Machitidwea Paulondi Thecla
CHAPUTALA1
1PauloatapitakuIkoniyo,atathawakuAntiokeya,Dema ndiHermogeneanakhalaanzake,omwepanthawiyoanali odzazandichinyengo.
2KomaPauloanayang'anaubwinowaMulunguwokha, sanawachitirechoipa,komaanawakondakwambiri 3Chifukwachakeanayesetsakuwapangitsakukhala ogwirizananawo,maulosionsendiziphunzitsozaKhristu, ndikapangidwekaUthengaWabwinowaMwana wokondedwawaMulungu,kuwalangizam'chidziwitsocha Khristu,mongamomwechinawululidwirakwaiye 4MunthuwinadzinalakeOnesiforoatamvakutiPaulo wafikakuIkoniyo,anapitamofulumirakukakumananaye, pamodzindimkaziwakeLectra,ndianaakeaamuna SimmiandiZeno,kutiakamuitanekunyumbakwawo 5PakutiTitoanawauzazaumunthuwaPaulo,iwo sanamudziwemasondimaso,komaankangodziwabwino umunthuwake
6IwoanapitakuLusitarakudzeramumsewuwaukuluwa mfumu,ndipoanaimapamenepoakumuyembekezera, akuyerekezaonseameneankadutsa,ndimawuameneTito anawafotokozera.
7Pamapetopakeanaonamunthuakubwera(yemwendi Paulo),wamsinkhuwochepa,wadazi(kapenawometa) mutu,ntchafuzokhota,miyendoyokongola,masoopanda kanthu;analindimphunoyokhota;wodzalandichisomo; pakutinthawizinaankaonekangatimunthu,nthawizina analindinkhopeyamngelo.NdipoPauloanaona Onesiforo,ndipoanasangalala
8NdipoOnesiforoanati:“Moni,mtumikiwaMulungu wodala.”Pauloanayankhakuti:“ChisomochaMulungu chikhalenawendibanjalako”
9KomaDemondiHermogeneanagwidwandinsanje, ndipo,mosonyezakupembedzakwakukulu,Demaanati, NdipokodiifensosiatumikiaMulunguwodala?Bwanji simunatilonjere?
10Onesiforoanayankhakuti,Chifukwasindinazindikire mwainuzipatsozachilungamo;komangatimuliotere, mudzalandiridwansokunyumbakwanga
11KenakoPauloanalowam’nyumbayaOnesiforo,ndipo banjalonselinasangalalakwambirichifukwachazimenezi Iwoanadziperekakupemphera,kudyamkate,ndi kumvetseraPauloakulalikiramawuaMulunguokhudza kudziletsandikuukakwaakufa,motere:
12Odalaalioyeramtima;chifukwaadzawonaMulungu.
13Odalandiiwoameneamasungathupilawokukhala losadetsedwa(kapenaloyera);pakutiiwoadzakhala kachisiwaMulungu.
14Odalaaliodziletsa(kapenaoyeramtima);pakuti Mulunguadzadziululakwaiwo
15Odalandiiwoameneasiyazosangalatsazawozadziko lapansi;pakutiadzalandiridwandiMulungu
16Odalandiamenealindiakazingatikutialibe,chifukwa adzakhalaangeloaMulungu
17OdalandiameneamanjenjemerandimawuaMulungu, chifukwaadzatonthozedwa.
18Odalandiiwoameneamasungaubatizowawokukhala woyera;pakutiadzapezamtenderendiAtate,Mwana,ndi MzimuWoyera.
19Odalandiiwoameneamatsatanzeru(kapena chiphunzitso)chaYesuKhristu;pakutiadzatchedwaanaa Wam'mwambamwamba.
20OdalandiiwoameneamasungamalangizoaYesu Khristu;pakutiadzakhalam’kuwalakosatha
21Odalaiwo,amenechifukwachachikondichaKhristu amasiyaulemererowadzikolapansi;pakutiadzaweruza angelo,ndikuikidwakudzanjalamanjalaKhristu,ndipo sadzavutikandikuwawakwachiweruzochomaliza.
22Odalandimatupindimiyoyoyaanamwali;chifukwa ndiolandiridwandiMulungu,ndiposadzatayamphothoya unamwaliwawo;pakutimawuaAtatewawo (wakumwamba)adzagwirantchitoyopulumutsaiwo m'tsikulaMwanawake,ndipoadzakhalandimpumulo kwamuyaya.
CHAPUTALA2
1PamenePauloanalikulalikirauthengauwumumpingo umeneunalim’nyumbayaOnesiforo,namwaliwinadzina lakeThekla(dzinalaamayiakelinaliTheoclia,ndipoanali atalonjezedwakukwatiwandimwamunadzinalake Tamirisi)anakhalapawindolinam’nyumbamwake.
2Kuchokerakumeneko,pafupindizeneram'nyumba momwePauloanali,iyeankamvamaulalikiaPaulo okhudzaMulungu,chikondi,chikhulupiriromwaKhristu, ndipempherousikundiusana;
3Sanathensokuchokapawindo,mpakandichisangalalo chachikuluatagonjerakuziphunzitsozachikhulupiriro.
4Pambuyopake,ataonaakazindianamwaliambiri akulowakwaPaulo,analakalakakwambirikutiaonedwe ngatiwoyenerakuonekerapamasopake,ndikumvamawua Khristu;pakutianaliasanaonenkhopeyaPaulo,koma anangomvamaulalikiakeokha,ndipozimenezozokha
5Komapameneanakanakukakamizidwakutiachoke pawindo,amayiakeanatumizauthengakwaThamiri, ameneanabwerandichisangalalochachikulu,monga akuyembekezerakumukwatiratsopano.Chonchoiye anafunsaTheoclia,KodiTheklawangaalikuti?
