1. UPawulos noSilvano noTimoti babhalela ibandla labaseTesalonika elikuThixo uYise, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu; bathi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
2. Sihlala sibulela kuye uThixo ngenxa yenu nonke; sinikhumbula emithandazweni yethu;
3. singayeki ukuwukhumbula umsebenzi wenu wokholo, nokubulaleka kwenu kothando, nokunyamezela kwenu kokuthemba iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, phambi koThixo uBawo wethu;
4. sikwazi, bazalwana bathandiweyo nguThixo, ukunyulwa kwenu.