2 BaKolinte1
1Imi Paulu, umpositoli waKristo Jesu nechido chaMwali, naTimoti mwanakwaina wedu.
Ndikumukwalila igubungano lyaMwali likokuguta igulwana liko kuKolinte, nabachena bose baimo mudunhu igulwana lyeAkeya yose.2Chipiwo nolunyalalo kunamwi zwiva kunaMwali Tate bedu akale nokunaTezi Jesu Kristo.3Mwali ngekombolelwe Tate baTezi wedu Jesu Kristo, Tate beshe akale Mwali unotipa imbalaijo yose,4iye unotinyalaja mumasheto edu wose, kutila kuti titubule kunyalaja yabo baimo mumasheto angaba kana api zwawo, nolubalaijo Mwali lwanotibalaija nalo.5Kana tisheteswa kasa nokuda kwaKristu ndipo patinowha kubalaijwa kulopamijwa munaKristo.6Kana tisheteswa, lubalaijo noluchijo lwenu, akale kana tibalaijwa, ngezwo lubalaijo lwenu, lwamulozibila mungota umoyo undefu mwakabhatilila mukusheteswa zwatikumutiwa.7Lubimbo lwedu namwi alutodengeda, nokuti tinoziba kuti sezwo mulina unkobe mumasheto edu, mooba nenkobe mulubalaijo lwedu.8Banakwaina, atidi kuti musibe noluzibo, nezwamasheto makulwana atakashangana nawo muEzhiya, zwakatiswincha pakulasha lubimbo lwobupenyu.9Chokomende takawha sabatongelwa lufu, koga yezwi zwakatikana kuti tisizwibimbe isu nokwedu, koga tibimbe naMwali unomusa bakafa,10wakatisungunula mugubaji igulwana lyolufu, akale unootisungunula akale. Panaiye ndipo patabiga lubimbo lwedu kuti unootisungunula akale,11pamunotibhancha neminamato yenu. Pakalepo banhu banji banoboka bakatimililila pezhulu pamakombolelo atakapiwa ilinshandulo inova kuminamato yabanhu banji.12Nokuti kushiya kwedu busumikiji boluyeyo lwedu luchena kuti takabelalama mubuchena akale nomuchokomende kasa mukulyijana namwi, akale takabebimba nechipiwo chaMwali kusi nobuchenjevu bwabanhu.13Nokuti tomukwalila chete zwamunotubula kubala akale muwhisisa. Ndinalubimbo kuti mozwiwhisisa kuzhele,14sezwamwawhisisa muchikamu, kuti mungashiya nasu sezwatinoota namwi, nezhuba lyaTezi Jesu.15Nokuti ndakabakasimisa nezwi, ndakabeda kutanga kuzha kwamuli kuti mubenokunakilijwa kulopamwa,16ndaandida kumushanyila ndichinonda kuMasedoniya, akale kuzha kwamuli ndiva kuMasedoniya akale kuti mundipindilije mulwendo lwangu lwokunda kuJudiya.17Ndakabekahajika na pandakabeda kuta yezwi? Ndota zwilongwa zwangu sonhu wenyika na, ndakazwilonganyila kuti, “Eya” nokuti, “Pe,” panhu pamwempela?18Chokomende sezwo Mwali ekabimbika, mawhi edu kwamuli aatoba okuti “Eya,” akale “Pe.”19Nokuti Mwananhulumyana waMwali, Jesu Kristo, utakabhaunula pakati penu, Imi, Silivanasi naTimoti, wakaba esi, “Eya” na “Pe,” koga muna Iye ndi, “Eya” unshaji wose.20Nokuti zwose zwibimbiso zwaMwali ndi Eya. Nokudalo munaKristo tinoti Ameni tikuja Mwali.21NdiMwali unotigajika zwilozikatila isu namwi munaKristo. Akale wakatishala,22akabiga imhande yiye panasu sechitondejo chokuti tilibabe, akale akatipa uMpepo uwe mumyoyo yedu sechibimbiso chezwinhu zwichinozha.23Koga ndoshoba Mwali kuti ebe unsumikiji, kumuwhila ishe kwakata kuti ndisizhe kuKolinte.24Kusi kumubhata nesimba mukudimbwa kwenu, toshinga namwi titila lushanto lwenu, nokuti mulosima mukudimbwa kwenu.
