16 Ngitjho nalokha nabengiseThesalonika, nangithumelela isizo elimalungana neendingo zami bekwaba kanengana.
Kuthe uPowula noSilasi sebadabule e-Amfipolisi ne-Apoloniya, bafika eThesalonika, lapha bekukhona isinagogi lamaJuda.
Ngambala besifuna ukuza kini, mina Powula bengifuna khulu bekwaba mahlandla amanengi, kodwana uSathana wasivimba.
Ngiyathemba bona niyakhumbula bazalwana, ukutjhikatjhika kwethu kanye neenhlupheko zethu; sasebenza ubusuku nemini ukuze singabi mthwalo womuntu nasitjhumayela ivangeli lakaZimu kini.
Abantu bethu kufanele bafunde ukuzinikela ekwenzeni imisebenzi emihle, khona bazakwazi ukusiza lapho kuhlongeka khona, bangabi ngabanganazo iinthelo.