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Matsoka ndi Mavuto a Moyo Uno

4 Ndinayangʼananso ndi kuona chipsinjo chimene chimachitika pansi pano:

⁴ Ndipo ndinazindikira kuti ntchito zonse zolemetsa ndiponso ntchito zonse zaluso zimachitika chifukwa choti wina akuchitira nsanje mnzake. Izinso ndi zopandapake, nʼkungodzivuta chabe.

⁷ Ndinaonanso chinthu china chopanda phindu pansi pano:

Kutukuka Nʼkopandapake

¹³ Wachinyamata wosauka koma wanzeru aposa mfumu yokalamba koma yopusa imene simvanso malangizo. ¹⁴ Wachinyamatayo angathe kuchokera ku ndende ndi kudzakhala mfumu, kapena angathe kubadwa wosauka mʼdziko la mfumuyo. ¹⁵ Ndipo ndinaona kuti iwo onse amene anakhala ndi moyo ndi kuyenda pansi pano anatsatira wachinyamatayo, amene anatenga malo a mfumu. ¹⁶ Mfumu ikhoza kulamulira anthu osawerengeka, komabe itamwalira, palibe amene adzayamikire zomwe mfumuyo inachita. Izinso ndi zopandapake, nʼkungozivuta chabe.

Lemekeza Mulungu

5 Uzisamala mayendedwe ako pamene ukupita ku nyumba ya Mulungu. Upite pafupi kuti ukamvetsere mʼmalo mopereka nsembe ya zitsiru zimene sizizindikira kuti zikuchita zolakwa.

⁴ Pamene ulumbira kwa Mulungu usachedwe kukwaniritsa chimene walumbiracho. Iye sakondweretsedwa ndi chitsiru; kwaniritsa lumbiro lako. ⁵ Kuli bwino kusalumbira kusiyana ndi kulumbira koma osakwaniritsa lumbirolo. ⁶ Pakamwa pako pasakuchimwitse. Ndipo usanene kwa mthenga wa mʼNyumba ya Mulungu kuti, “Ndinalakwitsa polumbira.” Chifukwa chiyani ukufuna Mulungu akwiye ndi mawu ako ndiponso ntchito ya manja ako? ⁷ Maloto ochuluka ndi mawu ochuluka ndi zinthu zopandapake. Kotero lemekeza Mulungu.

Chuma Nʼchopandapake

⁸ Ngati uwona anthu osauka akuzunzika mʼdziko, ndiponso anthu ena akupsinja anzawo ndi kuwalanda ufulu wawo, usadabwe ndi zinthu zimenezi; pakuti woyangʼanira ali naye wina womuyangʼanira wamkulu, ndipo pamwamba pa awiriwa pali ena akuluakulu owaposa. ⁹ Anthu onse amatengako zokolola za mʼminda: koma ndi mfumu yokha imene imapeza phindu la mindayi.

¹³ Ine ndinaona choyipa chomvetsa chisoni pansi pano:

¹⁶ Izinso ndi zoyipa kwambiri:

¹⁸ Tsono ndinazindikira kuti nʼchabwino ndi choyenera kuti munthu azidya ndi kumwa, ndi kukhutitsidwa ndi ntchito yake yolemetsa imene amayigwira pansi pano pa nthawi yake yochepa imene Mulungu amamupatsa, poti ichi ndiye chake. ¹⁹ Komatu pamene Mulungu apereka chuma kwa munthu aliyense ndi zinthu zina, ndi kulola kuti akondwere ndi chumacho, munthuyo alandire chumacho ndi kusangalala ndi ntchito yake, imene ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu. ²⁰ Munthu wotereyu saganizirapo za masiku a moyo wake, chifukwa Mulungu amamutanganidwitsa ndi chisangalalo cha mu mtima mwake.

6 Ine ndinaona choyipa china pansi pano, ndipo chimasautsa anthu kwambiri: ² Mulungu amapereka chuma, zinthu ndi ulemu kwa munthu, kotero kuti munthuyo sasowa kanthu kalikonse kamene akukalakalaka, koma Mulungu samulola kuti adyerere zinthuzo, ndipo mʼmalo mwake amadyerera ndi mlendo. Izi ndi zopandapake, ndi zoyipa kwambiri.

³ Ngakhale munthu atabereka ana 100 ndi kukhala ndi moyo zaka zambiri; komatu ngakhale atakhala zaka zambiri chotani, ngati iye sangadyerere chuma chake ndi kuyikidwa mʼmanda mwaulemu, ine ndikuti mtayo umamuposa iyeyo. ⁴ Mtayo umangopita pachabe ndipo umapita mu mdima, ndipo mu mdimamo dzina lake limayiwalika. ⁵ Ngakhale kuti mtayowo sunaone dzuwa kapena kudziwa kanthu kalikonse, koma umapumula kuposa munthu uja, ⁶ ngakhale munthuyo atakhala ndi moyo zaka 2,000, koma ndi kulephera kudyerera chuma chake. Kodi onsewa sapita malo amodzi?

¹² Pakuti ndani amene amadziwa chomwe ndi chabwino pa moyo wa munthu, pakuti moyo wake ndi wa masiku ochepa ndi opandapake, umangopitira ngati mthunzi. Ndani amene angamufotokozere zimene zidzachitika pansi pano iye atapita?