6Theocliaanayankha,Thamyris,ndilindichinthu chachilendokwambirichotindikuuze;chifukwaThecla, kwamasikuatatu,sadzachokapawindoosatikudyakapena kumwa,komaalindicholingachofunakumvankhani zachinyengozamlendowina,koterokutindikumuyamikira kwambiri,Thamyris,koterokutimtsikanawodziwika bwino,adzalolakutiapambane
7Pakutimunthuameneyowasokonezamzindawonsewa Ikoniyo,ngakhalemzindawanuwaThekla,pakatipaena, akazindianyamataonseakumutsatirakutialandire chiphunzitsochake;amene,kupatulaenaonse,amawauza kutipaliMulungummodziyekha,ameneayenera kulambiridwa,ndipotiyenerakukhalandimoyowoyera 8Ngakhalezilichoncho,mwanawangawamkaziThecla, ngatiukondewakangaudewomangiriridwapawindo,
akukopekandinkhanizaPaulo,ndipoamazimvetsera mwachidwikwambiri,komansomosangalalakwambiri; motero,pomverazomweakunena,mtsikanayoakukopeka Tsopanopitanimukalankhulenaye,chifukwa walonjezedwakukwatiwandiinu.
9ChonchoThamyrisanapita,ndipoatamulonjera, ndikusamalakutiasamudabwitse,anati,Thecla,mkazi wanga,bwanjiukukhalamokhumudwachonchi?Ndi malingaliroachilendootaniomweakuchitikapaiwe? TembenukirakwaThamyris,ndipouchitemanyazi 10Amayiakensoanamuuzachimodzimodzi,nati, Mwanawe,bwanjiwakhalapansimokhumudwa,ndipo ngatimunthuwodabwa,osayankha?
11Pamenepoanalirakwambiri,Tamiriya,kutiwataya mkaziwake;Teokilaya,kutiwatayamwanawakewamkazi; ndiatsikana,kutiwatayambuyewawowamkazi;ndipo panalikulirakonsekonsem'banjamo
12KomazonsezisizinamukhudzeTekla,moti zinamupangitsakutiatembenukirekwaiwondi kuwazindikira,chifukwaanalikuganizirabemawuaPaulo 13PamenepoTamirianathamangakupitamumsewukuti akaoneameneanalowamwaPaulo,natulukakwaiye; ndipoanaonaamunaawiriakukanganakwambiri,natikwa iwo;
14Mabwana,kodimulindivutolanjipano?Ndipondani amenealimkatimwanu,ameneakusocheretsamaganizoa amuna,anyamatandianamwali,ndikuwakopakuti asakwatire,komaapitirizebemongamomwealili?
15Ndikulonjezakukupatsanindalamazambiri,ngati mungandiuzechifukwachake;pakutindinemtsogoleriwa mzindauno.
16DemandiHermogeneanayankhakuti,“Sitikudziwa bwinolomwekutindindani;komaichitikudziwa,kuti amalandaanyamataakaziawo,ndianamwaliamunaawo, mwakuphunzitsakuti,Sipadzakhalakuukakwaakufa mtsogolo,pokhapokhamutapitirizakukhalaoyeramtima, osadetsathupilanu.”
CHAPUTALA3
1KenakoThamirianati,“Tiyenikunyumbakwanga, mukadyechakudya”Chonchoanapitakumalo osangalaliraokongolakwambiri,komwekunalivinyo wochuluka,ndichakudyachochulukakwambiri
2Anabweretsedwapatebulolokonzedwabwino,ndipo Thamyrisanawamwetsamadziambiri,chifukwacha chikondichakekwaTheclandichikhumbochake chomukwatira.
3KenakoThamyrisanati,Ndikufunamundidziwitse ziphunzitsozaPaulouyu,kutindizimvetse;pakutindikuda nkhawakwambirindiThecla,popezaamasangalala kwambirindinkhanizamlendouja,koterokutindili pachiwopsezochotayamkaziwangaamenendikufuna kumukwatira
4PamenepoDemandiHermogeneanayankhaonse pamodzi,nati,Amubweretsekwabwanamkubwa Castellius,ngatimunthuameneakuyesetsakukopaanthu kutialowem'chipembedzochatsopanochaAkristu,ndipo iye,motsatiralamulolaKaisara,adzamupha,momwemo udzatengamkaziwako;
5Pameneifenthawiyomweyotidzamuphunzitsakuti kuukakwaakufakumeneakunenazaakufakwafikakale,
ndipokumatanthauzakukhalandiana;ndipokuti tinaukanso,pamenetinadziwaMulungu.
6Thamyrisatamvaizikuchokerakwaiwo,anakwiya kwambiri:
7Ndipoanadzukam’mawakwambirikupitakunyumbaya Onesiforo,pamasopaoweruzamilandu,mlondawa ndende,ndikhamulalikululaanthuokhalandindodo,nati kwaPaulo;
8WasokonezamzindawaIkoniyo,ndipakatipaenaonse, Tekla,amenewandikwatira,koterokutitsopanosakufuna kundikwatiraChonchoupitenafekwabwanamkubwa Castellius
9Ndipokhamulonselinafuula,Chotsaniwachinyengouyu (wamatsenga),chifukwawasokonezamaganizoaakazi athu,ndipoanthuonseakumumvera
CHAPUTALA4
1KenakoTamirisataimirirapamasopampando woweruziramilanduwabwanamkubwa,analankhulandi mawuokwezamotere
2Inubwanamkubwa,sindikudziwakumenemunthuuyu akuchokera,komandiameneamaphunzitsakutiukwatindi wosaloledwaChonchomulamulekutiakuuzenichifukwa chakeakufalitsaziphunzitsozotere.
