Lakuyamba Lakuyenda kwa Atesalonika 2:1-20
2 Kulewa cadidi, imwepo abale mukudziwa kuti ulendo bwathu bwakudzakuzungirani bulibe kukhala bwakusaya phindu.
2 Pakuti ninga momwe mukudziwira kuti cakuyamba tidaboneresedwa ticitukwanidwa ku Filipi, koma tidakhwimika mwakuthandizidwa na Mulungu, ndipo tidakuuzani mafala yabwino ya Mulunguyo mwakubonerera kwene-kwene.
3 Pakuti malango yomwe tikukupasaniya yalibe kuphonyeka ndipo tikukupasani lini na cakulinga cakuipa ayai kuti tikupumpseni,
4 m’mbuto mwace, timbalewalewa na imwepo ninga wanthu wakusankhulidwa na Mulungu, kuti tipalizire mafala yabwino. Timbalewalewa lini kuti tikondwese wanthu, koma timbalewalewa kuti tikondwese Mulungu, omwe ambadziwa bzomwe bziri mu mtima.
5 Kulewa cadidi, imwepo mukudziwa kuti tiribe kukupumpsani na mafala yakutapira ne tiribe kufuna kuwoneka ninga wanthu wabwino kuti titambire cinthu kuna imwepo. Mulungu akudziwa bwino bzimwebzi!
6 Ne tiribe kufuna kupasidwa ulemerero na wanthu ne na imwepo ayai na wanthu winango, napo kuti ifepano tingadakupasani mtolo wakuti mumbatisamalire pakuti ndife apostolo wa Kristu.
7 M’mbuto mwace, tidakhala wakuderekha pakati panu ninga momwe ambacitira mai omwe akumamisa na kusamalira mwana wace mwalufoyi.
8 Tenepo, thangwe rakuti timbakufunani kwene-kwene, timbakomedwa kugawana namwe mafala yabwino ya Mulungu na kukupasani moyo wathu na cakulinga cakuti tikuthandizeni.
9 Abale, imwepo mukukumbukira bza basa lomwe tidaphata mwa mphanvu na mwa nyongo. Ndipo ifepano tikhaphata basalo usiku na masikati kuti tileke kukhala mtolo kwa imwepo, pomwe tikhakupalizirani mafala yabwino ya Mulungu.
10 Imwepo pabodzi na Mulungu ndimwe mboni, za momwe tidakhalira wakukhulupirika, wakulungama na wakusaya mathangwe yakutilewera kuipa pomwe tikhanamwe.
11 Ndipo imwepo mukudziwa bwino kuti ifepano tikhapitiriza kukucenjezani, kukutsangalazani na kupasa malango ali-wentse wa imwepo ninga momwe pai ambacitira na wana wace,
12 kuti mupitirize kufamba mu njira yomwe Mulungu ambakomedwa nayo, ule omwe adakucemererani ku umambo na ulemerero bwace.
13 Ndipopa timbatenda Mulungu nthawe zentse, thangwe pomwe mudatambira mafala ya Mulungu yomwe mudayabva kwa ifepano, mulibe kuyatambira ninga mafala yakucokera kwa wanthu, koma ninga mafala yakucokeradi kwa Mulungu, yomwe yakuphatambo basa kwa imwepo anyakukhulupira.
14 Pakuti imwepo abale mudatewezera magwere ya Mulungu yakuphatana na Kristu Jezu yomwe yali ku Djudeya, thangwe mudabonera m’manja mwa wanthu wa kwanu caiwo, ninga momwe iwombo akuboneresedwera m’manja mwa Adjuda,
15 omwe adapha napo Mbuya Jezu Kristu na apolofeta ndipo akutizunzambo. Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, bzomwe iwo akucitabzo bzimbakondwesa lini Mulungu ndipo mpsabwino lini kwa munthu ali-wentse.
16 Pakuti iwo akufuna kutiletsa kupalizira wanthu wa mitundu inango kuti adzapulumuke. Mwa njira imweyi, iwo ambapitiriza kuthumizira pikado zawo. Tsono ukali bwa Mulungu bwawabwerera.
17 Abale, pomwe tidasiyana na imwepo kwa nthawe yakucepa, (mwakuthupi sikuti na mu mtima) tikhafunisisa kukuwonani maso na maso,* ndipo tin’cita nyongo kuti tikwanise kucita bzimwebzi.
18 Ndipopa tikhafunisisa kudzakuzungirani, inde, ine Paulo, ndidayezera sikuti kabodzi kokha, koma kawiri kentse; tsono Sathani adatcinga njira yathu.
19 Kodi n’ciponi cidikhiro cathu, cikondweso na mabaibai pamaso pa Mbuya wathu Jezu pa nthawe yomwe an’dzabwerera kuti adzakhale na ifepano? Kodi ndimwepo lini?
20 Kulewa cadidi, imwepo ndimwe ulemerero bwathu na cikondweso cathu.
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