalwane labatsandvwa nguNkulunkulu, siyati kutsi nguye lowanikhetsa, 5 ngobe tindzaba letimnandzi lesitishumayelako atifikanga kini ngemavi kuphela, kodvwa taphindze tefika ngemandla, ngemoya longcwele nangekuciniseka lokukhulu, njengobe nje nati kutsi besitiphatsa njani ngesikhatsi sisemkhatsini wenu kuze kusitakale nine. 6 Ngako nalingisa tsine+ neNkhosi,+ ngobe livi nalemukela ngenjabulo leletfwa ngumoya longcwele nanobe benihlupheka kakhulu,+ 7 futsi naba sibonelo kuwo onkhe emakholwa laseMasedoniya nase-Akhaya.

8 Ecinisweni, anigcinanga nje ngekukhuluma livi laJehova* eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya, kodvwa kukholwa kwenu kuNkulunkulu sekusakatekele kuto tonkhe tindzawo,+ kangangekutsi tsine sekute lokudzingeka sikusho. 9 Ngobe bona bahlale basibikela ngendlela lesanitfola ngayo ekucaleni, nekutsi natishiya njani tithico+ kuze nibe tigcili taNkulunkulu lophilako neweliciniso, 10 nase nilindzela iNdvodzana yakhe levela ezulwini,+ leyo layivusa ekufeni, lokunguJesu losikhululako elulakeni lolutako.+