Petro Alembera Chikhulupiriro Chofanana
Chenjezo lotsutsana ndi aphunzitsi onyenga ndi onyoza, ndi kuitana kuti tikule m'chisomo pamene tikuyembekezera kubweranso kwa Ambuye.
1 1Simoni Petro, kapolo ndi mtumwi wa Yesu Khristu, kwa iwo amene apatsidwa chikhulupiriro chamtengo wapatali ngati chathu mwa chilungamo cha Mulungu wathu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Khristu: 2Chisomo ndi mtendere zichulukitsidwe kwa inu mwa kudziwa Atate wathu ndi Yesu Ambuye wathu.
Olandira Nawo Chikhalidwe cha Atate
3Mphamvu yake yaumulungu inatipatsa zonse zomwe tiyenera pa moyo ndi kudzipereka kwa Mulungu, mwa kudziwa Iye amene anatiyitana ndi ulemerero ndi ukoma wake. 4Mwa izi anatipatsa malonjezo ake amtengo wapatali ndi aakulu kwambiri, kuti mwa iwo mukhale nawo gawo la chikhalidwe chaumulungu, mutathawa chivundi cha dziko lapansi chochokera ku zilakolako zoyipa. 5Chifukwa chake, muziyesetsa kwambiri, wonjezerani ubwino pa chikhulupiriro chanu, ndipo pa ubwino, chidziwitso; 6pa chidziwitso, kudziletsa; pa kudziletsa, kupirira; pa kupirira, kudzipereka kwa Mulungu, 7pa kudzipereka kwa Mulungu, chikondi cha ubale; pa chikondi cha ubale, chikondi. 8Ngati muli nazo makhalidwe awa, akukula, adzakuchititsani kuti musakhale opanda phindu kapena opanda zipatso pa kudziwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu. 9Yense amene alibe zinthu izi ndi wakhungu, wosaona patali, nayiwala kuti anayeretsedwa ku machimo ake akale. 10Chifukwa chake, abale, yesetsani kutsimikiza kuyitanidwa ndi kusankhidwa kwanu; chitani zinthu izi ndipo simudzapunthwa konse. 11Mwa njira iyi mudzapatsidwa mowolowa manja kulowa mu ufumu wosatha wa Ambuye wathu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Khristu.
12Chifukwa chake ndidzakukumbutsani nthawi zonse zinthu izi, ngakhale muzidziwa ndipo mwayima mwamphamvu mu choonadi chimene muli nacho tsopano. 13Ndikuona kuti nkoyenera kukusonkhezerani ndi zikumbutso pamene ndikadali mu hema ili, a a v13 Petro akutcha thupi lake 'hema' — malo okhalamo kwakanthawi amene posachedwa adzawasiya (onani 2 Akorinto 5:1–4). 14popeza ndikudziwa kuti posachedwa ndidzayika pambali hema wanga, monga momwe Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu anandisonyezera. 15Ndidzayesetsanso kuti nthawi zonse muthe kukumbukira zinthu izi nditachoka.
16Pakuti sitinatsatire nthano zochenjera pamene tinkakuuzani za mphamvu ndi kudza kwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu—koma tinali mboni zoona ndi maso athu za ukulu wake.
17Iye analandira ulemu ndi ulemerero kuchokera kwa Atate wathu pamene mau anadza kwa Iye kuchokera mu Ulemerero Waukulu, kuti: “Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga, amene ndimamkonda; ndikondwera naye.” b b v17 Awa ndi mau enieni a Atate wathu pa phiri — Iye akondwera ndi Mwana wake ndipo amamtcha wokondedwa, mau omwewo amene Petro, Yakobo, ndi Yohane anamva pa kusanduka maonekedwe.
18Ife tomwe tinamva mau awa akudza kuchokera kumwamba, pakuti tinali naye pa phiri loyera.
19Tilinso ndi mau a uneneri otsimikizika koposa—ndipo mukuchita bwino kumvetsera kwa iwo, ngati nyale yoyaka pa malo a mdima, kufikira kutacha ndipo nyenyezi ya m'mawa itatuluka mu mitima yanu. 20Koposa zonse, muyenera kuzindikira kuti palibe uneneri wa M'malemba umene umachokera ku kutanthauzira kwa munthu mwini. 21Palibe uneneri unadza mwa chifuniro cha munthu, koma anthu ananena kuchokera kwa Atate wathu, akutsogozedwa ndi Mzimu Woyera.