Eyesibili KwabaseThesalonika 2:1-17
2 Kodwa mayelana lokuba khona kweNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu+ lokuqoqelwa kwethu kuyo,+ siyalicela bafowethu
2 ukuthi lingaphangi liphithane ingqondo futhi lingethuswa ngamazwi eliwazwayo kuthiwa usuku lukaJehova*+ selufikile, lanxa amazwi lawo efika kini ngelizwi eliphefumulelweyo*+ kumbe ngombiko okhulunyiweyo loba ngencwadi ekhanya angathi ivela kithi.
3 Lingavumeli muntu eliphambukisa* ngaloba yiphi indlela ngoba usuku lolu alusoze lufike kungaqalanga kwaba lokuhlamuka+ njalo kwavezwa lomuntu ongelamthetho,+ oyindodana yokubhujiswa.+
4 Yena ungumphikisi futhi uyaziphakamisa phezu kwabo bonke okuthiwa ngonkulunkulu kumbe phezu kwezinto zonke ezikhonzwayo, aze ahlale phansi ethempelini likaNkulunkulu ezenza unkulunkulu efuna ukubonwa ngabantu.
5 Alikhumbuli yini ukuthi ngiseselani ngangijayele ukulitshela izinto lezi?
6 Khathesi-ke selikwazi ukuthi kuyini okuvimbelayo okuzakwenza ukuthi avezwe ngesikhathi sakhe esifaneleyo.
7 Lanxa ukungabi lamthetho lokhu okufihlakeleyo sekusebenza,+ kuzahlala kufihlakele kuze kusuke lowo ovimbelayo khathesi.
8 Ngemva kwalokho, ongelamthetho uzavezwa sibili, lowo iNkosi uJesu ezamsusa ngamandla omlomo* wayo+ ibisimqeda ngokubonakaliswa+ kokuba khona kwayo.
9 Kodwa ukuba khona kwalowo ongelamthetho kungumsebenzi kaSathane,+ omupha amandla okwenza zonke izimanga lezimangaliso lezibonakaliso zamanga,+
10 lamandla okusebenzisa konke okungalunganga ukuze aqile+ abazatshabalala bejeziselwa ukuthi abalamukelanga futhi abalithandanga iqiniso elalizabenza basindiswe.
11 Yikho uNkulunkulu ebavumela ukuthi baqilwe ngemfundiso yamanga ukuze bakholwe amanga,+
12 besebesahlulelwa bonke ngoba abalikholwanga iqiniso, kodwa babethokoziswa ngokungalunganga.
13 Lanxa kunjalo, thina kufanele sihlale sibonga uNkulunkulu ngenxa yenu lina bafowethu abathandwa nguJehova,* ngoba kusukela ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu walikhetha+ ukuthi lisindiswe ngokulingcwelisa+ ngomoya wakhe langokukholwa kwenu iqiniso.
14 Walibizela kulokhu ngezindaba ezinhle esizitshumayelayo ukuze lithole inkazimulo yeNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu.+
15 Ngakho-ke bafowethu, manini liqine,+ lihlale libambelele ezintweni elazifundiswayo+ kungelani lokuthi lazizwa ngelizwi elakhulunywayo kumbe ngencwadi eyavela kithi.
16 Phezu kwalokho sengathi iNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu loNkulunkulu uBaba wethu owasithandayo+ wasipha induduzo engapheliyo lethemba elihle+ ngomusa wakhe omkhulu,
17 bangaduduza inhliziyo zenu baliqinise ukuze lenze konke okuhle futhi likhulume okuhle.
Amabala angaphansi
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
^ Kumbe, “ngomoya.” Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala ebaleni elithi, “Umoya.”
^ Kumbe, “elihuga.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ngomoya womlomo.”
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
