Paulo akondwera pa kudza kwa Tito, ndi pa zipatso za kalata yake woyamba
1 Pokhala nao tsono malonjezano amenewa, okondedwa, tidzikonzere tokha kuleka chodetsa chonse cha thupi ndi cha mzimu, ndi kutsiriza chiyero m’kuopa Mulungu.
2 Tipatseni malo; sitinamchitire munthu chosalungama, sitinaipse munthu, sitinachenjerere munthu.
3 Sindinena ichi kuti ndikutsutseni: pakuti ndanena kale kuti muli mu mitima yathu, kuti tife limodzi ndi kukhala ndi moyo limodzi.
4 Ndilimbika mtima kwambiri pakunena nanu, kudzitamandira kwanga chifukwa cha inu nkwakukulu; ndidzazidwa nacho chitonthozo, ndisefukira nacho chimwemwe m’chisautso chathu chonse.
5 Pakutinso pakudza ife Masedoniya thupi lathu linalibe mpumulo, koma tinasautsidwa ife monsemo; kunjako zolimbana, m’katimo mantha.
6 Koma Iye amene atonthoza odzichepetsa, ndiye Mulungu, anatitonthoza ife ndi kufika kwake kwa Tito;
7 koma si ndi kufika kwake kokha, komanso ndi chitonthozo chimene anatonthozedwa nacho mwa inu, pamene anatiuza ife kukhumbitsa kwanu, kulira kwanu, changu chanu cha kwa ine; kotero kuti ndinakondwera koposa.
8 Kuti ngakhale ndakumvetsani chisoni ndi kalata ija, sindiwawapo mtima, ndingakhale ndinawawa mtima; pakuti ndiona kuti kalata ija inakumvetsani chisoni, ngakhale kwa nthawi yokha.
9 Tsopano ndikondwera, si kuti mwangomvedwa chisoni, koma kuti mwamvetsedwa chisoni ku kutembenuka mtima; pakuti munamvetsedwa chisoni cha kwa Mulungu, kuti tisakusowetseni m’kanthu kalikonse.
10 Pakuti chisoni cha kwa Mulungu chitembenuzira mtima kuchipulumutso, chosamvetsanso chisoni; koma chisoni cha dziko lapansi chichita imfa.
11 Pakuti, taonani, ichi chomwe, chakuti mudamvetsedwa chisoni cha kwa Mulungu, khama lalikulu lanji chidalichita mwa inu, komanso chodzikonza, komanso mkwiyo, komanso mantha, komanso kukhumbitsa komanso changu, komanso kubwezera chilango! M’zonse munadzitsimikizira nokha kuti muli oyera mtima m’menemo.
12 Chifukwa chake ndingakhale ndalembera kwa inu, sindinachita chifukwa cha iye amene anachita choipa, kapena chifukwa cha iye amene anachitidwa choipa, koma kuti khama lanu la kwa ife lionetsedwe kwa inu pamaso pa Mulungu.
13 Chifukwa cha ichi tatonthozedwa; ndipo m’chitonthozo chathu tinakondwera koposa ndithu pa chimwemwe cha Tito, kuti mzimu wake unatsitsimutsidwa ndi inu nonse.
14 Pakuti ngati ndadzitamandira nako kanthu kwa iye chifukwa cha inu, sindinamvetsedwe manyazi; koma monga tinalankhula zonse ndi inu m’choonadi, koteronso kudzitamandira kwathu kumene kwa Tito, kunakhala choonadi.
15 Ndipo chikondi chenicheni chake chichulukira koposa kwa inu, pokumbukira kumvera kwanu kwa inu nonse, kuti munamlandira iye ndi mantha ndi kunthunthumira.
16 Ndikondwera kuti m’zonse ndilimbika mtima za inu.
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