Kalata Yoyamba ya Petulo 2:1-25
2 Choncho siyani zoipa zonse,+ zachinyengo zonse, zachiphamaso, kaduka komanso miseche yamtundu uliwonse.
2 Koma monga ana ongobadwa kumene,+ muzilakalaka mkaka wosasungunula* umene uli mʼMawu a Mulungu. Mukamamwa mkaka umenewo, ukuthandizani kuti mukule nʼkukhala oyenera chipulumutso.+
3 Zimenezi zingatheke ngati mutalawa nʼkuona kuti Ambuye ndi wokoma mtima.
4 Pamene mukubwera kwa Ambuye, amene ndi mwala wamoyo umene anthu anaukana,+ koma umene Mulungu anausankha, umenenso ndi wamtengo wapatali kwa Mulunguyo,+
5 inunso monga miyala yamoyo mukumangidwa nʼkukhala nyumba yauzimu+ kuti mudzakhale ansembe oyera. Monga ansembe oyera muzidzapereka nsembe zauzimu+ zovomerezeka pamaso pa Mulungu kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu.+
6 Paja Lemba limati: “Inetu ndikuika mwala wosankhidwa mwapadera mu Ziyoni. Umenewu ndi mwala wapakona ya maziko, womwe ndi wamtengo wapatali, ndipo aliyense wokhulupirira mwalawo sadzakhumudwa.”*+
7 Choncho iye ndi wamtengo wapatali kwa inu chifukwa mumamukhulupirira. Koma kwa amene samukhulupirira, “mwala umene omanga nyumba anaukana,+ wakhala mwala wapakona wofunika kwambiri.”+
8 Wakhalanso “mwala wopunthwitsa ndi thanthwe lokhumudwitsa.”+ Anthu amenewa akupunthwa chifukwa samvera mawu, ndipo zimenezi nʼzimene zikuyenera kuwachitikira.
9 Koma inu ndi “fuko losankhidwa mwapadera, ansembe achifumu, mtundu woyera+ ndiponso anthu oti adzakhale chuma chapadera.+ Mwasankhidwa kuti mulengeze makhalidwe abwino kwambiri”+ a Mulungu amene anakuitanani kuti muchoke mumdima ndipo anakulandirani mʼkuwala kwake kodabwitsa.+
10 Poyamba simunali anthu a Mulungu, koma tsopano ndinu anthu ake.+ Mulungu anali asanakuchitireni chifundo, koma tsopano wakuchitirani chifundo.+
11 Okondedwa, popeza ndinu alendo ndiponso anthu osakhalitsa mʼdzikoli,+ ndikukudandaulirani kuti muzipewa kulakalaka zinthu zoipa+ zomwe zili pankhondo yolimbana nanu.+
12 Mukhale ndi khalidwe labwino pakati pa anthu amʼdzikoli,+ kuti akamakunenani kuti mumachita zoipa, aziona okha zochita zanu zabwino+ kuti kenako adzatamande Mulungu patsiku lake loyendera.
13 Muzichita zimene Ambuye amafuna pogonjera ulamuliro uliwonse wokhazikitsidwa ndi anthu.+ Muzigonjera mfumu+ chifukwa ili ndi udindo waukulu,
14 komanso nduna chifukwa zimatumidwa ndi mfumuyo kuti zipereke chilango kwa anthu amene achita zoipa ndiponso kuyamikira amene achita zabwino.+
15 Mulungu amafuna kuti muzichita zabwino kuti muwatseke pakamwa anthu omwe amalankhula zopanda nzeru chifukwa cha umbuli.+
16 Muli ndi ufulu,+ koma musamagwiritse ntchito ufulu wanuwo monga pobisalira pochita zoipa,+ koma muziugwiritsa ntchito potumikira Mulungu.+
17 Muzilemekeza anthu amitundu yonse.+ Muzikonda gulu lonse la abale,+ muziopa Mulungu+ komanso muzilemekeza mfumu.+
18 Antchito azigonjera mabwana awo ndipo aziwalemekeza kwambiri.+ Asamachite zimenezi kwa mabwana abwino ndi ololera okha, koma ngakhalenso kwa ovuta kuwakondweretsa.
19 Ngati munthu akupirira pamene akuzunzidwa komanso kukumana ndi mavuto* chifukwa chomvera* Mulungu,+ Mulunguyo amasangalala naye.
20 Kodi kupirira pamene mukumenyedwa chifukwa choti mwachimwa kuli ndi phindu lanji?+ Koma Mulungu amasangalala mukamapirira mavuto chifukwa choti mukuchita zabwino.+
21 Ndipotu Mulungu anakuitanani kuti muyende mʼnjira imeneyi. Pajatu ngakhale Khristu anavutika chifukwa cha inu,+ ndipo anakusiyirani chitsanzo kuti mutsatire mapazi ake mosamala kwambiri.+
22 Iye sanachite tchimo+ ndipo sananenepo mawu achinyengo.+
23 Pamene anthu ankamunenera zachipongwe,+ sanabwezere zachipongwe.+ Pamene ankazunzidwa,+ sanaopseze anthu amene ankamuzunzawo. Koma anasiya zonse mʼmanja mwa Woweruza amene amaweruza+ mwachilungamo.
24 Iye ananyamula machimo athu+ mʼthupi lake pamene anamukhomerera pamtengo.+ Anachita zimenezi kuti tipulumutsidwe ku uchimo nʼkumachita zinthu zolungama. Ndipo “munachiritsidwa ndi mabala ake.”+
25 Poyamba munali ngati nkhosa zosochera,+ koma tsopano mwabwerera kwa mʼbusa wanu+ ndi woyangʼanira miyoyo yanu.
