Lemekezani Banja Limene Lili Pafupi Nanu
Mpingo uyenera kuchitidwa ngati banja la Atate wathu: amuna akulu ngati abambo, ndi akazi aang'ono ngati alongo. Kenako malamulo othandiza: akazi amasiye amene mpingo uwasamale ndi amene akwatiwenso, ulemu ndi chitetezo kwa akulu, kudzudzula pagulu kwa amene alimbikira kuchimwa, ndi vinyo chifukwa cha m'mimba mwa Timoteo.
5 1Usamudzudzule mwaukali munthu wokalamba, koma umudandaulire ngati atate, ndipo anyamata achichepere ngati abale, 2akazi okalamba ngati amayi, ndipo atsikana achichepere ngati alongo ako, mwa chiyero chonse.
3Lemekeza akazi amasiye amene ali amasiye enieni. 4Koma ngati mkazi wamasiye ali ndi ana kapena zidzukulu, ayambe kuphunzira kusonyeza kudzipereka kwa banja lao, nabwezere makolo awo—pakuti ichi chikondweretsa Atate wathu. 5Mkazi wamasiye weniweni, wosiyidwa yekha, amayika chiyembekezo chake pa Atate wathu, napitiriza usiku ndi usana m'mapempho ndi m'mapemphero. 6Koma mkazi wamasiye amene amakhala moyo wa kudzikondweretsa wafa ngakhale ali ndi moyo. 7Perekanso malamulo awa, kuti asapezeke ndi cholakwa. 8Ngati wina samasamalira a kwao—makamaka a m'banja mwake—iye wakana chikhulupiriro, ndipo ali woipa kuposa wosakhulupirira.
9Lembetsa mkazi wamasiye pokhapokha ngati ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi kapena kuposapo, ndipo anali wokhulupirika kwa mwamuna mmodzi, 10wotchuka chifukwa cha ntchito zabwino: ngati analera ana, analandira alendo, anasambitsa mapazi a oyera mtima, anathandiza ovutika, ndipo anatsatira ntchito iliyonse yabwino.
11Koma kana kulembetsa akazi amasiye achichepere; pamene zilakolako zao zimawakokera kutali ndi Khristu, amafuna kukwatiwa, 12motero amadziweruzira okha chifukwa anasiya lonjezo lao loyamba. a a v12 “Lonjezo lao loyamba” limatanthauza kudzipereka kumene anachita kutumikira Khristu ndi mpingo pamene analembetsedwa pa mndandanda wa akazi amasiye. 13Komanso amaphunzira kukhala aulesi, akuyendayenda nyumba ndi nyumba—osati aulesi okha, komanso amiseche ndi odzilowetsa m'zinthu za ena, akunena zomwe sayenera kunena. 14Choncho ndifuna akazi amasiye achichepere akwatiwe, abereke ana, ayang'anire mabanja awo, ndipo asapatse mdani mpata wonenera chipongwe. 15Pakuti ena apatuka kale kutsatira Satana. 16Ngati mkazi wokhulupirira ali ndi akazi amasiye pakati pa abale ake, azisamalira iwo, osalemetsa mpingo, kuti mpingo uthe kusamalira akazi amasiye enieni.
17Akulu amene amatsogolera bwino ayenera ulemu wowirikiza, makamaka iwo amene amagwira ntchito molimbika polalikira ndi kuphunzitsa. 18Pakuti Malemba amati: “Usamange m'kamwa ng'ombe pamene ikupuntha tirigu,” ndipo “Wantchito ayenera malipiro ake.”
19Usalandire mlandu wotsutsa mkulu, koma pokhapokha pali umboni wa mboni ziwiri kapena zitatu. 20Koma iwo amene amapitiriza kuchimwa, uwadzudzule pamaso pa anthu onse, kuti ena onse aope.
21Ndikukulamula iwe mwamphamvu pamaso pa Atate wathu, ndi Khristu Yesu, ndi angelo osankhidwa: usunge malangizo awa popanda tsankho, osachita kanthu mwa kukondera. 22Usafulumire kuyika manja pa munthu aliyense, ndipo usagawane nawo machimo a ena—udzisunge wekha woyera.
23Usamwenso madzi okha—imwa vinyo pang'ono chifukwa cha m'mimba mwako ndi matenda ako amene amakubwerera kawirikawiri.
24Machimo a anthu ena amaonekera poyera, nadutsa patsogolo ku chiweruzo; koma machimo a ena amatsata pambuyo. 25Momwemonso, ntchito zabwino zimaonekera poyera, ndipo ngakhale zimene sizionekera sizingathe kubisala.
