1 KaPhethro 1:3-9

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, owasizala kabusha ngokwesihawu sakhe esikhulu, ukuba sibe nethemba eliphilileyo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Khristu kwabafileyo, sibe nefa elingapheliyo, elingenasisihla, elingabuniyo, enililondolozelwe ezulwini. Nina nilondolozwa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa, kube yinsindiso eyakwambulwa ngesikhathi sokugcina; enithokoza kakhulu ngalokho, nakuba manje nidatshukiswa yizilingo ezinhlobonhlobo, ukuze ubuqotho bokukholwa kwenu, okuyigugu kunegolide elibhubhayo noma livivinywa ngomlilo, kufunyanwe kube ngukubongwa, udumo, nokutuseka mhla kwembulwa uJesu Khristu, enimthanda ningambonanga, kuthi nakuba ningamboni manje, kodwa nikholwa nguye, nithokoza ngentokozo engenakuchazwa ngamazwi netusekayo, namukela umphumela wokukholwa kwenu oyinsindiso yemiphefumulo.