Machitidwe a Paulo ndi Thecla CHAPUTALA 1 1 Paulo atapita ku Ikoniyo, atathawa ku Antiokeya, Dema ndi Hermogene anakhala anzake, omwe panthawiyo anali odzaza ndi chinyengo. 2 Koma Paulo anayang'ana ubwino wa Mulungu wokha, sanawachitire choipa, koma anawakonda kwambiri. 3 Chifukwa chake anayesetsa kuwapangitsa kukhala ogwirizana nawo, maulosi onse ndi ziphunzitso za Khristu, ndi kapangidwe ka Uthenga Wabwino wa Mwana wokondedwa wa Mulungu, kuwalangiza m'chidziwitso cha Khristu, monga momwe chinawululidwira kwa iye. 4 Munthu wina dzina lake Onesiforo atamva kuti Paulo wafika ku Ikoniyo, anapita mofulumira kukakumana naye, pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Lectra, ndi ana ake aamuna Simmia ndi Zeno, kuti akamuitane kunyumba kwawo. 5 Pakuti Tito anawauza za umunthu wa Paulo, iwo sanamudziwe maso ndi maso, koma ankangodziwa bwino umunthu wake. 6 Iwo anapita ku Lusitara kudzera mumsewu waukulu wa mfumu, ndipo anaima pamenepo akumuyembekezera, akuyerekeza onse amene ankadutsa, ndi mawu amene Tito anawafotokozera. 7 Pamapeto pake anaona munthu akubwera (yemwe ndi Paulo), wa msinkhu wochepa, wadazi (kapena wometa) mutu, ntchafu zokhota, miyendo yokongola, maso opanda kanthu; anali ndi mphuno yokhota; wodzala ndi chisomo; pakuti nthawi zina ankaoneka ngati munthu, nthawi zina anali ndi nkhope ya mngelo. Ndipo Paulo anaona Onesiforo, ndipo anasangalala. 8 Ndipo Onesiforo anati: “Moni, mtumiki wa Mulungu wodala.” Paulo anayankha kuti: “Chisomo cha Mulungu chikhale nawe ndi banja lako.” 9 Koma Demo ndi Hermogene anagwidwa ndi nsanje, ndipo, mosonyeza kupembedza kwakukulu, Dema anati, Ndipo kodi ifenso si atumiki a Mulungu wodala? Bwanji simunatilonjere? 10 Onesiforo anayankha kuti, Chifukwa sindinazindikire mwa inu zipatso za chilungamo; koma ngati muli otere, mudzalandiridwanso kunyumba kwanga. 11 Kenako Paulo analowa m’nyumba ya Onesiforo, ndipo banja lonse linasangalala kwambiri chifukwa cha zimenezi. Iwo anadzipereka kupemphera, kudya mkate, ndi kumvetsera Paulo akulalikira mawu a Mulungu okhudza kudziletsa ndi kuuka kwa akufa, motere: 12 Odala ali oyera mtima; chifukwa adzawona Mulungu. 13 Odala ndi iwo amene amasunga thupi lawo kukhala losadetsedwa (kapena loyera); pakuti iwo adzakhala kachisi wa Mulungu. 14 Odala ali odziletsa (kapena oyera mtima); pakuti Mulungu adzadziulula kwa iwo.
15 Odala ndi iwo amene asiya zosangalatsa zawo za dziko lapansi; pakuti adzalandiridwa ndi Mulungu. 16 Odala ndi amene ali ndi akazi ngati kuti alibe, chifukwa adzakhala angelo a Mulungu. 17 Odala ndi amene amanjenjemera ndi mawu a Mulungu, chifukwa adzatonthozedwa. 18 Odala ndi iwo amene amasunga ubatizo wawo kukhala woyera; pakuti adzapeza mtendere ndi Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera. 19 Odala ndi iwo amene amatsata nzeru (kapena chiphunzitso) cha Yesu Khristu; pakuti adzatchedwa ana a Wam'mwambamwamba. 20 Odala ndi iwo amene amasunga malangizo a Yesu Khristu; pakuti adzakhala m’kuwala kosatha. 21 Odala iwo, amene chifukwa cha chikondi cha Khristu amasiya ulemerero wa dziko lapansi; pakuti adzaweruza angelo, ndi kuikidwa kudzanja lamanja la Khristu, ndipo sadzavutika ndi kuwawa kwa chiweruzo chomaliza. 22 Odala ndi matupi ndi miyoyo ya anamwali; chifukwa ndi olandiridwa ndi Mulungu, ndipo sadzataya mphotho ya unamwali wawo; pakuti mawu a Atate wawo (wakumwamba) adzagwira ntchito yopulumutsa iwo m'tsiku la Mwana wake, ndipo adzakhala ndi mpumulo kwamuyaya. CHAPUTALA 2 1 Pamene Paulo anali kulalikira uthenga uwu mu mpingo umene unali m’nyumba ya Onesiforo, namwali wina dzina lake Thekla (dzina la amayi ake linali Theoclia, ndipo anali atalonjezedwa kukwatiwa ndi mwamuna dzina lake Tamirisi) anakhala pawindo lina m’nyumba mwake. 2 Kuchokera kumeneko, pafupi ndi zenera m'nyumba momwe Paulo anali, iye ankamva maulaliki a Paulo okhudza Mulungu, chikondi, chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu, ndi pemphero usiku ndi usana; 3 Sanathenso kuchoka pawindo, mpaka ndi chisangalalo chachikulu atagonjera ku ziphunzitso za chikhulupiriro. 4 Pambuyo pake, ataona akazi ndi anamwali ambiri akulowa kwa Paulo, analakalaka kwambiri kuti aonedwe ngati woyenera kuonekera pamaso pake, ndikumva mawu a Khristu; pakuti anali asanaone nkhope ya Paulo, koma anangomva maulaliki ake okha, ndipo zimenezo zokha. 5 Koma pamene anakana kukakamizidwa kuti achoke pawindo, amayi ake anatumiza uthenga kwa Thamiri, amene anabwera ndi chisangalalo chachikulu, monga akuyembekezera kumukwatira tsopano. Choncho iye anafunsa Theoclia, Kodi Thekla wanga ali kuti? 6 Theoclia anayankha, Thamyris, ndili ndi chinthu chachilendo kwambiri choti ndikuuze; chifukwa Thecla, kwa masiku atatu, sadzachoka pawindo osati kudya kapena kumwa, koma ali ndi cholinga chofuna kumva nkhani zachinyengo za mlendo wina, kotero kuti ndikumuyamikira kwambiri, Thamyris, kotero kuti mtsikana wodziwika bwino, adzalola kuti apambane. 7 Pakuti munthu ameneyo wasokoneza mzinda wonse wa Ikoniyo, ngakhale mzinda wanu wa Thekla, pakati pa ena, akazi ndi anyamata onse akumutsatira kuti alandire chiphunzitso chake; amene, kupatula ena onse, amawauza kuti pali Mulungu mmodzi yekha, amene ayenera kulambiridwa, ndipo tiyenera kukhala ndi moyo woyera. 8 Ngakhale zili choncho, mwana wanga wamkazi Thecla, ngati ukonde wa kangaude womangiriridwa pawindo,