Ndikaganizira za anthu oipa, ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti Baibulo limatipatsa malangizo abwino pankhaniyi. Mu Miyambo 13:20a limati: “Ukayenda ndi anzeru udzakhala wanzeru; koma mnzawo wa zitsiru adzaphwanyidwa.”
Ndikofunikira kusankha bwino anzathu. Anthu oipa angatitsogolere panjira yolakwika, kutali ndi makhalidwe athu abwino. N’chifukwa chake tiyenera kucheza ndi anthu amene ali ndi zolinga zofanana ndi zathu, anthu amene amatilimbikitsa kukula ndi kukhala bwino.
Mu 1 Akorinto 15:33b, timapeza lemba lina lofunika kwambiri: “Musanyengedwe: ‘Mayanjano oipa amawononga makhalidwe abwino.’” Izi zimatikumbutsa kuti ubwenzi wathu ungakhudze kwambiri khalidwe lathu. Kuzindikira zimenezi kungatithandize kupewa anthu amene amatipangitsa kuchita zinthu zoipa.
Tiyenera kusankha mosamala anthu amene timacheza nawo, ndi kuona mmene amatikhudzira. Baibulo limatilimbikitsa kucheza ndi anthu amene amatilimbikitsa ndi kutithandiza kukhala moyo wogwirizana ndi chikhristu. Posankha bwino anzathu, tingapewe anthu oipa ndi kukhala ndi mabwenzi amene angatithandize kukula mwauzimu.
Musakhale omangidwa m'goli ndi osakhulupirira osiyana; pakuti chilungamo chigawana bwanji ndi chosalungama? Kapena kuunika kuyanjana bwanji ndi mdima?
Ndipo musafanizidwe ndi makhalidwe a pansi pano: koma mukhale osandulika, mwa kukonzanso kwa mtima wanu, kuti mukazindikire chimene chili chifuno cha Mulungu, chabwino, ndi chokondweretsa, ndi changwiro.
Akazi achigololo inu, kodi simudziwa kuti ubwenzi wa dziko lapansi uli udani ndi Mulungu? Potero, iye amene afuna kukhala bwenzi la dziko lapansi adziika mdani wa Mulungu.
Anthu ambiri abukitsa yense kukoma mtima kwake; koma ndani angapeze munthu wokhulupirika?
Usalowe m'mayendedwe ochimwa, usayende m'njira ya oipa. Pewapo, osapitamo; patukapo, nupitirire.
Sindinakhala pansi ndi anthu achabe; kapena kutsagana nao anthu othyasika. Ndidana nao msonkhano wa ochimwa, ndipo sindidzakhala nao pansi ochita zoipa.
Kodi mwamuna angatenge moto pa chifuwa chake, osatentha zovala zake? Pena kodi mwamuna angayende pa makala oyaka, osapsa mapazi ake?
Wonyoza afunafuna nzeru osaipeza; koma wozindikira saona vuto m'kuphunzira. Pita pamaso pa munthu wopusa, sudzazindikira milomo yakudziwa.
Usayanjane ndi munthu wokwiya msanga; ngakhale kupita ndi mwamuna waukali; kuti ungaphunzire mayendedwe ake, ndi kutengera moyo wako msampha.
Mwananga, akakukopa ochimwa usalole. Akanena, Idza nafe, tibisalire mwazi, tilalire osachimwa opanda chifukwa;
koma tsopano ndalembera inu kuti musayanjane naye, ngati wina wotchedwa mbale ali wachigololo, kapena wosirira, kapena wopembedza mafano, kapena wolalatira, kapena woledzera, kapena wolanda, kungakhale kukadya naye wotere, iai.
Wodala munthuyo wosayenda mu uphungu wa oipa, kapena wosaimirira m'njira ya ochimwa, kapena wosakhala pansi pa bwalo la onyoza.
