Mtima wa Atate mu Utumiki
Paulo afotokoza momwe anakhalira pakati pawo pamaso pa Atate wathu: wopanda kusyasyalika, wopanda chobisira umbombo, ndiponso wosadzikweza ndi udindo wake. Adzifanizira choyamba ndi mayi woyamwitsa, kenako ndi bambo ndi ana ake, ndipo awakumbutsa kuti ankagwira ntchito usiku kuti asalemetse aliyense.
2 1Pakuti inu nomwe mukudziwa, abale, kuti kudza kwathu kwa inu sikunali kwachabe. 2Koma ngakhale tinavutika kale ndi kuzunzidwa ku Filipi, monga mukudziwa, tinalimba mtima mwa Atate wathu kuti tikuuzeni uthenga wake wabwino ngakhale panali kutsutsidwa kwakukulu. 3Pakuti kulimbikitsa kwathu sikuchokera ku cholakwika kapena zonyansa, ndipo sitifuna kunyenga wina aliyense. 4M'malo mwake, popeza Atate wathu anatiyesa oyenera kusungitsidwa uthenga wabwino, timalankhula motere—osati kukondweretsa anthu, koma Atate wathu, amene amayesa mitima yathu. 5Sitinalankhulapo ndi mawu onyengerera, monga mukudziwa, kapena ngati chophimba umbombo—Atate wathu ndiye mboni. 6Sitinafunefune ulemu kwa anthu—kwa inu ayi, kwa ena ayi—ngakhale monga atumwi a Khristu tikanakakamiza ulamuliro wathu. 7Koma tinali ofatsa pakati panu, ngati mayi woyamwitsa amene amasamalira mwachikondi ana ake. 8Choncho, pokulakalakani kwambiri, tinali okondwa kukugawirani osati uthenga wabwino wa Atate wathu wokha, komanso miyoyo yathu, popeza munakhala okondedwa kwa ife. 9Pakuti mukukumbukira, abale, kugwira ntchito kwathu ndi kuvutika kwathu: tinagwira ntchito usiku ndi usana, kuti tisakhale katundu wolemera kwa wina aliyense wa inu, pamene tinkalalikira uthenga wabwino wa Atate wathu kwa inu. 10Inu ndi Atate wathu ndinu mboni za mmene tinakhalira oyera, olungama, ndi opanda chilema kwa inu okhulupirira. 11Monga mukudziwa, tinachita ndi aliyense wa inu ngati atate ndi ana ake—kukulimbikitsani, kukutonthozani, ndi kukuchonderani, 12kuti mukhale ndi moyo oyenera Atate wathu, amene akukuitanani kulowa mu ufumu wake ndi ulemerero wake.
13Ifenso timayamika Atate wathu nthawi zonse chifukwa cha ichi: pamene munalandira mawu a Atate wathu amene munamva kwa ife, munawalandira osati ngati uthenga wa munthu koma monga alilidi—mawu ake, amene akugwira ntchito mwa inu okhulupirira. 14Abale, munatsanzira mipingo ya Atate wathu ya mwa Khristu Yesu ku Yudeya, chifukwa munavutika zomwezo kuchokera kwa anthu a mtundu wanu monga iwo anavutikira kwa Ayuda, 15amene anapha Ambuye Yesu ndi aneneri, natithamangitsa, osakondweretsa Atate wathu, ndi kutsutsana ndi munthu aliyense, 16potiletsa kulankhula kwa a Mitundu kuti apulumuke, nthawi zonse akuwonjezera muyeso wa machimo awo. Tsopano mkwiyo wawagwera pomaliza.
Kulakalaka Kukuonaninso
17Abale, polekanitsidwa ndi inu kwa kanthawi kochepa—m'thupi, osati mu mtima—tinalakalaka kwambiri kuona nkhope yanu, ndi chilakolako chachikulu. 18Tinafuna kudza kwa inu—ine Paulo, kamodzi ndi kawiri—koma Satana anatiletsa. 19Pakuti nchiyani chiyembekezo chathu, chimwemwe, kapena chipewa chathu chonyadira pamaso pa Ambuye wathu Yesu pa kudza kwake? Kodi si inu? 20Inde, inu ndinu ulemerero wathu ndi chimwemwe chathu.
