ac3:10; Mark 5:5; 1 Tim 5:5; 2 Tim 1:3; Mark 4:27; Luka 2:37; Seb 20:31, 26:7; 2 Thes 3:8; Lilo 2:18; Isam 4:8
aj5:23, 3:13
1 Thessalonians 2
UPawuli ubakhumbuza ngomsebenzi wakhe phakathi kwabo
1Ngoba liyazi lina, bazalwane, ukungena a kwethu kini, ukuthi kakubanga yize; 2kodwa lanxa sasihluphekile kuqala saphathwa kubi b, njengoba lisazi, eFiliphi c, saba lesibindi d kuNkulunkulu wethu sokukhuluma kini e ivangeli likaNkulunkulu phakathi kokulwa okukhulu f. 3Ngoba inkuthazo g yethu yayingayisiyo yokuduha h njalo ingaveli ekungcoleni i, njalo ingengobuqili j; 4kodwa njengoba sivunyelwe nguNkulunkulu k ukuthi siphathiswe ivangeli l, sikhuluma ngokunjalo, kungenjengokuthokozisa abantu m, kodwa uNkulunkulu ohlola inhliziyo zethu n. 5Ngoba kasizange size ngamazwi ayengayo o, njengoba lisazi, futhi kungeyisikho ngokufihla p ubuhwaba q; uNkulunkulu ungumfakazi r; 6singadingi udumo ebantwini s, futhi olungaveli kini kumbe kwabanye, loba sasingaba t ngumthwalo u , ▼ njengabaphostoli bakaKristu w, 7kodwa saba mnene x phakathi kwenu njengomdlezane y esingatha abakhe abantwana. 8Njengoba besilithanda kangaka, sathokoza ukulinika kungeyisilo ivangeli likaNkulunkulu kuphela, kodwa lemiphefumulo yethu uqobo z, ngoba laselingabathandekayo kithi. 9Ngoba liyakhumbula, bazalwane, ukutshikatshika lokulwisa kwethu aa; ngoba ubusuku lemini sisebenza ab , ac ukuze singabi ngumthwalo ad lakomunye wenu, silitshumayeza ivangeli likaNkulunkulu. 10Lina lingabafakazi ae, loNkulunkulu af, ukuthi sasingcwele njani ag , ah njalo silungile ai futhi singasoleki aj kini elikholwayo; 11njengoba-ke lisazi ukuthi ngulowo lalowo wenu, njengoyise kwabakhe abantwana, salikhuthaza njani saliduduza ak , al safakaza 12ukuthi lihambe am ngokufanele uNkulunkulu olibizela an embusweni lebukhosini bakhe ao.UPawuli ulandisa ngenhlupheko zabo
13Ngenxa yalokhu njalo thina kasiyekeli ap ukumbonga uNkulunkulu, ukuthi selemukele ilizwi likaNkulunkulu elalizwa kithi aq, lemukela kungeyisilo ilizwi labantu ar, kodwa linjengeqiniso ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, osebenza lakini elikholwayo. 14Ngoba lina, bazalwane, laba ngabalingiseli as bamabandla kaNkulunkulu at aseJudiya kuKristu Jesu; ngoba lani lahlupheka au lezizinto kwabesizwe sakini uqobo, njengoba lawo kumaJuda av, 15abulala leNkosi uJesu aw labaprofethi bawo uqobo ax, asizingela ▼ lathi, kawamthokozisi uNkulunkulu az, amelana labantu bonke ba, 16esivimbela bb ukutshumayeza abezizwe ukuze basindiswe, ukuze agcwalise izono zawo njalonjalo bc; kodwa ulaka bd selwehlele phezu kwawo be kuze kube sekupheleni.Uthando lukaPawuli kwabeThesalonika
17Kodwa thina, bazalwane, lokhu sehlukaniswe lani bf okwesikhatshana bg, ngobuso bh, kungeyisikho ngenhliziyo, sazama kakhulukazi ukuthi sibone bi ubuso benu ngokulangatha okukhulu. 18Ngakho besifisa ukufika kini, ikakhulu mina Pawuli, lakanye lokuphinda, kodwa uSathane bj wasivimbela bk; 19ngoba liyini ithemba lethu, kumbe intokozo bl, kumbe umqhele bm wokuzincoma bn? Angithi yini futhi, phambi kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ekufikeni kwayo? bo 20Ngoba lina liludumo lentokozo yethu.
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