Kulimbikitsidwa ndi Chisomo kuti Tipirire
Paulo akuuza Timoteo kuti atenge mphamvu zake m'chisomo ndi kupereka chiphunzitsocho kwa anthu okhulupirika amene angathe kuphunzitsa enanso. Msilikali, wothamanga, mlimi — chithunzi chilichonse chikunena za kupirira m'zovuta. Kukangana pa mawu nkopanda pake; konzani mofatsa, popeza Atate wathu angawapatse kulapa.
2 1Tsono iwe mwana wanga, peza mphamvu zako kuchokera ku chisomo chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu. 2Ndipo zimene unamva kwa ine pamaso pa mboni zambiri, uzipereke kwa anthu okhulupirika amene angathe kuphunzitsanso ena. 3Vomera gawo lako la masautso monga msilikali wabwino wa Khristu Yesu. 4Palibe msilikali amene ali pa ntchito amene amakodwa mu zinthu za moyo wamba, pakuti afuna kukondweretsa amene anamulemba usilikali. 5Ndipo wothamanga salandira nkhata ya ulemu ngati sapikisana motsatira malamulo. 6Mlimi wolimbikira ntchito ayenera kukhala woyamba kulandira gawo la zokolola. 7Ganizira zimene ndinena, pakuti Ambuye adzakupatsa kumvetsa pa zinthu zonse.
8Kumbukira Yesu Khristu, amene anauka kwa akufa, mbadwa ya Davide, monga mmene zanenedwera mu uthenga wabwino wanga, 9umene chifukwa chake ndikumva zowawa, ndamangidwa maunyolo ngati wochita zoipa. Koma mau a Atate wathu sanamangidwe! 10Choncho ndikupirira zonse chifukwa cha osankhidwa, kuti nawonso apeze chipulumutso chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu, pamodzi ndi ulemerero wosatha. 11Mau awa ndi okhulupirika: Ngati tinafa pamodzi ndi Iye, tidzakhalanso ndi moyo pamodzi ndi Iye; 12ngati tipirira, tidzalamuliranso pamodzi ndi Iye; ngati timkana Iye, nayenso adzatikana ife; 13ngati ife tilibe chikhulupiriro, Iye akhalabe wokhulupirika, pakuti sangathe kudzikana yekha.
Wantchito Wovomerezedwa ndi Atate
14Uwakumbutse zinthu izi, ndipo uwachenjeze pamaso pa Atate wathu kuti asamakangane pa mau—zopanda phindu, zimene zimawononga amene akumvetsera.
15Chita khama kudzipereka wekha kwa Atate wathu wovomerezeka, wantchito wopanda manyazi, wogwiritsa ntchito mau a choonadi molondola. 16Koma pewa nkhani zopanda pake, zosaopa Mulungu; zimenezi zimatsogolera anthu kuya kwambiri mu zoipa, 17ndipo kuyankhula kwawo kudzafalikira ngati chilonda chowola. Pakati pawo pali Humeneyo ndi Fileto, 18amene anasochera kuchoka ku choonadi, nanena kuti kuuka kwa akufa kunachitika kale, ndipo akugwetsa chikhulupiriro cha anthu ena. 19Komabe maziko olimba a Atate wathu akhazikika, ndi chizindikiro ichi: “Iye amawadziwa amene ali ake,” ndi “Onse amene atchula dzina lake apatuke ku zoipa.”
20M'nyumba yaikulu muli ziwiya osati za golidi ndi siliva zokha, komanso za mtengo ndi dothi—zina za ulemu, zina zopanda ulemu. 21Choncho ngati munthu adziyeretsa ku zinthu izi, adzakhala chiwiya cha ulemu: choyera, chothandiza kwa Mbuye, chokonzeka pa ntchito iliyonse yabwino.
22Thawa zilakolako za unyamata; funafuna chilungamo, chikhulupiriro, chikondi, ndi mtendere pamodzi ndi amene amaitana Ambuye ndi mtima woyera. 23Usavomerezane ndi mikangano yopusa ndi yaumbuli; udziwa kuti imabala ndewu. 24Mtumiki wa Ambuye sayenera kukhala wokonda ndewu, koma akhale wofatsa kwa onse, wokhoza kuphunzitsa, woleza mtima pamene amuchitira zoipa. 25Akuwongola mofatsa amene amamutsutsa. Mwina Atate wathu adzawapatsa kulapa kuti adziwe choonadi, 26ndipo adzazindikira, nathawa msampha wa mdierekezi umene wawagwira akapolo kuti achite chifuniro chake.