1 Pa za kubweranso kwa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu ndiponso za kusonkhana kwathu kuti tikumane naye, abale, tikukupemphani 2 kuti musagwedezeke msanga mʼmaganizo kapena kuopsezedwa ndi uneneri, mbiri kapena kalata yokhala ngati yachokera kwa ife, yonena kuti tsiku lija la Ambuye linafika kale. 3 Musalole kuti wina aliyense akunamizeni mwa njira ina iliyonse. Pakuti tsikulo lisanafike, kudzakhala mpatuko waukulu kwambiri, ndipo kudzaoneka munthu woyipitsitsa uja, munthu woyenera kuwonongedwayo. 4 Iyeyo adzatsutsa ndi kudziyika pamwamba pa chilichonse chimene anthu amachitcha mulungu kapena amachipembedza. Iyeyo adzadzikhazika mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ndi kudzitcha Mulungu.

5 Kodi simukukumbukira kuti pamene ndinali nanu pamodzi ndinkakuwuzani zimenezi? 6 Ndipo tsopano mukudziwa chimene chikumuletsa kuonekera, koma adzawululika pa nthawi yake yoyenera. 7 Pakuti mphamvu yobisika yoyipitsitsa ikugwira ntchito ngakhale tsopano; koma amene akutchinga mphamvuyo adzapitiriza kutero mpaka pamene wotchingayo adzachotsedwe. 8 Ndipo kenaka woyipitsitsayo adzaonekera, amene Ambuye Yesu adzamugonjetsa ndi mpweya otuluka mʼkamwa mwake ndi kumuwononga ndi ulemerero wa kubwera kwake. 9 Woyipitsitsayo adzabwera ndi mphamvu za Satana. Adzaonetsa mphamvu zake pochita zizindikiro ndi zodabwitsa zachinyengo. 10 Iye adzagwiritsa ntchito mtundu uliwonse wachinyengo kupusitsa amene akuwonongeka. Iwo akuwonongeka chifukwa akukana kukonda choonadi ndi kuti apulumutsidwe. 11 Chifukwa cha chimenechi, Mulungu akuwatumizira chinyengo chachikulu kuti akhulupirire bodza. 12 Choncho adzalangidwa onse amene sanakhulupirire choonadi, koma anakondwera mu zoyipa.

13 Koma tiyenera kuyamika Mulungu chifukwa cha inu abale okondedwa mwa Ambuye, pakuti Mulungu anakusankhani pachiyambi pomwe kuti mupulumuke chifukwa cha ntchito yoyeretsa ya Mzimu ndi chikhulupiriro chanu mʼchoonadi. 14 Iye anakuyitanirani zimenezi kudzera mwa uthenga wathu wabwino, kuti mulandire nawo ulemerero wa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu. 15 Kotero tsono, abale, imani mwamphamvu ndi kugwiritsa ziphunzitso zimene tinakupatsani kudzera mʼmawu apakamwa kapena kudzera mʼkalata.

16 Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu mwini ndi Mulungu Atate wathu, amene anatikonda ife ndipo mwachisomo chake anatipatsa kulimba mtima kwamuyaya ndi chiyembekezo chabwino, 17 akulimbikitseni ndi kukupatsani mphamvu yogwirira ntchito ndi kuyankhula zabwino zilizonse.