3Pameneanalikunenaizi,DemandiHermogene (ananong'onezaThamyris,ndipo)anati;Nenanikutindi Mkristu,ndipotsopanoadzaphedwa.
4Komabwanamkubwaanaganiziramozama,naitana Paulonati,Ndiweyani?Umaphunzitsachiyani? Akuwonekakutiakukuimbamlanduwaukulu.
5PamenepoPauloanalankhulamokweza,nati,Popeza tsopanondayitanidwakutindiperekendemanga, bwanamkubwa,zaziphunzitsozanga,ndikufunaomvera anu
6Mulunguameneyo,amenendiMulunguwobwezera chilango,ndipoamenesakusowachinachilichonsekoma chipulumutsochazolengedwazake,wanditumakuti ndiwabwezeretsekuzoipazawondizivundizawo,ku zosangalatsazonse(zauchimo),ndikuimfa;ndi kuwalimbikitsakutiasachimwenso
7Pachifukwaichi,MulunguanatumizaMwanawakeYesu Khristu,amenendimalalikira,ndipomwaiyendimalangiza anthukutiaikechiyembekezochawomongamunthu ameneanalindichifundochachikulupadziko losocheretsedwa,kuti,Inubwanamkubwa,musaweruzidwe, komamukhalendichikhulupiriro,kuopaMulungu, kudziwachipembedzo,ndikukondachoonadi.
8Koterongatindimaphunzitsazinthuzimenendinalandira kuchokerakwaMulunguzokha,mlanduwangaulikuti?
9Bwanamkubwaatamvazimenezi,analamulakutiPaulo amangidwendikuikidwam’ndendempakanthawiyoti amumvetserebwino
10Komausiku,Theclaanachotsamphetezakeza m'makutu,naziperekakwawoyang'anirandende,amene anatsegulazitsekozake,namulolakulowa; 11Ndipopameneanaperekamphatsoyagalasilasilivakwa mlondawandende,analoledwakulowam'chipinda momwemunaliPaulo;kenakoanakhalapansipamapazi ake,namvakuchokerakwaiyezinthuzazikuluzaMulungu. 12NdipopameneadazindikirakutiPaulosankaopa kuvutika,komakutimwathandizolaMulunguadachita
zinthumolimbamtima,chikhulupirirochakechinakula kwambirikoterokutiadapsompsonamaunyoloake.
CHAPUTALA5
1PamapetopakeTheclaanasowa,ndipoanafunidwandi banjandiThamyrism'misewuyonse,ngatikutiwasochera, komammodzimwaantchitoanzakeamlondawapakhomo anawauzakutiwatulukausiku
2Kenakoanafufuzamlondawapakhomo,ndipoanawauza kutianapitakundendekwamwamunawachilendo 3Chonchoanapitamongamomweiyeanalamulira,ndipo kumenekoanamupeza;ndipoatatuluka,anasonkhanitsa khamulaanthu,napitakukauzabwanamkubwazonse zimenezinachitika
4PamenepoanalamulakutiPauloabwerenayekumpando wakewoweruziramilandu
5Panthawiyi,Theclaanaliatagonapansim’ndende, pamalopomwePauloanakhalakutiaphunzitse;ndipo bwanamkubwaanalamulakutiabweretsedwekumpando wakewoweruzamilanduIyeanalandiramokondwera, ndipoanapita.
6Pauloatatengedwakumeneko,khamulaanthulinafuula mwamphamvukuti,“Ndiwamatsenga,musiyeafe”
7Komabe,bwanamkubwaanasangalalakwambirindi nkhanizaPaulozokhudzantchitozopatulikazaKhristu; ndipo,pambuyopamsonkhanowaukulu,anaitanaThecla, natikwaiye,BwanjisimukukwatiraThamyris,malingandi lamulolaAikoni?
8Iyeanaimachilili,masoakeakuyang'anaPaulo;ndipo popezasanayankhe,Teokila,amayiake,anafuula,nati, Cholengedwachosalungamachiwotchedwe;chiwotchedwe pakatipabwalolazisudzo,chifukwachokanaThamyris, kutiakazionseaphunzirekwaiyekupewamachitidwe otere
9Pamenepobwanamkubwaanadankhawakwambiri, ndipoanalamulakutiPauloachotsedwemumzindawo,ndi kutiTeklaiwotchedwe
10Chonchobwanamkubwaananyamuka,napitanthawi yomweyom’bwalolazisudzo,ndipoanthuonseanatuluka kukawonachoonekachochomvetsachisoni
11KomaThecla,mongamomwemwanawankhosa m’chipululuamaonerambalizonsekutiaonembusawake, anayang’anaPaulomozungulira;
12Ndipopameneanalikuyang'anakhamulaanthu,anaona AmbuyeYesungatiPaulo,ndipoanatimumtimamwake, “Paulowabwerakudzandionam’mavutoanga”Ndipo anamuyang’anitsitsa;komanthawiyomweyoanakwera kumwamba,pamenemkaziyoanalikumuyang’ana
13Kenakoanyamatandiatsikanaanabweretsankhunindi udzuwotiaziwotchaThecla;amene,ataponyedwa pamtengowopandakanthu,anapemphamisozikwa bwanamkubwa,modabwaataonakukongolakwake kwakukulu
14Ndipoatakonzamatabwawo,anthuadamulamulakuti akwerepo;ndipoadachitazimenezo,choyambakupanga chizindikirochamtanda.
