Paulo Ateteza Ulamuliro Wopatsidwa ndi Atate
Otsutsa ake akuti makalata ake ndi amphamvu, koma akakhala pamaso pawo saoneka kanthu ndipo mawu ake alibe pake. Paulo akuyankha kuti zida zake si za umunthu, akukana masewera a omupikisana nawo odziyesa okha ndi iwo okha, ndipo akukhalabe m'malire amene Atate wathu anamupatsa.
10 1Ine, Paulo, ndekhadi ndikukupemphani mwa kufatsa ndi kuleza mtima kwa Khristu—ine amene ndili wodzichepetsa pamene tili nanu maso ndi maso, koma wolimba mtima pa inu pamene ndili kutali. 2Ndikupempha kuti pamene ndili nanu ndisafunike kulimba mtima—ndi chidaliro chimene ndikukonzekera kuchigwiritsa ntchito pa iwo amene akuganiza kuti timakhala monga mwa makhalidwe a anthu. 3Pakuti ngakhale tikukhala m'thupi, sitimenya nkhondo monga mwa makhalidwe a anthu. 4Pakuti zida zathu za nkhondo si za anthu chabe koma ndi zamphamvu mwa Atate wathu zogwetsa malinga. 5Timagwetsa mikangano ndi chinthu chilichonse cha kunyada chimene chikukwezedwa kutsutsana ndi chidziwitso cha Atate wathu, ndi kugwira ganizo lililonse ukapolo kuti limvere Khristu. 6Ndipo ndife okonzeka kulanga chochita chilichonse cha kusamvera, kumvera kwanu kukakwanira.
7Inu mumayang'ana zinthu monga mwa maonekedwe. Ngati wina ali wotsimikiza kuti ndi wa Khristu, aganizirenso ichi: monga iye ali wa Khristu, chomwecho ndiponso ife. 8Pakuti ngakhale nditanyada pang'ono mopitirira za ulamuliro umene Ambuye anatipatsa—kuti tikumangeni, osati kukugwetsani—sindidzachita manyazi. 9Sindifuna kuoneka ngati ndikuyesera kukuopsezani ndi makalata anga. 10Pakuti iwo amati, “Makalata ake ndi olemera ndi amphamvu, koma akakhala pomwepo iye ndi wofooka ndipo kuyankhula kwake nkopanda phindu.” 11Munthu wotero azindikire ichi: chimene tinena mwa kalata pamene tili kutali, tidzachita pamene tili nanu.
12Ife sitilimba mtima kudziyika m'gulu kapena kudziyerekezera ndi ena amene amadziyamikira okha. Podziyeza okha ndi okha, nadziyerekezera okha ndi okha, sawonetsa kuzindikira kulikonse. 13Koma ife sitidzanyada mopitirira malire, koma kokha mkati mwa muyeso wa dera limene Atate wathu anatigawira—muyeso wofika ngakhale kwa inu. 14Ife sitikupitirira malire, ngati kuti sitinakufikeni, pakuti ndife oyamba kufika kwa inu ndi Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu. 15Ife sitinyada mopitirira malire pa ntchito za ena, koma tikuyembekezera kuti chikhulupiriro chanu chikamakula, dera lathu pakati panu lidzakulitsidwa kwambiri, 16kuti tikalalikire Uthenga Wabwino m'madera akutali kupitirira inu, popanda kunyada mu ntchito imene inachitidwa kale m'dera la wina. 17Koma “iye amene anyada, anyade mwa Atate wathu.” a a v17 Paulo akugwira mawu a mneneri Yeremiya, pamene Amene tiyenera kunyada mwa Iye ndi Mulungu wa pangano amene amadzitcha Atate — motero kunyada koona sikukhazikika mwa ife eni koma mwa Iye. 18Pakuti si iye amene amadziyamikira yekha amene amavomerezedwa, koma iye amene Atate wathu amamuyamikira.
