Kutonthozedwa ndi Kudza kwa Tito
Tito akufika ku Makedoniya ndi uthenga, ndipo mantha a Paulo akutha. Kalata yake yowawa inawamvetsa chisoni ndipo iye anali atanong'oneza bondo pang'ono poitumiza, koma chisonicho chinawatembenuza. Chisoni chimene Atate wathu akufuna chimatsogolera ku kulapa kosanong'onezetsa bondo aliyense. Akunena momveka kuti akuwakhulupiriranso.
7 1Chifukwa chake, okondedwa, popeza tili ndi malonjezo awa, tiyeni tidziyeretse ku zonyansa zonse za thupi ndi mzimu, nitafikitse chiyero poopa Atate wathu.
2Tipatseni malo m'mitima yanu. Sitinalakwire munthu aliyense, sitinawononge munthu aliyense, sitinabere munthu aliyense. 3Sindinena izi kuti ndikutsutseni. Ndananena kale kuti inu muli m'mitima yathu, kuti tife ndi kukhala ndi moyo pamodzi. 4Ndili ndi chidaliro chachikulu mwa inu, ndi kunyadira kwakukulu chifukwa cha inu. Ndadzazidwa ndi chitonthozo, ndikusefukira ndi chimwemwe mu masautso athu onse.
5Ngakhale pamene tinafika ku Makedoniya, matupi athu analibe mpumulo—tozunzidwa mbali zonse, kunja kunali mikangano, mkati munali mantha. 6Koma Atate wathu, amene amatonthoza oderedwa mtima, anatitonthoza ife ndi kudza kwa Tito. 7Osati ndi kufika kwake kokha, komanso ndi chitonthozo chimene analandira chifukwa cha inu—anatiuza za kulakalaka kwanu, chisoni chanu, changu chanu pa ine—kotero ndinasangalala koposa.
8Ngakhale kalata yanga inakumvetsani chisoni, sindidandaula—ngakhale ndinadandaula, popeza ndikuona kuti kalata ija inakumvetsani chisoni, ngakhale kwa kanthawi kochepa. 9Tsopano ndikusangalala—osati chifukwa chakuti munamva chisoni, koma chifukwa chakuti chisoni chanu chinabweretsa kutembenuka mtima. Munamva chisoni monga mmene Atate wathu afunira, kotero simunataye kanthu chifukwa cha ife. 10Pakuti chisoni chimene chili monga mwa chifuniro cha Atate wathu chimabala kutembenuka mtima kofikitsa ku chipulumutso, kopanda kudandaula; koma chisoni cha dziko chimabala imfa. 11Taonani zimene chisoni ichi chimene chili monga mwa chifuniro cha Atate wathu chinabala mwa inu: khama, changu chodzimasula, mkwiyo, mantha, kulakalaka, changu, kukonzeka kuchitira chilungamo! Mu zonse mwadzionetsa nokha kuti ndinu osalakwa pa nkhani iyi. 12Ngakhale ndinakulemberani, sichinali chifukwa cha munthu amene analakwa, kapena chifukwa cha amene anatchimwiridwa, koma kuti kuona mtima kwanu pa ife kuonekere kwa inu pamaso pa Atate wathu. 13Ichi ndi chifukwa chake tatonthozedwa. Kupatula chitonthozo chathu chomwe, tinasangalala koposa chifukwa cha chimwemwe cha Tito, popeza mzimu wake unatsitsimutsidwa ndi inu nonse. 14Chilichonse chimene ndinanyadira kwa iye chokhudza inu sichinandichititse manyazi. Monga mmene zonse zimene tinakuuzani zinali zoona, momwemonso kunyadira kwathu pamaso pa Tito kunaoneka kuti ndi koona. 15Mtima wake pa inu ndi waukulu koposa, pokumbukira mmene inu nonse munamvera, momlandirira ndi mantha ndi kunjenjemera. 16Ndikusangalala, chifukwa mu zonse ndili ndi chidaliro chathunthu mwa inu.