15Pamenepoanthuanayatsamuluwo;ngakhalekutilawi linalilalikulukwambiri,silinamukhudze,pakutiMulungu anamuchitirachifundo,nachititsakuphulikakwakukulu kuchokerapansipadzikolapansi,ndimtambowochokera kumwambakugwetsamvulayambirindimatalala;
16Motichifukwachakuswekakwadzikolapansi,ambiri analipachiwopsezochachikulu,ndipoenaanaphedwa, motounazimitsidwa,ndipoTheclaanapulumuka
CHAPUTALA6
1Panthawiyi,Paulo,pamodzindiOnesiforo,mkaziwake ndianaake,analikusalakudyam’phangalinalake,lomwe linalipamsewuwochokerakuIkoniyokupitakuDafine
2Ndipoatasalakudyamasikuangapo,anawoanauzaPaulo kuti:“Bambo,tilindinjalandipotilibechogulirachakudya; pakutiOnesiforoanasiyachumachakechonsekutiatsatire Paulondibanjalake.”
1KulowerakumalireaGehena
2.Charonm'khukulake.
3Minotaurakulirapamenemiyoyoyoweruzidwa ikuyandikira
4.Miyoyoyovutitsidwandimpweyawoipawamizimu yoipa
5Cerberusakudyamiyoyoyaanthuokondakudya zakudyazamtunduwagourmand.
6Okondachumandiopulukiraaweruzidwakutianyamule katundu
7.AnsanjendiokwiyaanaponyedwamuStyx.
8Nsanjandikhomalamzindawoipa
9Mudzenjeilimulianthuameneachimwiraanzawo; AsilikaliakuCentauramawaponyeramivi.
10Anthuameneadzichimwiraokhaakuzunzidwandi Harpies
11.Mvulayamotokwaiwoameneachimwapamasopa Mulungu
12MoyowaGerionwankhanzaukuponyedwam'moto
13.Anthuoipandiowonongaachinyamataokwapulidwa ndiziwanda
14Phokosolapoizonilomweanthuodzitukumula amagweramo.
15Nyanjayamotom'mabotolomomweanthuaku Simonaamaponyedwa
16.Amatsengandiolosera,nkhopezawozinatembenukira chammbuyo
17Dothilotenthalaphulalaachinyengo,akuba,ndi achinyengo.
18Wonyengawopachikidwapamtanda
19Alangiziachinyengoadagweram'ngalandeyoyaka moto.
20Kwaanthuonyoza:winaagwiramutuwakem'dzanja lake.
21Achifwambandizigawengazinazomwezikuzunzidwa ndicentauryokhalandinjoka
22Akatswiriazamankhwalandianthuonyengaomwe amadwalakhate.
23Chitsimechaayezi,chaachinyengondiosayamika
24Plutopakatipachipalechofewaakumeza otembereredwa
25MzindawoyerawaYerusalemu
3PamenepoPauloanavulamalayaake,natikwa mnyamatayo,Pita,mwana,kagulemkate,ndipoubweretse kuno.
4Komapamenemnyamatayoanalikugulabuledi,anaona mnansiwakeTheclandipoanadabwa,ndipoanamuuzakuti, “Thecla,ukupitakuti?”
5Iyeanayankhakuti,“NdikuthamangitsaPaulo,popeza ndapulumutsidwakumoto.”
6Pamenepomnyamatayoanati,Ndidzakutengeranikwa iye,pakutialindinkhawayaikuluchifukwachainu,ndipo wakhalaakupempherandikusalakudyamasikuasanundi limodziawa
7PameneTheklaanafikakuphanga,anapezaPaulo atagwadapansiakupempheranati,AtateWoyera,Ambuye YesuKhristu,lolanikutimotousakhudzeThekla;koma khalanimthandiziwake,pakutiiyendimtumikiwanu.
8KenakoTheclaataimakumbuyokwake,anafuulandi mawuotsatirawa:AmbuyeWamkulu,Mlengiwa kumwambandidzikolapansi,AtatewaMwanawanu wokondedwandiwoyera,ndikukutamandanikuti mwanditetezakumoto,kutindionensoPaulo
9PamenepoPauloanaimirira,ndipoatamuona,anati, Mulungu,ameneamafufuzamtima,AtatewaAmbuye wangaYesuKhristu,ndikukutamandanichifukwa mwayankhapempherolanga.
10Ndipochikondichachikuluchinakulapakatipawo m’phangamo;Paulo,Onesiforo,ndionseameneanali nawoanakondwerakwambiri.
11Analindimikateisanu,zitsambandimadzi,ndipo analimbikitsanapoganizirantchitozopatulikazaKhristu 12PamenepoTeklaanatikwaPaulo,Ngatiukukondwera nazo,ndidzakutsatirakulikonsekumeneupita
13Iyeanayankhakuti,Anthutsopanoakondakwambiri chiwerewere,ndipopopezandiwewokongola,ndikuopa kutiungakumanendichiyesochachikulukuposachoyamba, ndiposungathekuchipirira,komaungagonjetsedwenacho 14Theclaanayankhakuti,“Ndipatsenichizindikirocha Khristuchokha,ndipopalibechiyesochilichonsechomwe chingandikhudze”
15Pauloanayankhakuti,“Tekla,dikiranimolezamtima, ndipomudzalandiramphatsoyaKhristu”
CHAPUTALA7
1KenakoPauloanatumizaOnesiforondibanjalakekuti abwererekwawo,ndipoanatengaTeklanapitanayeku Antiokeya
2Atangolowamumzindawo,munthuwinawakuSiriya, dzinalakeAlekizanda,woweruzamilandu,amene anagwirantchitozambirizothandizamzindawupanthawi yaulamulirowake,anaonaTeklandipoanam’konda kwambiri,ndipoanayesetsakugwiritsantchitomphatso zambirikutiathandizePaulo
3KomaPauloanati,Sindimudziwamkaziamene mukunena,ndiposiwanga.
