Oyang'anira m'Nyumba ya Atate
Khalidwe, osati luso, ndilo limayeneretsa atsogoleri. Woyang'anira ayenera kukhala wopanda chilema, wofatsa, wosakonda chuma, ndi wokhoza kuyendetsa bwino banja lake; atumiki ayesedwe kaye. Paulo alemba kuti Timoteo adziwe m'mene ayenera kukhalira m'banja la Atate wathu, ndipo agwira mawu a nyimbo yonena za Khristu.
3 1Awa ndi mau odalirika: aliyense wolakalaka kukhala woyang'anira, afuna ntchito yolemekezeka. 2Chifukwa chake woyang'anira ayenera kukhala wopanda cholakwa: wokhulupirika kwa mkazi wake, wamaganizo abwino, wodziletsa, wokonzeka, wolandira alendo, wokhoza kuphunzitsa. 3Osati woledzera, osati wankhanza koma wofatsa, osati wokonda mikangano, ndipo osati wokonda ndalama. 4Ayenera kuyang'anira bwino banja lake, nasunga ana ake omvera ndi ulemu wonse, 5pakuti ngati munthu sadziwa kuyang'anira banja lake, adzasamalira bwanji mpingo wa Atate wathu? 6Asakhale wotembenuka kumene, kuopa kuti angadzitukumule nagwa m'chiweruzo chimodzimodzi ndi cha mdierekezi. 7Ayeneranso kukhala ndi mbiri yabwino kwa akunja, kuti asagwe m'manyazi ndi mu msampha wa mdierekezi.
8Adikoni nawonso ayenera kukhala olemekezeka, osati a nkhope ziwiri, osati akumwa vinyo wambiri, osati adyera phindu lochititsa manyazi. 9Ayenera kugwiritsa chinsinsi cha chikhulupiriro ndi chikumbumtima choyera. 10Iwonso ayenera kuyesedwa poyamba; ndipo ngati apezeka opanda cholakwa, atumikire monga adikoni. 11Amayi momwemonso ayenera kukhala oyenera ulemu, osati osinjirira, koma odziletsa ndi okhulupirika pa zinthu zonse. 12Dikoni ayenera kukhala wokhulupirika kwa mkazi wake, ndipo ayenera kuyang'anira bwino ana ake ndi banja lake. 13Adikoni amene atumikira bwino adzipezera okha mbiri yabwino ndi kulimba mtima kwakukulu mu chikhulupiriro chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu.
Chinsinsi cha Pakati pa Chikhulupiriro Chathu
14Ndikukulembera malangizo awa, ngakhale ndikuyembekezera kudza kwa iwe posachedwa. 15Koma ngati ndichedwa, udziwe mmene munthu ayenera kukhalira m'nyumba ya Atate wathu, mpingo wa Atate wamoyo, mzati ndi maziko a choonadi. 16Mosakayika, chinsinsi cha kupembedza Mulungu nchachikulu: Iye anaonekera m'thupi, anatsimikizirika kukhala wolungama ndi Mzimu Woyera, anaonedwa ndi angelo, analalikidwa pakati pa mitundu, anakhulupirika m'dziko lonse, anatengedwa kumwamba mu ulemerero. a a v16 Chivomerezo chakale ichi chiimba za Yesu—amene anadza m'thupi, anauka wolungamitsidwa, ndipo anatengedwa mu ulemerero; liu lakuti “Iye” likunena za Iye mu vesi lonse.
