Lalikani Mau
Lamulo lotsiriza la Paulo, loperekedwa pamaso pa Atate wathu: lalikira mawu nthawi yabwino ndi nthawi yosayenera, chifukwa anthu adzadzisonkhanitsira aphunzitsi owauza zimene akufuna kumva. Iye akudziwa mapeto ake — wathiridwa ngati nsembe, mpikisano watha — ndipo akutchula amene anamusiya, amene anatsala, ndi amene anaima naye.
4 1Ndikukulamulirani molimba pamaso pa Atate wathu ndi Khristu Yesu, amene adzaweruza amoyo ndi akufa, mwa kuonekera kwake ndi ufumu wake: 2Lalikani mau; khalani okonzeka pa nthawi yoyenera ndi yosayenera; wongolerani, dzudzulani, ndi kulimbikitsa, ndi kuleza mtima konse ndi chiphunzitso. 3Pakuti idzafika nthawi pamene sadzalolera chiphunzitso cholimba, koma adzadziunjikira aphunzitsi kuti agwirizane ndi zokhumba zawo, popeza makutu awo akuyabwa, 4ndipo adzatembenuza makutu awo kuchoka ku choonadi, nasochera ku nthano. 5Koma inu: khalani maso m'zinthu zonse, pirirani zowawa, gwirani ntchito ya mlaliki wa Uthenga Wabwino, kwaniritsani utumiki wanu. 6Pakuti ine ndikuthiridwa kale ngati nsembe ya chakumwa; nthawi yanga yochoka yafika. a a v6 Nsembe ya chakumwa inali vinyo wothiridwa pa guwa la nsembe monga nsembe — Paulo akufanizira imfa yake ngati chochita chomaliza cha kupembedza chothiridwa chifukwa cha ena. 7Ndamenya nkhondo yabwino, ndamaliza mpikisano, ndasunga chikhulupiriro. 8Tsopano chipewa cha chilungamo chikundidikira, chimene Ambuye, woweruza wolungama, adzandipatsa pa tsiku limenelo—osati kwa ine ndekha komanso kwa onse amene anakonda kuonekera kwake.
Nkhawa Zomaliza za Paulo
9Yesetsani kudza kwa ine msanga. 10Dema anakonda dziko lino lapansi, nandisiya, napita ku Tesalonika. Kresene anapita ku Galatiya, Tito ku Dalmatiya. 11Luka yekha ali ndi ine. Tengani Marko, ndipo mudze naye—popeza ndi wothandiza kwa ine pa utumiki. 12Ndamtuma Tukiko ku Efeso. 13Pamene mudza, bweretsani mkanjo umene ndinausiya kwa Karpo ku Trowa, ndi mipukutu, makamaka mipukutu ya zikopa. 14Alekizandro wosula mkuwa anandichitira zoipa zambiri; Ambuye adzamubwezera molingana ndi ntchito zake. 15Inunso mukhale maso ndi iye, popeza anatsutsa mwamphamvu uthenga wathu.
16Palibe munthu anaimirira pamodzi ndi ine pa kudziteteza kwanga koyamba—onse anandisiya. Zisawerengedwe pa iwo. 17Koma Ambuye anaimirira pamodzi ndi ine nandilimbitsa, kuti kudzera mwa ine uthenga ulalikidwe kwathunthu ndipo mitundu yonse imve. Ndinapulumutsidwa m'kamwa mwa mkango. 18Ambuye adzandipulumutsa ku ntchito iliyonse yoipa nandifikitsa bwino ku ufumu wake wa kumwamba. Kwa Iye kukhale ulemerero ku nthawi za nthawi. Ameni.
Malonje Omaliza
19Patsani moni kwa Priska ndi Akula, ndi a m'nyumba ya Onesiforo. 20Erasto anatsalira ku Korinto, ndipo Trofimo, amene anadwala, ndinamsiya ku Mileto. 21Yesetsani kudza nyengo yozizira isanafike. Yubulo, Pude, Lino, Klaudiya, ndi abale onse akupatsani moni.
22Ambuye akhale ndi mzimu wanu. Chisomo chikhale ndi inu nonse.