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1Paulo, na Silvano, na Timoteo, ibaruwa yetu yiyi i dukire livugana lya Vatesalonike mu Nyasaye Dada wetu no Mwami Yesu Kristo; 2Tsimbabasi nemirembe gyi twulanga ku Nyasaye Dada, noku Mwami Yesu Kristo, gyi ve na mwinye.
3Ga ku dukira kusantidza Nyasaye madiku gosi kigira mwinye, avamitu, kuli wa ga dukanga, kigira lisuuvira lyenyu li medekanga ligali, kandi ubuyanzi bwomundu sa mulala ku mwinye mwosi bwa a veye nabwo ku wakye, bu kiranga; 4kuduka kwinye avene kwidzominya kigira mwinye mu mavugano ga Nyasaye, kigira ubwikudziri bwenyu nelisuuvira lya mu veye nalyo, mu lidambidzwa lyenyu lyosi, nomu kivi kya mwikudzira mu. 5Yiki ni kilolekidzu kyobulungi bwelikalaga lya Nyasaye; mwinye mu duke kuvali dzwa kuva avadukani ku bwami bwa Nyasaye, bwa mu nyolera ku kivi: 6ni ga va ni ga veye ubulungi ku Nyasaye kutunga yavo kivi ava mu kupidza kivi, 7navutswa mwinye ava kupidzwa kivi li la va lyelemereridza halala nekwinye, mu lilang'aminywa lyo Mwami Yesu kutwula migulu halala netsingelosi avetsingulu tsitsye mu muliru gwetsimemo, 8a la va tunga kisalya ava vula kumanya Nyasaye, nokuvula kuhulira ivangeli yo Mwami wetu Yesu: 9ava li hebwa amageli, nago ga veye lidividzwa mihiga nemihiga kutwula imbiri wo Mwami, kandi kutwula mu bukumi bwetsingulu tsitsye, 10inyinga a lidza kwidzominywa mu vatakatifu veve, nokugenyerwa mu yavo ava suuvira, mu lidiku yilyo (kigira lilolekidza lyetu ku mwinye lya bugirirwa). 11Kigira yaga ku saala Nyasaye kazozo kigira mwinye Nyasaye wetu a duke kulola mwinye kuva avadukanu mu lilangwa lyenyu, nokudukidza netsingulu, lyegomba bulahi nemiyinzi gyosi gyelisuuvira; 12lieta lyo Mwami wetu Yesu li duke kwidzominyirwa mu mwinve na mwinye muye, kuli tsimbabasi tsya Nyasaye wetu netsyo Mwami Yesu Kristo.
©Bible Society of Kenya, 1967