INCWA­DI YO­KU­QA­LA KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE­THE­SA­LO­NI­KA

UPa­wu­li uya­ba­bi­nge­le­la. Uya­bo­nga ngo­kho­lo lwa­bo

1UPa­wu­lia lo­Si­li­va­nub lo­Ti­mo­thic, ku­ba­ndla la­be­The­sa­lo­ni­kad ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba, le­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu: Umu­sa ka­wu­be ki­ni lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu, le­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stue.

2 Si­bo­ngaf uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke nga­ni lo­nke, si­li­pha­tha emi­khu­le­kwe­ni ye­thug,

3 si­khu­mbu­la ngo­ku­nga­phe­zih ise­nzo se­nui so­kho­loj, lo­mse­be­nzi onzi­mak wo­tha­ndol, lo­ku­qi­na kwe­the­mbam eNko­si­ni ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­Ba­ba we­thun;

4 si­sa­zi, ba­za­lwa­ne aba­tha­ndi­we­yoo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­khe­thwa kwe­nup;

5 ngo­ba iva­nge­li le­thu ka­li­fi­ka­nga ki­ni nge­li­zwiq ku­phe­la, ko­dwa la­nga­ma­ndlar, la­ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lest, la­ngo­ku­qi­ni­swa oku­khu­luu, nje­ngo­ba li­sa­ziv uku­thi sa­si­nja­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nu nge­nxa ye­nu.

6 La­ni la­ba nga­ba­li­ngi­siw be­thu la­be­Nko­si, se­li­le­mu­ke­le ili­zwi eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni oku­khu­lux li­le­nto­ko­zoyz ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lea,

7 la­ze la­ba yi­zi­bo­ne­lob ku­bo bo­nke aba­kho­lwa­yo eMa­ke­do­ni­yac leA­ka­yad.

8 Ngo­ba ki­ni kwe­zwa­ka­lae ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ku­nge­yi­si­kho eMa­ke­do­ni­yaf leA­ka­yag ku­phe­la, ko­dwa ukho­lo lwe­nu ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu lwa­phu­me­la la­ku­yo yo­nke inda­woh, oko­ku­thi kwa­ku­nga­sa­di­nge­ki uku­thi si­khu­lu­me ulu­tho.

9 Ngo­ba bo­na uqo­bo lwa­bo ba­la­ndi­sa nga­thi uku­thi sa­ba lo­ku­nge­nai oku­nja­ni ki­ni, lo­ku­thi la­phe­ndu­ke­laj nja­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­ve­la ezi­tho­mbe­nik, uku­thi li­kho­nze uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yol lo­we­qi­ni­som,

10 li­li­nde­len iNdo­da­na ya­kheo ive­la ema­zu­lwi­nip, ayi­vu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yoq, uJe­su osi­hla­ngu­lar ela­ke­ni olu­za­yos.

UPa­wu­li uba­khu­mbu­za ngo­mse­be­nzi wa­khe pha­ka­thi kwa­bo

2Ngo­ba li­ya­zi li­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­nge­naa kwe­thu ki­ni, uku­thi ka­ku­ba­nga yi­ze;

2 ko­dwa la­nxa sa­si­hlu­phe­ki­le ku­qa­la sa­pha­thwa ku­bib, nje­ngo­ba li­sa­zi, eFi­li­phic, sa­ba le­si­bi­ndid ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu so­ku­khu­lu­ma ki­nie iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­thi ko­ku­lwa oku­khu­luf.

3 Ngo­ba inku­tha­zog ye­thu ya­yi­nga­yi­si­yo yo­ku­du­hah nja­lo inga­ve­li eku­ngco­le­nii, nja­lo inge­ngo­bu­gqi­lij;

4 ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba si­vu­nywe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luk uku­thi si­pha­thi­swe iva­nge­lil, si­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­nja­lo, ku­nge­nje­ngo­ku­tho­ko­zi­sa aba­ntum, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ohlo­la inhli­zi­yo ze­thun.

5 Ngo­ba ka­si­za­nge si­ze nga­ma­zwi aye­nga­yoo, nje­ngo­ba li­sa­zi, fu­thi ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­ku­fi­hlap ubu­hwa­baq; uNku­lu­nku­lu ungu­mfa­ka­zir;

6 si­nga­di­ngi udu­mo eba­ntwi­nis, fu­thi olu­nga­ve­li ki­ni ku­mbe kwa­ba­nye, lo­ba sa­si­nga­bat ngu­mthwa­lou1 nje­nga­ba­pho­sto­li ba­ka­Kri­stuv,

7 ko­dwa sa­ba mne­new pha­ka­thi kwe­nu nje­ngo­mdle­za­nex esi­nga­tha aba­khe aba­ntwa­na.

