Atate Wathu Amawerengera Chikhulupiriro Kukhala Chilungamo
Paulo akuyesa mfundo yake pa Abrahamu, amene anawerengedwa wolungama asanadulidwe ndiponso lamulo lisanakhalepo. Chikhulupiriro si ntchito yolipidwa ndi malipiro; ndi kudalira Atate wathu, amene amapereka moyo kwa akufa — ndichifukwa chake anthu a mitundu ina nawonso angakhale ana ake.
4 1Tsono tinene chiyani za zimene Abrahamu, kholo lathu la m'thupi, anapeza? 2Pakuti ngati Abrahamu analungamitsidwa ndi ntchito, ali ndi chonyadira—koma osati pamaso pa Atate wathu. 3Pakuti Malemba akuti chiyani? Abrahamu anakhulupirira Atate wathu, ndipo zinawerengedwa kwa iye kukhala chilungamo. a a v3 "Kuwerengedwa" ndi liwu la kuwerenga ndalama, koma Atate wathu si wowerenga mabuku wopanda chifundo. Abrahamu anangomukhulupirira, ndipo Atate wathu anayang'ana manja ake opanda kanthu namulengeza kukhala wolungama. 4Kwa munthu wogwira ntchito, malipiro sawerengedwa kukhala mphatso koma kukhala chimene amuyenera. 5Koma kwa munthu wosagwira ntchito, koma amakhulupirira Iye amene amalungamitsa oyipa, chikhulupiriro chake chimawerengedwa kukhala chilungamo. 6Monganso Davide amanena za madalitso a munthu amene Atate wathu amamuwerengera chilungamo, popanda ntchito: 7“Odala ndi iwo amene zoyipa zawo zakhululukidwa, ndi amene machimo awo aphimbidwa; 8wodala ndi munthu amene Atate wathu sadzawerengera tchimo lake konse.”
9Kodi madalitso amenewa nga anthu ochita mdulidwe okha, kapenanso osachita mdulidwe? Ife tikuti chikhulupiriro cha Abrahamu chinawerengedwa kukhala chilungamo. 10Nanga chinawerengedwa bwanji? Pamene anali wochita mdulidwe, kapena wosachita mdulidwe? Osati pamene anali wochita mdulidwe, koma pamene anali wosachita mdulidwe. 11Iye analandira mdulidwe kukhala chizindikiro, chizindikiro cha chilungamo chimene anali nacho mwa chikhulupiriro pamene anali akadali wosachita mdulidwe, kuti akhale kholo la onse amene akhulupirira ngakhale ali osachita mdulidwe, kuti iwonso awerengedwe chilungamo, 12ndi kholo la ochita mdulidwe amene si ochita mdulidwe okha koma amayendanso m'mapazi a chikhulupiriro chimene kholo lathu Abrahamu anali nacho pamene anali wosachita mdulidwe.
13Pakuti lonjezo kwa Abrahamu ndi mbewu yake lakuti adzalandira dziko lapansi silinadze kudzera mu chilamulo, koma kudzera mu chilungamo cha chikhulupiriro. 14Pakuti ngati iwo amene amakhala monga mwa chilamulo ndiwo olowa m'malo, chikhulupiriro chasanduka chopanda pake ndipo lonjezo lathetsedwa. 15Chilamulo chimabweretsa mkwiyo; koma pamene palibe chilamulo, palibenso kuphwanya malamulo.
16Choncho zimadza mwa chikhulupiriro, kuti zikhale mwa chisomo, kuti lonjezo likhazikike kwa mbewu yonse—osati kwa iwo omangidwa ndi chilamulo okha koma kwanso iwo amene ali ndi chikhulupiriro cha Abrahamu, amene ndi kholo la ife tonse,
17monga kwalembedwa, “Ndakuyika iwe kukhala kholo la mitundu yambiri”—pamaso pa Atate wathu, amene iye anamukhulupirira, amene amapereka moyo kwa akufa ndi kuitana zinthu zopanda kukhalapo kuti zikhalepo. 18Mosayembekezeka, iye anakhulupirira mu chiyembekezo, nakhala kholo la mitundu yambiri, monga anauzidwa kuti: “Umo ndi mmene idzakhalira mbewu yako.”
19Posafooka mu chikhulupiriro, iye anaganizira thupi lake kuti linali ngati lakufa kale—popeza anali pafupifupi zaka zana—ndi chiberekero cha Sara chakufa. 20Iye sanakayikire lonjezo la Atate wathu mu kusowa chikhulupiriro, koma analimbikitsidwa mu chikhulupiriro, nalemekeza Atate wathu, 21ndi kutsimikiza kwathunthu kuti chimene Atate wathu analonjeza anakhozanso kuchichita. 22Ichi ndi chifukwa chake “zinawerengedwa kwa iye kukhala chilungamo.” 23Koma mau akuti “zinawerengedwa kwa iye” sanalembedwe chifukwa cha iye yekha, 24komanso chifukwa cha ife amene tidzawerengedwa nazo—ife amene timakhulupirira Iye amene anaukitsa Ambuye wathu Yesu kwa akufa, 25amene anaperekedwa chifukwa cha machimo athu ndipo anaukitsidwa kuti atilungamitse kwa Atate wathu.
