4 Pamaso pa Mulungu ndi pamaso pa Khristu Yesu, amene adzaweruza amoyo ndi akufa omwe pamene adzaonekera ndi ufumu wake, ndikukulamula kuti: ² Lalikira Mawu; khala wokonzeka pa nthawi yake, ngakhale pamene si pa nthawi yake. Konza zolakwa zawo, dzudzula ndipo limbikitsa moleza mtima kwambiri ndi malangizo osamalitsa. ³ Pakuti idzafika nthawi imene anthu adzakana chiphunzitso choona. Mʼmalo mwake, chifukwa chokhumba kumva zowakomera zokha, adzasonkhanitsa aphunzitsi ambiri omawawuza zimene iwo akufuna kumva. ⁴ Sadzafuna kumva choona koma adzafuna kumva nthano chabe. ⁵ Koma iwe, khala tcheru nthawi zonse, pirira mʼzovuta, gwira ntchito ya mlaliki, gwira ntchito zonse za utumiki wako.

⁶ Pakuti moyo wanga wayamba kale kuthiridwa ngati nsembe, ndipo nthawi yakwana yoti ndinyamuke ulendo wanga. ⁷ Ndamenya nkhondo yabwino, ndatsiriza bwino mpikisano wa liwiro ndipo ndasunga chikhulupiriro. ⁸ Tsopano mphotho yanga ikundidikira imene ndi chipewa cha chilungamo, imene Ambuye, woweruza wolungama, adzandipatsa pa tsiku lijalo, osati ine ndekha komanso onse amene akufunitsitsa kubwera kwake.

Ndemanga ya Paulo

⁹ Uyesetse kubwera kuno msanga. ¹⁰ Paja Dema anandisiya chifukwa chokonda dziko lapansi lino, ndipo anapita ku Tesalonika. Kresike anapita ku Galatiya ndipo Tito anapita ku Dalimatiya. ¹¹ Ndatsala ndi Luka yekha basi. Mutenge Marko ndipo ubwere naye kuno, chifukwa amandithandiza mu utumiki wanga. ¹² Ndatumiza Tukiko ku Efeso. ¹³ Pobwera, unditengere chofunda pamwamba chimene ndinachisiya kwa Kupro ku Trowa. Unditengerenso mabuku anga, makamaka aja azikopawa.

¹⁴ Alekisandro, mmisiri wa zitsulo anandichitira zoyipa kwambiri. Ambuye adzamubwezera pa zimene anachita. ¹⁵ Iwenso ukhale naye tcheru chifukwa anatsutsa kwambiri uthenga wathu.

¹⁶ Podziteteza koyamba pa mlandu wanga, panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene anandithandiza, koma aliyense anandithawa. Mulungu awakhululukire. ¹⁷ Koma Ambuye anayima nane limodzi, ndipo anandipatsa mphamvu, kuti kudzera mwa ine, uthenga ulalikidwe kwambiri, ndikuti anthu a mitundu ina amve. Ndipo ndinalanditsidwa mʼkamwa mwa mkango. ¹⁸ Ambuye adzandilanditsa ku chilichonse chofuna kundichita choyipa ndipo adzandisamalira bwino mpaka kundilowetsa chonse mu ufumu wake wakumwamba. Kwa Iye kukhale ulemerero mpaka muyaya.

Mawu Otsiriza

¹⁹ Pereka moni kwa Prisila ndi Akura pamodzi ndi banja lonse la Onesiforo. ²⁰ Erasto anatsalira ku Korinto. Trofimo ndinamusiya akudwala ku Mileto. ²¹ Uyesetse kubwera kuno nthawi yozizira isanafike. Eubulo akupereka moni, ndiponso Pude, Lino, Klaudiya ndi abale onse nawonso akupereka moni.

²² Ambuye akhale ndi mzimu wako. Chisomo chikhale ndi inu nonse.