Kalata yoyamba yoyenda kwa Timoteyo 3:1-16
3 Mawu aya ni yazedi, yakuti: Peno munthu ankuyesesa kuti akhale wonyang’anira, ankufuna basa yabwino.
2 Manje wonyang’anira afunika kukhala munthu alibe chifukwa chomunenera voipa, mwamuna wa nkazi m’bodzi, wosachita vinthu mopitirira malire, woganiza bwino, wochita vinthu mwadongosolo, wotambira bwino alendo komasoti wodziwa kupfunzisa.
3 Ayi kuti akhale munthu wakumwa mowa mwauchidakwa panango wankhanza, koma wakubva maganizo ya anango. Ayi kuti akhale wokonda kugegedzana na wanthu panango wokonda kobiri.
4 Akhale mwamuna wonyang’anira* bwino banja yake komasoti wakuti wana wake amubvera na moyo wose.
5 (Peno munthu adziwalini kunyang’anira* banja yake, manje mpingo wa Mulungu angausamalire tani?)
6 Ayi kuti akhale munthu yemwe wandobatizika manjemanje, kugopera kuti angayambe kudzikwiza ndawa ya kumeka nkutambira chiweruzo cholingana na chomwe Ndyerekezi adatambira.
7 Akhale pomwe na mbiri yabwino kwa wanthu omwe atumikiralini Mulungu kuti osati anyozewe na wanthu komasoti kuphatiwa* munsampha wa Ndyerekezi.
8 Nawombo atumiki othandiza akhale alibe masenzeka, omwe anenalini chinthu chibodzi munjira ziwiri, omwe akumwalini vinyu maninge komasoti osakonda kugumana phindu munjira ilibe chilungamo.
9 Akhale ophatisisa chintsintsi chopatulika cha chikhulupiriro ali na chikumbuntima chochena.
10 Komasoti mwawa ayambe ayesewa peno ni oyenerera, ndipo akakhala alibe chifukwa chowanenera voipa, angakhale atumiki.
11 Nawombo akazi akhale alibe masenzeka, ochita vinthu mosapitirira malire, okhulupirika pa vinthu vose ndipo ayi kuti akhale wakhokolo.
12 Atumiki othandiza akhale amuna wa nkazi m’bodzi, onyang’anira bwino wana wawo na mabanja yawo.
13 Ndawa amuna omwe atumikira bwino akhala na mbiri yabwino na ufulu ukulu woyankhula va chikhulupiriro chomwe chili mwa Yesu Khrisitu.
14 Ninkukhulupirira kuti nibwere manjemanje, koma ninkukunembera vimwevi
15 kuti peno ningachebwe, udziwe vomwe ufunika kuchita munyumba ya Mulungu yomwe ni mpingo wa Mulungu wamoyo. Mpingo muyo ni womwe ulimbikisa na kuteteza chonadi.
16 Kunena shuwa, chintsintsi chopatulika chonena va kukhala odzipereka kwa Mulungu kumuku ni chikulu, chakuti: ‘Iye adawonekera ninge munthu, adawonewa kuti ni wolungama pewenze mzimu, adawonekera kwa angelo, adalalikiriwa kwa makhaindi ya wanthu, wanthu wa padziko yapasi adamukhulupirira komasoti adatambiriwa kudzulu mu ulemerero.’
Mawu ya m’nyantsi
^ Panango kuti: “wotsogolera.”
^ Panango kuti: “kutsogolera.”
^ Panango kuti: “kukashiwa.”
