Dongosolo la Atate wathu mu Ulamuliro Wolamulira
Ulamuliro woyendetsa dziko waikidwa pansi pa Atate wathu, kotero misonkho ndi ulemu zimaperekedwa, osati mongodandaula. Kenako ngongole yokhayo yotsala yosalipira ndi chikondi, chimene mwachibadwa sichichitira mnzako choipa ndipo motero chimakwaniritsa malamulo. Nthawi yapita; valani zoyenera usana.
13 1Munthu aliyense ayenera kugonjera maulamuliro olamulira, pakuti palibe ulamuliro wina koma wochokera kwa Atate wathu, ndipo maulamuliro amene alipo anaikidwa ndi Atate wathu. 2Choncho aliyense amene amatsutsa ulamuliro amatsutsa chimene Atate wathu anakhazikitsa, ndipo otsutsawo amadziweruzitsa okha. 3Olamulira saopseza ntchito zabwino, koma zoipa zokha. Kodi ukufuna kuti usamaope ulamuliro? Chita zabwino, ndipo udzayamikidwa nawo. 4Pakuti iye ndi mtumiki wa Atate wathu, wa ubwino wako. Koma ngati uchita zoipa, uope—pakuti sanyamula lupanga pachabe. Iye ndi mtumiki wa Atate wathu, wobwezera amene amabweretsa mkwiyo pa wochita zoipa. 5Chifukwa chake muyenera kugonjera, osati kokha kuti mupewe chilango komanso chifukwa cha chikumbumtima. 6Nchifukwa chakenso mumapereka msonkho, pakuti olamulira ndi atumiki a Atate wathu, odzipereka ku chinthu chimodzimodzi ichi. 7Perekani zonse zimene muyenera kupereka: msonkho kwa amene ayenera msonkho, msonkho wapanjira kwa amene ayenera msonkho wapanjira, ulemu kwa amene ayenera ulemu, kulemekeza kwa amene ayenera kulemekezedwa.
Chikondi Chimakwaniritsa Lamulo
8Musakhale ndi ngongole kwa wina aliyense, kupatula ya kukondana wina ndi mnzake, pakuti wokonda mnzake wakwaniritsa lamulo.
9Pakuti malamulo akuti, “Usachite chigololo, usaphe, usabe, usasirire,” ndi lamulo lina lililonse, afupikitsidwa m'mau amodzi akuti, “Konda mnansi wako monga udzikondera wekha.”
10Chikondi sichichitira mnansi choipa; chifukwa chake chikondi ndiye kukwaniritsa kwa lamulo.
11Chitani izi, podziwa nthawi: kuti ola layamba kale lakuti mudzuke ku tulo—pakuti chipulumutso tsopano chayandikira kuposa pamene tinayamba kukhulupirira. 12Usiku watsala pang'ono kutha, usana wayandikira. Choncho tivule ntchito za mdima ndipo tivale zida za kuunika. 13Tikhale moyenera, monga masana: osati m'maphwando achiwerewere ndi kuledzera, osati m'machimo a chiwerewere ndi zonyansa, osati m'mikangano ndi nsanje. 14M'malomwake, mudzivale Ambuye Yesu Khristu; musakonze njira yokwaniritsa zilakolako za khalidwe lauchimo.
