1 VaTesaronika 1:2-10

Tinovonga Mwari nguva dzose nokuda kwenyu mose, tichikurangarirai pakunyengetera kwedu; tichiramba tichirangarira basa renyu rinobva pakutenda, nokutamburira vamwe kunobva parudo, nokutsungirira kunobva patariro muna Ishe wedu, Jesu Kristu, pamberi paMwari, Baba vedu; tinoziva, hama dzinodikanwa naMwari, kusanangurwa kwenyu. Nokuti Vhangeri yedu haina kuuya kwamuri neshoko bedzi, asi nesimbawo, nomuMweya Mutsvene, nokuziva kwazvo; sezvamunoziva kuti takanga takadini pakati penyu nokuda kwenyu. Nemi makava vateveri vedu navaIshe, zvamakagamuchira Shoko mumadambudziko mazhinji, nomufaro woMweya Mutsvene; naizvozvo makatungamirira vose vanotenda muMakedhonia neAkaya. Nokuti shoko raIshe, rakabva kwamuri, rakanzwika, kusati kuri kuMakedhonia neAkaya bedzi, asi kutenda kwenyu kuna Mwari kwakasvika kwose; naizvozvo hatifaniri kutaura chinhu. Nokuti ivo vamene vanoparidza kupinda kwedu kwamuri, kuti kwakanga kwakadini; uye, kuti makatendeukira kuna Mwari, muchibva pazvifananidzo, kuti mubatire Mwari mupenyu wachokwadi, nokumirira Mwanakomana wake pakubva kwake kudenga, iye waakamutsa kuvakafa, ndiye Jesu anotisunungura pakutsamwa kunouya.