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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.
Paulo Mtumwi wa Anthu a Mitundu Ina
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.
Paulo Akonza Zopita ku Roma
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.