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1 Ndipopo, pomwe ife tidawona kuti tin'kwanisa lini kupirira mwakusaya kubva bza imwe, tidakumbuka kuti ni bzabwino kukhala tekha kuAtena, 2 ndipo tidatuma Timoti. Iye ni m'bale wathu omwe ni mwandzathu pabasa la Mulungu lakupalidza Mafala Yabwino ya Krixtu* MuBibliya la Almeida ambati nthena ya Mulungu muMafala Yabwino ya Krixtu., kuti akuthandizeni na kukulimbikisani mucikhulupiriro, 3 kuti paleke kuwoneka munthu wakugwededzeka thangwe ra matsautso yamweya. Imwepo mulikudziwa bwino-bwino kuti Mulungu ndiye adabvumiza kuti bzimwebzi bzicitike kuna ife. 4 Pomwe tikhali pabodzi na imwe, tikhakuuzani kale kuti tin'dzafambiridwa m'mbuyo, cadidi bzacitika ninga imwepo mun'dziwa. 5 Na thangwe limweri, pakusaya kukwanisa kupirira pomwe, ndidatuma Timoti kuti adzadziwe cipande ca cikhulupiriro comwe imwepo munaco, mwakuti Wakupumpsa aleke kukupumpsani, kuti basa lathu lireke kukhala lakusaya phindu.
Nkhani zabwino zakubweresedwa na Timoti
6 Tsapano, Timoti wafika kucokera kuna imwe, ndipo atipasa nkhani zabwino zakulewa bza cikhulupiriro na lufoi lomwe imwepo munalo. Iye watiuza kuti imwepo nthawe zentse mumbatikumbukira bwino, mumbafuna kutiwona, napombo ife timbafuna kukuwonani. 7 Ndipopo abale, pakusaya na pakubonera kwathu kwentse, tidakhala wakukomedwa pomwe tidabva bza cikhulupiriro canu. 8 Tsapano tina moyo, pakuwona kuti imwepo muli ciriri mwa Mbuya. 9 Tsono tingatende tani Mulungu mwakukwanira thangwe ra imwe, na kufuna kwa kupfatsa kwentse komwe tinako patsogolo pace thangwe ra imwe? 10 Usiku na masikati timbapemba na mtima wentse kuti tiwonane namwe maso na maso ndipo na kukwanirisa bzomwe bziri kupereweza pacikhulupiriro canu.
11 Kuti Mulungu caiye, Baba wathu, na Mbuya wathu Jezu atikondzere njira yathu mpaka tidzafike kuna imwe. 12 Mbuya akukuliseni na kukuthimizirani lufoi lomwe munalo pakati panu na kwa wentse, kundendemeza na lufoi lomwe tinalo kwa imwe. 13 Ndipo Mulungu alimbikise mitima yanu kuti mudzakhale wakusaya thangwe na wakucena pamaso pa Mulungu Baba wathu, pomwe an'dzabwera Mbuya wathu Jezu na wakucena wace wentse.