4Komaiye,pokhalamunthuwamphamvukwambiriku Antiokeya,anamgwiramumsewunampsompsona;koma Teklasanafunekupirira,komaanayang'anaPaulo mozungulira,nafuwulandimawuodandaula, Musandikakamize,ndinemlendo;musandikakamize,ndine mtumikiwaMulungu;ndinemmodziwaakuluakuluaku Ikoniyo,ndipondinakakamizidwakuchokamumzindawo chifukwasindinakwatiwendiTamiri.
5KenakoanagwiraAlekizanda,anang'ambamalayaake, nachotsakoronawakepamutupake,namupangitsa kuonekangatiwopusapamasopaanthuonse
6KomaAlekizanda,mongamomweankamukondera pang'ono,ndipopang'onochifukwachamanyazindi zomwezinachitika,anamutengerakwabwanamkubwa, ndipoatavomerezazomweadachita,adamuweruzakuti aponyedwepakatipazilombo.
CHAPUTALA8
1Anthuatawona,anati:Ziweruzozomwezaperekedwa mumzindaunon’zosalungama.KomaTheclaanafunakuti bwanamkubwaazimukonda,kutiukhondowake usaukiridwe,komausungidwempakaataponyedwaku zilombo.
2Kazembeyoanafunsakuti,Ndaniangamulandire?Ndipo mkaziwamasiyewolemerakwambiri,dzinalakeTrifina, amenemwanawakewamkazianaliatangomwalirakumene, anafunakutiamusunge;ndipoanayambakumuchitira zinthum'nyumbamwakengatimwanawakewamkazi
3Patapitanthawi,tsikulinalinafika,pamenezilombozo zinayenerakubweretsedwakutizikaonekere;ndipoThecla anabweretsedwakubwalolazisudzo,ndipoanaikidwa m'phangamomwemunalimkangowamphamvukwambiri, pamasopaanthuambiriowonera
4Trifina,mosadabwitsa,anatsaganandiThecla,ndipo mkangowaukaziunanyambitamapaziaThecla.Dzina lolembedwalomwelimasonyezaupanduwake,linali, KusalemekezaMulunguKenakomkaziyoanafuulakuti, Mulungu,ziweruzozamzindaunon’zosalungama. 5Zilombozitawonetsedwa,TrifinaanatengaTheclakupita nayekunyumba,ndipoanagona;ndipoonani,mwana wamkaziwaTrifina,ameneanaliatamwalira,anaonekera kwaamayiake,nati:Amayi,lolanikutimtsikanayo, Thecla,atchulidwendiinungatimwanawanum'malo mwanga;ndipomum'pemphekutiandipempherere,kuti ndisandukekukhalawachimwemwe
6PamenepoTrifina,ndikulira,anati,Mwanawanga wamkaziFalconillawandionekera,ndipowandilamulakuti ndikulandirenim'chipindachake;chifukwachake ndikufuna,Thecla,kutimupemphereremwanawanga wamkazi,kutiasandukekukhalawachimwemwe,ndimoyo wosatha
7PameneTheclaanamvaizi,nthawiyomweyo anapempherakwaAmbuye,nati:AmbuyeMulunguwa kumwambandidzikolapansi,YesuKhristu,Mwanawa Wam'mwambamwamba,lolanikutimwanawakewamkazi FalconillaakhalendimoyokosathaTrifinaatamvaizi anabuulakachiwiri,nati:Oziweruzozosalungama!O kuipakopandanzeru!kuticholengedwachoterechi (kachiwiri)chiponyedwekuzilombo!
8M’mawamwake,m’mawakwambiri,Alexanderanafika kunyumbakwaTrifina,nati:Bwanamkubwandianthu akudikira;tulutsanichigawengacho
9KomaTrifinaanathamangirakwaiyemwamphamvu, koterokutianaopa,nathawa.Trifinaanalim'modziwa banjalachifumu;ndipomoteroanasonyezachisonichake, nati:“Kalangaine!Ndilindimavutom'nyumbamwanga, ndipopalibeameneangandithandize,kayachifukwacha imfayamwanawangawamkazi,kapenachifukwacha kulepherakwangakupulumutsaTeclaKomatsopano,
AmbuyeMulungu,khalanimthandiziwaTeclamtumiki wanu.”
10Pameneanalikuchitazimenezi,bwanamkubwaanatuma mmodzimwaakuluakuluakekutiakatengeThecla.Trifina anamugwiradzanja,ndipoanapitanaye,nati:Ndinapitandi Falconillakumandaake,ndipotsopanondiyenerakupita ndiTheclakuzilombo
11Theclaatamvaizi,analira,napemphera,nati:Ambuye Mulungu,amenendamuikakukhalachidalirochangandi pothawirapopanga,dalitsaniTrifinachifukwacha chifundochakekwaine,ndikusungaukhondowanga
12Panthawiyipanaliphokosolalikulum’bwalolazisudzo; zilombozinabangula,ndipoanthuanafuulakuti, Bweretsanichigawenga
13Komamkaziyoanafuwula,nati:Mzindawonse ulangidwechifukwachazolakwazotere;ndipotilamulireni tonse,bwanamkubwa,kutitilandirechilangochomwecho Chiweruzochosalungama!Masoankhanza!
14Enaanati,Mzindawonseuwonongedwechifukwacha choipaichiTiphenitonse,bwanamkubwaMasoankhanza! Chiweruzochosalungama
CHAPUTALA9
1KenakoTheclaanatengedwam'manjamwaTrifina, atavulazovalazake,anavalalambawake,naponyedwa pamalookonzedweratukutiamenyanendizilombo;ndipo mikangondizimbalangondozinamasulidwa.