Ndikumukwalila igubungano lyaMwali likokuguta igulwana liko kuKolinte, nabachena bose baimo mudunhu igulwana lyeAkeya yose.2Chipiwo nolunyalalo kunamwi zwiva kunaMwali Tate bedu akale nokunaTezi Jesu Kristo.3Mwali ngekombolelwe Tate baTezi wedu Jesu Kristo, Tate beshe akale Mwali unotipa imbalaijo yose,4iye unotinyalaja mumasheto edu wose, kutila kuti titubule kunyalaja yabo baimo mumasheto angaba kana api zwawo, nolubalaijo Mwali lwanotibalaija nalo.5Kana tisheteswa kasa nokuda kwaKristu ndipo patinowha kubalaijwa kulopamijwa munaKristo.6Kana tisheteswa, lubalaijo noluchijo lwenu, akale kana tibalaijwa, ngezwo lubalaijo lwenu, lwamulozibila mungota umoyo undefu mwakabhatilila mukusheteswa zwatikumutiwa.7Lubimbo lwedu namwi alutodengeda, nokuti tinoziba kuti sezwo mulina unkobe mumasheto edu, mooba nenkobe mulubalaijo lwedu.8Banakwaina, atidi kuti musibe noluzibo, nezwamasheto makulwana atakashangana nawo muEzhiya, zwakatiswincha pakulasha lubimbo lwobupenyu.9Chokomende takawha sabatongelwa lufu, koga yezwi zwakatikana kuti tisizwibimbe isu nokwedu, koga tibimbe naMwali unomusa bakafa,10wakatisungunula mugubaji igulwana lyolufu, akale unootisungunula akale. Panaiye ndipo patabiga lubimbo lwedu kuti unootisungunula akale,11pamunotibhancha neminamato yenu. Pakalepo banhu banji banoboka bakatimililila pezhulu pamakombolelo atakapiwa ilinshandulo inova kuminamato yabanhu banji.12Nokuti kushiya kwedu busumikiji boluyeyo lwedu luchena kuti takabelalama mubuchena akale nomuchokomende kasa mukulyijana namwi, akale takabebimba nechipiwo chaMwali kusi nobuchenjevu bwabanhu.13Nokuti tomukwalila chete zwamunotubula kubala akale muwhisisa. Ndinalubimbo kuti mozwiwhisisa kuzhele,14sezwamwawhisisa muchikamu, kuti mungashiya nasu sezwatinoota namwi, nezhuba lyaTezi Jesu.15Nokuti ndakabakasimisa nezwi, ndakabeda kutanga kuzha kwamuli kuti mubenokunakilijwa kulopamwa,16ndaandida kumushanyila ndichinonda kuMasedoniya, akale kuzha kwamuli ndiva kuMasedoniya akale kuti mundipindilije mulwendo lwangu lwokunda kuJudiya.17Ndakabekahajika na pandakabeda kuta yezwi? Ndota zwilongwa zwangu sonhu wenyika na, ndakazwilonganyila kuti, “Eya” nokuti, “Pe,” panhu pamwempela?18Chokomende sezwo Mwali ekabimbika, mawhi edu kwamuli aatoba okuti “Eya,” akale “Pe.”19Nokuti Mwananhulumyana waMwali, Jesu Kristo, utakabhaunula pakati penu, Imi, Silivanasi naTimoti, wakaba esi, “Eya” na “Pe,” koga muna Iye ndi, “Eya” unshaji wose.20Nokuti zwose zwibimbiso zwaMwali ndi Eya. Nokudalo munaKristo tinoti Ameni tikuja Mwali.21NdiMwali unotigajika zwilozikatila isu namwi munaKristo. Akale wakatishala,22akabiga imhande yiye panasu sechitondejo chokuti tilibabe, akale akatipa uMpepo uwe mumyoyo yedu sechibimbiso chezwinhu zwichinozha.23Koga ndoshoba Mwali kuti ebe unsumikiji, kumuwhila ishe kwakata kuti ndisizhe kuKolinte.24Kusi kumubhata nesimba mukudimbwa kwenu, toshinga namwi titila lushanto lwenu, nokuti mulosima mukudimbwa kwenu.
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