Tsamba lakuyamba lomwe lidanembedwa na
Pedru
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Mamusano
1 Ine Pedru, mtumiki wa Jezu Krixtu,
ndirikunemba tsamba iri kuna wakusankhulidwa wa Mulungu, anyakudza wakubalalikira mubzigawo bza Ponto, Galatiya, Kapadosiya, Aziya na ku Bitinya, 2 wakusankhulidwa malinge na cakulinga ca Mulungu Baba kuyambira pakutoma, kudzera mwa basa lakucenesa la Mzimu, kuti abvere Jezu Krixtu ndipo acenesedwe na mulopa wace.
Nkhombo na mtendere bzithimizirike kuna imwe.
Kutenda Mulungu
3 Asimbidwe Mulungu, Baba wa Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu! Thangwe la ntsisi zace zikulu, Iye adatipasa moyo upsa na cidikhiro cakulimba, kudzera mwa kulamusidwa kwa Jezu Krixtu pakati pa wakufa, 4 kuti tidzakhale na utaka bomwe bun'dzadzongeka lini, bwakusaya kuipisidwa ayai kumala mphambvu zace. Utakabo buli kudzulu budakoyeredwa imwe, 5 omwe mulikukhochereredwa na mphambvu za Mulungu kudzera mucikhulupiriro, mpaka kukafika kucipulumuso comwe ciri pafupi kuwonesedwa panthawe yakumalizira. 6 Imwepo kondwerani na bzimwebzi, napo bzicikhala kuti tsapanopa munitsukwalisidwa na mtundu uli-wentse wa miyezo mwa nthawe ing'ono-ng'ono. 7 Miyezo imweyi ni yakutsimikiza kuti cikhulupiriro comwe munaco ni ca cadidi. Nakuti napo oro, omwe imbadzongedwa, imbayezedwa pa moto. Ni bzibodzi-bodzimbo, cikhulupiriro canu, comwe ni cakufunika kwene-kwene kuposa oro, cin'funika kuyezedwa kuti cipitirize kulimba. Ndipo cikhulupiriroco cin'dzabweresa kutenda, mbiri na kulemekezedwa, Jezu Krixtu akadzawonesedwa. 8 Napo mukanati kumuwona, imwepo mumbamufuna, ngakhale kuti mulikumuwona lini tsapano, mumbakhulupirira kuna Iye ndipo mumbakondwa na kupfatsa ndipo kwa ulemerero, 9 nakuti imwe mulikufika komwe cikhulupiriro canu cikhafuna kukufikisani, ku cipulumuso ca mizimu yanu.
10 Apolofita adabvundza na kufufudza bza cipulumuso cimweci, ndipo iwo adacita cipolofita ca nkhombo zomwe mun'dzapasidwa. 11 Akhambanyang'ana kudziwa nthawe na momwe cipulumusoco cingadacitikira. Bzinthu bzimwebzi bzidadziwisidwa na Mzimu wa Krixtu omwe ukhali muna iwo, pomwe udawauza kubonera kwa Krixtu ndipo ukulu bomwe bungadadzawoneka pambuyo pa kubonerako. 12 Apolofitawo adawonesedwa kuti basa lomwe akhacita likhali lini la phindu kuna iwo, tsono likhali la phindu kuna imwe, pomwe adalewa cadidi comwe tsapano mudadziwisidwa kudzera kwa wale omwe adakupalidzirani Mafala Yabwino mwa Mzimu Wakucena wakutumidwa kucokera kudzulu, bzinthu bzakuti ngakhale anju alikufuna kubziwona.
Kukhala wakucena mtima
13 Na tenepo, khalani wakukondzekera bwino kukumbuka kwanu pa bzomwe mun'funa kucita. Khalani na cheru ndipo ikhani cidikhiro centse kunkhombo zomwe mun'dzapasidwa pomwe Jezu Krixtu an'dzawonesedwa. 14 Ninga wana wakubvera, lekani kutengeka na bzakufuna bzakuipa bzakale, pomwe mukhali wakusaya kudziwa. 15 Tsono, pakukhala kuti omwe adakucemerani ni wakucena, imwepo khalanimbo wakucena pa bzentse bzomwe mun'cita, 16 thangwe bzidanembedwa kuti: “Khalani wakucena, nakuti Ine ndine wakucena”*.
17 Mulungu omwe imwepo mumbam'cemera kuti Baba ambatonga m'bodzi na m'bodzi malinge na mabasa yace mwakusaya kupundiza. Na tenepo khalani wakugopa Mulungu pakati pa moyo wanu padziko lino. 18 Pakuti imwepo mun'dziwa kuti ni kudzera lini mwa bzinthu bzomwe bzimbamala ninga parata ayai oro bzomwe imwe mudapulumusidwa nabzo pa makhalidwe yanu ya pezi, yomwe mudauzidwa na makolo yanu, 19 tsono ni kudzera mwa mulopa wakufunika wa Krixtu, ninga mwana wa bira omwe alibe thangwe napo kulemala. 20 Krixtuyo ni wakudziwidwa† dziko likanati kulengedwa tsono adawonesedwa panthawe zakumalizira zino thangwe ra lufoi lace kuna imwe. 21 Kudzera mwa Iye imwepo mulikutawira Mulungu, omwe adamulamusa pakati pa wakufa ndipo adam'pasa ukulu, mwakuti cikhulupiriro na cidikhiro canu bziri muna Mulungu.
22 Tsapano pomwe imwe mwacenesa moyo wanu kudzera mukubvera cacadidi, pakukhala na lufoi la pa ubale mwakusaya cipha-maso, funanani mwacadidi, wina na mwandzace ndipo na mtima wentse. 23 Imwepo mudabadwa papsa sikuti na mbeu yomwe imbamala, koma yakusaya kumala, kudzera kufala la Mulungu, lamoyo ndipo lakusaya kumala. 24 Nakuti:
“Wanthu wentse‡
ali ninga uswa,
ndipo na mbiri yawo yentse,
ninga dziluwa la uswa.
Uswa bumbafota ndipo dziluwa lace limbagwa,
25 tsono fala la Mbuya
limbakhala kwakusaya kumala”§.
Limweri ni fala lomwe mudapalidziridwa.
* 1:16 Lev 11.45, Lev 19.2, Lev 20.7 † 1:20 Ayai wakusankhulidwa. ‡ 1:24 Wanthu: MuciGiriki adalewa kuti nyama. § 1:25 Iza 40.6-8