Chisomo Chisefukira Mwa Kuwolowa Manja

Chopereka chothandizira chimene chinayamba chaka chapitacho sichinathebe. Paulo akukana kuchilamula. Akuloza Amakedoniya, osauka ndi ozunzika, amene anapereka kuposa mphamvu zawo mwa chisomo cha Atate wathu, akungopempha kufanana pakati pa mipingo, ndipo akutumiza Tito pamodzi ndi mboni kuti wina aliyense asakayikire za ndalamazo.

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Abale, tikufuna kuti mudziwe za chisomo cha Atate wathu chimene chinapatsidwa m'mipingo ya ku Makedoniya. Poyesedwa ndi masautso aakulu, chimwemwe chawo chosefukira ndi umphawi wawo waukulu zinasefukira kukhala kuwolowa manja kwakukulu. Pakuti ndichitira umboni kuti: anapereka monga mwa kuthekera kwawo, ndi kupitirira apo, modzipereka kwathunthu. Anatipempha mwachangu kuti awapatse mwayi ndi chiyanjano cha kutumikira oyera mtima. Sizinali monga momwe tinayembekezera—anadzipereka okha poyamba kwa Ambuye, kenaka kwa ife, mwa chifuniro cha Atate wathu. Kotero tinadandaulira Tito kuti amalizenso ntchito iyi ya chisomo pakati panu, monga momwe anali atayambira kale. Koma monga mukuchulukira pa zonse—mu chikhulupiriro, mu mau, mu nzeru, mu changu chonse, ndi mu chikondi chimene tili nacho pa inu—onetsetsani kuti muchulukirenso pa mphatso iyi yowolowa manja. Ichi si lamulo—ndikuyesa kuona kuti chikondi chanu nchoona ndi changu cha ena. Mumadziwa chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu: angakhale anali wolemera, anakhala wosauka chifukwa cha inu, kuti umphawi wake ukupangeni inu olemera. Maganizo anga pa ichi ndi awa: zikuthandiza inu, amene chaka chatha munayamba osati kuchita kokha komanso kufuna kuchita. Tsopano malizani kuchita komweko, kuti changu cha kufuna kuchita chifanane ndi kumaliza kuchita kuchokera pa zimene muli nazo. Ngati changu chilipo, chimalandiridwa mogwirizana ndi zimene munthu ali nazo, osati zimene alibe. Sindikutanthauza kuti ena apumule pamene inu mukulemedwa, koma kuti pakhale chilungamo. Panopa zochuluka zanu ziyenera kukwaniritsa zosowa zawo, kuti zochuluka zawo zidzakwaniritse zosowa zanu, ndipo pakhale kufanana. Monga kwalembedwa kuti: “amene anatola zambiri analibe zotsalira; amene anatola zochepa, sanasowe.”

Tito Watumidwa ndi Chisamaliro Chachangu

Tiyamike Atate wathu, amene anaika mu mtima wa Tito chisamaliro chachangu chomwecho chimene ndili nacho pa inu. Iye sanangolandira pempho lathu lokha, koma—pokhala wachangu kwambiri yekha—akupita kwa inu mwa kufuna kwake. Pamodzi ndi iye tikutumiza mbale amene amatamandidwa ndi mipingo yonse chifukwa cha ntchito yake mu uthenga wabwino. Osati zokhazo—mipingo inamsankhanso kuti ayende nafe mu mphatso iyi yowolowa manja imene tikuyitumikira, kaamba ka ulemerero wa Ambuye mwini ndi changu chathu. Tikukonza izi kuti wina aliyense asatipeze cholakwa pa mphatso iyi yowolowa manja imene tikuyisamalira, pakuti timafuna zimene nzaulemu osati pamaso pa Ambuye kokha komanso pamaso pa anthu. Tikutumiza pamodzi ndi iwo mbale wathu, amene tinamuyesa kawirikawiri ndipo tinamupeza wachangu pa zambiri, tsopano wachangu koposa, chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chachikulu chimene ali nacho pa inu. Za Tito: ndi mnzanga mu ntchito, wogwira nafe ntchito kaamba ka inu. Za abale athu: ndi amithenga a mipingo, ulemerero wa Khristu. Kotero awaonetseni, pamaso pa mipingo, umboni wa chikondi chanu ndi wa kunyadira kwathu pa inu.