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1 Paulo mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu mwa chifuniro cha Mulungu. Anandituma kuti ndilalike za lonjezo la moyo umene uli mwa Khristu Yesu.

² Kwa Timoteyo, mwana wanga wokondedwa:

Chisomo, chifundo ndi mtendere zochokera kwa Mulungu Atate ndi Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu.

Chilimbikitso Pokhala Wokhulupirika

³ Ndikuyamika Mulungu amene ndimamutumikira ndi chikumbumtima chosatsutsika, monga momwe ankachitira makolo anga. Usiku ndi usana ndimakukumbukira mosalekeza mʼmapemphero anga. ⁴ Ndikamakumbukira misozi yako, ndimalakalaka nditakuona kuti ndidzazidwe ndi chimwemwe. ⁵ Ndakumbukira za chikhulupiriro chako choona chimene chinayamba mwa agogo ako a Loisi ndi mwa amayi ako Yunike ndipo ndikutsimikiza mtima kuti chilinso mwa iwe.

Kumvera Paulo ndi Uthenga Wabwino

⁶ Nʼchifukwa chake ndikukukumbutsa kuti upemerere monga amachitira moto, mphatso imene Mulungu anakupatsa nditakusanjika manja. ⁷ Pakuti Mzimu amene Mulungu anatipatsa, si Mzimu wotipatsa manyazi, koma Mzimu wotipatsa mphamvu, chikondi ndi kudzisunga.

⁸ Choncho usachite manyazi kuchitira umboni Ambuye athu, kapena kuchita manyazi chifukwa cha ine wamʼndende. Koma umve nane zowawa chifukwa cha Uthenga Wabwino, mothandizidwa ndi mphamvu za Mulungu. ⁹ Iye anatipulumutsa ndipo anatiyitanira ku moyo oyera mtima, osati chifukwa cha chilichonse chimene tinachita, koma chifukwa cha chikonzero ndi chisomo chake. Chisomo chimenechi anatipatsa ife mwa Khristu Yesu nthawi isanayambe. ¹⁰ Koma tsopano Mulungu watiwululira kudzera mʼkuoneka kwa Mpulumutsi wathu, Khristu Yesu, amene anathetsa mphamvu za imfa ndipo mwa Uthenga Wabwino anaonetsa poyera moyo umene sungafe. ¹¹ Ine ndinasankhidwa kukhala wamthenga, ndi mtumwi ndi mphunzitsi wa Uthenga Wabwinowu. ¹² Nʼchifukwa chake ndikuvutika monga ndililimu. Komabe zimenezi sizikundichititsa manyazi, popeza ndikumudziwa amene ndamukhulupirira ndipo ndikutsimikiza mtima kuti akhoza kusamalira chimene ndinamusungitsa mpaka tsiku lijalo.

¹³ Zimene unamva kwa ine, uzisunge kuti zikhale chitsanzo cha chiphunzitso choona, mwa chikhulupiriro ndi chikondi mwa Khristu Yesu. ¹⁴ Samalira bwino zokoma zimene anakusungitsa. Uzisamalire mothandizidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera amene amakhala mwa ife.

Zitsanzo za Kusakhulupirika ndi Kukhulupirika

¹⁵ Iwe udziwa kuti onse a mʼchigawo cha Asiya anandithawa, kuphatikizapo Fugelo ndi Herimogene omwe.

¹⁶ Mulungu achitire chifundo banja lonse la Onesiforo chifukwa ankandisangalatsa kawirikawiri ndipo sankachita nane manyazi ngakhale ndinali womangidwa ndi maunyolo. ¹⁷ Mʼmalo mwake, atangofika ku Roma, anandifunafuna ndipo anandipeza. ¹⁸ Ambuye amulole kuti adzalandire chifundo kwa Ambuye pa tsiku lijalo! Ukudziwa bwino momwe iye anandithandizira mʼnjira zosiyanasiyana ku Efeso.

2 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:

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.