Tsamba Yakutoma Kuna Timoti
1 Ine Paulu, mpostolo wa Kristu mwakubverana na cisankhulo ca Mulungu Mpulumusi wathu, pabodzi na Kristu Yezu, cidikhiro cathu,+ 2 ndiri kulembera iwe Timoti*+ mwananga wandimomwene+ mu cikhulupiro:
Mulungu Baba pabodzi na Mbuyathu Kristu Yezu mbapangize kukoma ntima kukulu, ntsisi na ntendere kuna iwe.
3 Ninga mudakuwangisa ine toera usale ku Efeso pikhafuna ine kuenda ku Masedhonya, cincino ndisakuwangisambo toera upange anthu anango kuti akhonde kumwaza pipfundziso pyakusiyana na pyathu,* 4 akhonde kubvesera pithankano pyapezi+ na kusaka kudziwa pya madzindza. Pinthu pyenepi nkhabe phedza,+ basi ene pisasosesa mphoka zakukhonda mala, pyenepi nee ndi pinthu pidatipasa Mulungu toera kuwangisa cikhulupiro cathu. 5 Mwandimomwene, cifuniro ca cipfundziso* ceneci ndi toera ife tipangize ufuni+ unabulukira muntima wakucena, pontho tikhale na cikumbuntima cadidi na cikhulupiro+ cakusowa umpfakafaka. 6 Anango asiya kucita pinthu pyenepi, mbapeuswa toera kuketesana thangwi ya pinthu pyakusowa basa.+ 7 Iwo asafuna kukhala apfundzisi+ a mwambo, mbwenye iwo nkhabe kubvesesa pinthu pinalonga iwo, nee pire pinakakamira iwo kakamwe.
8 Ife tisadziwa kuti Mwambo ndi wadidi khala munthu asautoweza mwadidi,* 9 mbatidzindikira kuti miyambo nee isacitirwa munthu wakulungama, mbwenye isacitirwa ale anapwaza mwambo,+ anakhonda kubvera, anacita pinthu pyakuipa na anyakudawa, anthu akukhonda kukhulupirika* na ale anapwaza pinthu pyakucena, ale anapha pai wawo peno mai wawo, mapanga, 10 anthu anacita ulukwali,* amuna anagona amuna andzawo,* ale anaba anthu, anyauthambi, anadumbira papezi,* na ale anacita pinthu pinango pyakuti nkhabe kubverana na cipfundziso cadidi,*+ 11 cakuti cisabuluka kuna Mulungu wakutsandzaya, mwakubverana na mphangwa zadidi kakamwe zidapaswa ine.*+
12 Ine ndisapereka takhuta kuna Kristu Yezu Mbuyathu, ule adandipasa mphambvu, thangwi iye andiona kuti ndine wakukhulupirika, mbandipasa basa toera ndiiphate,*+ 13 maseze kale ine ndikhali munthu wakuxola Mulungu,+ ndikhatcinga mbumba yace, pontho ndikhali waukali. Ngakhale tenepo, ine ndabverwa ntsisi thangwi ndikhacita pinthu mwakukhonda dziwa na mwakusowa cikhulupiro. 14 Mbwenye Mbuyathu apangiza kukoma ntima kukulu kakamwe kuna ine, mbanditambira cikhulupiro na ufuni kubulukira mwa Kristu Yezu. 15 Mafala awa ndi akunyindirika, pontho athema kukhulupirwa na ntima onsene: Kristu Yezu abwera pa dziko yapantsi toera kupulumusa anyakudawa.+ Mwa iwo, ine ndine nyakudawa kakamwe.+ 16 Ngakhale tenepo, ine ndabverwa ntsisi, toera kubulukira mwa ine ninga nyakudawa kakamwe, Kristu Yezu apangize kupirira kwace konsene, mbandiphatisira ninga cipangizo kuna ale anafuna kunʼkhulupira toera kukhala na umaso wakukhonda mala.+
17 Kuna iye Mambo wakwenda na kwenda,+ wakukhonda kufa,+ wakukhonda kuoneka,+ Mulungu mʼbodzi basi,+ mbasimbwe, pontho mbapaswe mbiri kwenda na kwenda. Ameni.
18 Ine ndiri kupereka cipfundziso* ici kuna iwe mwananga Timoti, mwakubverana na maprofesiya adalongwa thangwi ya iwe, toera kubulukira mwa iwo, iwe upitirize kumenya nkhondo yadidi,+ 19 mbupitiriza kukhala na cikhulupiro, pontho na cikumbuntima cadidi,+ cakuti anango acikhonda, mbaluza cikhulupiro cawo ninga munalobzweka bote mʼmadzi. 20 Anango mwa iwo ndi Imeneu+ na Alexandre, ine ndaapereka kuna Sathani,+ toera apfundze kubulukira mu kusandikwa, kuti nee asafunika kulonga mafala akupwaza Mulungu.