2Komamkangowaukazi,womweunaliwoopsakwambiri, unathamangirakuThecla,ndipounagwapansipamapazi ake,ndipoakaziambirianafuulamokweza.
3Ndipochimbalangondochachikazichinamthamangira mwamphamvu,komamkangowaukaziunakumanandi chimbalangondocho,n’kuching’amba.
4Kachiwiri,mkangowamphongo,umeneunalindi chizolowezichodyaanthu,umeneunaliwaAlesandro, unathamangirakwaiye;komamkangowaukazi unakumanandimkangowaukazi,ndipoanaphanawinandi mnzake
5Kenakoakaziwoanadankhawakwambiri,chifukwa mkangowaukazi,womweunathandizaThecla,unaliutafa 6Pambuyopakeanatulutsazilombozinazambiri zakuthengo;komaTheclaanaimandimanjaake otambasulidwakumwamba,napemphera;ndipoatamaliza kupemphera,anatembenuka,naonadzenjelamadzi,nati, Tsopanondinthawiyoyenerakutindibatizidwe.
7Chonchoanadziponyam’madzi,nati,M’dzinalanu, AmbuyewangaYesuKhristu,ndabatizidwalerolomaliza. Akazindianthuataonaizi,anafuula,nati,Musadziponye m’madziNdipobwanamkubwamwiniwakeanafuula, kuganizakutinsomba(anaang’ombeam’nyanja)zinali ngatizidyakukongolakwakukulu.
8Ngakhalezonsezi,Theclaanadziponyam'madzi,m'dzina laAmbuyewathuYesuKhristu
9Komansomba(anaam'nyanja),zitaonakuwalandimoto, zinaphedwa,ndipozinasambiran’kufapamwambapa madzi,ndipomtambowamotounazunguliraThekla, koterokutizilombozosizinathekumuyandikira,anthu sanathensokuonamalisecheake
10Komaanatembenukirazilombozinazakuthengokuti zimugwere;ndipozinazinafuulamomvetsachisoni kwambiri;ndipozinazinamwazanardo,zinakasiya,zina
amomus(mtunduwanardo,kapenaudzuwaku Yerusalemu,kapenaladies-rose)zinamwamafuta;kotero kutimafutaonunkhiraanaliambiri,malingandi chiwerengerochaanthu;ndipopaizizilombozonse zinagonangatikutizagonatulotofanato,ndipo sizinakhudzeTekla
11PamenepoAlekizandaanatikwaKazembe,Ndilindi ng'ombezoopsakwambiri;tiyenitimumangirenazo.Ndipo kazembeyo,moderankhawa,anayankhakuti,“Mungachite chilichonsechimenemukuganizakutin’choyenera”
12Kenakoanamangachingwem'chiunomwaThecla, chomwechinamangansomapaziake,ndipo chinamumangirirakung'ombezamphongo,zomwe anagwiritsantchitozitsulozotentham'mimbamwawo,kuti popezazimamuvutitsakwambiri,zimukokereThecla mwamphamvu,mpakaatamupha.
13Moterong'ombezozinang'ambika,zikupangaphokoso loopsakwambiri;komalawilamotolomwelinalipafupi ndiTheclalinatenthazingwezomwezinali zitamangiriridwakuziwalozang'ombezo,ndipoiye anaimapakatipasiteji,osadandaulangatikuti sanamangidwe.
14KomanthawiyomweyoTrifina,ameneanakhala pampandoumodzi,anakomokanamwalira;ndipomzinda wonseunalindinkhawayaikulu.
15NdipoAlekizandamwiniwakeyoanachitamantha, napemphabwanamkubwa,nati:Ndikukupemphani, mundichitireinechifundondimzindawu,ndipo mumasulenimkaziuyu,amenewamenyanandizilombo; kutiinundiine,ndimzindawonsetisawonongeke
16PakutingatiKaisaraadziwazomwezachitikatsopano, adzawonongamzindawunthawiyomweyo,chifukwa Trifina,munthuwam'banjalachifumu,komansowachibale wake,wamwalirapampandowake.
17PamenepobwanamkubwaanaitanaTeklapakatipa zilombo,natikwaiye,Ndiweyani?Ndipozinthuzili bwanjikwaiwe,kutipalibechilombochilichonsechomwe chingakukhudze?
18Theclaanayankhakuti:“Inendinemtumikiwa Mulunguwamoyo;ndipoponenazamkhalidwewanga, ndimakhulupiriraYesuKhristuMwanawake,amene Mulunguamakondweranaye;ndipopachifukwa chimenechopalibechilombochilichonsechimene chinandikhudza”
19Iyeyekhandiyenjirayopitakuchipulumutsochosatha, ndimazikoamoyowosatha.Iyendiyepothawirapokwa iwoomwealim'mavuto;chothandizirakwaovutika, chiyembekezondichitetezokwaiwoomwealibe chiyembekezo;ndipo,m'mawuamodzi,onseomwe sakhulupiriraIye,sadzakhalandimoyo,komaadzavutika ndiimfayosatha
20Pamenebwanamkubwakapenaatamvaizi,analamula kutiabweretsezovalazake,natikwaiyevalazovalazako 21Theclaanayankhakuti:Mulunguameneanandivekaine pamenendinaliwamalisechepakatipazilombo,patsikula chiweruzoavalemoyowakochovalachachipulumutso Kenakoanatengazovalazake,nazivala;ndipo bwanamkubwanthawiyomweyoanalengezalamulo m'mawuawa:NdikukumasulaniTheclamtumikiwa Mulungu.
