Kwa Mkazi Wosankhidwa
Kalata yaifupi yolimbikitsa okhulupirira kuyenda m'choonadi ndi m'chikondi, ndi kuchenjera ndi onyenga.
1 1Mkulu, kwa mkazi wosankhidwa ndi ana ake, amene ndimawakonda m'choonadi—osati ine ndekha, komanso onse amene amadziwa choonadi, a a v1 Mau akuti “mkazi wosankhidwa ndi ana ake” mwina akunena za mpingo wa m'deralo ndi anthu ake. 2chifukwa cha choonadi chimene chimakhala mwa ife ndipo chidzakhala nafe ku nthawi zonse. 3Chisomo, chifundo, ndi mtendere zidzakhala nafe, zochokera kwa Atate wathu ndi kwa Yesu Khristu, Mwana wa Atate wathu, m'choonadi ndi m'chikondi.
4Ndinasangalala kwambiri popeza ana anu ena akuyenda m'choonadi, monga momwe Atate wathu anatilamulira. 5Ndipo tsopano ndikukupemphani, inu mkazi wokondedwa: osati lamulo latsopano, koma limene tinali nalo kuyambira pachiyambi—kondanani wina ndi mnzake. 6Ichi ndiye chikondi: kuti tiyende motsatira malamulo ake. Ili ndiye lamulo, monga munamva kuyambira pachiyambi: kuti muyende m'chikondi.
7Pakuti onyenga ambiri atuluka kupita m'dziko, akukana kuti Yesu Khristu anadza m'thupi. Uyu ndiye wonyenga ndi wotsutsana ndi Khristu. 8Dziyang'anireni nokha, kuti musataye zimene tinazigwirira ntchito, koma mulandire mphoto yathunthu. 9Aliyense wopyola malire, wosakhala m'chiphunzitso cha Khristu, alibe Atate wathu; koma amene amakhala m'chiphunzitsocho ali ndi Atate wathu ndi Mwana yemwe. b b v9 Kukana Mwana ndiko kutaya Atate. Kalata ya Yohane ikuumirira kuti sangathe kulekanitsidwa—kukhala m'chiphunzitso cha Yesu ndiko kukhala ndi Atate wathu pamodzi ndi Mwana wake. 10Ngati wina adza kwa inu wopanda chiphunzitsochi, musamulandire m'nyumba mwanu kapena kumupatsa moni, 11pakuti amene amupatsa moni amagawana naye ntchito zake zoipa.
12Ndili ndi zambiri zoti ndilembe, koma sindifuna kugwiritsa ntchito pepala ndi inki. Ndikuyembekezera kudza ndi kulankhula nanu maso ndi maso, kuti chimwemwe chathu chikhale chathunthu. 13Ana a mlongo wanu wosankhidwa akukupatsani moni.