1 Abena Tesalonika
4 Ica kulekelesha, mwe bamunyinefwe, tulemupapaata no kumukonkomesha muli Shikulu Yesu, ukuti filya fine twamufundile pa fyo mufwile ukwenda+ no kusekesha Lesa, nge fyo mule-enda na pali nomba, ukuti mulecita ifyo fine sana.+ 2 Pantu mwalishiba amafunde+ twamupeele muli Shikulu Yesu.
3 Pantu ici e co Lesa afwaya, ukuti mube aba mushilo,+ ukuti muletaluka ku bulalelale;+ 4 ukuti onse uwa muli imwe eshibe ifya kusunga umubili+ wakwe mu mushilo+ kabili mu mucinshi, 5 te mu nsuuna+ yalubana nga filya abantu+ abashaishiba Lesa baba;+ 6 ukuti umuntu nangu umo efika ku kwikala pa nsambu sha kwa munyina no kumufyenga muli uyu mulandu,+ pantu Yehova e ukanda pali ifi fintu fyonse,+ filya twamwebele kale no kumulondolwela bwino bwino.+ 7 Pantu Lesa tatwitile pa kuti tube abakowela, lelo pa kuti tube aba mushilo.+ 8 E ico, kanshi, umuntu uusuula+ ici tasuula umuntu, lelo asuula Lesa,+ uubika umupashi+ wakwe uwa mushilo muli imwe.
9 Lelo pa kutemwa aba bwananyina,+ tamukabila ukuti tumulembele, pantu Lesa+ alamusambilisha ukutemwana;+ 10 kabili, na kuba, e fyo mucita ku ba bwananyina bonse aba mu Makedonia monse. Lelo tulemukoselesha, mwe bamunyinefwe, ukuti mutwalilile ukucishapo ukutemwana, 11 kabili mulefwaisha ukwikala tondolo+ no kubika fye amano ku fyenu+ no kuibombela ku minwe yenu,+ filya twamwebele; 12 pa kuti mule-enda bwino bwino+ mu ba ku nse+ no kukabila akantu nangu kamo iyo.+
13 Kabili, mwe bamunyinefwe, tatulefwaya imwe ukukanaishiba pa balaala+ mu mfwa; ukuti mwiba no bulanda filya bambi baba abashaba ne subilo.+ 14 Pantu nga twalitetekela ukuti Yesu alifwile no kwima kabili ku bafwa,+ ifyo fine, na balaala mu mfwa muli Yesu, Lesa akababuusha no kubaleta pamo nankwe.+ 15 Pantu ici e co tulemweba ukulingana ne cebo+ ca kwa Yehova, ukuti ifwe fwe bali aba mweo fwe bashalapo ukufika pa nshita ya kubapo kwa kwa Shikulu+ tatwakatangilile abalaala mu mfwa nakalya; 16 pantu Shikulu umwine akeka ukufuma ku muulu+ ne shiwi lyakwe ilya maka likomfwika, e kutila ishiwi lya kwa malaika mukalamba+ kabili ipenga+ lya kwa Lesa likomfwika, na bafwila muli Kristu bakabalilapo ukwima ku bafwa.+ 17 E lyo ifwe fwe ba mweo fwe bashalapo, tukolwilwa+ pamo na bo+ mu makumbi+ ku kukumanya+ Shikulu mu lwelele; kabili e fyo tukaba lyonse pamo na Shikulu.+ 18 E ico mulesansamushanya kuli aya mashiwi.