22Pamenepoakaziwoanafuulapamodzindimawuakulu, natamandaMulungundimtimaumodzi,nati,PaliMulungu
mmodziyekha,amenendiMulunguwakuTekla;Mulungu mmodziyekhaameneanapulumutsaTekla.
23Mawuawoanaliamphamvukwambirikoterokuti mzindawonseunaonekangatiukugwedezeka;ndipo Trifinamwiniwakeanamvauthengawabwino,nadzukanso, nathamangandikhamulaanthukukakumanandiThecla; ndipoanamukumbatira,nati:Tsopanondikukhulupirira kutikudzakhalakuukakwaakufa;tsopanondatsimikiza kutimwanawangawamkazialimoyoBweranane kunyumba,mwanawangawamkaziThecla,ndipo ndidzakubwezerazonsezomwendilinazo
24ChonchoTheclaanapitandiTrifina,ndipo anagonekedwakumenekomasikuangapo,akumuphunzitsa mawuaAmbuye,ndipoatsikanaambirianatembenuka mtima;ndipopanalichimwemwechachikulum'banjala Trifina.
25KomaTeklaanalakalakakuonanandiPaulo,ndipo anafunsa,ndipoanatumizaanthukulikonsekutiakamupeze; ndipoatamvakutianalikuMira,muLukiya,anatenga anyamatandiatsikanaambiripamodzinaye;ndipoanavala lamba,nadzivekangatimwamuna,anapitakwaiyekuMira, muLukiya,ndipokumenekoanapezaPauloakulalikira mawuaMulungu;ndipoanaimapafupinayepakatipa khamulaanthu
CHAPUTALA10
1KomaPaulosanadabwekwambiriatamuonaiyendi anthuomweanalinaye,chifukwaankaganizakutipali mlanduwinawatsopanowomweukubwerapaiwo;
2PameneTeklaanazindikira,anatikwaiye,Ine ndabatizidwa,OPaulo;pakutiiyeameneakuthandiza kulalikira,ndiyewandithandizakubatiza
3KenakoPauloanamutengandikupitanayekunyumbaya Herme,ndipoTeklaanafotokozeraPaulozonsezimene zinamuchitikirakuAntiokeya,motiPauloanadabwa kwambiri,ndipoonseameneanamvaanalimbikitsidwa m’chikhulupiriro,ndipoanapempherakutiTrifina asangalale
4PamenepoTekilaanaimirira,natikwaPaulo,Ndikupita kuIkoniyoPauloanayankhakuti,Pita,ukaphunzitse mawuaAmbuye
5KomaTrifinaanatumizandalamazambirikwaPaulo, komansozovalazochokerakwaThecla,kutiakathandize osauka
6TeklaanapitakuIkoniyo,ndipoatafikakunyumbaya Onesiforo,anagwapansipamenePauloanakhalandi kulalikira,ndipo,akusakanizamisozindimapempheroake, anatamandandikulemekezaMulungum'mawuawa: 7AmbuyeMulunguwanyumbaiyi,momwendinayamba kuunikiridwandiInu;Yesu,mwanawaMulunguwamoyo, amenemunalimthandiziwangapamasopabwanamkubwa, mthandiziwangapamoto,ndimthandiziwangapakatipa zilombo;InunokhandinuMulungukwamuyayaAmen 8TsopanoThecla(pobwererakwake)anapezaThamyris atafa,komaamayiakealimoyoChonchoanaitanaamayi ake,natikwaiye:Theoclia,amayianga,kodin'zotheka kutimukhulupirirekutipaliAmbuyeMulungummodzi yekha,ameneamakhalakumwamba?Ngatimukufuna chumachambiri,Mulunguadzakupatsanikudzeramwaine; ngatimukufunansomwanawanuwamkazi,ndilipano
9Izindizinazambirizomweankazifotokozakwaamayi ake,(akuyesetsa)kutiamukope(malingandimaganizo ake)KomaamayiakeTheocliasanayamikirezomwe zinanenedwandiwoferachikhulupiriroThecla.
10Choncho,Teklaatamvakutiakulankhulapopanda chifukwa,analankhulathupilakelonsendichizindikiro (chamtanda),anatulukam’nyumbamonapitakwaDafine; ndipoatafikakumeneko,anapitakuphanga,kumene anapezaPaulondiOnesiforo,ndipoanagwapansi,nalira pamasopaMulungu
11Atachokakumeneko,anapitakuSelukiya,ndipo anaphunzitsaanthuambirizaKhristu
12Ndipomtambowowalaunamutsogolerapaulendowake.
13AtafikakuSeleukiya,anapitakuderalinakunjakwa mzinda,pafupifupimtundawamakilomita15,chifukwa choopaanthuokhalakumeneko,chifukwaanaliolambira mafano
14Ndipoanatsogozedwa(ndimtambo)kuphirilotchedwa Calamon,kapenaRodeon.Anakhalakumenekozaka zambiri,ndipoanakumanandimayeseroambiriopwetekaa mdierekezi,omweanapiriramwanjirayoyenera,ndi thandizolomweanalandirakuchokerakwaKhristu.
