Mwana wa Chiwonongeko Akubwera
Atesalonika amva, mwina kudzera m'kalata yonyenga, kuti tsiku la Ambuye linafika kale. Paulo akuti ayi: choyamba kudzafika kupanduka, ndi munthu wosamvera malamulo amene adzakhala m'kachisi wa Atate wathu nadzitcha Mulungu. Pakadali pano, imani molimba ndipo gwirani zimene munaphunzitsidwa.
2 1Abale, tikukupemphani za kudza kwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu ndi za kusonkhana kwathu kwa Iye, 2kuti musagwedezeke msanga m'maganizo mwanu kapena kuvutika mtima—ndi mzimu, kapena uthenga, kapena kalata yonena kuti yachokera kwa ife—yonena kuti tsiku la Ambuye wathu lafika kale. 3Munthu aliyense asakunyengeni mwa njira iliyonse; tsiku limenelo silidza pokhapokha kuwukira kutayamba, ndi munthu wopanda malamulo—woyenera chiwonongeko—ataululidwa, 4amene amatsutsa, nadzikuza pamwamba pa chilichonse chotchedwa mulungu kapena chinthu chopembedzedwa, kotero amakhala m'kachisi wa Atate wathu, nadzitcha yekha Mulungu. a a v4 Apa mawu akuti 'Mulungu' asiyidwa momwe alili chifukwa ndi zonena zabodza, zodzikuza za munthu wopanda malamulo—chinthu chabodza chotsanzira Atate amene iye akudziyika kukhala wotsutsana nao. 5Kodi simukumbukira kuti pamene ndinali ndi inu ndinakuuzani zinthu izi? 6Ndipo tsopano mukudziwa chimene chikumuletsa tsopano, kuti adzaululidwe pa nthawi yake. 7Pakuti chinsinsi cha kupanda malamulo chikugwira kale ntchito; koma amene akuletsa tsopano adzapitiriza mpaka atachotsedwa pa njira. 8Pamenepo munthu wopanda malamulo adzaululidwa, amene Ambuye Yesu adzamugonjetsa ndi mpweya wa pakamwa pake, nadzamuwononga ndi kuwala kwa kubwera kwake. 9Munthu wopanda malamulo adza mwa ntchito ya Satana, ndi mphamvu zonse, zizindikiro zabodza, ndi zodabwitsa, 10ndi chinyengo chonse choipa kwa iwo amene akutayika, chifukwa anakana kukonda choonadi kuti apulumuke. 11Chifukwa cha ichi Atate wathu akuwatumizira chinyengo champhamvu, kuti akhulupirire zabodza, 12kotero kuti onse amene sanakhulupirire choonadi koma anakondwera ndi zoipa, aweruzidwe.
Imani Molimba mu Kuyitana kwa Atate
13Tiyenera kuyamika Atate wathu nthawi zonse chifukwa cha inu, abale okondedwa ndi Ambuye, chifukwa Atate wathu anakusankhani kuti mukhale zipatso zoyamba za chipulumutso kudzera mu ntchito yoyeretsa ya Mzimu Woyera ndi chikhulupiriro cha choonadi. 14Anakuyitanirani ku ichi kudzera mu uthenga wabwino wathu, kuti mupeze ulemerero wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu. 15Chotero tsono, abale, imani molimba ndipo gwiritsitsani miyambo imene tinakuphunzitsani, kaya mwa mau athu olankhula kapena mwa kalata.
16Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu mwini wake, ndi Atate wathu, amene anatikonda natipatsa chitonthozo chosatha ndi chiyembekezo chabwino mwa chisomo, 17atonthoze mitima yanu ndi kuyilimbitsa mu ntchito iliyonse yabwino ndi mau.