17 Konkhe lenikwentako kwenteni ngelibito leNkhosi Jesu, nome ngelivi, nome ngemisebenti, nibonge Nkulunkulu uYise ngaye.
Ngalamatje wakha lilati egameni laSimakadze, wemba umsele lowawulitungeleta, waba mkhulu kangangekutsi bekungangena emanti langemalitha labengaba li-15.
Matise kuko konkhe lokwentako, yena uyakucondzisa tindlela takho.
Tonkhe tive tikhonta tihloniphe bonkulunkulu bato, kodvwa tsine siyawukhonta Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu phakadze naphakadze.
Ngako-ke hambani, nente tive tonkhe tibe bafundzi bami, nibabhabhatise egameni leYise, neleNdvodzana, nelaMoya Longcwele,
Onkhe emaJuda nebaletinye tive lababehlala e-Efesu nabeva loko, besaba kakhulu, kwatsi libito leNkhosi Jesu ladvunyiswa kakhulu.
Yelula sandla sakho uphilise, uvume kutsi tibonakaliso netimangaliso tentiwe ngelibito leSisebenti sakho lesiNgcwele lesinguJesu.”
Kwekucala, ngibonga Nkulunkulu wami ngaJesu Khristu, ngani nonkhe; ngobe umhlaba wonkhe ubabata kukholwa kwenu.
Imphendvulo yami itsi: Nome niyadla, nome niyanatsa, nome nentani-ke lokunye, konkhe akwentelwe ludvumo lwaNkulunkulu.
Nkulunkulu weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, uYise lonebukhosi, aniphe umoya wekuhlakanipha nekwembulelwa ekumatini Yena.
Nimbonge njalo Nkulunkulu uYise ngako konkhe egameni leNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu.
Nitsele inala yetitselo tekulunga letingaye Jesu Khristu, kube yinkhatimulo neludvumo kuNkulunkulu.
netilimi tonkhe tivume kutsi Jesu Khristu uyiNkhosi, kube ludvumo kuNkulunkulu longuYise.
nibonge uYise lowanenta nafanelwa sabelo selifa lalabangcwele ekukhanyeni.
nisime ngekugcila, futsi nakhelwe kuye, niciniswe ekukholweni, njengaloku nifundzisiwe, nivame kubonga.
Kuthula kwaKhristu, lenabitelwa kuko emtimbeni munye, akubuse etinhlitiyweni tenu; futsi netayele kubonga.
Konkhe lenikwentako, kwenteni ngenhlitiyo, kube shangatsi nentela iNkhosi, hhayi bantfu.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuboPawula, naSilasi, naThimothi; iya kubaseThesalonika labalibandla laNkulunkulu, longuBabe, neleNkhosi Jesu Khristu. Umusa nekuthula akube kini.
Bongani kuko konkhe, ngobe loko kuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu kuKhristu Jesu ngani.
angadvudvuta tinhlitiyo tenu, anakhele kuyo yonkhe imisebenti lemihle nakuwo onkhe emavi lamahle.
Ngobe Nkulunkulu akazange asho nakuyinye yetingilosi takhe kutsi: “Wena uyiNdvodzana yami, lamuhla ngikutele,” nekutsi: “Ngiyawuba nguYise, yena abe yiNdvodzana yami.”
Asimbonge njalo Nkulunkulu, simdvumise ngaJesu. Lokumdvumisa akube ngumnikelo wayo yonkhe imilomo levuma libito lakhe.
Nani-ke wotani kuyo, nibe ngematje laphilile, nakhiwe nibe yindlu yaMoya, khona-ke niyawuba baphristi labangcwele bekunikela imihlatjelo yaMoya, leyemukelekako kuNkulunkulu ngaJesu Khristu.
Kodvwa nine nibeluhlanga lolukhetsiwe, nibaphristi bebukhosi, sive lesingcwele; nibantfu baNkulunkulu labakhetselwe kumemetela imisebenti lemihle yaNkulunkulu. Nguye lowanibita kutsi niphume ebumnyameni nitewungena ekukhanyeni kwakhe lokumangalisako.
Nangabe umuntfu akhuluma, akakhulume ngekwemavi aNkulunkulu; nangabe umuntfu akhonta, akakhonte ngemandla lawanikwa nguNkulunkulu, kuze kutsi kuko konkhe kudvunyiswe Nkulunkulu ngaJesu Khristu, lekukuye bukhosi nemandla phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
Lowo lophika iNdvodzana, ute Nkulunkulu uYise; kantsi lowo lovuma iNdvodzana unaye, Nkulunkulu uYise.
Bantfwabami, asingatsandzi ngemavi nje emlomo kuphela, kodvwa asitsandze ngetento nangeliciniso.