1 KwabaseThesalonikha 1

₁UPawula, uSilvanu, noThimothewu kulo ibandla laseThesalonikha elikuNkulunkulu uBaba, naseNkosini uJesu Khristu: makube kini umusa nokuthula.

₂Simbonga njalo uNkulunkulu ngani nonke, sinikhulekela singaphezi emikhulekweni yethu, ₃sikhumbula umsebenzi wenu wokukholwa, umshikashika wothando, nethemba lenu eliqinileyo eNkosini yethu uJesu Khristu phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu. ₄Siyazi ukukhethwa kwenu nguNkulunkulu, bazalwane abathandiweyo, ₅ngokuba ivangeli lethu alifikanga ngamazwi nje kuphela, kodwa ngamandla, nangoMoya oNgcwele, nangokwethemba okukhulu, njengokuba nazi ukuthi saba ngabantu abanjani phakathi kwenu, ngenxa yenu. ₆Nani naba ngabalingisa thina neNkosi, ngokuba nanxa nahlushwa kanzima, kodwa nalemukela izwi ngenjabulo evela kuMoya oNgcwele, ₇ngangoba naba yisibonelo kubo bonke abakholwayo abaseMakhedoniya nase-Akhaya. ₈Ngokuba izwi leNkosi lizwakele livela kini, hhayi nje kuphela eMakhedoniya nase-Akhaya, kodwa ezindaweni zonke lapho bezwe khona ngokukholwa kwenu kuNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke akusadingeki ukuba sikhulume ngakho. ₉Ngokuba bona luqobo babika ngathi ukuthi nasemukela kanjani, nokuthi naphendukela kanjani kuNkulunkulu nashiya izithombe, ukuze nikhonze uNkulunkulu ophilayo noweqiniso; ₁₀nilindele iNdodana yakhe ivela ezulwini, ayivusa kwabafileyo, enguJesu, osihlengayo olakeni oluzayo.