8 Nje­ngo­ba be­si­li­tha­nda ka­nga­ka, sa­tho­ko­za uku­li­ni­ka ku­nge­yi­si­lo iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­phe­la, ko­dwa le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­thu uqo­boy, ngo­ba la­se­li­nga­ba­tha­nde­ka­yo ki­thi.

9 Ngo­ba li­ya­khu­mbu­la, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­tshi­ka­tshi­ka lo­ku­lwi­sa kwe­thuz; ngo­ba ubu­su­ku le­mi­ni si­se­be­nzaab uku­ze si­nga­bi ngu­mthwa­loc la­ko­mu­nye we­nu, si­li­tshu­ma­ye­za iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

10 Li­na li­nga­ba­fa­ka­zid, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lue, uku­thi sa­si­ngcwe­le nja­nifg nja­lo si­lu­ngi­leh fu­thi si­nga­so­le­kii ki­ni eli­kho­lwa­yo;

11 nje­ngo­ba-ke li­sa­zi uku­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu, nje­ngo­yi­se kwa­ba­khe aba­ntwa­na, sa­li­khu­tha­za nja­ni sali­du­du­zajk sa­fa­ka­za

12 uku­thi li­ha­mbel ngo­ku­fa­ne­le uNku­lu­nku­lu oli­bi­ze­lam embu­swe­ni le­bu­kho­si­ni ba­khen.

UPa­wu­li ula­ndi­sa nge­nhlu­phe­ko za­bo

13 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu nja­lo thi­na ka­si­ye­ke­lio uku­mbo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu, uku­thi se­le­mu­ke­le ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ela­li­zwa ki­thip, le­mu­ke­la ku­nge­yi­si­lo ili­zwi la­ba­ntuq, ko­dwa li­nje­nge­qi­ni­so ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ose­be­nza la­ki­ni eli­kho­lwa­yo.

14 Ngo­ba li­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, la­ba nga­ba­li­ngi­se­lir ba­ma­ba­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus ase­Ju­di­ya ku­Kri­stu Je­su; ngo­ba la­ni la­hlu­phe­kat le­zi­zi­nto kwa­be­si­zwe sa­ki­ni uqo­bo, nje­ngo­ba la­wo ku­ma­Ju­dau,

15 abu­la­la le­Nko­si uJe­suv la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­wo uqo­bow, asi­zi­nge­la2 la­thi, ka­wa­mtho­ko­zi­si uNku­lu­nku­lux, ame­la­na la­ba­ntu bo­nkey,

16 esi­vi­mbe­laz uku­tshu­ma­ye­za abe­zi­zwe uku­ze ba­si­ndi­swe, uku­ze agcwa­li­se izo­no za­wo nja­lo­nja­loa; ko­dwa ula­kab se­lwe­hle­le phe­zu kwa­woc ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni.

Utha­ndo lu­ka­Pa­wu­li kwa­be­The­sa­lo­ni­ka

17 Ko­dwa thi­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, lo­khu se­hlu­ka­ni­swe la­nid okwe­si­kha­tsha­nae, ngo­bu­sof, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo, sa­za­ma ka­khu­lu­ka­zi uku­thi si­bo­neg ubu­so be­nu ngo­ku­la­nga­tha oku­khu­lu.

18 Nga­kho be­si­fi­sa uku­fi­ka ki­ni, ika­khu­lu mi­na Pa­wu­li, la­ka­nye lo­ku­phi­nda, ko­dwa uSa­tha­neh wa­si­vi­mbe­lai;

19 ngo­ba li­yi­ni ithe­mba le­thu, ku­mbe into­ko­zoj, ku­mbe umqhe­lek wo­ku­zi­nco­mal? Angi­thi yi­ni fu­thi, pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­yo?m

20 Ngo­ba li­na li­lu­du­mo le­nto­ko­zo ye­thu.

UPa­wu­li wa­thu­ma uTi­mo­thi ku­bo

3Kwa­thi-ke si­nga­se­la­ku­be­ke­ze­laab, sa­thi ku­hle uku­thi si­tshi­ywe so­dwa eA­te­nec,

