Atate Wathu Avumbula ndi Kuweruza Aphunzitsi Onyenga
Aphunzitsi onyenga akufotokozedwa mosawasyasyalika: adyera, otsata zilakolako za thupi, olonjeza ufulu pamene iwo eni ali akapolo. Petro akutsutsana nawo potchula mbiri — angelo, chigumula, Sodomu, Loti — kuti Atate wathu amadziwa kupulumutsa opembedza ndi kusunga oipa kufikira tsiku lachiweruzo.
2 1Panali aneneri onyenga pakati pa anthu, monganso adzakhala aphunzitsi onyenga pakati panu. Iwo adzalowetsa mobisa ziphunzitso zonyenga zowononga, ndipo adzakana ngakhale Mbuye amene anawagula, nadzibweretsera okha chiwonongeko mwadzidzidzi. a a v1 “Mbuye amene anawagula” ndi Yesu, amene analipira ufulu wawo ndi mwazi wake, zimene zimachititsa kuti kukana kwawo Iye kukhale kwachisoni kwambiri. 2Ambiri adzatsatira zilakolako zawo, ndipo chifukwa cha iwo njira ya choonadi idzanyozedwa. 3Mu umbombo wawo adzakudyerani masuku pamutu ndi mau opeka. Chiweruzo chawo, chimene chinakhazikitsidwa kalekale, sichichedwa; chiwonongeko chawo sichigona.
4Pakuti ngati Atate wathu sanalekerere angelo amene anachimwa, koma anawaponya m'dzenje lakuya kwambiri la mdima, atawamanga m'maunyolo a mdima, kuwasunga kufikira chiweruzo; b b v4 Tartaro ndi malo otsekera angelo amene anagwa—mau osiyana ndi liwu lodziwika la gehena, otchula ndende kumene mizimu yopanduka ikudikira chiweruzo. 5ngati sanalekerere dziko lakale, koma anateteza Nowa, mlaliki wa chilungamo, pamodzi ndi anthu ena asanu ndi awiri, pamene anabweretsa chigumula pa dziko loipa; 6ndipo ngati anatsutsa Sodomu ndi Gomora, nasandutsa mizinda yawo phulusa, kukhala chitsanzo cha zimene zikudikira oipa; 7ndipo ngati anapulumutsa Loti wolungama, amene anatopa ndi khalidwe lamanyazi la anthu opanda malamulo. 8Pakuti munthu wolungamayo, pokhala pakati pawo, anazunzika tsiku ndi tsiku mu moyo wake wolungama ndi ntchito zoipa zimene anaona ndi kumva, 9pamenepo Atate wathu amadziwa kupulumutsa anthu opembedza ku mayesero, ndi kusunga oipa ku chilango kufikira tsiku la chiweruzo. 10Makamaka iwo amene amatsata zilakolako zonyansa za thupi ndi kunyoza ulamuliro—olimba mtima, odzikuza, osaopa kunyoza zolengedwa za kumwamba. 11Pamene angelo, amene ali ndi mphamvu ndi nyonga zazikulu kuposa iwo, saneneza mwachipongwe pa iwo pamaso pa Atate wathu. 12Koma anthu awa, ngati nyama zopanda nzeru zobadwa mwachibadwa kuti zigwidwe ndi kuwonongedwa, amanyoza zimene sazindikira, ndipo adzawonongedwa mu chiwonongeko chawo, 13nalandira choipa kukhala malipiro a zoipa zawo. Amaona ngati chisangalalo kuchita zachinyengo masana. Iwo ndi mawanga ndi zilema, osangalala ndi zinyengo zawo pamene akudya nanu limodzi. 14Maso awo ndi odzala ndi chigololo, osaleka kuchimwa, akukopa anthu osakhazikika, mitima yawo yophunzitsidwa umbombo—ana otembereredwa! 15Posiya njira yolunjika, anasochera, akutsata njira ya Baalamu mwana wa Beori, amene anakonda malipiro a zoipa. c c v15 Baalamu anali mneneri waganyu amene anafuna ndalama koposa kukhulupirika ndipo anadzudzulidwa ndi bulu wake—nkhani yake yonse ili mu Numeri 22–24. 16Koma anadzudzulidwa chifukwa cha kulakwa kwake: bulu wosalankhula anayankhula ndi mau a munthu, naletsa misala ya mneneriyo.
17Awa ndi akasupe owuma, nkhungu yoyendetsedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho—mdima wandiweyani wasungidwa kwa iwo. 18Ndi mau onyada, opanda pake, amakopa kudzera mu zilakolako za thupi anthu amene angopulumuka kumene kwa anthu okhala m'cholakwa. 19Amawalonjeza ufulu, pamene iwo eni ndi akapolo a chivundi—pakuti chilichonse chimene chimagonjetsa munthu chimamsandutsa kapolo.
20Pakuti ngati, atapulumuka ku chivundi cha dziko kudzera mu kudziwa Ambuye wathu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Khristu, akodwanso mmenemo ndi kugonjetsedwa, matha awo ndi oipa kuposa chiyambi chawo. 21Kukadakhala bwino kwa iwo kuti asadziwe konse njira ya chilungamo, koposa kuti aidziwe ndikubwerera m'mbuyo kusiya lamulo loyera limene anapatsidwa. 22Mwambi woona wachitika kwa iwo: “Galu abwerera ku masanzi ake,” ndi “Nkhumba yosambitsidwa ibwerera kukagubuduka m'matope.”