Tsamba Laciwiri kwa Akolinto
8 Tsapano abale, tikufuna kuti mudziwe bza kudeka mtima kukulu komwe Mulungu adakulatiza ku magwere ya ku Masedoniya. 2 Pomwe akhagumana na mabvuto makulu thangwe ra mayezo, iwo akhali wakukondwa kwene-kwene ndipo adalatiza kuti akhali wakupasa, napo kuti akhabonera. 3 Pakuti iwo adacita bzimwebzi mwakubverana na bzomwe akhanabzo, inde, ndikuwacitira umboni bwakuti iwo adapereka bzizinji kuposa bzomwe akhanabzo. 4 Mwakufuna kwawo, iwo adatikumbira mwakubwereza-bwereza kuti tiwapasembo mwayi wakupasa na mtima wentse, acicitambo mbali pa utumiki bwakuthandiza anyakucena. 5 Ndipo iwo adacita bzizinji kuposa bzomwe tikhadikhirira, inde, mwakufuna kwa Mulungu, iwo adabzipereka na mtima wentse pa basa la Mbuya ndipo adatitumikirambo. 6 Tenepo, tikulimbikisa Tito kuti amalize basa lomwe adaliyamba pakati panu, lakutambira bzakupereka bzomwe mukucita na mtima wentse. 7 Pakuti ndimwe wakudala pa bzinthu bzentse ninga m’cikhulupiro, kudziwa kulewalewa, cidziwiso, nyongo pa bzinthu bzentse na lufoyi lomwe ifepano timbakulatizani. Tenepo, khalanimbo wakudala pa nkhani yakupereka mphaso na mtima wentse.
8 Ndikukutongani lini, koma ndikulewa bzimwebzi thangwe ra nyongo yomwe winango ambailatiza, nakuti ndiwone penu lufoyi lanu ndacadidi. 9 Pakuti imwepo mukudziwa bza kudeka mtima kwa Mbuya wathu Jezu Kristu, napo kuti iye akhali wakudala, adakhala wakusauka thangwe ra imwepo, kuti imwepo mudale thangwe ra kusauka kwace.
10 Pa nkhani imweyi, nzeru yangu njiyi: Kuteweza bzimwebzi n’kwaphindu kwa imwepo, pakuti papita gole libodzi kucokera pomwe mudayamba basali, ndipo mulibe kundoyamba kokha, koma mudalatiza kuti mukufunisisa kulicita. 11 Tenepo, malizani basa lomwe mudaliyamba mwakubverana na bzomwe munabzo, mukacita tenepoyo mun’dzalimaliza ninga momwe mukhafunira pakuyamba. 12 Kupereka na mtima wentse kumbakondwesa Mulungu, thangwe iye ambafuna kuti munthu apereke mwakubverana na bzomwe anabzo. 13 Pakuti inepano ndikufuna lini kuti winango alulidwe ndipo imwepo mulemedwe; 14 koma ndikufuna kuti pakhale kundendemerana, kuti bzizinji bzomwe munabzo pa nthawe ino, bzithandize pa bzomwe iwo alibe, nakuti bzomwe iwo anabzo, bzithandizembo bzomwe imwepo mulibe, pacikhala kundendemerana. 15 Ninga momwe bzidanembedwera kuti: “Omwe akhana bzizinji, bziribe kumuwandira ndipo omwe akhana bzing’ono-ng’ono bziribe kumucepera.”
16 Atendedwe Mulungu thangwe rakuti Tito ambakucitirani thupo ninga momwe ife timbakucitiranimbo, 17 pakuti iye adabvuma bzomwe tidamuuza ndipo akufunisisa kucita bzomwe tidamukumbira, ndipo iye akubwera kumweko mwakufuna kwace. 18 Ifepano tikumutumiza pabodzi na m’bale munango omwe ambatendedwa na magwere yentse, thangwe ra basa lakupalizira mafala yabwino. 19 Mpsimwebzi lini bzokha, koma iye adasankhulidwambo na magwere kuti akhale mwanzathu wa paulendo pomwe tikugawira mphaso ya kudeka mtima, kuti ulemerero buyende kwa Mbuya na kulatiza kuti ndife wakufunisisa kuthandiza winango. 20 Tenepo, tikutcenkha kuti wanthu aleke kutilewa kuipa thangwe ra bzakupereka bzaufulu bzomwe tikusamalirabzi. 21 Pakuti timbasamalira bzinthu bzentse mwakukhulupirika, sikuti pamaso pa Yahova yekha basi, koma na pamasombo pa wanthu.
22 Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, tikuwatumiza pabodzi na m’bale wathu, omwe nthawe zizinji adalatiza kuti ngwakubzipereka kwene-kwene ndipo kubzipereka kwaceko tsapano kwathumizirikiratu thangwe rakuti iye ambakukhulupirani. 23 Tsono penu alipo omwe an’funa kudziwa kuti Tito ni yani, iye ni mwanzangu omwe nimbatumikira naye pabodzi kuti tikuthandizeni; ndipo penu alipo omwe an’funa kudziwa bza abale omwe anaye pabodziwo, iwo ni apostolo wa m’magwere na ulemerero bwa Kristu. 24 Tenepo, alatizeni kuti mumbawafuna, ndipo citisanimbo kuti wanthu wa m’magwere awone thangwe lomwe limbaticitisa kulewa bza imwepo mwakusamwirira.