2 sa­se­si­thu­ma uTi­mo­thide umza­lwa­ne we­thuf le­si­kho­nzi si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­si­se­be­nzigh ka­nye la­thi eva­nge­li­ni li­ka­Kri­stu, uku­ze ali­qi­ni­sei lo­ku­thi ali­khu­tha­ze ngo­kho­lo lwe­nuj,

3 uku­ze ku­nga­nyi­ki­nywa la­mu­nye ku­le­zi­zi­nhlu­phe­ko; ngo­ba li­ya­zi li­na uku­thi si­mi­se­lwe lo­khuk.

4 Ngo­ba la­thi si­se­la­ni, sa­li­tshe­la nga­pha­mbi­li uku­thi se­si­za­hlu­phe­kal, nje­ngo­ba fu­thi kwe­nze­kam, la­ni li­yakwa­zi.

5 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu fu­thi ngi­nga­se­la­ku­be­ke­ze­lan, nga­thu­me­la uku­thi nga­zi ukho­lo lwe­nu, hle­zi mhla­wu­mbe umli­ngio uli­li­ngi­lep, lo­ku­thi umtshi­ka­tshi­ka we­thu ube yi­zeq.

UPa­wu­li uya­tho­ko­za, uya­ba­khu­le­ke­la

6 Ko­dwa kha­the­si uTi­mo­thir use­fi­ki­le ki­thi eve­la ki­ni, usi­bi­ke­le inda­ba ezi­nhle zo­kho­los lo­tha­ndo lwe­nu, lo­ku­thi li­hla­la li­lo­mkhu­mbu­lo omu­hlet nga­thi, li­fi­sa ka­khu­luu uku­si­bo­na, nje­ngo­ba-ke la­thi li­nav;

7 nge­nxa ya­lo­khu sa­du­du­ze­kawx, ba­za­lwa­ne, nga­ni, ku­kho ko­nke uku­hlu­phe­ka lo­si­zi lwe­thuy ngo­kho­lo lwe­nu;

8 ngo­ba kha­the­si si­ya­phi­laz, uba li­na li­mi li­qi­ni­lea eNko­si­ni.

9 Ngo­ba si­bo­ngo­ba­nib esi­nge­na­ni­sa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­ni, nge­nto­ko­zo yo­nke esi­tho­ko­za nga­yo nge­nxa ye­nu pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu?

10 Ebu­su­ku le­mi­nic si­ya­khu­le­ka ka­khu­lud si­dlu­li­sa ama­la­wu­lo uku­ze si­bo­ne ubu­so be­nue, si­phe­le­li­se-kef oku­si­le­le­yo ko­kho­lo lwe­nu.

11 Nja­lo ku­nga­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uqo­bo lo­Ba­ba we­thug, le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu anga­qo­ndi­sa indle­la ye­thu ki­nih;

12 nja­lo ku­nga­thi iNko­si inga­la­ndi­sai nja­lo ile­nze le­nge­ze­le­le­ke etha­ndwe­nij omu­nye ko­mu­nye la­ku­bo bo­nkek, nje­ngo­ba si­nja­lo la­thi ki­ni,

13 uku­ze iqi­ni­se inhli­zi­yo ze­nul zi­nga­so­le­kim ebu­ngcwe­le­ni, pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­Ba­ba we­thun, eku­fi­ke­nio kwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­nye la­ba­ngcwe­le ba­khe bo­nkep.

UPa­wu­li uba­la­ya ngo­ku­ha­mba kwa­bo

4Oku­nye-kea, ba­za­lwa­ne, si­ya­li­nce­ngab1 sili­khu­tha­zac2 eNko­si­ni uJe­su, nje­nga­lo­khu la­kwe­mu­ke­lad ki­thi uku­thi ku­li­fa­ne­le nja­ni uku­ha­mbae lo­ku­mtho­ko­zi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luf, uku­ze le­nge­ze­le­le ku­kho ka­khu­lug.

