1 VaTesaronika 1:2-6

Tinogara tichivonga Mwari nokuda kwenyu mose, tichikutaurai muminyengetero yedu. Tinoramba tichirangarira pamberi paMwari wedu naBaba vedu, basa renyu rinobva pakutenda, nokushanda kwenyu kunobva parudo, uye nokutsungirira kwenyu kunobva patariro iri muna Ishe Jesu Kristu. Nokuti tinoziva, hama dzinodikanwa naMwari, kuti akakusarudzai, nokuti vhangeri redu harina kuuya kwamuri namashoko bedzi, asi nesimbawo, noMweya Mutsvene uye nokuziva kwakadzama. Munoziva kuti takagara sei pakati penyu nokuda kwenyu. Makava vateveri vedu uye nevaIshe; pakati pokutambudzika kukuru, makagamuchira shoko nomufaro unopiwa naMweya Mutsvene.