TITO 1 - Sena

¹ Kubulukira kuna ine Paulo, nyabasa wa Mulungu, pontho nyakutumwa wa Yesu Khristu. Ine ndidasankhulwa pontho na kutumwa kaphedza kukulisa chikhulupiro cha anthu akusankhulika a Mulungu, na kuachitisa kuti adziwe pyakuonadi, pile pimbafunzisa kukhala na moyo wakulemedza Mulungu,

² pontho pimbagona pachidikhiro cha moyo okhonda mala. Mulungu okhonda nama ule adadumbira kutipasa moyo wenewu ndzidzi wakutoma mbudzati toma.

³ Tenepo pandzidzi wache wakuthema iye adautchulula m'mphangwa zache. Ine ndidapaswa basa yakulalika mphangwazi na kutongwa na Mulungu Nyankhombo wathu.

⁴ Kwenda kuna Tito, mwananga wakuonadi m'chikhulupiro china ife awiri. Kukoma mtima na mtendere pyakubulukira kuna Mulungu Baba, pontho kuna Yesu Khristu Nyankhombo wathu pikhale nawe.

Basa ya Tito pantchuwa ya Krete

⁵ Ndidakusiya ku Krete towera undendemeze pyonsene pidasalira kuti pichitwe pile, pontho kuti usankhule akulu a mpingo m'maluwani onsene. Kumbuka pidakupanga ine pile,

⁶ kuti mkulu wa mpingo athema kukhala munthu wakusowa chinthu chakumpokanyisa, athema kukhala na mkazi mbodzi basi, pontho anache akhale anyakukhulupira, nee akukhala na mbiri yakufudza, penu yakukhonda vera tayu.

⁷ Podi mkadamu wa mpingo ndi munthu wakuyang'anira basa ya Mulungu, iye athema kukhala wakusowa chinthu chakumpokanyisa. Aleke khala munthu wakupithemba, waukali, wakuledzera, wanthonga, penu wamtima na kobiri.

⁸ Akhale munthu wakutambira alendo mwadidi, pontho wakufuna kuchita pyadidi. Akhale munthu wakuuphata mtima, wakulungama, wakuchena, pontho wakukhuza.

⁹ Akhale munthu wakuphatisa mphangwa zakunyindirika, pontho zakutawirizana na chakuonadi chidafunzisa ife chile. Angachita tenepo anakwanisa kuwangisa mtima anthu anango na chifunziso chakuonadi, pontho kuonesa kudawa kwa anyakuchipokanyawo.

¹⁰ Pana anthu azinji, maka-maka Ayuda adasanduka akhristu ale, ambagalukira na kunyengeza anthu anango na pinthu pyapezi pimbalonga iwo pile.

¹¹ Iwe wathema kuamatamisa, thangwi akudzudzumisa na anthu onsene a m'mabanja anango pakuafunzisa pinthu pyokhonda thema kupifunzisa. Iwo ambachita penepi na manyerezero akuipa, towera agumane kobiri.

^12-13 Mbodzi pakati pawo, mprofeti wa ku Krete, adalonga pyakuonadi, pidalonga iye mbati, “Anthu a ku Krete ndzidzi onsene ngakunama, pirombo pyakuipa, pontho akupolola alidyo.” Na thangwi yeneyi asumulule pyakwanga anthu enewa, towera akhale na chikhulupiro chakugona pa pyakuonadi,

¹⁴ pontho aleke tewezave pithankano pya Chiyuda na matongero akusasanywa na anthu ambapasa nkhodolo chakuonadi ale.

¹⁵ Pinthu pyonsene mphyakuchena kuna anthu akuchenambo, mbwenye pyakuswipa mphyakuswipambo kuna anthu okhonda khulupira, pontho anthu akunyansa thangwi manyerezero awo na chikumbu mtima chawo mphyakuswipiswa.

¹⁶ Iwo ambapiyesa ninga mbanthu akudziwa Mulungu, kwache pimbachita iwo pimbaapokanya. Iwo mbakunyansa, okhonda vera, pontho okhonda thema kuchita pinthu pyadidi.