Laciwiri Lakuyenda kwa Pedru 1:1-21
1 Ine Simau Pedru, mtumiki na mpostolo wa Jezu Kristu, ndikunembera imwe omwe mudatambira mapfunziso yakufunika ya cadidi ninga ife.* Tentse tidatambira cipfunzisoci thangwe Mulungu na Jezu Kristu Mpulumusi wathu mbakulungama.
2 Kudeka mtima kukulu na mtendere bzithumizirike kwa imwepo, mwakukhala na cidziwiso cacadidi ca Mulungu na ca Jezu Kristu Mbuya wathu.
3 Thangwe ra mphanvu zikulu za Mulungu, ifepano tidatambira bzinthu bzakufunikira kuti tikhale na moyo wakubzipereka. Tidatambira* bzinthu bzimwebzi, thangwe timbamudziwa bwino Mulungu. Iye adaticemera thangwe rakuti ni Mulungu mkulu na wantsisi.
4 Na bzimwebzi, Mulungu watipasa mafala yakufunika na yabwino, kuti thangwe ra mafalayo, imwepo mukhale na makhalidwe ninga ya Mulungu, kuti mupulumuke ku makhalidwe yakuipa ya m’dzikoli yomwe yakuyambisidwa na bzikhumbo bzakuipa.
5 Na thangwe limweri, citani bzentse bzomwe mungakwanise, kuti pa cikhulupiro canu, muthumizire makhalidwe yabwino, pa makhalidwe yanu yabwino, cidziwiso,
6 pa cidziwiso canu, kubziretsa, pa kubziretsa kwanu, kupirira, pa kupirira kwanu, kubzipereka kwa Mulungu,
7 pa kubzipereka kwanu kwa Mulungu, lufoyi la paubale, pa lufoyi lanu la paubale, funani wanthu wentse.
8 Pakuti bzinthu bzimwebzi bzikakhala mwa imwepo bzicitaikira, bzin’dzakukhotcererani kuti muleke kudjedjera ayai kuleka kubala bzisapo, mwakubverana na cidziwiso caico cakucokera kwa Mbuya wathu Jezu Kristu.
9 Pakuti munthu omwe alibe bzinthu bzimwebzi ni zimola, ambafunga maso yace kuti aleke kuwona ceza, ndipo iye ambayebwa kuti adacenesedwa ku pikado zomwe adacita m’mbuyomu.
10 Tenepo abale, citani ciri-centse kuti mupitirize kukhala wakukhulupirika ninga anyakucemeredwa na wakusankhulidwa na Mulungu, thangwe mukapitiriza kucita bzinthu bzimwebzi, imwepo cipo mucidzagwa.
11 Mukacita bzimwebzi, imwepo mun’dzasimbidwa ndipo mun’dzapita mu Umambo bwakusaya kumala bwa Mbuya na Mpulumusi wathu Jezu Kristu.
12 Na thangwe limweri, nthawe zentse nimbafuna kukukumbusani bzinthu bzimwebzi, napo kuti mumbabzidziwa kale ndipo ndimwe wakukhazikika m’cadidi comwe munaco.
13 Tsono, ndawona kuti bziri bwino kupitiriza kukukumbusani, pomwe ndikana thupiri, lomwe liri ninga tendi.
14 Pakuti ndikudziwa kuti thupiri lin’cosedwa tsapanopapa, ninga momwe Jezu Kristu Mbuya wathu adanditsimikizirira.
15 Nthawe zentse, nin’cita ciri-centse comwe ningakwanise, kuti ndikayenda, imwepo mukwanise kumbakumbukira* mwekha bzinthu bzimwebzi.
16 Pomwe tidakudziwisani bza mphanvu na kuwonekera kwa Mbuya wathu Jezu Kristu, ifepano tiribe kukuuzani nkhani zakunama zakucita kunembedwa na nzeru za wanthu, koma tidacita bzimwebzi thangwe ndife mboni zakuwona na maso ulemerero bwace.
17 Pakuti Mulungu Baba wace adamupasa ulemu na ulemerero, pomwe padabveka mafala kwa iye ya ulemerero bukulu yakuti: “Uyu ndiye Mwana wangu wakufunidwa, omwe nimbakomedwa naye.”
18 Inde, ifepano tidabva mafala yamweya kucokera kudzulu, pomwe tikhanaye pabodzi pa phiri lakucena.
19 Ndipopa, tina citsimikizo centse cakuti ciri-centse comwe Mulungu anilewa cin’dzakwanisika, tenepo khalani tceru pa bzinthu bzentsenebzi, mafala yamweya yan’funika kukhala mu mtima mwanu, ninga mbvuniko omwe ukubvunika pa mdima. Pitirizani kucita bzimwebzi mpaka kuwonekera kwa nyenyezi ya madandakweca.
20 Cakuyamba, dziwani kuti palibe polofesiya iri-yentse m’Bzinembo, yomwe idanembedwa kucokera mu nzeru za munthu.
21 Pakuti polofesiya iribe kulewedwa thangwe ra kufuna kwa munthu, koma wanthu ndiwo omwe adalewalewa mafala ya Mulungu, mwakutsogoleredwa na mzimu wakucena.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Ayai, “cikhulupiro comwe ni udindo bwakundendemerana na bwathu.”
^ Ayai, “tidatambira fovolo.”
^ Ayai, “kumbalewa.”
