[1] Ife amene tili ndi chikhulupiriro champhamvu tiziwalezera mtima anthu ofowoka, ndipo tisamadzikondweretse tokha.
[2] Aliyense wa ife akondweretse mnzake pomuchitira zabwino zomulimbikitsa.
[3] Pakuti ngakhale Khristu sanadzikondweretsa yekha koma, monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Chipongwe cha anthu okunyozani chinagwera Ine.”
[4] Pakuti zilizonse zimene zinalembedwa kale zinalembedwa kuti zitiphunzitse ife. Malembawo amatilimbikitsa kupirira kuti tikhale ndi chiyembekezo.
[5] Mulungu amene amapereka kupirira ndi chilimbikitso akupatseni maganizo amodzi pakati panu monga inu mukutsatira Khristu Yesu,
[6] kotero kuti ndi mtima umodzi ndi movomerezana mulemekeze Mulungu ndi Atate a Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu.
[7] Tsopano landiranani wina ndi mnzake, monganso Khristu anakulandirani inu, ndi cholinga choti Mulungu alemekezeke.
[8] Chifukwa kunena zoona, Khristu wasanduka mtumiki wa Ayuda, kuonetsa kuti Mulungu ndi wokhulupirika pa malonjezo amene anachita kwa makolo awo
[9] kuti a mitundu ina atamande Mulungu chifukwa cha chifundo chake. Monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Choncho ine ndidzakutamandani pakati pa a mitundu; ndidzayimba nyimbo zotamanda dzina lanu.”
[10] Akutinso, “Kondwerani inu anthu a mitundu ina pamodzi ndi anthu ake.”
[11] Ndipo akutinso, “Tamandani Ambuye, inu nonse a mitundu ina, ndi kuyimba zotamanda Iye, inu anthu onse.”
[12] Ndiponso Yesaya akuti, “Muzu wa Yese udzaphuka, wina amene adzauka kulamulira anthu a mitundu ina; mwa Iye mudzakhala chiyembekezo cha a mitundu ina.”
[13] Mulungu amene amatipatsa chiyembekezo adzaze mitima yanu ndi chimwemwe ndi mtendere pamene mukumudalira Iye, kuti chiyembekezo chanu chisefukire mwamphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.
[14] Abale anga, ine mwini ndikutsimikiza kuti inuyo ndinu abwino, odzaza ndi chidziwitso ndi okhoza kulangizana wina ndi mnzake.
[15] Ine ndakulemberani inu molimba mtima pa fundo zina, kukhala ngati kukukumbutsaninso za zimenezo, chifukwa cha chisomo chimene Mulungu anandipatsa ine
[16] kukhala mtumiki wa Khristu Yesu wa a mitundu ina ndi udindo wa wansembe, kulalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu, kuti a mitundu ina akhale nsembe yolandiridwa kwa Mulungu, yopatsidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera.
[17] Choncho, ine ndikunyadira mwa Khristu Yesu potumikira Mulungu wanga.
[18] Ine sindidzayesera kuyankhula za kanthu kalikonse koma zimene Khristu wazichita kudzera mwa ine zotsogolera a mitundu ina kuti amvere Mulungu mwa zimene ndinanena ndi kuzichita
[19] mwamphamvu ya zizindikiro ndi zodabwitsa kudzera mwamphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera. Choncho kuchokera ku Yerusalemu ndi kuzungulira ku Iluriko, ine ndalalikira kwathunthu Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu.
[20] Chakhala chilakolako changa nthawi zonse kuti ndilalikire Uthenga Wabwino kumene Khristu sadziwika, kuti ine ndisamange pa maziko a wina wake.
[21] Koma monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Iwo amene sanawuzidwe za Iye adzaona, ndi iwo amene sanamve adzazindikira.”
[22] Ichi nʼchifukwa chake ine ndakhala ndikuletsedwa kawirikawiri kubwera kwa inu.
[23] Koma tsopano popeza kulibenso malo anga woti ndigwire ntchito mʼmadera awa, ndakhala ndikufuna kukuonani kwa zaka zambiri.
[24] Ine ndikukonza kuti nditero pamene ndipita ku Spaniya. Ine ndikuyembekeza kudzakuchezerani pamene ndikudutsa ndi kuti inu mudzathandize popitiriza ulendo wanga, nditasangalala ndi kukhala nanu kwa kanthawi.
[25] Koma tsopano, ine ndili pa ulendo wopita ku Yerusalemu potumikira oyera mtima akumeneko.
[26] Pakuti kunakomera a ku Makedoniya ndi a ku Akaya kupereka thandizo kwa osauka pakati pa oyera mtima mu Yerusalemu.
[27] Iwo chinawakomera kuchita ichi, ndipo ndithu anali ndi ngongole kwa iwo. Pakuti ngati a mitundu ina anagawana ndi Ayuda madalitso auzimu, iwo ali ndi ngongole kwa Ayuda kuti agawane nawo madalitso awo a ku thupi.
[28] Tsono ine nditamaliza ntchito iyi ndi kutsimikiza kuti alandira chipatsochi, ndidzadzera kwanuko kudzakuchezerani pa ulendo wanga popita ku Spaniya.
[29] Ine ndikudziwa kuti pamene ndidzabwera kwa inu, ndidzafika ndili wodzaza ndi madalitso a Khristu.
[30] Abale, ine ndikukupemphani, mwa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu ndi mwachikondi cha Mzimu, kuti mukhale nane pa kulimbika kwanga pondipempherera kwa Mulungu.
[31] Pempherani kuti ine ndilanditsidwe kwa osakhulupirira a ku Yudeya ndi kuti utumiki wanga mu Yerusalemu ukhale ovomerezeka ndi oyera mtima.
[32] Kuti mwachifuniro cha Mulungu ndibwere kwa inu ndi chimwemwe kuti ndidzapumule pamodzi ndi inu.
[33] Mulungu wamtendere akhale ndi inu nonse. Ameni.