I KWABASETHESALONIKA 2

₁Ngokuba niyazi nina-bazalwane ukuthi ukungena kwethu kinina akubanga-yize.

₂Kepha noma sasihlushiwe kuqala saphathwa kabi eFilipi, njengokuba nazi, saba-nesibindi kuNkulunkulu wethu sokunishumayeza ivangeli likaNkulunkulu ngokulwa okukhulu.

₃Ngokuba ukuyala kwethu akusikho okokuduka nokokungcola nangenkohliso,

₄kepha njengokuba sivunyiwe nguNkulunkulu ukuba siphathiswe ivangeli, siyakhuluma ngokunjalo, singenzeli ukuthokozisa abantu kepha uNkulunkulu ovivinya izinhliziyo zethu.

₅Ngokuba asizange sibe-namazwi okuthopha, njengokuba nazi; asizange futhi sibe-nobuqili bokufisa, uNkulunkulu ungufakazi,

₆singafunanga nokutuswa ngabantu, nakinina nakwabanye,

₇ingani sasingaba-namandla okunisinda njengabaphostoli bakaKristu; nokho saba-mnene phakathi kwenu njengokuba umdlezane ondla abantwana bakhe.

₈Ngokunjalo lokhu besinilangazelele, sasifuna ukuninika kungesilo ivangeli likaNkulunkulu kuphela kepha nokuphila kwethu uqobo, ngokuba nase ningabathandekayo kithina.

₉Ngokuba niyakhumbula, bazalwane, ukukhandleka nokushikashikeka kwethu; sisebenza ubusuku nemini, ukuze singasindi noyedwa kinina, sanishumayeza ivangeli likaNkulunkulu.

₁₀Nina ningofakazi, naye uNkulunkulu, bokuthi sahlala kanjani phakathi kwenu nina enikholwayo ngobungcwele, nangokulunga, nangokungasoleki,

₁₁njengokuba nazi ukuthi saniphatha abanye ngabanye njengoyise ephatha abantwana bakhe,

₁₂siniyala, sinimisa isibindi, sifakazela ukuba nihambe ngokufaneleyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu onibizela embusweni nasebukhosini bakhe.

₁₃Ngalokho nathi sibonga uNkulunkulu singaphezi, ngokuba, kuthé lapho namukela izwi likaNkulunkulu enalizwa ngathi, anilamukelanga njengezwi labantu kepha njengezwi likaNkulunkulu, njengokuba liyilo isibili, elona lisebenza futhi phakathi kwenu nina enikholwayo.

₁₄Ngokuba nina-bazalwane naba-ngabalingisi bamabandla kaNkulunkulu aseJudiya akuKristu Jesu, ngokuba nani nahlushwa ngabesizwe sakini, njengalokho nawo ahlushwa ngabaJuda

₁₅ababulala neNkosi uJesu nabaprofethi, basixosha nathi, bengamthokozisi uNkulunkulu, bemelana nabantu bonke,

₁₆besivimbela ukukhuluma nabezizwe ukuba basindiswe, ukuze bagcwalise njalo izono zabo; kepha ulaka selufinyelele phezu kwabo ngokupheleleyo.

₁₇Kepha thina, bazalwane, lokhu besahlukanisiwe nani isikhashana ngobuso kungenganhliziyo, kwaba-yikhona sikhuthalela kakhulu ukubona ubuso benu ngokunxanela okukhulu.

₁₈Ngakho besithanda ukuza kinina, mina-Pawulu ngokwami kanye nakabili, kepha uSathane wasivimbela.

₁₉Ngokuba liyini ithemba lethu, nokuthokoza, nomqhele wokuzibonga phambi kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ekufikeni kwakhe, kungeyinina na?

₂₀Ngokuba nina niludumo lwethu nokuthokoza kwethu.