Timoteo Abweretsa Uthenga Wabwino
Polephera kupirira kusamva kanthu za iwo, Paulo anatsala yekha ku Atene natumiza Timoteo kuti akadziwe ngati chikhulupiriro chawo chinapirira m'masautso. Timoteo anabwera ndi uthenga wabwino, ndipo mpumulo wake ukumveka bwino: tsopano tili ndi moyo. Apemphera kuti chikondi chawo chisefukire Yesu asanabwere.
3 1Choncho pamene sitikanathanso kupirira, tinasankha kutsalira ku Atene tokha, 2tinatuma Timoteo, m'bale wathu ndi wantchito mnzathu wa Atate wathu mu uthenga wabwino wa Khristu, kuti akulimbikitseni ndi kukutsangalalitsani m'chikhulupiriro chanu, 3kuti wina wa inu asagwedezeke ndi masautso awa—inu mwini mukudziwa kuti ife tinaikidwiratu pa zimenezi. 4Pamene tinali ndi inu, tinakuuzani kale kuti tidzasautsidwa—ndipo zinachitikadi, monga mukudziwa. 5Choncho, popeza sindikanadikiranso, ndinatuma kuti ndidziwe za chikhulupiriro chanu—poopa kuti woyesayesa uja anakuyesani ndipo ntchito yathu inapita pachabe.
6Koma Timoteo wangobwera kwa ife kuchokera kwa inu, atabweretsa uthenga wabwino wa chikhulupiriro ndi chikondi chanu—kuti nthawi zonse mumatikumbukira ndi chikondi, mukulakalaka kutiona monga ifenso timalakalaka kukuonani inu. 7Choncho, abale, m'masautso athu onse ndi zovuta zonse, chikhulupiriro chanu chinatitonthoza, 8pakuti tsopano tili ndi moyo, ngati inu mwaimirira molimba mwa Ambuye. 9Kodi tingayamike bwanji Atate wathu chifukwa cha inu, chifukwa cha chimwemwe chonse chimene tikukondwera nacho pamaso pa Atate wathu chifukwa cha inu? 10Usiku ndi usana tikupemphera mwamphamvu kuti tikuoneni maso ndi maso ndi kukwaniritsa zimene chikhulupiriro chanu chikusowabe.
11Tsopano Atate wathu Iyemwini, ndi Ambuye wathu Yesu, awongole njira yathu kudza kwa inu. 12Ambuye akukulitseni ndi kukusefukitsani ndi chikondi kwa wina ndi mnzake ndi kwa onse, monga ifenso timachitira kwa inu, 13kuti alimbitse mitima yanu, yopanda chilema mu chiyero pamaso pa Atate wathu, pamene Ambuye wathu Yesu adzadza ndi oyera ake onse. a a v13 'Oyera ake' angatanthauze angelo, okhulupirira amene anamwalira kale, kapena onse awiri.