2 Ngo­ba li­ya­zi uku­thi mi­la­yo ba­nih esa­li­ni­ka yo­na nge­Nko­si uJe­su.

3 Ngo­ba le yi­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, uku­ngcwe­li­swaj kwe­nu, uku­thi li­zi­thi­nte eku­phi­nge­nik;

4 uku­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu ka­kwa­zi uku­gci­nal esa­khe isi­tsham eku­ngcwe­li­se­nin le­ku­hlo­ni­phe­nio,

5 ku­nge­yi­si­kho enka­nu­kwe­nip ye­si­fi­soq, nje­nga­be­zi­zwer la­zo ezi­nga­ma­zi­yo uNku­lu­nku­lus.

6 Ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na owe­qa­yo aqi­le3 umfo­wa­bot enda­be­ni; ngo­ba iNko­si ingu­mphi­ndi­se­liu nga­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto, nje­ngo­ba la­thi sa­li­tshe­la nga­pha­mbi­li sa­fa­ka­zav.

7 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­si­bi­ze­la­ngaw ema­nya­le­nix, ko­dwa ebu­ngcwe­le­niyz.

8 Nga­kho lo­wo ode­le­la­yoa, ka­de­le­li4 mu­ntu, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­si­ni­ka fu­thi uMo­ya wa­khe oyi­Ngcwe­leb.

9 Ko­dwa ma­ye­la­na lo­tha­ndo lo­bu­za­lwa­nec ka­li­di­ngi uku­thi ngi­li­bha­le­led; ngo­ba li­na uqo­bo li­fu­ndi­si­we ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lue uku­thi li­tha­nda­nef;

10 ngo­ba la­ni le­nza lo­khu ku­bo bo­nke aba­za­lwa­neg aba­se­Ma­ke­do­ni­yah yo­nke; ko­dwa si­ya­li­khu­tha­za, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi le­nge­ze­le­le ka­khu­lui,

11 nja­lo li­khu­tha­le­lej uku­ba lo­ku­thu­lak lo­kwe­nzal okwe­num, lo­ku­se­be­nza nge­ze­nu iza­ndlan, nje­ngo­ba sa­li­la­ya;

12 uku­zeo li­ha­mbe ngo­ku­hlo­ni­tshwapq nga­ba­nga­pha­ndler, li­nga­swe­li lu­tho.

Uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo

13 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­tha­ndi uku­thi li­nga­bi la­lwa­zis, ba­za­lwa­ne, nga­la­bo aba­le­le­yot, uku­ze li­nga­da­bu­ki, nje­nga­ba­nyeu la­bo aba­nge­la­the­mbav.

14 Ngo­ba uba si­kho­lwa uku­thi uJe­su wa­fa wa­vu­kaw, ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke la­bo aba­le­le ku­Je­suxy, uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ba­le­tha ka­nye la­ye.

15 Ngo­ba lo­khu si­ku­tsho ki­ni nge­li­zwi le­Nko­siz, uku­thi thi­na esi­phi­la­yoa esi­tshi­ywe ku­ze ku­be se­ku­fi­ke­ni kwe­Nko­sib, isi­bi­li ka­si­yi­ku­ba­qa­le­lac la­bo ase­be­le­led;

16 ngo­ba iNko­si uqo­boe iza­kwe­hla ive­la ezu­lwi­nif nge­si­me­me­ze­lo so­ku­la­wu­la, nge­li­zwi le­ngi­lo­si eyi­ndu­nag, la­ngoku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, la­ba­fi­le­yo ku­Kri­stu ba­za­vu­ka ku­qa­lai;

17 ku­la­nde­le thi­na esi­phi­la­yo esi­tshi­yi­we­yoj, si­za­hlu­thu­ne­lwak ka­nye la­bo ema­ye­zi­nil si­ye­hla­nga­be­za iNko­si emo­ye­ni; ngo­ku­nja­lo be­se­si­hla­la le­Nko­si nja­lo­nja­lom.

18 Nga­kho du­du­za­na­nin nga­la­ma­zwi.

Uku­fi­ka kwe­Nko­si

5Ko­dwa nge­zi­kha­thi la­nge­mi­zu­zua, ba­za­lwa­ne, ka­li­swe­li uku­thi li­bha­le­lweb,

2 ngo­ba li­na uqo­bo li­ya­zi ku­hle ka­khu­lu uku­thi usu­ku lwe­Nko­sic lu­za­fi­ka ngo­ku­nja­lo nje­nge­se­la ebu­su­kud;

3 ngo­ba nxa be­si­thie: Uku­thu­la lo­ku­hla­la ku­hle, kho­na uku­bhu­ji­swa oku­ju­ma­yofg ku­za­be­hle­la, nje­ngo­mhe­lo ko­we­si­fa­za­na okhu­le­lwe­yoh, nja­lo ka­ba­so­ze ba­phu­nyu­ke.

