INCWA­DI YE­SI­BI­LI KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE­THE­SA­LO­NI­KA

UPa­wu­li uya­ba­bi­nge­le­la. Uya­bo­nga ngo­ku­thu­thu­ka kwa­bo eva­nge­li­ni

1UPa­wu­lia lo­Si­li­va­nu lo­Ti­mo­thi ku­ba­ndla la­be­The­sa­lo­ni­ka eli­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu le­Nko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stu:

2 Umu­sa ka­wu­be ki­ni lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu le­Nko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stu.

3 Si­me­leb uku­mbo­ngac uNku­lu­nku­lu nja­lo­nja­lo nga­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne, nje­ngo­ba ku­fa­ne­le, ngo­ba ukho­lod lwe­nu lu­ya­nda ngo­ku­nge­la­ku­li­nga­ni­swa, lo­tha­ndoe lwa­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu lo­nke lu­ye­nge­ze­le­le­ka ko­mu­nye lo­mu­nye;

4 nga­kho thi­na ngo­kwe­thu si­ya­zi­nco­maf nga­ni ema­ba­ndle­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug nge­nxa yo­ku­be­ke­ze­lah kwe­nu lo­kho­loi pha­ka­thi ko­ku­zi­nge­lwa kwe­nu ko­nke le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko eli­be­ke­ze­la ku­zoj;

5 oku­yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­sok so­kwa­hlu­le­lwa oku­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­ze ku­thi­we li­nga­ba­fa­ne­le umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul, la­ni eli­wu­hlu­phe­ke­la­yom;

6 nje­ngo­ba ku­yi­nto elu­ngi­le­yo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi abu­yi­se­le uku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­ba­li­hlu­pha­yon,

7 nja­lo ki­ni eli­hlu­phe­ka­yoo, uku­phu­mu­la ka­nye la­thip, ekwe­mbu­lwe­ni kwe­Nko­si uJe­suqr eve­la ezu­lwi­ni le­ngi­lo­sis za­ma­ndla akhe,

8 ema­la­nga­bi­ni omli­lot, ese­nza impi­ndi­se­lou kwa­ba­nga­ma­zi­yo uNku­lu­nku­luv, la­kwa­ba­nga­la­le­liw iva­nge­li le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu;

9 aba­za­hlu­phe­ka nge­si­je­zi­sox so­ku­bhu­ji­swa oku­la­pha­ka­dey, ba­su­swe ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­siz le­nka­zi­mu­lwe­ni ya­ma­ndla akhea,

10 mhla efi­kab uku­thi adu­nyi­swe ku­ba­ngcwe­le ba­khec, nja­lo aba­tsha­zwe eku­bo bo­nke aba­kho­lwa­yo (ngo­ba ubu­fa­ka­zid be­thu ba­kho­le­kae pha­ka­thi kwe­nu) nga­lo­lo­su­kuf.

11 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho si­hla­la si­li­khu­le­ke­la la­ni, uku­ze uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ali­bo­ne1 li­nga­ba­fa­ne­leg ubi­zo, lo­ku­ze aphe­le­li­se yo­nke inta­ndo enhleh yo­bu­hle ba­khei lo­mse­be­nzi wo­kho­lo nga­ma­ndlaj;

12 uku­ze ibi­zo le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu li­du­nyi­swek ki­ni, la­ni ku­ye, nje­ngo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu lo­we­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu.

Uku­fi­ka kwe­Nko­si lo­ku­fi­ka ku­ka­Nge­la­mthe­tho

2Si­ya­li­nce­nga-ke, ba­za­lwa­ne, ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­fi­kaa kwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, lo­ku­bu­tha­nab kwe­thu ku­yo,

2 uku­thi li­nga­pha­ngi­si li­qhu­qhi­swe engqo­ndwe­ni, ku­mbe le­thu­swec, lo­ba ngu­mo­yad, lo­ba yi­li­zwie, lo­ba yi­ncwa­dif ngo­ku­nga­thi ive­la ki­thi, ngo­ku­nga­thi usu­ku lu­ka­Kri­stu se­lu­fi­ki­leg.

