2 Thesalonika
2 Nanyana kunjalo, bafowethu, malungana nokuba khona kweKosethu uJesu Krestu nokubuthelwa kwethu ndawonye kuye, siyanibawa 2 bona ningasikinywa msinyana emkhumbulwenenu namkha nithuswe mlayezo obonakala ngasuthi uvela kuZimu namkha mlayezo okhulunywe ngomlomo namkha yincwadi ebonakala ivela kithi, ethi ilanga lakaJehova lifikile.
3 Akungabi namuntu onilahlekisa* ngananyana ngiyiphi indlela, ngombana angekhe lifike ngaphandle kokuthi ukuhlubuka kufike qangi begodu umuntu onganamthetho ambulwe, indodana yokutjhatjalaliswa. 4 Uyaphikisa begodu uziphakamisa ukudlula nanyana yini okuthiwa nguzimu namkha into elotjhwako,* ukuze ahlale ethempelini lakaZimu, uziveza tjhatjhalazi bona unguzimu. 5 Anikhumbuli na ukuthi nangisesenani, bengihlala nginitjela ngezintwezi?
6 Nje niyazi ukuthi khuyini okumliyako, ukuze ambulwe ngesikhathi sakhe esifaneleko. 7 Eqinisweni, ifihlo yokungabi namthethokhu sele isebenza, kodwana kwaphela bekube kulapho loyo oliyako okwanje asukile endleleni. 8 Nje-ke, eqinisweni, loyo onganamthetho uzokwambulwa, loyo iKosi uJesu ezomsusa ngommoya womlomo wayo begodu imtjhabalalise ngokubonakaliswa kokuba khona kwayo. 9 Kodwana ukuba khona kwaloyo onganamthetho kungokusebenza kwakaSathana ngayo yoke imisebenzi yamandla neembonakaliso zamala neemangaliso, 10 nakho koke ukukhohlisa okungakalungi kilabo abatjhabalalako, njengesijeziso ngombana akhenge bamukele ithando leqiniso ukuze basindiswe. 11 Kungebangelo uZimu abavumela bona bakhohliswe yifundiso yamala ukuze bakholwe amezwi wamala, 12 ukuze boke bahlulelwe ngombana akhenge bakholwe iqiniso kodwana bathatjiswe kukungalungi.
13 Nanyana kunjalo, sikatelelekile bona sithokoze uZimu qobe ngani, bafowethu abathandwa nguJehova, ngombana kusukela ekuthomeni uZimu wanikhethela isindiso ngokunicwengisa ngommoyakhe nangokukholelwa kwenu eqinisweni. 14 Unibizele kilokhu ngeendaba ezimnandi esizimemezelako, ukuze nifumane iphazimulo yeKosethu uJesu Krestu. 15 Nje-ke, bafowethu, dzimelelani, nihlale nibambelele ezintweni enazifundiswako, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bekungomlayezo okhulunywa ngomlomo namkha ngencwadi evela kithi. 16 Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwangathi iKosethu uJesu Krestu ngokwayo noZimu uBabethu, owasithanda, wasinikela nenduduzo engapheliko nethemba elihle ngomusa omkhulu, 17 angaduduza iinhliziyo zenu begodu anenze niqine kizo zoke izenzo namezwi amahle.