Mavesi a m'Baibulo Onena za Mulungu Atate
Mulungu wa Baibulo ndi Atate — gwero la mphatso iliyonse yabwino ndi Uja amene chikondi chake chinatumiza Mwana wake kwa ife. Iye ndi wokhulupirika, wachifundo, wodekha pa mkwiyo, ndi wodzaza ndi chikondi chosatha. Mavesi awa amakuyitana kuti upume mu mtima wa Atate wokuyang'ana iwe.
Chikondi ndi ichi: osati kuti ife ndife amene tinamukonda Mulungu, koma kuti Iyeyo ndiye amene anatikonda ndipo anatumiza Mwana wake kuti akhale nsembe yopepesera machimo athu.
Ife sitinawonongekeretu chifukwa chikondi cha Yehova ndi chachikulu, ndi chifundo chake ndi chosatha. Zimaoneka zatsopano mmawa uliwonse; kukhulupirika kwanu nʼkwakukulu.
Koma chifukwa cha chikondi chake chachikulu pa ife, Mulungu amene ndi olemera mʼchifundo, anatipanga kukhala amoyo ndi Khristu ngakhale pamene ife tinali akufa mu zolakwa zathu. Koma tinapulumutsidwa mwachisomo.
Pakuti mwapulumutsidwa mwachisomo, kudzera mʼchikhulupiriro ndipo izi sizochokera mwa inu eni, koma ndi mphatso ya Mulungu, osati ndi ntchito, kuti wina aliyense asadzitamandire.
Lawani ndipo onani kuti Yehova ndi wabwino; wodala munthu amene amathawira kwa Iye.
Monga bambo amachitira chifundo ana ake, choncho Yehova ali ndi chifundo ndi iwo amene amamuopa;
Ndipo iye ananyamuka ndi kupita kwa abambo ake. “Koma iye akanali patali, abambo ake anamuona ndipo anamvera chisoni; anathamangira mwanayo, namukumbatira ndi kupsompsona.
Ambuye sazengereza kuchita zimene analonjeza, monga ena amaganizira. Iwo akukulezerani mtima, sakufuna kuti aliyense awonongeke, koma akufuna kuti aliyense alape.
Kodi kapena ukupeputsa kukoma mtima kwa Mulungu, kuleza mtima kwake ndi kupirira kwake? Kodi sukuzindikira kuti kukoma mtima kwakeko, nʼkofuna kuti iweyo ulape machimo ako?
Onani mbalame zamlengalenga sizifesa kapena kukolola kapena kusunga mʼnkhokwe komabe Atate anu akumwamba amazidyetsa. Kodi inu simuziposa kwambiri?
Ndipo Mulungu wanga adzakwaniritsa zosowa zanu monga mwa chuma chake chaulemerero mwa Khristu Yesu.
Yehova ali pafupi ndi onse amene amamuyitana, onse amene amamuyitana Iye mʼchoonadi.
Yehova ndi wachifundo ndi wokoma mtima, wosakwiya msanga ndi wachikondi chochuluka.
Ine ndinawaonekera ndili chapatali ndipo ndinati, “Ine ndakukondani ndi chikondi chopanda malire. Nʼchifukwa chake ndipitiriza kukukondani.