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Basa la Paulo kuTesalonika
1 Abale, imwepo-letu mun'dziwa kuti kuzunga komwe tidacita kwa imwe kulibe kukhala kwakusaya phindu. 2 Imwepo mun'dziwa kuti napo tikhadaboneresedwa ticitukwanidwa kuFiripi, tsono mwakuthandizidwa na Mulungu wathu tidakhala wakulimba mtima kuti tikuuzeni Mafala Yabwino ya Mulungu pakati pa nkhondo ikulu. 3 Nakuti kupalidza kwathu kuli kucokera lini mukunama ayai mubzakuipa, napo kukhala na ndzeru zakuti tikunyengezeni. 4 Tsono ife ndife amuna wakubvumidwa na Mulungu, ndipo adatikoyesa Mafala Yabwino yace. Na tenepo timbalewa lini kuti tikondwerese wanthu, koma Mulungu omwe ambawona mitima yathu. 5 Imwe mumbadziwa bwino-bwino kuti fala lathu liribe kukhala lakunyodoka napo lakuphindula nalo, bzimwebzi Mulungu angabzicitire umboni. 6 Timbanyang'ana lini kupasidwa mbiri na wanthu, ngakhale kwa imwe ayai kwa anango.
7 Ife ninga atumiki wa Krixtu, tingadakhala ninga cakulemera kwa imwe. Tsono tidakhala wakuderekha pomwe tikhali pakati panu, ninga mai omwe ambakhongobza wana wace. 8 Ndipo thangwe la kukufunani kwene-kwene, tidakumbuka kukupasani Mafala Yabwino ya Mulungu, tsono sikuti Mafala yokhayo komambo na moyo wathu caiwo, nakuti imwepo mudakhala wakufunidwa kwene-kwene na ife. 9 Abale, cadidi imwepo mulikukumbukira basa lathu lakunesa na kutinetesa. Timbaphata basa usiku na masikati kuti tireke kukhala cakulemera kwa ali-yentse, uko ticimbakupalidzirani Mafala Yabwino ya Mulungu.
10 Imwepo napombo Mulungu ndimwe mboni za momwe ife tikhakhalira wakucena, wakulungama ndipo wakusaya thangwe pakati pa imwe, omwe mudatawira. 11 Nakuti imwepo mulikudziwa kuti timbakhongobza m'bodzi na m'bodzi ninga baba an'khongobza wana wace. 12 Timbakulimbikisani na kukutsangalazisani ndipo timbakulangani kuti imwepo mukhale na khalidwe lakukomera Mulungu, omwe adakucemerani kuUmambo bwace na mbiri yace.
13 Tin'tendambo Mulungu mwakusaya kulekeza, thangwe rakuti mudatambira fala la Mulungu lomwe tidakupalidzirani muciribvuma. Mulibe kulibvuma ninga fala la wanthu, tsono ninga fala la Mulungu, nakuti falalo cadidi ni la Mulungu, lomwe lin'phata basa mwa imwe wakukhulupirira. 14 Pakuti imwepo, abale, mudasanduka wakutewezera magereja ya Mulungu mwa Krixtu Jezu yomwe yali kuJudeya. Imwepo mudaboneresedwa na wanthu wa mudziko lanu, ninga kuboneresedwa kudacitidwambo magereja yale na aJuda. 15 AJudawo ndiwo adapha Mbuya Jezu na apolofita, ndipo ife adatifambirambo m'mbuyo. Iwo ambakondweresa lini Mulungu ndipo ambawengana na wentse, 16 mpaka adafika pakutichinjiridza kuti tireke kupalidzira omwe ni wakusaya kupemba* mafala yakuti apulumuke. Na tenepo, ambapitiriza kuthimizira bzitazo bzawo. Tsono ulendo buno ukali bwa Mulungu bwawagwera.
Paulo an'funa kuzungira pomwe aTesalonika
17 Abale, ife tidasiyana na imwe mwakusaya kufuna nthawe ing'ono-ng'ono, tsono mumtima tiri pabodzi. Tenepoyo, tirikulimbikira kuti tikuwoneni pomwe nkhope na nkhope, thangwe ra cisuwo comwe tinaco na imwe. 18 Na tenepo, tikhafuna kukuzungirani. Ine-letu Paulo, ndidayezera mwakuposa kabodzi. Tsono Sathani adatipingiza. 19 Kodi mbani cidikhiro cathu, kukondwera ayai mpfupo yomwe ife tin'tumba nayo patsogolo pa Mbuya Jezu pakubwera kwace? Ndimwepo lini kodi? 20 Cadidi, imwepo ndimwe mbiri yathu na kukondwera kwathu.
* 2:16 Wakusaya kupemba: Ndiko kulewa kuti omwe ni aJuda lini.