Kulimbana kwa Paulo Chifukwa cha Iwo
Paulo akulimbana m'pemphero chifukwa cha okhulupirira amene sanakumane nawo, akufuna kuti azike mizu mwa Khristu m'malo mogwidwa ndi filosofi yochenjera, malamulo a zakudya, kapena masomphenya a angelo. Mbiri ya ngongole yowatsutsa yakhomeredwa kale pa mtanda; Atate wathu anawaukitsa pamodzi ndi Khristu.
2 1Ndifuna mudziwe kuti ndikulimbika kotani chifukwa cha inu, ndi iwo a ku Laodikaya, ndi onse amene sanandionepo ndi maso awo, 2kuti mitima yawo ilimbikitsidwe, atalumikizana pamodzi mu chikondi, nafike ku chuma chonse cha chitsimikizo chathunthu ndi chidziwitso—ku kudziwa chinsinsi cha Atate wathu, chimene ndi Khristu, 3amene mwa Iye muli chobisika chuma chonse cha nzeru ndi chidziwitso. 4Ndinena izi kuti wina asakunyengeni ndi mau okopa. 5Ngakhale ndilibe nanu mu thupi, ndili nanu mu mzimu, ndikukondwera kuona kukhazikika kwanu kwabwino ndi kulimba kwa chikhulupiriro chanu mwa Khristu.
Ozika Mizu ndi Omangidwa mwa Iye
6Chifukwa chake, monga munalandira Khristu Yesu Ambuye, yendani mwa Iye, 7ozika mizu ndi omangidwa mwa Iye, olimba mu chikhulupiriro monga munaphunzitsidwa, ndi kusefukira ndi kuyamika.
8Chenjerani kuti wina asakugwireni ukapolo ndi nzeru za anthu ndi chinyengo chopanda phindu, zotsatira miyambo ya anthu, zotsatira mizimu yoyambirira ya dziko lapansi, osati zotsatira Khristu. a a v8 Mizimu yoyambirira ya dziko lapansi: maulamuliro auzimu ndi mfundo zoyambirira zimene zimagwira anthu ukapolo kunja kwa Khristu. 9Pakuti mwa Iye mumakhala kudzaza konse kwa Umulungu mu maonekedwe a thupi, 10ndipo mwa Iye mwakwanitsidwa, amene ndiye mutu pa maufumu onse ndi maulamuliro onse. 11Mwa Iye munadulidwanso mdulidwe—mdulidwe wosapangidwa ndi manja, wovula thupi la uchimo—mdulidwe wa Khristu. b b v11 Mdulidwe wopangidwa popanda manja: kusintha kwauzimu kwa mtima, osati mwambo wa thupi. 12Oikidwa m'manda pamodzi ndi Iye mu ubatizo, mmene munaukitsidwanso pamodzi ndi Iye mwa chikhulupiriro mu mphamvu ya Atate wathu, amene anamuukitsa kwa akufa. 13Munali akufa mu machimo anu ndi mu thupi losadulidwa, koma Atate wathu anakupatsani moyo pamodzi ndi Iye, atatikhululukira ife machimo athu onse, 14atafafaniza kalata ya ngongole, pamodzi ndi malamulo ake, imene inali kutitsutsa. Anaichotsa, naipachika pa mtanda. 15Analanda zida olamulira ndi a ulamuliro, nawachititsa manyazi poyera, nawagonjetsa mwa Iye.
16Chifukwa chake wina asakuweruzeni chifukwa cha chakudya, kapena chakumwa, kapena phwando, kapena mwezi watsopano, kapena Sabata. 17Izi ndi chithunzithunzi cha zinthu zimene zinali kudza, koma zenizeni zake ndi za Khristu. 18Wina asakuletseni mphoto mwa kukondwera ndi kudzichepetsa konyenga ndi kupembedza angelo, nadziika pa masomphenya amene anaona, nadzitukumula popanda chifukwa ndi maganizo ake a thupi, 19osagwiritsitsa Mutu, amene kuchokera kwa Iye thupi lonse, lodyetsedwa ndi lolumikizidwa ndi malumikizidwe ndi zomangira, likula ndi kukula kochokera kwa Atate wathu.
20Ngati munafa pamodzi ndi Khristu ku mizimu yoyambirira ya dziko lapansi, nanga chifukwa chiyani, ngati kuti mukadali a dziko lapansi, mukumvera malamulo ake? 21“Usagwire, usalawe, usakhudze”? 22Zonsezi zimatha ndi kugwiritsidwa ntchito, chifukwa zimachokera ku malamulo ndi ziphunzitso za anthu. 23Malamulo amenewa amaoneka a nzeru—kupembedza kodzipangira, kudzichepetsa konyenga, kuzunza thupi—koma alibe phindu lililonse poletsa zilakolako za thupi.
