1 Atesalonika 2:1-20 OCCL

[1] Abale, mukudziwa kuti kudzacheza kwathu kwa inu sikunali kosapindulitsa. [2] Monga mukudziwa, ife nʼkuti titazunzika ndi kunyozedwa ku Filipi. Koma mothandizidwa ndi Mulungu wathu, tinalimba mtima mpaka kukulalikirani uthenga wake wabwino ngakhale ambiri ankatsutsana nafe. [3] Pakuti kulalikira kumene tikuchita, sitikuchita ndi maganizo olakwika kapena zolinga zoyipa, kapenanso kufuna kukunamizani. [4] Koma timayankhula monga anthu ovomerezeka ndi Mulungu ndi osungitsidwa Uthenga Wabwino. Ife sitikufuna kukondweretsa anthu koma Mulungu, amene amasanthula mitima yathu. [5] Monga mukudziwa kuti sitinagwiritse ntchito mawu oshashalika kapena mtima wofuna phindu, Mulungu ndiye mboni yathu. [6] Ife sitinafune kutamidwa ndi anthu, kapena ndi inu, kapena wina aliyense mwa inu. [7] Ngati atumwi a Khristu tikanatha kukhala cholemetsa kwa inu, mʼmalo mwake tinali ngati ana aangʼono pakati panu. Monga mmene amayi amasamalira ana awo angʼono, [8] moteronso tinakusamalirani. Chifukwa tinakukondani kwambiri, tinali okondwa kugawana nanu osati Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu wokha, komanso miyoyo yathu. [9] Abale, pakuti mukumbukira kugwira ntchito kwathu kwambiri ndi kuvutika; ife tinagwira ntchito usana ndi usiku ndi cholinga chakuti tisakhale cholemetsa, kwa aliyense pamene ife tinkalalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu kwa inu. [10] Inu ndinu mboni, ndiponso Mulungu, kuti tinali oyera mtima, olungama ndi wopanda chifukwa pakati panu amene munakhulupirira. [11] Monga mudziwa kuti ife tinkasamala aliyense wa inu monga abambo amasamalira ana ake, [12] kulimbikitsa, kutonthoza ndi kukupemphani kuti mukhale moyo oyenera Mulungu amene anakuyitanani kuti mulowe mu ufumu wake ndi ulemerero. [13] Ndipo ifenso tikuyamika Mulungu kosalekeza chifukwa mutalandira Mawu a Mulungu, amene munawamva kuchokera kwa ife, munawalandira osati ngati mawu a anthu, koma monga momwe alili, Mawu a Mulungu, amene akugwira ntchito mwa inu amene mukhulupirira. [14] Pakuti inu abale, munakhala otsanzira mipingo ya Mulungu ya ku Yudeya, imene ili mwa Khristu Yesu. Munasautsidwa kuchokera kwa anthu a mtundu wanu, zinthu zomwezo zimene mipingo imeneyi inasautsidwa ndi Ayuda, [15] amene anapha Ambuye Yesu ndi aneneri ndipo anatithamangitsanso ife. Iwo sakondweretsa Mulungu ndipo amadana ndi anthu onse [16] ndikutiretsa ife kuti tisayankhule ndi a mitundu ina kuti angapulumuke. Motero iwo amadziwunjikira okha machimo awo. Mkwiyo wa Mulungu wa afikira tsopano. [17] Koma abale, titasiyana kwa nthawi pangʼono (mʼthupi osati mʼmaganizo), tinayesetsa koposa kuti tikuoneni. [18] Pakuti ife tinafuna kubweranso kwa inu, makamaka ine Paulo, ndinayesa kangapo koma Satana anatiletsa. [19] Nanga chiyembekezo chathu, chimwemwe chathu kapena chaufumu chimene ife tidzanyadira pamaso pa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu pamene abwere ndi chiyani? Kodi si inu? [20] Indedi, inu ndinu ulemerero wathu ndi chimwemwe.