1 Sura toi ngkai kai' tau tolu: Paulus, Silas pai' Timotius, kipakatu tilou hi koi' ompi'–ompi' hampepangalaa'-kai to hi Tesalonika, to mepue'-mi hi Alata'ala to Tuama pai' hi Pue' Yesus Kristus! Wori' tabe: mekakae-kai hi Alata'ala bona nagane'-koi ngkai kabula rala-na pai' nawai'-koi kalompea' tuwu'.
2 Uma-kai putu mpo'uli' tarima kasi hi Alata'ala sabana koi' ompi', pai' kiporalasampaya oa'-koi.
3 Ane mosampaya-kai hi Alata'ala Tuama-ta, kikiwoi oa' pobago-ni to nipobago sabana pepangala'-ni, pai' kikiwoi wo'o petulungi-ni hi doo sabana ahi'-ni, pai' kikiwoi kantaha-ni hi rala pebalinaia' apa' ncarumaka-koi hi karata-na nculii' Yesus Kristus Pue'-ta.
4 Ki'inca moto ompi', Alata'ala mpoka'ahi'-koi pai' napelihi-mokoi jadi' bagia-na.
5 Ki'inca toe apa' uma kiparata kareba mara hi koi' ompi'. Kareba Lompe' to kiparata-kokoi toe, kiparata hante baraka' ngkai Inoha' Tomoroli'. Pai' kiparasaya mpu'u kamakono-na Kareba Lompe' toe. Ni'inca moto kehi-kai pai' petulungi-kai hi koi' bula-kai hi retu-pidi wengi dohe-ni. Kehi-kai toe-le mpakanoto-kokoi kamakono-na Kareba to kikeni.
6 Pai' koi' ompi', kani'epe-na Kareba Lompe' toe, nituku'-mi kehi-kai, pai' kehi-na Pue' Yesus wo'o. Apa' nau' rabalinai' gaga-koi, goe' oa' nono-ni mpotarima Kareba Lompe' toe. Inoha' Tomoroli'-hana to mpowai'-koi kagoea' tetu-e ompi'.
7 Jadi', kehi-ni tetu rapotonco hawe'ea ompi' hampepangalaa'-ta to hi tana' Makedonia pai' Akhaya.
8 Apa' ntepu'u ngkai koi', Lolita Pue' rapalele hobo' hi Makedonia pai' Akhaya. Meliu ngkai toe, pepangala'-ni hi Alata'ala rapotompo'wiwi hiapa–apa. Hiapa pomakoa'-kai, ra'inca ami'-mi pue' ngata tutura-na, beiwa kanipangala'-na Kareba Lompe' to kikeni-kokoi. Uma mingki' ki'uli' ba apa–apa, apa' rapotompo'wiwi ami'-mi kanibahakai-nami mpopue' pinotau, pai' megoli-mokoi mepue' hi Alata'ala to makono pai' to tuwu' liu–liu.
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10 Rapotompo'wiwi wo'o kampopea-ni karata-na nculii' Yesus Ana' Alata'ala ngkai suruga. Alata'ala mpotuwu'-i nculii', pai' Hi'a-mi to mpobahaka-ta ngkai roe Alata'ala to mporumpa' ihi' dunia' toi mpai'.