1 Atesalonika 2

Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero

Utumiki wa Paulo ku Atesalonika

2 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.

Paulo Afunitsitsa Kuonanso Atesalonika

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.