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Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero

Malangizo kwa Timoteyo

4 Mzimu akunena momveka bwino kuti mʼmasiku otsiriza anthu ena adzataya chikhulupiriro chawo ndi kutsatira mizimu yonyenga ndi zinthu zophunzitsidwa ndi ziwanda. ² Ziphunzitso zimenezi zimachokera ku chinyengo cha anthu onama, amene chikumbumtima chawo chinamatidwa ndi chitsulo cha moto. ³ Iwo amaletsa anthu ukwati ndi kuwalamula kuti asamadye zakudya zina, zimene Mulungu analenga kuti amene anakhulupirira ndi kudziwa choonadi, azidye moyamika. ⁴ Pakuti chilichonse chimene Mulungu analenga ndi chabwino, ndipo chilichonse chisasalidwe, akamachilandira moyamika, ⁵ pakuti chimayeretsedwa ndi mawu a Mulungu ndi pemphero.

⁶ Ngati abale uwalangiza zimenezi, udzakhala mtumiki wabwino wa Khristu Yesu, woleredwa mʼchoonadi cha chikhulupiriro ndi mʼchiphunzitso chabwino chimene wakhala ukutsata. ⁷ Koma upewe nkhani zachabe ndi nthano za amayi okalamba; mʼmalo mwake udziphunzitse kukhala moyo wolemekeza Mulungu. ⁸ Pakuti kulimbitsa thupi kumapindulitsapo pangʼono, koma moyo woopa Mulungu umapindulitsa pa zonse. Umatilonjeza moyo pa moyo uno ndiponso pa moyo umene ukubwerawo.

⁹ Amenewa ndi mawu odalirika ndi oyenera kuwalandira kwathunthu. ¹⁰ Nʼchifukwa chake timagwira ntchito molimbika ndi kuyesetsa, chifukwa tayika chiyembekezo chathu mwa Mulungu wamoyo, amene ndi Mpulumutsi wa anthu onse, koma makamaka wa amene amakhulupirira.

¹¹ Lamulira ndi kuphunzitsa zinthu zimenezi. ¹² Usalole kuti wina akupeputse chifukwa ndiwe wachinyamata, koma khala chitsanzo kwa okhulupirira pa mayankhulidwe, pa makhalidwe, pa chikondi, pa chikhulupiriro ndi pa kuyera mtima. ¹³ Mpaka nditabwera, udzipereke powerenga mawu a Mulungu kwa anthu, kulalikira ndi kuphunzitsa. ¹⁴ Usanyozere mphatso yako yomwe inapatsidwa kwa iwe kudzera mʼmawu auneneri pamene gulu la akulu ampingo linakusanjika manja.

¹⁵ Uzichita zimenezi mosamalitsa ndi modzipereka kwathunthu, kuti aliyense aone kuti ukupita mʼtsogolo. ¹⁶ Samala kwambiri moyo wako ndi ziphunzitso zako. Uzichitabe zimenezi chifukwa ukatero, udzadzipulumutsa ndiponso udzapulumutsa okumvetsera.