Atate Wathu Salephera Konse
Ngati aliyense ndi wolakwa, kodi mwayi wa Isiraeli unali wopanda pake? Ayi — komanso palibe amene ali wosiyana, ndipo Paulo akuunjika mawu a m'Malemba kuti atsimikize zimenezo. Kusintha kukubwera pa vesi la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi: popanda lamulo, Atate wathu akulungamitsa mwaulere kudzera mwa Khristu, kotero kudzitama kulibenso poima.
3 1Nanga tsono Myuda ali ndi ubwino wanji? Kapena mdulidwe uli ndi phindu lanji? 2Ubwino waukulu m'njira iliyonse. Choyamba, iwo anasungitsidwa mau enieni a Atate wathu. 3Nanga bwanji? Ngati ena sanakhulupirike, kodi kusakhulupirika kwawo kudzathetsa kukhulupirika kwa Atate wathu? 4Ayi! Atate wathu akhale woona, ngakhale munthu aliyense ndi wabodza. Monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Inu mutsimikizidwa kukhala olungama m'mau anu, ndipo mupambana poweruzidwa.”
5Koma ngati kulakwa kwathu kuonetsa poyera chilungamo cha Atate wathu, tinene chiyani? Kodi Atate wathu ndi wopanda chilungamo pobweretsa mkwiyo pa ife? (Ndikuyankhula monga mwa umunthu.). 6Ayi ndithu! Pakuti ngati zili choncho, kodi Atate wathu akanaweruza bwanji dziko lapansi? 7Koma ngati bodza langa likuchititsa choonadi cha Atate wathu kusefukira ku ulemerero wake, chifukwa chiyani ndikuweruzidwabe ngati wochimwa? 8Bwanji osanena, monga ena akutinenera kuti ife timanena kuti, “Tichite zoipa kuti zabwino zidze”? Chiweruzo chawo ndi choyenera.
Palibe Wolungama
9Nanga bwanji? Kodi ife tiri bwino kuposa? Ayi n'komwe—popeza tanena kale kuti Ayuda ndi Agiriki, onse omwe, ali pansi pa ulamuliro wa tchimo, 10monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Palibe wolungama, ngakhale mmodzi yemwe; 11palibe amene amvetsa; palibe amene afunafuna Atate wathu. 12Onse apatuka; pamodzi asanduka opanda phindu; palibe amene achita zabwino, ngakhale mmodzi yemwe. 13Mmero wawo ndi manda otsekuka; ndi malirime awo amachita chinyengo.” “Ululu wa njoka uli pansi pa milomo yawo. 14Pakamwa pawo padzaza ndi kutemberera ndi kuwawa. 15Mapazi awo ndi aliwiro pokhetsa magazi; 16chiwonongeko ndi chisoni zili m'njira zawo, 17ndipo njira ya mtendere sanaidziwe. 18Palibe kuopa Atate wathu pamaso pawo.”
19Tikudziwa kuti zonse zimene lamulo limanena, limanenera iwo amene ali pansi pa lamulolo, kuti pakamwa paliponse patsekedwe ndipo dziko lonse lapansi likhale lolakwa pamaso pa Atate wathu. 20Palibe munthu amene adzalungamitsidwa pamaso pake mwa ntchito za lamulo; lamulo limabweretsa kuzindikira tchimo.
Kulungamitsidwa Mwachikhulupiriro mwa Yesu
21Koma tsopano, kopanda lamulo, chilungamo cha Atate wathu chavumbulutsidwa, chikuchitiridwa umboni ndi Lamulo ndi Aneneri. 22Chilungamo ichi cha Atate wathu chidza mwachikhulupiriro mwa Yesu Khristu, kwa onse amene akhulupirira, pakuti palibe kusiyana, 23popeza onse achimwa ndipo aperewera pa ulemerero wa Atate wathu, 24ndipo akulungamitsidwa kwaulere mwa chisomo chake kudzera muchiombolo chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu. 25Atate wathu anamupereka Iye kukhala nsembe yopepesera, mwachikhulupiriro mu mwazi wake, kuti aonetse chilungamo chake, popeza mwa kuleza mtima kwake anazilekerera machimo amene anachitika kale, 26kuti aonetse chilungamo chake tsopano, kuti Iye akhale wolungama komanso wolungamitsa aliyense amene akhulupirira mwa Yesu.
27Nanga tsono kunyada kuli kuti? Kwachotsedwa. Mwa lamulo liti? La ntchito? Ayi—mwa lamulo la chikhulupiriro. 28Pakuti ife tikutsimikiza kuti munthu amalungamitsidwa mwachikhulupiriro kopanda ntchito za lamulo. 29Kapena kodi Atate wathu ndi Atate wa Ayuda okha? Kodi si Atate wa a Mitundu inanso? Inde, wa a Mitundu inanso, 30popeza Atate wathu ndi mmodzi, Iye adzalungamitsa a mdulidwe mwachikhulupiriro ndi osadulidwa kudzera mwachikhulupiriro.
31Kodi ife timathetsa lamulo kudzera mchikhulupiriro ichi? Ayi n'komwe—timalimbikitsa lamulo.