Yoyamba ya Yohani 3:1-24
3 Ganizilani za chikondi chikulu chatiwonesha Atata potiita kuti ŵana ŵake.* Ndipo nise chendi ŵana ŵake. N’chifukwa chake chalo chutiziŵalini pakuti yovesoti chumuziŵalini.
2 Ŵanamwe apantima, lomba nise ŵana a Mulungu koma pakali pano vikaliye ziŵika kuti tizankhale otyani. Tuziŵa kuti akazawonekela tizankhale monga ni yove, chifukwa tizamuwone monga ni mwalili.
3 Ndipo aliyense wamene oyembekezela vamene ivi kufumila kuli yove, olituŵisha chifukwa yovesoti ni ntuŵa.
4 Aliyense wamene ali na chiyoloŵezi chochita chimo ofwaya malamulo, tetyo chimo ni kufwaya malamulo.
5 Mwewo muziŵasoti kuti yove ewonekela kuti achose machimo ŵasu ndipo muli yove muliye chimo.
6 Aliyense wamene ni wokatijana na Yesu onkhalalini na chiyoloŵezi chochita chimo. Wamene ali na chiyoloŵezi chochita chimo niyekuti omukhulupililalini* olo kumuziŵa.
7 Ŵana ŵangu apantima, muyakine osati akuluŵilisheni. Munthu wamene ochita chilungamo ni wolungama monga ni mwalili Yesu.
8 Wamene ali na chiyoloŵezi chochita chimo okonkheja Mdyelekezi, chifukwa Mdyelekezi wankhala ochimwa kufumila pachiyambi.* N’chifukwa chake Mwana wa Mulungu ewonekela kuti awononge ntchito za Mdyelekezi.
9 Aliyense wamene ni mwana wa Mulungu onkhalalini na chiyoloŵezi chochita chimo chifukwa ali na mzimu wa Mulungu.* Ndipo angankhalelini na chiyoloŵezi chochita chimo, chifukwa ni mwana wa Mulungu.
10 Ŵana a Mulungu komasoti ŵana a Mdyelekezi tingaŵaziŵe na mfundo iyi: Aliyense wamene ochitalini volungama niyekuti okonkhejalini Mulungu, n’chimozi-mozisoti wamene okondalini nkwake.
11 Pala uthenga wemwichimvwa kufumila pachiyambi ni wakuti tikokondana.
12 Osati tinkhale monga ni Kaini, wamene enzekonkheja Satana wamene uyo ndipo epaya nkwake. Ndaŵa yanji epaya nkwake? Chifukwa chakuti vochita vake venze viipa, koma va nkwake venze volungama.
13 Akwasu, osati mudabwe kuti chalo chukuzondani.
14 Tuziŵa kuti tenze monga ni akufwa koma lomba nise amoyo chifukwa tukonda akwasu. Wamene okondalini nkwake niyekuti akali wakufwa.
15 Aliyense wamene ozondana na nkwake ni wopaya munthu, ndipo muziŵa kuti aliyense wopaya munthu azalondelelini moyo wosasila.
16 Taziŵa chikondi chifukwa chakuti Yesu Khilisitu epeleka moyo wake chifukwa cha sewo, ndipo nase tufunika kupeleka moyo wasu chifukwa cha akwasu.
17 Aliyense wamene ali na vinthu vofunika pa moyo ndipo owona nkwake ovutika chifukwa chosoŵa vinthu vamene ivo, koma osamuwonesha chifundo, kansi tinganene kuti munthu wamene uyo okonda Mulungu?
18 Ŵana ŵangu apantima, osati tikokondana na mawu ŵeka olo na pakamwa tyala, koma tikowoneshana chikondi ngacho-ngacho mu vochita vasu.
19 Keno tuchita vamene ivi tizawoneshe kuti tukonkheja mfundo za choonadi. Ndipo tizasimikijile mmitima yasu kuti Mulungu otipasalini mulandu
20 pa chilichonse chaingatishushe mitima yasu, chifukwa Mulungu ni nkulu kupambana mitima yasu ndipo oziŵa vonse.
21 Ŵanamwe apantima, keno mitima yasu yutishushalini tingakwanishe kulaŵila momasuka na Mulungu.
22 Ndipo chilichonse chatingamusenge azatipase, chifukwa tumvwila malamulo ŵake komasoti tuchita vinthu vumukondwelesha.
23 Lamulo yechitipasa ni yakuti, tinkhale na chikhulupililo mu zina ya Mwana wake Yesu Khilisitu ndipo tikokondana monga ni mwechitilamulila yove.
24 Komasoti, munthu omvwila malamulo ŵake opitilija kunkhala wokatijana naye ndipo yovesoti onkhala wokatijana na munthu wamene uyo. Komasoti chifukwa cha mzimu wechitipasa, tuziŵa kuti nise okatijana naye.
Malizu a m'nyansi
^ Mu Chigiliki, “ŵana a Mulungu.”
^ Mu Chigiliki, “akaliye muwonako.”
^ Olo kuti, “wankhala ochimwa kufumila pa nthawe yechiyamba kuchimwa.”
^ Mu Chigiliki, “chifukwa mbewu yake ili mwa yove.”