Masomphenya a Paulo ndi Minga ya Mʼthupi Mwake

12 Ndiyenera kupitiriza kudzitamandira. Ngakhale palibe choti ndipindule, ndipitiriza kufotokoza za masomphenya ndi mavumbulutso ochokera kwa Ambuye. ² Ndikudziwa munthu mwa Khristu amene zaka khumi ndi zinayi zapitazo anatengedwa kupita kumwamba kwachitatu. Sindikudziwa ngati zinachitika ali mʼthupi kapena ayi, zimenezo akudziwa ndi Mulungu. ³ Ndipo ndikumudziwa munthu ameneyu. Sindikudziwa ngati zinachitika mʼthupi kapena ayi, zimenezo akudziwa ndi Mulungu. ⁴ Munthuyu anatengedwa kupita ku paradizo. Ndipo anamva zinthu zosatheka kuneneka, zinthu zimene munthu saloledwa kunena. ⁵ Ndidzatamanda za munthu ngati ameneyu, koma sindidzadzitamandira ine mwini kupatula za kufowoka kwanga. ⁶ Ngakhale nditafuna kudzitamandira, sindingakhale chitsiru, chifukwa ndikunena zoona. Koma ndimapewa kuti pasapezeke munthu wondiganizira moposera chimene ndili chifukwa cha zimene ndimachita kapena kuyankhula, ⁷ kapena chifukwa cha mavumbulutso aakulu kuposa awa. Choncho, kuti ndisadzitukumule, ndinayikidwa minga mʼthupi langa, wamthenga wa Satana, kuti adzindizunza. ⁸ Katatu konse ndinapempha Ambuye kuti andichotsere. ⁹ Koma anandiwuza kuti, “Chisomo changa ndi chokukwanira, pakuti mphamvu zanga zimaoneka kwathunthu mwa munthu wofowoka.” Choncho ndidzadzitamandira mokondwera chifukwa cha zofowoka zanga, kuti mʼkutero mphamvu ya Khristu ikhale pa ine. ¹⁰ Tsono, chifukwa cha Khristu, ndimakondwera pamene ndili wofowoka, pamene akundinyoza, pamene ndikumva zowawa, ndi pamene akundizunza ndi kundisautsa. Pakuti pamene ndili wofowoka ndiye kuti ndili wamphamvu.

Paulo Akhudzidwa ndi Akorinto

¹¹ Ndadzisandutsa wopusa, koma inu mwandichititsa zimenezi. Ndinu amene munayenera kundichitira umboni. Ngakhale kuti sindine kanthu, koma sindine wochepetsetsa kwa “atumwi apamwamba” aja. ¹² Ndinapirira pokuonetserani zizindikiro za mtumwi weniweni, pochita pakati panu zizindikiro, zodabwitsa ndi ntchito zamphamvu. ¹³ Kodi inu munaoneka ochepa motani ku mipingo ina, kupatula kuti sindinali cholemetsa kwa inu? Mundikhululukire cholakwa chimenechi!

¹⁴ Ndakonzeka tsopano kudzakuyenderani kachitatu, ndipo sindidzakhala cholemetsa kwa inu chifukwa ndikungofuna inuyo osati zinthu zanu. Pakuti ana sasamalira makolo koma makolo ndiwo asamalira ana. ¹⁵ Motero ndidzakondwera kukupatsani zanga zonse zimene ndili nazo ndi kudziperekanso ine mwini chifukwa cha inu. Kodi ine ndikamakukondani kwambiri chotere, inuyo mudzandikonda pangʼono? ¹⁶ Ena mwa inu amavomereza kuti sindinali cholemetsa. Komabe ena amaganiza kuti ndine wochenjera, ndipo ndinakuchenjererani. ¹⁷ Kodi ndinakudyerani masuku pamutu kudzera mwa wina aliyense amene ndinamutumiza kwa inu? ¹⁸ Ndinamupempha Tito kuti abwere kwanuko ndipo ndinamutumiza pamodzi ndi mʼbale wathu. Kodi kapena Tito anakudyerani masuku pamutu? Kodi iye ndi ine sitinachite zinthu mofanana ndi Mzimu mmodzi yemweyo?

¹⁹ Kodi mukuyesa kuti nthawi yonseyi takhala tikudzitchinjiriza tokha? Takhala tikuyankhula pamaso pa Mulungu monga anthu amene ali mwa Khristu; ndipo abwenzi okondedwa, chilichonse chimene timachita ndi chofuna kukulimbikitsani. ²⁰ Pakuti ndikuona kuti pamene ndibwera sindidzakupezani monga mmene ndikufunira kuti muzikhalira, ndipo simungadzandione monga mmene mukufunira kundionera. Ndikuopa kuti pangadzakhale mkangano, nsanje, kupserana mitima, kugawikana, ugogodi, miseche, kudzitukumula ndi chisokonezo. ²¹ Ndikuopa kuti pamene ndidzabwerenso, Mulungu adzandichepetsa pamaso panu, ndipo ndidzamva chisoni ndi ambiri amene anachimwa kale ndipo sanalape zonyansa, zachigololo ndi zilakolako zoyipa zimene anachita.