Kwa Aroma 13:1-14
13 Munthu aliyese ambabvere wolamulira akuluakulu, ndawa palibe ulamuliro womwe ungakhalepo kuchosapo peno Mulungu waubvumiza. Wolamulira omwe alipo, ali m’maudindo yawo yosiyanasiyana mobvumiziwa na Mulungu.
2 Ndipomwapa yemwe ankutsutsana na ulamuliro wawo, ankutsutsana na vomwe Mulungu adakonza. Yemwe ankutsutsana na vomwe Mulungu adakonza adzaweruziwe.
3 Ndawa wolamulira apasa mantha peno unkuchita voipa, osati peno unkuchita vabwino. Ndipomwapa ko unkufuna kuti uleke kumbagopa wolamulira? Pitiriza kuchita vabwino, ndipo wolamulira adzakutembeje.
4 Wolamulira mwawo ni ntumiki wa Mulungu kuti vinthu vikufambire bwino. Koma peno unkuchita voipa, khala na mantha ndawa aphatalini chibemba fovolo, pakuti iwo ni ntumiki wa Mulungu wowonesa ukali wa Mulungu kwa wanthu wochita voipa.
5 Ndipomwapa pali chifukwa chobveka chakuti mumbabvere, osati chabe ndawa yogopa ukali muyo koma ndawa soti ya chikumbuntima chanu.
6 Ndipomwapa mupereka pomwe mitsonkho, pakuti iwo ni anyabasa wa Mulungu wotumikira wanthu ndipo akukwanisa cholinga chimwechi nthawe zose.
7 Mumbapereke kwa wose vomwe ankufuna. Yemwe afuna mtsonkho, mpaseni mtsonkho. Yemwe afuna kobiri ya vipepa, mpaseni kobiri ya vipepa. Yemwe afuna kugopewa, mugopeni. Yemwe afuna kupasiwa ulemu, mpaseni ulemu wake.
8 Wanthu imwe ayi kukhala na chikwerete chirichose kwa munthu aliyese, kupatulapo kukondana, pakuti yemwe akonda munthu munzake wakwanirisa lamulo.
9 Ndawa malamulo yonena kuti, “ayi kuchita chigololo, ayi kupha munthu, ayi kuba, ayi kukhumbira mwanjiru,” komasoti lamulo inango iriyose yomwe iripo, chigwato chake chiri m’mawu aya yakuti: “Umbakonde munzako ninge momwe udzikondera wekha.”
10 Chikondi chilimbikisalini munthu kuchitira munzake voipa, koma chilimbikisa munthu kuti akwanirise lamulo.
11 Chitani vimwevi, makamaka ndawa yakuti nthawe ino mukuidziwa, kuti tiri kale mu nthawe yakuti mumuke kutulo, ndawa manjeuno chipulumuso chathu chiri pafupi maninge kusiyana na nthawe yomwe tidakhala wokhulupirira.
12 Usiku wasala pang’ono kumala ndipo masikati yafendera. Ndipomwapa naboni tivule basa za mdima ndipo tivale vitsulo va kugwerewera.
13 Naboni tikhale na khalidwe yabwino ninge wanthu omwe ankuchita vinthu masikati. Timbapewe maphwando yoipa, kumwa mwauchidakwa,* chigololo, khalidwe iribe manyazi, kugegedzana komasoti ntsanje.
14 Koma valani Ambuya Yesu Khrisitu, ndipo ayi kumbakonzekera kuchita virivose vomwe thupi yanu yafuna.
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^ Mawu yachigiriki yomwe tayatsumbudzulira kuti “kumwa mwauchidakwa,” yatanthauza kumwa mowa maninge komasoti mosadziletsa na cholinga chofuna kuledzera.
