Ua Tesalonaika
1 Ko au Paula mo Silivēnusi* pea mo Tīmote,+ ko e tohi atu ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau Tesalonaiká ʻoku nau fāʻūtaha mo e ʻOtuá ko ʻetau Tamaí pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí:
2 Fakatauange ke mou maʻu ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā mo e melino mei he ʻOtuá ko e Tamaí pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.
3 ʻOku mau moʻuaʻaki maʻu pē ke fai ha fakamālō ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko kimoutolu, fanga tokoua. ʻOku feʻungamālie eni, koeʻuhí ko hoʻomou tuí ʻoku tupulaki lahi fau pea ʻoku fakautuutu ʻa e feʻofaʻaki ʻa e tokotaha taki taha ʻo kimoutolu.+ 4 Ko hono olá ko kimautolu tonu ʻoku mau laukauʻaki ai kimoutolu+ ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko hoʻomou kātaki mo e tui ʻi he kotoa ʻo homou ngaahi fakatangá pea mo e ngaahi faingataʻa* ko ia ʻoku mou tofanga aí.*+ 5 Ko ha fakamoʻoni eni ʻo e fakamaau māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo taki atu ki hono lau kimoutolu ʻoku mou taau mo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku mou lolotonga faingataʻaʻia aí.+
6 ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he meʻá ni, tā ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene tafaʻakí ke ne totongi ʻaki ʻa e mamahi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fai ha fakamamahi kiate kimoutolú.+ 7 Ka ko kimoutolu ko ia ʻoku tofanga ʻi he mamahí, ʻe ʻoatu ʻa e nonga kiate kimoutolu fakataha mo kimautolu ʻi he fakahā mai ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsuú+ mei hēvani fakataha mo ʻene kau ʻāngelo mālohí+ 8 ʻi ha uloʻi afi, ʻi heʻene faisāuni ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau talangofua ki he ongoongo lelei fekauʻaki mo hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsuú.+ 9 Ko e faʻahingá ni tonu te nau hokosia ʻa e tautea fakaefakamaau ko e fakaʻauha taʻengata+ ʻo fakamavaheʻi mei he ʻao ʻo e ʻEikí pea mei he lāngilangi ʻo hono mālohí, 10 ʻi he haʻu ʻa e ʻEikí ke fakalāngilangiʻi ia fakataha mo hono fanga tokoua māʻoniʻoní, ko e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku tui kiate iá te nau ofoofo ʻiate ia. Pea koeʻuhi naʻa mou tui ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻa mau tala atu kiate kimoutolú, te mou ʻi honau lotolotongá foki.
11 Ki he taumuʻa ko iá ʻoku mau lotu maʻu pē maʻamoutolu, ke lau kimoutolu ʻe hotau ʻOtuá ʻoku mou taau mo ʻene uí+ pea ke fakahoko kakato ʻaki hono mālohí ʻa e meʻa lelei kotoa ʻokú ne finangalo ki aí pea mo e ngāue kotoa ʻo e tuí. 12 ʻOku hoko iá koeʻuhi ke hoko ai ʻa e huafa ʻo hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsuú ʻo fakalāngilangiʻi ʻiate kimoutolu pea ke fakalāngilangiʻi ai kimoutolu ʻi he fāʻūtaha mo iá, ʻo fakatatau ki he ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa hotau ʻOtuá pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.