2 Akorinto 7

1Abwenzi okondedwa, popeza tili ndi malonjezo amenewa, tiyeni tidziyeretse, kusiyana nazo zilizonse zimene zikhoza kudetsa thupi ndi mzimu, ndipo tiyesetse kukhala oyera mtima poopa Mulungu.

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2Mutipatse malo mʼmitima mwanu. Ife sitinalakwire munthu aliyense, kapena kuyipitsa munthu aliyense, kapena kumuchenjerera munthu aliyense. 3Sindikunena izi kuti mupezeke olakwa. Ndinanena kale kuti ife timakuganizirani kwambiri kotero kuti tili pamodzi, ngakhale tikhale moyo kapena timwalire. 4Ndimakukhulupirirani kwambiri ndipo ndimakunyadirani kwambiri. Ndikulimbikitsidwa kwambiri; mʼmasautso athu onse, chimwemwe changa chilibe malire.

5Pakuti titafika ku Makedoniya, sitinapume nʼkomwe, koma tinavutitsidwa mbali zonse. Kunja kunali mikangano, ndipo mʼmitima mwathu munali mantha. 6Koma Mulungu, amene amatonthoza mtima wopsinjika, anatitonthoza mtima ndi kufika kwa Tito, 7sikubwera kwake kokhako, komanso mawu achilimbikitso amene analandira kuchokera kwa inu. Iye anatiwuza kuti mukufuna kundiona, zachisoni chanu chachikulu, ndi kudzipereka kwanu kwa ine, motero chimwemwe changa chinachuluka kuposa kale.

8Ngakhale kalata yanga ija inakupwetekani mtima, sindikudandaula kuti ndinalemberanji. Ngakhale zinandikhudza, ndikudziwa kuti kalata yanga inakupwetekani, koma kwa kanthawi kochepa. 9Koma tsopano ndine wokondwa, osati chifukwa chakuti kalatayo inakupwetekani, koma chifukwa chakuti chisoni chanu chinakuthandizani kutembenuka mtima. Pakuti munamva chisoni monga mmene Mulungu amafunira, choncho simunapwetekedwe mwanjira iliyonse. 10Chisoni chimene Mulungu amafuna chimabweretsa kutembenuka mtima komwe kumabweretsa chipulumutso, ndipo sichikhumudwitsa. Koma chisoni cha dziko lapansi chimabweretsa imfa. 11Taonani zimene chisoni chimene Mulungu amafuna chatulutsa mwa inu. Chatulutsa khama lalikulu, chakuthandizani kuti mudzikonze nokha, chakukwiyitsani kwambiri, komanso chakupatsani mantha aakulu. Chakuchititsani kuti mufune kundiona ine, mwakhudzidwa kwambiri ndipo mukufuna kuonetsetsa kuti chilungamo chachitikadi. Pa nkhani yonseyi, mwaonetsadi kuti ndinu osalakwa. 12Choncho ngakhale ndinakulemberani kalata ija, sindinayilembe ndi chifukwa cha amene analakwayo kapena wolakwiridwa, koma ndinayilemba kuti inuyo muone kudzipereka kwanu kwa ife pamaso a Mulungu. 13Zimenezi zatilimbikitsa kwambiri.

Kuwonjezera pa zotilimbikitsazo, tinakondwa kwambiri poona chisangalalo cha Tito, chifukwa nonsenu munamuthandiza kukhazikitsa mtima wake pansi. 14Ndinamuwuza kuti ndimakunyadirani, ndipo simunandichititse manyazi. Koma monga zonse zimene tinakuwuzani zinali zoona, tsono zomwe ndinawuza Tito zokunyadirani zinali zoona. 15Ndipo chikondi chake pa inu nʼchachikulu kwambiri akakumbukira kuti nonse munali omvera, munamulandira ndi mantha ndi kunjenjemera. 16Ndine wokondwa kuti ndingathe kukukhulupirirani pa zonse.