3 Ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntuh oli­kho­hli­sa­yo la­nga­yi­phi indle­la; ngo­ba alu­yi­ku­fi­ka nga­pha­ndlei ko­ku­thi uku­hlu­bu­ka ku­fi­ke ku­qa­la, lo­mu­ntu we­so­no embu­lwej, indo­da­na yo­ku­bhu­ji­swak,

4 eme­la­na izi­khu­khu­me­zel phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke oku­thi­wa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lum lo­ba yi­nto ekho­nzwa­yon, ize ihla­le ethe­mpe­li­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, izi­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

5 Ka­li­khu­mbu­li yi­nio uku­thi ngi­se­se­la­ni nga­li­tshe­la le­zi­zi­nto?

6 Se­li­kwa­zi kha­the­si oku­vi­mbe­la­yop1, uku­ze embu­lwe nge­sa­khe isi­kha­thi.

7 Ngo­ba imfi­hloq yo­ku­nga­bi lo­mthe­thor isa­se­be­nza; ku­phe­la ku­kho­na ovi­mbe­la­yos okwa­le­si­si­kha­thi, aze asu­swe pha­ka­thi,

8 kho­na-ke eza­kwe­mbu­lwa oNge­la­mthe­thotu, iNko­si eza­mqe­dav ngo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la ko­mlo­mo wa­yow, izambhu­bhi­sa ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­lax ko­ku­fi­ka kwa­yoy;

9 lo­wo oku­fi­ka kwa­khe ku­nje­ngo­ku­se­be­nzaz ku­ka­Sa­tha­nea ema­ndle­ni wo­nkeb le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­swe­nic le­zi­ma­nga­li­swe­ni za­ma­ngad,

10 le­nko­hli­swe­ni yo­nke yo­ku­nga­lu­ngie ku­la­bo aba­bhu­bha­yof, ngo­ba ka­be­mu­ke­la­nga utha­ndog lwe­qi­ni­soh uku­ze ba­si­ndi­swe.

11 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu-ke uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ba­thu­me­ze­la ama­ndla enko­hli­soi, uku­ze ba­kho­lwe ama­ngaj;

12 uku­ze ba­la­hlwe bo­nke aba­nga­kho­lwa­ngak iqi­ni­sol, ko­dwa ba­tho­ko­zam ku­kho uku­nga­lu­ngin.

Uku­bo­nga lo­ku­nxu­sa ku­ka­Pa­wu­li

13 Ko­dwa thi­na si­me­leo uku­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu nja­lo­nja­lo nga­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne aba­tha­ndwa be­Nko­sip, uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­li­khe­the­la usi­ndi­so ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­niq, eku­ngcwe­li­swe­ni ko­Mo­yar, lo­kho­lo lwe­qi­ni­so;

14 owa­li­bi­ze­las ku­lo­khu nge­va­nge­li le­thu, eku­zu­ze­nit inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuu.

15 Nga­kho-ke, ba­za­lwa­ne, ma­ni­ni li­qi­nev, li­ba­mbe­le­le ezi­mfu­ndi­swe­niw ela­zi­fu­ndi­swa­yo, lo­ba nge­li­zwix, ku­mbe nge­ncwa­di ye­thuy.

16 Ka­ku­thi-ke iNko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuz uqo­bo, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lua, ngi­tsho uBa­ba we­thu owa­si­tha­nda­yob, lo­wasi­ni­ka indu­du­zoc ela­pha­ka­de le­the­mba eli­hled ngo­mu­sa,

17 adu­du­ze inhli­zi­yo ze­nue, ali­qi­ni­sef ema­zwi­ni le­mi­se­be­nzi­ni yo­nke emi­hleg.

