Otchedwa Ana a Atate Wathu
Atate wathu akuwatcha ana ake tsopano, ngakhale zimene adzakhala sizinaonetsedwebe. Kaini ndiye chenjezo: chidani chili kale kupha. Chikondi ndi Khristu kupereka moyo wake, ndi manja otseguka kwa m'bale wosowa. Mtima ukatitsutsa, Atate wathu ndi wamkulu kuposa.
3 1Onani kukula kwa chikondi chimene Atate wathu anatipatsa, kuti titchedwe ana a Atate wathu! Ndipotu ndife ana ake. Dziko silitidziwa ife chifukwa silinamdziwa Iye. a a v1 Chikondi cha Atate wathu si chinthu chongoganizira chabe — chimatisandutsa ana ake, chimene ndi mkhalidwe wathu weniweni. 2Okondedwa, tsopano ndife ana a Atate wathu; koma chimene tidzakhala sichinaonetsedwebe. Komatu tidziwa kuti pamene Iye adzaonekera, tidzakhala ofanana ndi Iye, popeza tidzamuona monga alili. 3Ndipo yense amene ali ndi chiyembekezo ichi mwa Iye amadziyeretsa, monga momwe Iye alili woyera.
4Yense amene amapitiriza kuchimwa amaswanso lamulo; pakuti tchimo ndiko kuswa lamulo. 5Mukudziwa kuti Iye anaonekera kuti achotse machimo athu, ndipo mwa Iye mulibe tchimo. 6Yense amene amakhala mwa Iye sapitiriza kuchimwa; koma yense amene amapitiriza kuchimwa sanamuone kapena kumdziwa Iye.
7Ana anga, wina asakunyengeni. Yense amene amachita chilungamo ndi wolungama, monga momwe Iye alili wolungama. 8Yense amene amapitiriza kuchimwa ngwa mdierekezi, pakuti mdierekezi wakhala akuchimwa kuyambira pachiyambi. Mwana wa Atate wathu anaonekera kuti awononge ntchito za mdierekezi. 9Palibe munthu wobadwa mwa Atate wathu amene amapitiriza kuchimwa, chifukwa mbewu yake imakhala mwa iye; ndipo sangathe kupitiriza kuchimwa, chifukwa anabadwa mwa Atate wathu. 10Pa ichi ndipo paonekera ana a Atate wathu, ndi ana a mdierekezi: yense amene sachita chilungamo sachokera kwa Atate wathu, ngakhalenso amene sakonda m'bale wake.
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11Pakuti uthenga umene munaumva kuyambira pachiyambi ndi uwu: kuti tizikondana wina ndi mnzake. 12Osati monga Kaini, amene anali wa woipayo nanapha m'bale wake. Kodi anamphera chiyani? Chifukwa ntchito zake zinali zoipa, koma za m'bale wake zinali zolungama. 13Musadabwe, abale anga, ngati dziko likudana nanu. 14Ife tidziwa kuti tinachoka ku imfa napita ku moyo, chifukwa timakondana wina ndi mnzake. Yense amene sakonda amakhala mu imfa. 15Yense amene amadana ndi m'bale wake ndi wakupha, ndipo mukudziwa kuti wakupha alibe moyo wosatha wokhala mwa iye.
16Pa ichi ndipo tidziwa chikondi: Khristu anapereka moyo wake chifukwa cha ife; ifenso tiyenera kuperekera miyoyo yathu, wina chifukwa cha mnzake. 17Koma ngati wina ali ndi chuma cha dziko lino, naona m'bale wake ali ndi umphawi, koma namtsekera mtima wake, nanga chikondi cha Atate wathu chingakhale bwanji mwa iye?
18Ana anga, tisakonde ndi mawu kapena ndi lilime, koma mu ntchito ndi mu choonadi. 19Pa ichi tidzadziwa kuti tichokera ku choonadi, ndipo tidzakhazika mtima wathu pamaso pake, 20nthawi iliyonse pamene mtima wathu ukutitsutsa; pakuti Atate wathu ndi wamkulu kuposa mtima wathu, ndipo Iye adziwa zinthu zonse. 21Okondedwa, ngati mtima wathu sukutitsutsa, tili ndi chidaliro pamaso pa Atate wathu; 22ndipo chilichonse chimene tipempha, tilandira kwa Iye, chifukwa timasunga malamulo ake, nachita zimene zimamkondweretsa Iye. 23Ndipo lamulo lake ndi ili: kuti tikhulupirire dzina la Mwana wake Yesu Khristu, ndi kuti tikondane wina ndi mnzake, monga momwe anatilamulira. 24Yense amene amasunga malamulo ake amakhala mwa Atate wathu, ndipo Atate wathu amakhala mwa iye. Ndipo pa ichi tidziwa kuti Iye amakhala mwa ife: ndi Mzimu Woyera amene anatipatsa.
