Wopereka Mosangalala
Paulo anadzitamandira kale kwa Amakedoniya kuti Akaya ali okonzeka, choncho akutumiza abale patsogolo. Akufuna kuti mphatsoyo iperekedwe mwaufulu, osati mokakamizidwa, chifukwa Atate wathu amakonda wopereka mokondwera, ndiponso chifukwa ndalamazo zimasanduka chiyamiko pakati pa anthu amene Akorinto sadzawaona konse.
9 1Za kutumikira anthu a Ambuye, sindiyenera kukulemberani, 2pakuti ndikudziwa changu chanu, ndipo ndimadzitamandira za inu kwa Amakedoniya, kuti dziko la Akaya lakhala lokonzeka kuyambira chaka chatha, ndipo changu chanu chawutsa mtima ambiri a iwo. 3Koma ndikutumiza abale, kuti kudzitamandira kwathu za inu kusakhale kwachabe pa nkhaniyi—kuti mukhale okonzeka, monga ndinanena. 4Mwina akadzabwera Amakedoniya pamodzi ndi ine nakupezani osakonzeka, ife—osanenanso za inu—tikadachita manyazi chifukwa cha kudzitama kotereku. 5Choncho ndinaona kuti nkofunika kudandaulira abale kuti akutsogolereni kupita kwa inu, nakonze kale mphatso yaikulu imene munalonjeza, kuti ikhale yokonzeka ngati mphatso yoperekedwa mwakufuna, osati ngati chinthu choperekedwa mowuma mtima.
6Kumbukirani ichi: amene afesa pang'ono adzakololanso pang'ono, ndipo amene afesa mowolowa manja adzakololanso mowolowa manja. 7Yense apereke monga watsimikiza mu mtima mwake, osati monyinyirika kapena mokakamizidwa, pakuti Atate wathu amakonda wopereka mosangalala. 8Atate wathu akhoza kusefukitsa chisomo chonse pa inu, kuti nthawi zonse mutakhala ndi zokwana pa zonse, musefukire mu ntchito yabwino iliyonse. 9Monga kwalembedwa: “Wabalalitsa mphatso zake kwa osauka; chilungamo chake nchamuyaya.”
10Iye amene amapereka mbewu kwa wofesa ndi chakudya choti adye, adzakupatsani ndi kuchulukitsa mbewu yanu, nakulitse zokolola za chilungamo chanu. 11Mudzalemeretsedwa pa zinthu zonse kuti mukhale owolowa manja pa zonse, kumene kumachititsa anthu kuyamika Atate wathu kudzera mwa ife. 12Pakuti utumiki umene mukuchita suthandiza kokha anthu a Ambuye pa zosowa zawo, komanso ukusefukira mu machitidwe ambiri a kuyamika Atate wathu. 13Potsimikizika ndi utumiki umenewu, ena adzalemekeza Atate wathu chifukwa cha kugonjera kwanu povomereza uthenga wabwino wa Khristu, ndi chifukwa cha kugawana kwanu mowolowa manja ndi iwo ndi anthu ena onse. 14Mu mapemphero awo akukupemphererani, adzakulakalakani, chifukwa cha chisomo choposa chimene Atate wathu wakupatsani. 15Kuyamikika kukhale kwa Atate wathu chifukwa cha mphatso yake yosaneneka!
