1 KwabaseTesalonika 5 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ukufika kweNkosi

1Ngezikhathi langemizuzu, bazalwane, kalisweli ukulotshelwa,

2ngoba lina uqobo liyazi kuhle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luzakufika njengesela ebusuku.Mat 24:43; Luka 12:39; 2 Pet 3:10

3Nxa besithi: Ukuthula lokuhlala kuhle; kung’khona ukubhujiswa kuzakubajuma njengomhelo ufikela owesifazana okhulelweyo, kabasoze baphunyuke.

4Kodwa lina, bazalwane, kalikho emnyameni, ukuze lolosuku lulifice njengesela.

5Lina lonke lingabantwana bokukhanya, abantwana bemini. Kasisibo abobusuku loba abomnyama.

6Ngakhoke asingalali njengabanye, kodwa asiphaphame, siqonde.

7Abalalayo balala ebusuku, labadakwayo badakwa ebusuku;

8kodwa thina esingabemini asiqonde, sifake isivikelo sesifuba sokukholwa lothando, ithemba lokusiliswa libe yingowane yethu.Isa 59:17; Efe 6:13–17

9Ngoba uNkulunkulu kasimiselanga ulaka, kodwa usimisele ukuba sizuze ukusiliswa ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu,

10owasifelayo ukuba, loba siphapheme loba silele, sihlale kanye laye.

11Ngakhoke vuselanani, lakhane, njengoba futhi likwenza.

UPawuli ubalaya ngokuphathana kwabo

12Kodwa siyalincenga, bazalwane, ukuba libahloniphe labo abasebenza phakathi kwenu, abaliphetheyo eNkosini, labalelulekayo,

13libazise kakhulu ngothando ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo. Hlalani ngokuthula.

14Siyalilaya, bazalwane, ukuba leluleke abavilaphayo, liqinise abadanileyo, lisize ababuthakathaka, libabekezelele bonke.

15Qaphelani ukuba kungabi khona ophindisela omunye okubi ngokubi; kodwa zamani ukwenza okuhle omunye komunye lakibo bonke.

16Thokozani njalonjalo;

17khulekani lingadinwa;

18bongani uNkulunkulu ngakho konke; ngoba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu ngani.

19Lingamcimi uMoya;

20lingadeleli ukutshumayela;

21kodwa hlolisisani konke, libambelele kokulungileyo;

22zilani konke okubi.

Isicino

23UNkulunkulu wokuthula uqobo, kalenze libe ngcwele ngokupheleleyo, kulondolozwe umoya wenu wonke lomphefumulo lomzimba, ukuze lingasoleki ekufikeni kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.

24Uthembekile yena olibizayo; futhi uzakukwenza lokhu.

25Bazalwane, sikhulekeleni.

26Bingelelani abazalwane bonke ngokwangana okungcwele.

27Ngiyalifungisa iNkosi ukuba lincwadi ifundwe kubo bonke abazalwane.

28Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu kawube lani.