15Pambuyopakeakazienaolemekezekaatamvaza namwaliThecla,anapitakwaiye,ndipoanaphunzitsidwa ndiiyemawuaMulungu,ndipoambiriaiwoanasiyadziko lino,nakhalanayemoyowaunsembe
16Mwanjiraimeneyi,mbiriyabwinoinafalikirakulikonse kuThecla,ndipoiyeanachitamachiritsoangapo (ozizwitsa),koterokutimzindawonsendimadera oyandikananawoanabweretsaodwalaawokuphiri limenelo,ndipoasanafikepakhomolaphanga, anachiritsidwanthawiyomweyokumatendaaliwonse omweanalinawo
17Mizimuyonyansainatulutsidwa,ikupangaphokoso; yonseinalandiraodwalaawoatachiritsidwa,ndipo inalemekezaMulungu,ameneanapatsanamwaliThekla mphamvuyotereyi;
18Koterokutiasing'angaakuSelukiyatsopanosanalinso ofunika,ndipoanatayaphindulonselantchitoyawo, chifukwapanalibeameneanawasamalira;ndipo anadzazidwandinsanje,ndipoanayambakupezanjirazoti agwiritsentchitomtumikiwaKhristuuyu
CHAPUTALA11
1Mdierekezianawapatsauphunguwoipa;ndipo atasonkhanatsikulinakutiakafunse,anakambiranawina ndimnzakemotere:Namwaliyondiwansembewa mulunguwamkaziwamkuluDiana,ndipochilichonse chimeneapemphakwaiye,chimaperekedwa,chifukwandi namwali,ndipoamakondedwandimilunguyonse
2Tsopanotiyenitipezeamunaenaachiwerewere,ndipo tikawaledzeretsamokwanira,ndikuwapatsandalama zambiri,tiyenitiwalamulekutiapiteakagonendinamwali uyu,ndikuwalonjezakuti,ngatiachitazimenezo, adzawapatsamphothoyayikulu
3(Pakutianaganizakutingatiangathekumunyoza, milungusidzamusamaliranso,kapenaDianakuchiritsa odwalachifukwachaiye)
4Iwoanapitirizamogwirizanandicholingaichi,ndipo anyamatawoanapitakuphiri,ndipoanaliaukalingati mikangokupitakuphanga,akugogodapakhomo
5WoferachikhulupirirowoyeraThecla,podaliraMulungu ameneankamukhulupirira,anatsegulachitseko,ngakhale kutianaliatadziwitsidwakalezacholingachawo,natikwa iwo,Anyamata,ntchitoyanundichiyani?
6Iwoanayankhakuti,“Kodipaliwinaaliyensem’nyumba muno,dzinalakeThekla?”Iyeanayankhakuti,“Mukufuna chiyaninaye?”Iwoanati,“Tikufunakugonanaye”
7Theclawodalaanayankhakuti:Ngakhalendinemkazi wokalambawoipa,ndinekapolowaAmbuyewangaYesu Khristu;ndipongakhalemulindichiwembuchoipa motsutsananane,simungathekuchikwaniritsaIwo anayankhakuti:N'zosathekakomatiyenerakuchitananu zomwetilinazo.
8Ndipopameneanalikunenaizi,anamgwira mwamphamvu,nafunakumugwiraKenakoiyemofatsa anatikwaiwo:“Anyamatakhalaniolezamtima,ndipo onaniulemererowaAmbuye”
9Ndipopameneanalikumugwira,iyeanayang'ana kumwambanati:InuMulunguwolemekezekakwambiri, amenepalibeameneangafananenaye;amene mumadzipangitsakukhalawolemekezekakuposaadanianu; amenemunandipulumutsakumoto,ndipo simunandiperekekwaTamiri,simunandiperekekwa Alesandro;amenemunandipulumutsakuzilombo zakuthengo;amenemunandisungam'madziakuya;amene mwakhalamthandiziwangakulikonse,ndipo mwalemekezadzinalanumwaine;
10Tsopanondipulumutsenim'manjamwaanthuoipandi opandanzeruawa,ndipomusawalolekutiawononge chiyerochangachomwendasungampakapanochifukwa chaulemuwanu;pakutindimakukondanindipo ndikukulakalakani,ndipondikulambirani,Atate,Mwana, ndiMzimuWoyera,kwamuyayaAmen
11Kenakomawuochokerakumwambaanamveka,nati, Usaope,Thecla,mtumikiwangawokhulupirika,chifukwa ndilinaweYang'anandipouonemalootsegukakwaiwe: komwekokudzakhalamaloakookhalamokosatha; kumenekoudzalandiramasomphenyaabwino
12Theclawodalaakuyang'ana,anaonathanthwe likutsegukakwambiringatikutimunthuangalowemo;iye anachitamongamomweanalamulidwira,molimbamtima anathawagululaanthuoipa,nalowam'thanthwe,lomwe nthawiyomweyolinatseka,koterokutipanalibeming'alu yomweinkaonekapamenelinatseguka
13Amunawoanadabwakwambirindichozizwitsa chodabwitsachotere,ndipoanalibemphamvuzomugwira mtumikiwaMulungu;koma,atangogwirachophimba chake,kapenachivundikirochake,anang'ambachidutswa chake;
14Ndipongakhalezimenezozinalimwachilolezocha Mulungu,kutiatsimikizirechikhulupirirochawoomwe ayenerakubwerakudzawonamaloolemekezekaawa,ndi kuperekamadalitsokwaiwoomwealim'mibadwo yotsatira,omweayenerakukhulupiriraAmbuyewathu YesuKhristukuchokeramumtimawoyera
15Moteroanavutikawoferachikhulupirirowoyambandi mtumwiwaMulungu,komansonamwali,Thecla;amene anachokerakuIkoniyoalindizakakhumindizisanundi zitatu;pambuyopake,pang'onopaulendondimaulendo, ndipopang'onom'moyowaunsembem'phanga,anakhala zakamakumiasanundiawirimphambuziwiri;koterokuti
analindizakamakumiasanundianayipameneAmbuye anamutenga.
16Moteromoyowakeumatha 17Tsikulimenelimasungidwalopatulikakuti likumbukiridwendila24September,kutiAtate,Mwana, ndiMzimuWoyeraalemekezedwe,tsopanondi kwamuyayaAmen