Yokuthoma KwebeThesalonika

3 Nje-ke kwathi nasingasakghoni ukukghodlhelela ukunihlulukela, sabona kungcono bona sisale sodwa e-Athene;+ 2 sathumela uThimothi,+ umfowethu osisebenzi sakaZimu* seendaba ezimnandi ezimalungana noKrestu bona aniqinise bekaniduduze ekukholweni kwenu 3 ukuthi kungabi namunye ozokusikinywa matshwenyeko la. Ngombana nina ngokwenu niyazi ukuthi angekhe sakubalekela ukutlhagiswa zizinto ezinjalo.+ 4 Lokha sisesenani, besinitjela kusesengaphambili ukuthi sizokutlhagiswa matshwenyeko, ngilokho-ke okwenzekileko njengombana nazi.+ 5 Kungakho, kwathi nangingasakghoni ukukukghodlhelelela, ngathumela uThimothi kini bona ngizwe ngokuthembeka kwenu+ ukuthi kungenzeka na ngendlela ethileko uMlingi+ unilingile begodu umsebenzethu sele uphenduke ilize.

6 Kodwana uThimothi uqeda ukufika ubuya kini+ begodu usibikele iindaba ezimnandi ngokuthembeka nethando lenu bona nihlala nisikhumbula ngethando nokuthi nisihlulukele ngendlela esinihlulukele ngayo. 7 Kungakho bafowethu, kikho koke ukutlhuwa nesizi lethu, siduduzekile ngebanga lenu nokuthembeka enikutjengisako.+ 8 Ngombana siyavuseleleka* nanidzimelele eKosini. 9 Alo-ke singakutjengisa njani ukuthokoza kwethu kuZimu malungana nani ngebanga lethabo elikhulu esilizwako phambi kwakaZimethu ngebanga lenu? 10 Ubusuku nemini sirabhela ngokuzimisela ngendlela esingakghona ngayo ukuthi sinibone ubuso nobuso bona siniphe lokho enitlhayela ngakho ekukholweni kwenu.+

11 Nje-ke kwanga uZimu uBabethu neKosethu uJesu Krestu angasenzela indlela yokuza kini. 12 Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwanga iKosi inganenza nande, iye, niphuphume ekuthandaneni+ nekuthandeni boke njengombana nathi sinithanda 13 bona yenze iinhliziyo zenu ziqine, zibe msulwa ekucwengekeni phambi kwakaZimu+ uBabethu, ekubeni khona kweKosethu uJesu+ nabo boke abacwengileko bakhe.