1Nʼchifukwa chake pamene sitinathenso kupirira, tinaganiza kuti kunali bwino kuti atisiye tokha ku Atene. 2Tinatuma Timoteyo, mʼbale wathu ndi mnzathu wogwira naye ntchito ya Mulungu yofalitsa Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu, kuti adzakulimbitseni mitima ndi kukukhazikitsani mʼchikhulupiriro chanu, 3ndi cholinga chakuti wina asasunthike ndi mavutowa. Inu mukudziwa bwino lomwe kuti ndife oyenera kukumana ndi zimenezi. 4Kunena zoona, pamene tinali nanu, tinkakuwuzani kuti tidzayenera kuzunzidwa. Ndipo monga mukudziwa bwino, zimenezi zinachitikadi. 5Nʼchifukwa chake, pamene sindikanathanso kupirira, ndinatuma Timoteyo kuti adzaone mmene chikhulupiriro chanu chilili. Ndinkaopa kuti mwina wonyengayo, wakunyengani mʼnjira ina yake ndi kuti ntchito zathu zasanduka zosapindula.
Nkhani Yolimbikitsa Kuchokera kwa Timoteyo
6Koma tsopano Timoteyo wabwera kuchokera kwanuko ndipo watibweretsera nkhani yabwino ya chikhulupiriro chanu ndi chikondi chanu. Iye watiwuzanso kuti masiku onse mumatikumbukira mokondwa, ndipo kuti mumafunitsitsa kutionanso, monga momwe ifenso timalakalakira kukuonani inuyo. 7Motero abale, mʼmasautso ndi mʼmazunzo athu onse, chikhulupiriro chanu chatilimbikitsa. 8Ife tsopano tili moyodi, pakuti mukuyima molimbika mwa Ambuye. 9Tingathe bwanji kuyamika Mulungu mokwanira poona chimwemwe chonse chimene tili nacho pamaso pa Mulungu wathu chifukwa cha inu? 10Usana ndi usiku timapemphera ndi mtima wonse kuti tionanenso nanu, ndi kukwaniritsa zimene zikusowa pa chikhulupiriro chanu.
11Tikupempha kuti Mulungu ndi Atate athu mwini, ndi Ambuye athu Yesu, atikonzere njira yabwino kuti tidzafike kwanuko. 12Ambuye achulukitse chikondi chanu ndi kuti chisefukire kwa wina ndi mnzake ndiponso kwa wina aliyense, monga momwe chikondi chathu chichitira kwa inu. 13Iye alimbikitse mitima yanu kuti mukhale opanda cholakwa ndi oyera mtima pamaso pa Mulungu ndi Atate athu pamene Ambuye athu Yesu akubwera ndi oyera ake onse.