Izi­ce­lo le­zi­fi­so le­ze­lu­le­ko zi­ka­Pa­wu­li

3Elo­ku­ci­naa, ba­za­lwa­ne, si­khu­le­ke­le­nib, uku­ze ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­gi­ji­mec, li­du­nyi­swe, nje­nga­lo­khu kwa­ba nja­lo la­ki­ni,

2 lo­ku­thi si­khu­lu­lwed eba­ntwi­ni aba­nga­qo­nda­nga la­ba­bi; ngo­ba ukho­lo ka­yi­si­lo lwa­bo bo­nkee.

3 Ko­dwa iNko­si ithe­mbe­ki­lef, eza­li­qi­ni­sag ili­vi­ke­leh ko­mu­bii.

4 Si­le­the­mba-ke eNko­si­nij nga­ni, uku­thi izi­nto esi­li­la­ya zo­na, la­ni li­ya­ze­nza nja­lo li­za­ze­nza.

5 Ko­dwa iNko­si se­nga­thi inga­qo­ndi­sa inhli­zi­yo ze­nuk etha­ndwe­ni lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­ku­be­ke­ze­le­ni ku­ka­Kri­stu.

6 Si­ya­li­la­ya-ke, ba­za­lwa­ne, ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stul, uku­thim li­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sen la­ye wo­nke umza­lwa­neo oha­mba ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­ngap, nja­lo ku­nge­nje­ngo­mla­yoq ela­we­mu­ke­la ki­thi.

7 Ngo­ba li­ya­zi ngo­kwe­nu uku­thi li­fa­ne­le li­si­li­ngi­se nja­nir; ngo­ba ka­si­ha­mba­ngas ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­ngat pha­ka­thi kwe­nu,

8 nja­lo ka­si­dla­nga ku­dla ko­mu­ntu nge­si­hle, ko­dwa eku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­niu le­ku­se­be­nze­ni nzi­mav, ubu­su­ku le­mi­niw si­se­be­nza, uku­ze si­nga­bi ngu­mthwa­lo la­ko­mu­nye we­nux;

9 ku­nge­si­ku­thi sa­si­nge­la­lu­nge­loy, ko­dwa uku­ze si­zi­ni­ke­le ki­ni nje­nge­si­bo­ne­loz so­ku­si­li­ngi­se­laa.

10 Ngo­ba la­la­pho si­la­ni, sa­li­la­ya lo­khu uku­thi: Uba umu­ntu enga­fu­ni uku­se­be­nzab, aku­me­la­nga adle.

11 Ngo­ba si­zwa uku­thi aba­nye pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ba­ha­mba­ha­mba ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­ngac, ka­ba­se­be­nzi lu­thod, ko­dwa be­se­nza izi­nto ezi­nge­la­mse­be­nzie.

12 Aba­nja­lo-ke si­ya­ba­la­ya si­ba­khu­tha­ze nge­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, uku­ze ba­se­be­nzef ngo­ku­thu­lag ba­dle okwa­bo uku­dla.

13 La­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne, li­nga­di­nwah1 yi­kwe­nza oku­hle.

14 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu enga­la­le­li ili­zwi le­thu nge­ncwa­dii, mqa­phe­li­se­ni2 lo­wo, nja­lo li­nga­hla­nga­ni la­yej, uku­ze abe le­nhlo­nik;

15 nja­lo li­ngampha­thi nje­nge­si­thal, ko­dwa me­lu­le­ke­ni nje­ngo­mza­lwa­nem.

16 Se­nga­thi-ke iNko­si yo­ku­thu­lan uqo­bo inga­li­ni­ka uku­thu­la nge­si­kha­thi so­nke nge­ndle­la zo­nke. INko­si ka­yi­be la­ni lo­nke.

Isi­ci­no

17 Isi­bi­nge­le­loo nge­sa­mi isa­ndla esi­ka­Pa­wu­li, oku­lu­pha­wu ku­yo yo­nke incwa­di; ngi­bha­la ngo­ku­nja­lo.

18 Umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be la­ni lo­nkep. Ame­ni.