Moni kwa Atesalonika
Kalata yotsatira yokhazika mtima mpingo wosokonezeka pa za tsiku la Ambuye, ndi kuwaitana kuti aime molimba.
1 1Paulo, Silivano, ndi Timoteo, kwa mpingo wa Atesalonika mwa Atate wathu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu: 2Chisomo chikhale ndi inu ndi mtendere wochokera kwa Atate wathu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu.
Kuyamika chifukwa cha Chikhulupiriro Chanu Chokula
3Tiyenera kuyamika Atate wathu nthawi zonse chifukwa cha inu, abale ndi alongo—ndipo nkoyenera—chifukwa chikhulupiriro chanu chikukula kwambiri, ndipo aliyense wa inu akuchuluka pa chikondi cha wina ndi mnzake. 4Choncho ife tomwe timanyadira inu pakati pa mipingo ya Atate wathu, chifukwa cha kupirira kwanu ndi chikhulupiriro mu mazunzo onse ndi masautso amene mukuwapirira.
5Ichi ndi chitsimikizo cha chiweruzo cholungama cha Atate wathu, kuti inu muwerengedwe oyenera ufumu wa Atate wathu, umene chifukwa chake mukuzunzikanso. 6Popeza Atate wathu ndi wolungama, adzabwezera masautso kwa amene akukusautsani inu, 7ndi kupatsa mpumulo kwa inu amene mukuzunzika, pamodzi ndi ife, pamene Ambuye Yesu adzaonetsedwa kuchokera kumwamba pamodzi ndi angelo ake amphamvu, 8mu moto woyaka, nabweretsa chilungamo pa amene sadziwa Atate wathu, ndi pa amene samvera uthenga wabwino wa Ambuye wathu Yesu. 9Iwo adzalangidwa ndi chilango cha chiwonongeko chosatha, kutali ndi pamaso pa Ambuye ndi mphamvu yake yaulemerero, 10pa tsiku limenelo, pamene adzabwera kudzalemekezedwa mwa oyera ake ndi kuyamikidwa pakati pa onse amene anakhulupirira—pakuti umboni wathu kwa inu unakhulupirika.
11Pa chifukwa ichi timakupemphererani nthawi zonse, kuti Atate wathu akuyeseni oyenera kuitana kwake, ndi kukwaniritsa mwa mphamvu yake chokhumba chilichonse cha ubwino ndi ntchito ya chikhulupiriro, 12kuti dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu lilemekezedwe mwa inu, ndipo inu mwa Iye, mwa chisomo cha Atate wathu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu.