Kuchita Ntchito Zabwino

3 Uwakumbutse anthu kuti azigonjera oweruza ndi olamulira, aziwamvera ndi kukhala okonzeka kuchita chilichonse chabwino. ² Asamachitire chipongwe aliyense, asamakangane, akhale ofatsa ndipo oganizira ena, ndipo nthawi zonse akhale aulemu kwa anthu onse.

³ Nthawi ina tinali opusa, osamvera, onamizidwa ndi omangidwa ndi zilakolako ndi zokondweretsa zamitundumitundu. Tinkakhala moyo wadumbo ndi wakaduka, odedwa ndiponso odana wina ndi mnzake. ⁴ Koma kukoma mtima ndi chikondi cha Mulungu Mpulumutsi wathu chitaonekera, ⁵ Iye anatipulumutsa, osati chifukwa cha ntchito zathu zolungama zimene tinachita koma chifukwa cha chifundo chake. Anatipulumutsa potisambitsa, kutibadwitsa kwatsopano ndi kutikonzanso mwa Mzimu Woyera ⁶ amene anatipatsa mowolowamanja kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu Mpulumutsi wathu, ⁷ kuti titalungamitsidwa mwachisomo chake, tikhale olowamʼmalo okhala ndi chiyembekezo cha moyo wosatha. ⁸ Mawuwa ndi okhulupirika ndipo ine ndikufuna kuti iwe utsindike zinthu izi, kuti amene akhulupirira Mulungu adzipereke kuchita ntchito zabwino. Zinthu izi ndi zabwino kwambiri ndi zopindulitsa kwa aliyense.

⁹ Koma upewe kufufuzafufuza zopusa, kuwerengawerenga mndandanda wa mibado ya makolo, mikangano ndi mitsutso pa za Malamulo, chifukwa zimenezi ndi zosapindulitsa ndi zopanda pake. ¹⁰ Munthu woyambitsa mipatuko umuchenjeze koyamba, ndiponso umuchenjeze kachiwiri. Kenaka umupewe. ¹¹ Iwe udziwe kuti munthu wotero ngosokoneza ndi wochimwa, ndipo akudzitsutsa yekha.

Mawu Otsiriza

¹² Ndikadzamutuma Artema kapena Tukiko kwanuko, udzayesetse kundipeza ku Nikapoli, chifukwa ndatsimikiza kukhala kumeneko pa nthawi yozizira. ¹³ Uyesetse chilichonse ungathe kuthandiza Zena katswiri wa malamulo ndi Apolo, kuti apitirize ulendo wawo, ndipo uwonetsetse asasowe kanthu. ¹⁴ Anthu athu aphunzire kudzipereka pogwira ntchito zabwino, nʼcholinga chakuti athandize zinthu zimene zikufunika msangamsanga. Ndipo asakhale moyo osapindulitsa.

¹⁵ Onse amene ali ndi ine akupereka moni. Upereke moni kwa amene amatikonda ife mʼchikhulupiriro.

Chisomo chikhale ndi inu nonse.