Mutu 3

1Pamenepo, polephera kuziletsa tokha, tinaona chabwino kuti ifeyo atisiye m’Atene, 2ndi kutumiza Timoteyo, m’bale wathu ndi wantchito mzathu pansi pa Mulungu1 mu uthenga wabwino wa Khristu, kukutsimikizirani ndi kukulimbikitsani inu zokhudza chikhulupiliro chanu, 3kuti asapezeke ogwedezeka ndi mazunzo amenewa. (Pa inu nokha dziwani kuti ife tinaikidwa chifukwa cha ichi; 4pakutinso, pamene ife tinali ndi inu, tinakuuziranitu kuti tikumana ndi chizunzo, ngakhale kutinso zinakwaniritsidwa, ndipo inu mukudziwa.) 5Pachifukwa chimenechi inenso, polephera kudziletsa ndekha, ndinatumiza kudziwa za chikhulupiliro chanu, kuti mwina woyesayo wakuyesani inu ndi kuti ntchito yathu inagwirika pachabe. 6Koma Timoteyo atangofika kwa ife kuchokera kwa inu, ndi kutitengera ife uthenga wabwino wa chikhulupiliro chanu ndi chikondi, ndi kuti mwakhala nthawi zonse mukutikumbukira ife bwino lomwe, kufunitsitsa kutiona ife, monga ifenso tifuna kukuonani; 7pachifukwa chimenechi ife tatonthozeka mwa inu, abale, nkupsinjika kwathu konse ndi chizunzo, kudzera mu chikhulupiliro chanu, 8chifukwa tsopano ife tikhala ndi moyo ngati inu muyimikika mwa Ambuye. 9Pakuti kodi tidzapereka bwanji chithokozo kwa Mulungu2 chifukwa cha inu, pakuti chimwemwe chonse m’menemo tikondwera pa chifukwa cha inu pamaso pa Mulungu3, 10usiku ndi usana kufunitsitsa koposa kufikira mapeto kuti tikaone nkhope yanu, ndi kukonza chimene chili kuperewera m’chikhulupiliro chanu? 11Koma Mulungu4 wathu ndi Atate mwini, ndi Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, awonetsere njira yathu kwa inu. 12Koma inuyo, Ambuye akupambanitseni ndi kukumangani m’chikondi pa wina ndi mzake, ndi kwa onse, monganso ife pa inu, 13chol3 inga mukatsimikizike mitima yanu opanda banga m’chiyero pamaso pa Mulungu5 wathu ndi Atate pakubwera kwa Ambuye wathu Yesu ndi oyera mtima ake onse.