Olowa M'malo a Chisomo cha Atate
Kale iwo anali opusa, osamvera ndi odana wina ndi mnzake; chimene chinasintha chinali chifundo cha Atate wathu, kusambitsidwa kwa kubadwa kwatsopano ndi Mzimu wotsanuliridwa, osati ntchito zawo, kuwapanga olowa nyumba. Choncho: ntchito zabwino, osakangana pa za malamulo, munthu wogawanitsa achenjezedwe kawiri kenako asiyidwe.
3 1Uwakumbutse kuti agonjere olamulira ndi maulamuliro, amvere, ndi kukhala okonzeka pa ntchito iliyonse yabwino, 2asamachitire aliyense chipongwe, apewe mikangano, akhale ofatsa, ndi kuonetsa kuleza mtima kwathunthu kwa anthu onse. 3Ifenso kale tinali opusa, osamvera, onyengedwa, akapolo a zilakolako zosiyanasiyana ndi zokondweretsa, tinkakhala mu dumbo ndi kaduka, odedwa, nodana wina ndi mnzake. 4Koma pamene kukoma mtima ndi chikondi cha Atate wathu, Mpulumutsi wathu, zinaonekera, a a v4 Apa “Mpulumutsi” akutchula Atate wathu mwini — gwero la chipulumutso, amene amatipulumutsa kudzera mwa Mwana wake ndi mwa Mzimu wake (vesi 5-6). 5anatipulumutsa—osati chifukwa cha ntchito za chilungamo zimene tinachita, koma mwa chifundo chake, kudzera mu kutsuka kwa kubadwa mwatsopano ndi kukonzedwanso ndi Mzimu Woyera, 6amene anamutsanulira pa ife mochuluka kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu Mpulumutsi wathu, 7kuti, titalungamitsidwa ndi chisomo chake, tikhale olowa m'malo m'chiyembekezo cha moyo wosatha. 8Mau awa ndi okhulupirika: ndifuna kuti uzilimbikira zinthu izi, kuti amene amakhulupirira Atate wathu asamalire kudzipereka ku ntchito zabwino. Zinthu izi ndi zabwino ndiponso zothandiza kwa anthu onse.
9Koma pewa mikangano yopusa, mibadwo, mitsutso, ndi ndewu za chilamulo, pakuti nzopanda phindu ndiponso zachabe. 10Uchenjeze munthu wogawanitsa kamodzi, kenako kachiwiri; pambuyo pake, usakhalenso ndi chochita naye, 11podziwa kuti munthu wotereyu wakhotekera ndipo ndi wochimwa; iye wadziweruza yekha.
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12Ndikadzatumiza Aritema kapena Tukiko kwa iwe, uchite changu kudza kwa ine ku Nikopoli, popeza ndatsimikiza kukhala kumeneko nthawi ya chisanu. 13Uwatumize mofulumira Zena katswiri wa malamulo ndi Apolo pa ulendo wawo; uwonetsetse kuti asasowe kanthu. 14Anthu athunso aphunzire kudzipereka ku ntchito zabwino, kuthandiza pa zosowa zofunika msanga, kuti asakhale osabala.
15Onse amene ali ndi ine akupatsa moni. Patsa moni amene amatikonda ife m'chikhulupiriro. Chisomo chikhale ndi inu nonse.
