Mutu 1

1Simoni Petro, kapolo ndi mtumwi wa Yesu Khristu, kwa iwo amene alandira chikhulupiliro cha mtengo wapatali ndi ife mwa chilungamo cha Mulungu1 ndi Mpulumutsi wathu Yesu Khristu: 2Chisomo ndi mtendere zichulukire kwa inu m’chidziwitso cha Mulungu2 ndi cha Yesu Ambuye wathu. 3Monga mphamvu yake ya kupembedza yatipatsa ife zinthu zonse zomwe zimakhudzana ndi moyo komanso umulungu3, mwa chidziwitso cha iye amene watiyitana mwa ulemelero ndi ukoma, 4m’menemo iye anatipatsa ife malonjezano akulu ndi amtengo wapatali, kuti kudzera mu zimenezi mukakhale otenga nawo gawo a chikhalidwe cha umulungu, pothawa chivundi chimene chili m’dziko lapansili kudzera m’chilakolako.

5Koma pachifukwa chomwechinso, pogwiritsa ntchito changu chonse, m’chikhulupiliro chanu kukhalanso ndi chikhalidwe chabwino, m’chikhalidwe chabwino cha chidziwitso, 6chidziwitso chokhala ndi kudziletsa, kudziletsa mwa chipiliro, chipiliro cha umulungu4, 7umulungu5 wa chikondi cha pa abale: 8pakuti zinthu zimenezi zioneka ndi kukhazikika mwa inu zimakupangani kukhala aulesi kapena osabereka zipatso monga mwa chidziwitso cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu; 9pakuti iye amene alibe zinthu zimenezi ali wakhungu, wachimbuuzi, ndipo wayiwala kuyeretsedwa kwa machimo ake akale. 10Pamenepo m’malo mwake, abale, gwiritsani khama kutsimikizira mayitanidwe anu ndi masankhidwe anu, pakuchita zinthu zimenezi inu simudzagwa; 11pakuti pamenepo khomo la ku ufumu wamuyaya wa Ambuye wathu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Khristu zionjezedwa koposa kwa inu.

12Pamenepo ndisamalitsa kukuyikani m’malingaliro nthawi zonse pa zinthu zimenezi, ngakhale muzidziwa ndi kuzikhazika mchoonadi cha pano. 13Koma ndichiyesa cholondola, pamene ndikhala mu msasa umenewu, kukutsitsimutsani mwa kukukumbukirani inu, 14podziwa kuti kusiya kwa msasa wanga kuchitika mwachangu, monganso Ambuye Yesu Khristu waonetsera kwa ine; 15koma ndigwiritsa khama, kuti ndikachoka ine mukathenso nthawi iliyonse [mumphamvu zanu] kukumbutsa zinthu zimenezi. 16Pakuti sitinakudziwitsani inu mphamvu ndi kubwera kwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, kutsatira nthano zopeka mwanzeru, koma pokhala mboni za ukulu wake. 17Pakuti analandira iye kwa Mulungu6 Atate ulemu ndi ulemelero, mau otere onenedwa kwa iye mwa ulemelero wopambana: Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga wokondedwa, mwa iyeyu ndikondwera; 18ndipo mau amenewa tinawamva ife kuchokera kumwamba, pokhala naye pamodzi pa phiri loyera. 19Ndipo ife tili nawo mau a uneneri otsimikizika, ku amenewa muchita bwino kuwamvera (monga nyale kuwala m’malo a mdima) kufikira m’mawa ndi nthanda kuunika m’mitima mwanu; 20podziwa chimenechi koyamba, kuti palibe lemba la uneneri wa lemba lizitanthauzira lokha, 21 pakuti uneneri sunanenedwe ndi chifuniro cha munthu, koma anthu oyera a Mulungu7 analankhula pansi pa mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.