Kwa Timoteyo, Mwana Wanga Weniweni

Uphungu waubusa wa Paulo kwa Timoteo wachinyamata wokonza mpingo ndi kuteteza chiphunzitso cholondola.

Chaputala 1.

Paulo, mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu mwa lamulo la Atate wathu, Mpulumutsi wathu, ndi wa Khristu Yesu chiyembekezo chathu, kwa Timoteyo, mwana wanga weniweni m'chikhulupiriro: chisomo, chifundo, mtendere zochokera kwa Atate wathu ndi Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu.

Teteza Banja la Atate

Monga momwe ndinakupempha pamene ndinkapita ku Makedoniya, khala ku Efeso kuti ulangize anthu ena kuti asaphunzitse chiphunzitso chosiyana, ndiponso kuti asadzipereke ku nthano ndi mibadwo yopanda malire, zimene zimabweretsa mikangano m'malo mwa utumiki wa Atate wathu umene uli mwa chikhulupiriro. Cholinga cha lamulo ili ndi chikondi chochokera mu mtima woyera, chikumbumtima chabwino, ndi chikhulupiriro choona. Anthu ena anasochera kuchoka pa zimenezi, natembenukira ku mayankhulidwe opanda pake, ofuna kukhala aphunzitsi a lamulo, osazindikira chimene akunena kapena chimene akuumirira motsimikiza.

Tsono tidziwa kuti lamulo ndi labwino, ngati munthu aligwiritsa ntchito moyenera, podziwa ichi: lamulo silinaikidwe chifukwa cha wolungama, koma chifukwa cha osamvera malamulo ndi owukira, oipa ndi ochimwa, osayera ndi osaopa Mulungu, chifukwa cha omenya atate ndi amayi awo, chifukwa cha opha anthu, ochita zachigololo, amuna ogonana ndi amuna anzawo, ogulitsa akapolo, abodza, olumbira zabodza, ndi china chilichonse chotsutsana ndi chiphunzitso chabwino, monga mwa uthenga wabwino waulemerero wa Atate wathu wodala, umene ndinasungitsidwa.

Chifundo cha Atate Chinafika kwa Woipitsitsa

Ndikuyamika Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu, amene anandipatsa mphamvu, popeza anandiyesa wokhulupirika, nandiika kuti ndikhale pa utumiki wake. Ine kale ndinanyoza Mulungu, ndinazunza ena, ndipo ndinali wankhanza—komabe ndinachitiridwa chifundo, popeza ndinachita mosadziwa, ndisakhala ndi chikhulupiriro. Chisomo cha Ambuye wathu chinandisefukira, pamodzi ndi chikhulupiriro ndi chikondi chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu. Mawu okhulupirika ndi oyenera kulandiridwa kwathunthu: Khristu Yesu anadza m'dziko kudzapulumutsa ochimwa—ndipo ine ndine woipitsitsa pakati pawo. Koma ndinachitiridwa chifundo chifukwa cha ichi: kuti mwa ine, woipitsitsa pa ochimwa onse, Khristu Yesu aonetse kuleza mtima kwake konse, monga chitsanzo kwa iwo amene adzamukhulupirira Iye kuti akhale ndi moyo wosatha. Kwa Mfumu ya nthawi zonse, wosafa, wosaoneka, Mulungu yekha, kukhale ulemu ndi ulemerero ku nthawi zonse za muyaya. Ameni.

Menya Nkhondo Yabwino

Timoteyo, mwana wanga, ndikukupatsa lamulo ili, mogwirizana ndi maulosi amene kale ananenedwa za iwe, kuti mwa iwo umenye nkhondo yabwino, ndi kugwiritsitsa chikhulupiriro ndi chikumbumtima chabwino. Pokana zimenezi, anthu ena anawononga chikhulupiriro chawo ngati sitima yosweka panyanja, mmodzi wa iwo ndi Humenayo ndi Alekizanda, amene ndinawapereka kwa Satana kuti aphunzitsidwe kuti asanyoze Mulungu.