4 Ko­dwa li­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, ka­li­kho emnya­me­nii, uku­ze lo­lo­su­kuj lu­li­phu­thu­me nje­nge­se­lak;

5 li­na lo­nke li­nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­kha­nya la­ba­ntwa­na be­mi­nil; ka­si­si­bo abo­bu­su­ku lo­ba abo­bu­mnya­mam;

6 nga­kho-ke asi­nga­la­lin nje­nga­ba­nye la­bo, ko­dwa asi­li­ndeo si­qo­ndep.

7 Ngo­ba aba­la­la­yo ba­la­la ebu­su­kuq; la­ba­da­kwa­yor ba­da­kwas ebu­su­kut.

8 Ko­dwa thi­na esi­nga­be­mi­niu, asi­qo­ndev, si­fa­ke isi­vi­ke­lo se­si­fu­ba so­kho­lo lo­tha­ndow, le­the­mba lo­si­ndi­so li­be li­kho­wa,

9 ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­si­mi­se­la­ngax ula­kay, ko­dwa uku­zu­za usi­ndi­soz nge­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu,

10 owa­si­fe­la­yoa, uku­ze lo­ba si­pha­phe­meb lo­ba si­le­lec, si­phi­le ka­nye la­ye.

11 Nga­kho khu­tha­za­na­nid, la­kha­nee, nje­ngo­ba la­ni li­kwe­nza.

UPa­wu­li uba­la­ya ngo­ku­pha­tha­na kwa­bo

12 Ko­dwa si­ya­li­nce­nga, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi li­ba­zi la­bo aba­se­be­nza nzi­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­nuf, la­ba­li­pha­tha­yo eNko­si­nig, la­ba­le­lu­le­ka­yoh,

13 nja­lo li­ba­hlo­ni­pha ka­khu­lu okwe­dlu­la ama­la­wu­lo etha­ndwe­ni nge­nxa yo­mse­be­nzi wa­bo. Hla­li­sa­na­ni ngo­ku­thu­lai.

14 Ko­dwa si­ya­li­khu­tha­za1, ba­za­lwa­ne, ye­lu­le­ka­ni aba­nge­la­mthe­thoj, li­du­du­ze aba­da­ni­le­yok, li­se­ke­le aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­kal, li­be­ke­ze­le­le bo­nkem.

15 Qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi ku­nga­bi kho­na ophi­ndi­se­la omu­nye oku­bi ngo­ku­bin; ko­dwa di­ngi­si­sa­ni nge­si­kha­thi so­nke oku­hleo lo­mu­nye ko­mu­nye la­ki­bo bo­nkep.

16 Tho­ko­za­ni nja­lo­nja­loqr;

17 khu­le­ka­nist li­nga­phe­ziu;

18 bo­nga­ni ku­kho ko­nkev; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­yi­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­Kri­stu Je­su nga­niw.

19 Li­nga­mci­tshi uMo­yax;

20 li­nga­de­le­li izi­pro­fe­thoy;

21 hlo­li­si­sa­ni ko­nkez; li­ba­mbe­le­le ko­ku­hle;

22 de­da­ni ku­kho ko­nke uku­bo­na­ka­la ko­bu­bia.

Isi­ci­no

23 Ku­nga­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­thu­la uqo­bob anga­le­nza li­be ngcwe­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yoc; nja­lo ku­nga­thi umo­yad we­nu wo­nke lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo lo­mzi­mbae ku­nga­lo­ndo­lo­zwaf ku­nga­so­le­kig eku­fi­ke­ni kwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuh.

24 Uthe­mbe­ki­lei ye­na oli­bi­za­yoj; la­ye ozakwe­nza lo­khu.

25 Ba­za­lwa­ne, si­khu­le­ke­le­nik.

26 Bi­nge­le­la­ni aba­za­lwa­ne bo­nke ngo­kwa­nga oku­ngcwe­lel.

27 Ngi­ya­li­fu­ngi­sa nge­Nko­si, uku­thi li­ncwa­di ifu­ndwe ku­bo bo­nke aba­za­lwa­ne aba­ngcwe­lem.

28 Umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be la­nin. Ame­ni.