13 Tinikele kufundzela bantfu umBhalo, ubayale, ubafundzise, ngize ngifike.
Niphenya imiBhalo, ngobe nicabanga kutsi nitawutfola kuphila lokuphakadze kuyo, kantsi ngiyo lucobo lefakaza ngami.
Bantfu balapho babencono kakhulu kunebaseThesalonika, ngobe livi balemukela ngalenkhulu inshisekelo. Onkhe emalanga babephenyisisa imiBhalo bahlolisise kutsi kunjalo ngempela yini.
Tsine-ke, sitakutinika sikhatsi lesenele emthandazweni nasemsebentini wekushumayela livi.”
Lonesipho sekukhutsata labanye, akabakhutsate; lowabako akwente ngekungakhetsi; longumholi ahole ngesineke, lonesihawu, akasente ngekujabula.
Ngako-ke, bazalwane, nanibutsanele kukhonta, nibonikana ematfuba: Lomunye akacale liculo, lomunye afundzise, lomunye etfule sembulo, lomunye akhulume ngetilimi, lomunye atihumushe. Konkhe kwenteleni kutsi kwakheke libandla.
Kube kani lophrofethako ukhuluma kubantfu kutsi bakheke, bakhutsateke, badvudvuteke.
Manje-ke, bazalwane, nangita kini ngikhuluma ngetilimi, nginganisita ngani, nangingakhulumi kini ngekwembulelwa lokutsite, nome ngelwati, nome ngekuphrofetha, nome ngekufundzisa?
Kufanele ihlale kuyo iyifundze onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwayo, khona itewufundza kwesaba Simakadze Nkulunkulu wayo, ibuye ilandzelisise ngekucophelela onkhe emavi alomtsetfo naletimiso,
Uticaphele wena nekufundzisa kwakho, ungesuki kuko; ngobe ngekwenta njalo utawube utisindzisa wena kanye nalabakuvako.
Utawuba sisebenti saKhristu lesincomekako nawungayendlulisela kubazalwane lemiyalo. Nawe utakondleka emoyeni ngemavi ekukholwa nangemfundziso yeliciniso, lobambelele kuyo.
nekutsi kusukela ebuntfwaneni bakho wayati imiBhalo lengcwele lenemandla ekuhlakaniphisa kube kusindziswa ngekukholwa nguKhristu Jesu.
Shumayela livi, ulimele nome tikhatsi tivuma nome tingavumi; sola, ucwayise, uyale ngako konkhe kubeketela nekufundzisa.
Khuluma letintfo ngekuyala nekwekhuta ngawo onkhe emandla. Akubete lokubukela phansi.
Emavi alencwadzi yemtsetfo angesuki emlonyeni wakho; uyawucabangisisa ujule kuwo busuku nemini, kuze ukhone kukwenta konkhe loku lokubhalwe kuwo; khona-ke uyawuphumelela kube kuhle kuwe.