Lakuyenda kwa Tito 1:1-16
1 Ine Paulo, kapolo wa Mulungu na mpostolo wa Jezu Kristu mwakubverana na cikhulupiro ca anyakusankhulidwa na Mulungu na cidziwiso caico cacadidi comwe n’cakubverana na kubzipereka kwa Mulungu,
2 comwe n’cakubveranambo na cidikhiro ca moyo wakusaya kumala omwe Mulungu, omwe anganame lini, adaleweratu kale-kale,
3 tsono pa nthawe yace yakuthemera iye adacitisa kuti mafala yace yadziwike mwakuphatisa basa upalizi bwa mafala yabwino, ndipo inepano ndidasankhulidwa kuti ndiyapalizire mwakubverana na lamulo la Mpulumusi wathu, Mulungu.
4 Ndikunembera iwepo Tito mwanangu caiye mwakubverana na cikhulupiro cibodzi comwe tinaco:
Kudeka mtima kukulu na mtendere wakucokera kwa Mulungu Baba na kwa Kristu Jezu Mpulumusi wathu, ukhale nawe.
5 Ndidakusiya ku Kreta kuti ulungamize bzinthu bzomwe bzikhafunika kulungamizidwa* nakuti ukhazikise akulu m’gwere mu mzinda uli-wentse, mwakubverana na malango yomwe ndidakupasa yakuti:
6 mkulu wa gwere an’funika kukhala munthu wakusaya mathangwe yakumunamizira, mwamuna wa mkazi m’bodzi, akhalembo na wana wakukhulupira, omwe alibe mbiri ya makhalidwe yakuipa* ayai wakusaya kubvera.
7 Pakuti ninga mtumiki wa Mulungu, nyakunyang’anira an’funika kukhala wakusaya mathangwe yakumunamizira, wakusaya kufuna bzace bzokha, wakusaya kukalipa kamangu, aleke kukhala muledzeri, wandewo, ne wakufuna kugumana phindu mwacinyengo,
8 koma an’funika kukhala wakutambira bwino alendo, wakufuna bzabwino, wakukumbuka bwino, wakulungama, wakukhulupirika, wakubziphata,
9 aciteweza bwino-bwino mafala yakukhulupirika pakupfunzisa mwaluso, kuti akwanise kulimbikisa* wanthu na cipfunziso caico na kutsimula omwe ambagaza.
10 Pakuti alipo wanthu azinji wakusaya kubvera, wakulewa bzinthu bzapezi-pezi na wakupumpsa, maka-maka wale omwe ambalimbikira nkhani ya mgwatidwe.*
11 Mpsakufunika kwene-kwene kufunga miromo ya wanthu amwewa, thangwe iwo akupitiriza kupfudza cikhulupiro ca wanthu wentse m’mabanja, mwa kupfunzisa bzinthu bzomwe akhafunikira lini kupfunzisa, kuti agumane phindu mwacinyengo.
12 M’bodzi wa iwo omwe ni mpolofeta wawo caiye, adati: “Wanthu wa ku Kreta ambanama nthawe zentse, iwo ni bzirombo bzakulusa, mbatofu ndipo ambadya kwene-kwene.”
13 Umboni bumwebu n’bwacadidi. Ndipopa, pitiriza kuwatsimula mwamphanvu kuti akhale wakulimba m’cikhulupiro,
14 ndipo aleke kumbatetekera bzidapi* bza Cidjuda na malango* ya wanthu omwe adasiya cadidi.
15 Bzinthu bzentse mpsakucena kwa wale omwe mbakucena, tsono kwa wale omwe mbakupswipa na wakusaya cikhulupiro, palibe cinthu comwe n’cakucena, pakuti nzeru zawo na makumbukidwe yawo mpsakuipa.
16 Iwo ambalewa padeca kuti ambamudziwa Mulungu, tsono ambamulamba mwa mabasa yawo, thangwe iwo mbakunyantsa na wakusaya kubvera ndipo mbakuthemera lini kucita basa liri-lentse labwino.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Ayai, “bzinthu bzakuphonyeka.”
^ Ayai, “yakunyantsa.”
^ Ayai, “kucenjeza.”
^ Kugwatidwa kwa kakhanda ka kumaso.
^ Ayai, “nkhani zakunama.”
^ Ayai, “malamulo.”
