Tito 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Paulo, kapolo wa Atate wathu ndi mtumwi wa Yesu Khristu, chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro cha osankhidwa a Atate wathu ndi kuzindikira choonadi chimene chimafikitsa ku kudzipereka kwa Mulungu, ²mu chiyembekezo cha moyo wosatha, umene Atate wathu, amene sanama konse, analonjeza nyengo zisanayambe, ³ndipo pa nthawi yake yoyenera anaulula mau ake kudzera mu uthenga umene anandisungitsa monga mwa lamulo la Atate wathu, Mpulumutsi wathu. ⁴Kwa Tito, mwana wanga weniweni mu chikhulupiriro chimene tigawana: chisomo ndi mtendere zochokera kwa Atate wathu ndi Khristu Yesu Mpulumutsi wathu.

Akulu Amene Akuonetsa Khalidwe la Atate

⁵Ndinakusiya ku Krete pa chifukwa ichi: kuti umalize zimene zinatsala ndi kuika akulu mu mzinda uliwonse, monga ndinakulangiza. ⁶Mkulu ayenera kukhala wopanda chifukwa, mwamuna wa mkazi mmodzi, wokhala ndi ana okhulupirika amene saimbidwa mlandu wa moyo wotayirira kapena kuwukira. ⁷Pakuti woyang'anira, monga mdindo wa Atate wathu, ayenera kukhala wopanda chifukwa—osakhala wodzikuza, osakalipa msanga, osakhala chidakwa, osakhala wankhanza, osasirira phindu lachinyengo, ⁸koma wolandira alendo, wokonda zabwino, wodziletsa, wolungama, woyera, ndi wodzisunga. ⁹Ayenera kugwiritsitsa mau odalirika monga anaphunzitsidwira, kuti athe kulimbikitsa anthu ndi chiphunzitso cholimba ndi kutsutsa amene amatsutsana nawo.

¹⁰Pakuti ambiri ndi owukira, olankhula zopanda pake ndi osocheretsa anthu—makamaka gulu la mdulidwe. ^a a v10 Mawu akuti 'gulu la mdulidwe' akunena za aphunzitsi ochokera mu Chiyuda amene anaumirira kuti okhulupirira a mitundu ina ayenera kudulidwa kuti apulumutsidwe ndithu. ¹¹Ayenera kukhalitsidwa chete, chifukwa amawononga mabanja athunthu, pophunzitsa zimene sayenera, chifukwa cha phindu lochititsa manyazi. ¹²Mneneri wina wa iwo eni anatero: “Anthu a ku Krete ndi onama nthawi zonse, nyama zoipa, aulesi odyera.” ¹³Umboni uwu ndi woona. Chifukwa chake uwadzudzule mwamphamvu, kuti akhale olimba mu chikhulupiriro, ¹⁴ndipo asasamale nthano za Chiyuda ndi malamulo ochokera kwa anthu amene amakana choonadi. ¹⁵Zinthu zonse ndi zoyera kwa oyera; koma kwa owonongeka ndi osakhulupirira, palibe chinthu choyera—maganizo awo ndi chikumbumtima chawo zonse zadetsedwa. ¹⁶Amanena kuti amadziwa Atate wathu, koma amamukana ndi zochita zawo—onyansa, osamvera, osayenera ntchito iliyonse yabwino.