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1 Tsono iwe, mwana wanga, limbika mʼchisomo chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu. 2 Ndipo zinthu zimene unamva ine ndikuziyankhula pamaso pa mboni zambiri, uziphunzitse kwa anthu odalirika amene akaphunzitsenso ena. 3 Umve nane zowawa, monga msilikali wa Khristu Yesu. 4 Palibe msilikali amene ali pa ntchito amagwiranso ntchito za anthu wamba, iye amafuna kukondweretsa bwana wolamulira. 5 Chimodzimodzinso, munthu amene ali pa mpikisano waliwiro, salandira mphotho ya wopambana pokhapokha atatsiriza monga mwa malamulo a mpikisanowo. 6 Mlimi wolimbika ndi amene amayembekezereka kukhala woyambirira kulandira gawo la zokolola. 7 Lingalira zimene ndikunenazi, pakuti Ambuye adzakuzindikiritsa zonsezi.
8 Kumbukira Yesu Khristu wochokera ku mtundu wa Davide kuti anauka kwa akufa. Uwu ndiye uthenga wanga wabwino 9 umene ndikuwuvutikira choterewu mpaka kumangidwa ndi maunyolo ngati wakuba. Koma mawu a Mulungu sanamangidwe ndi maunyolo. 10 Choncho ndikupirira chilichonse chifukwa cha osankhidwa, kuti nawonso apulumutsidwe ndi Khristu Yesu ndi kulandira ulemerero wosatha.
11 Mawu oyenera kuwadalira ndi awa:
Ngati ife tinafa naye pamodzi,
tidzakhalanso moyo pamodzi naye.
12 Ngati tinapirira,
tidzalamuliranso naye pamodzi.
Ngati ife timukana,
Iye adzatikananso.
13 Ngati ndife osakhulupirika,
Iye adzakhalabe wokhulupirika
popeza sangathe kudzikana.
Kuthana ndi Aphunzitsi Onyenga
14 Uziwakumbutsa anthu a Mulungu zinthu izi. Uwachenjeze pamaso pa Mulungu kuti asamakangane pa za mawu. Zimenezi nʼzopanda phindu ndipo zimangowononga amene akumvawo. 15 Uyesetse kukhala wovomerezeka pamaso pa Mulungu monga wantchito wopanda chifukwa chochitira manyazi amene amalalikira mawu achoonadi molondola. 16 Upewe nkhani zopanda pake, zosalemekeza Mulungu, chifukwa anthu oyankhula zotere amanka napotokerapotokera. 17 Chiphunzitso chawo chidzafalikira ngati chilonda. Mwa anthuwa muli Humenayo ndi Fileto. 18 Iwowa apatuka pa choonadi. Iwo amaphunzitsa kuti kuuka kwa akufa kunachitika kale, motero amawononga chikhulupiriro cha anthu ena. 19 Komabe maziko olimba, amene Mulungu anawayika ngokhazikika, ndipo mawu olembedwapo ndi awa: “Yehova amadziwa amene ndi ake,” ndiponso, “Aliyense amene amavomereza dzina la Ambuye ayenera kusiya zoyipa.”
20 Mʼnyumba yayikulu simukhala ziwiya zagolide ndi zasiliva zokha, koma mumakhalanso zamtengo ndi zadothi. Zina zimakhala za ntchito yapamwamba, zina za ntchito wamba. 21 Munthu akadziyeretsa nʼkusiya ntchito za wambazi, adzakhala chiwiya cha ntchito yapamwamba, woyeretsedwa, ndi waphindu kwa Ambuye wake, wokonzeka kugwira ntchito iliyonse yabwino.
22 Thawa zilakolako zoyipa zachinyamata. Funafuna chilungamo, chikhulupiriro, chikondi ndi mtendere pamodzi ndi amene akuyitanira pa dzina la Ambuye ndi mtima osadetsedwa. 23 Ukane matsutsano oyipa ndi opusa, chifukwa amayambitsa mikangano. 24 Ndiponso mtumiki wa Ambuye asamakangane ndi anthu, koma azikhala wachifundo kwa aliyense, wodziwa kuphunzitsa, osati wokalipakalipa. 25 Otsutsana naye awalangize mofatsa, mwina Mulungu adzawapatsa mwayi woti asinthike ndi kuzindikira choonadi. 26 Motero nzeru zawo zidzabweramo, ndipo adzathawa msampha wa mdierekezi, amene anawagwira ukapolo kuti azichita zofuna zake.