Koma zindikira ichi, kuti masiku otsiriza zidzafika nthawi zowawitsa. Koma iwe watsatatsata chiphunzitso changa, mayendedwe, chitsimikizo mtima, chikhulupiriro, kuleza mtima, chikondi, chipiriro, mazunzo, kumva zowawa; zotere zonga anandichitira m'Antiokeya, m'Ikonio, m'Listara, mazunzo otere onga ndawamva; ndipo m'zonsezi Ambuye anandilanditsa. Ndipo onse akufuna kukhala opembedza m'moyo mwa Khristu Yesu, adzamva mazunzo. Koma anthu oipa ndi onyenga, adzaipa chiipire, kusokeretsa ndi kusokeretsedwa. Koma ukhalebe iwe mu izi zimene waziphunzira, nutsimikizika mtima nazo, podziwa amene adakuphunzitsa; ndi kuti kuyambira ukhanda wako wadziwa malembo opatulika, okhoza kukupatsa nzeru kufikira chipulumutso, mwa chikhulupiriro cha mwa Khristu Yesu. Lemba lililonse adaliuzira Mulungu, ndipo lipindulitsa pa chiphunzitso, chitsutsano, chikonzero, chilangizo cha m'chilungamo: kuti munthu wa Mulungu akhale woyenera, wokonzeka kuchita ntchito iliyonse yabwino. Pakuti anthu adzakhala odzikonda okha, okonda ndalama, odzitamandira, odzikuza, amwano, osamvera akuwabala, osayamika, osayera mtima, opanda chikondi chachibadwidwe, osayanjanitsika, akudierekeza, osakhoza kudziletsa, aukali, osakonda abwino, achiwembu, aliuma olimbirira, otukumuka mtima, okonda zokondweretsa munthu, osati okonda Mulungu; akukhala nao maonekedwe a chipembedzo, koma mphamvu yake adaikana; kwa iwonso udzipatule.
Munthu akadza kwa inu, wosatenga chiphunzitso ichi, musamlandire iye kunyumba, ndipo musampatse moni. Pakuti iye wakumpatsa moni ayanjana nazo ntchito zake zoipa.
Ndipo ngati diso lako likukhumudwitsa, ulikolowole, nulitaye: nkwabwino kuti ulowe m'moyo ndi diso limodzi koposa kuponyedwa m'Gehena wamoto, uli ndi maso awiri.
Khalani odzisungira, dikirani; mdani wanu mdierekezi, monga mkango wobuma, ayendayenda ndi kufunafuna wina akamlikwire:
Sindidzaika chinthu choipa pamaso panga; chochita iwo akupatuka padera chindiipira; sichidzandimamatira.
Ndipo ngati dzanja lako lamanja likulakwitsa iwe, ulidule, nulitaye; pakuti nkwabwino kwa iwe kuti chimodzi cha ziwalo zako chionongeke, losamuka thupi lako lonse ku Gehena.
Ndipo tikulamulirani, abale, m'dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, kuti mubwevuke kwa mbale yense wakuyenda dwakedwake, wosatsata mwambo umene anaulandira kwa ife.
Simungathe kumwera chikho cha Ambuye, ndi chikho cha ziwanda; simungathe kulandirako kugome la Ambuye, ndi kugome la ziwanda.
Mtima wanga usalinge kuchinthu choipa, kuchita ntchito zoipa ndi anthu akuchita zopanda pake; ndipo ndisadye zankhuli zao.
Ndipo ndikudandaulirani, abale, yang'anirani iwo akuchita zopatutsana ndi zophunthwitsa, kosalingana ndi chiphunzitsocho munachiphunzira inu; ndipo potolokani pa iwo.
Usachitire nsanje anthu oipa, ngakhale kufuna kukhala nao; Ukalefuka tsiku la tsoka mphamvu yako ichepa. Omwe atengedwa kuti akafe, uwapulumutse; omwe ati aphedwe, usaleke kuwalanditsa. Ukanena, Taonani, sitinadziwa chimenechi; kodi woyesa mitima sachizindikira ichi? Ndi wosunga moyo wako kodi sachidziwa? Ndipo kodi sabwezera munthu yense monga mwa machitidwe ake? Mwananga, idya uchi pakuti ngwabwino, ndi chisa chake chitsekemera m'kamwa mwako. Potero udzadziwa kuti nzeru ili yotero m'moyo wako; ngati waipeza padzakhala mphotho, ndipo chiyembekezo chako sichidzalephereka. Usabisalire, woipa iwe, pomanga wolungama; usapasule popuma iyepo. Pakuti wolungama amagwa kasanu ndi kawiri, nanyamukanso; koma oipa akhumudwa pomfikira tsoka. Usakondwere pakugwa mdani wako; mtima wako usasekere pokhumudwa iye; kuti Yehova angaone kukondwa kwako, ndi kukuyesa koipa, ndi kuleka kumkwiyira. Usavutike mtima chifukwa cha ochita zoipa; ngakhale kuchitira nsanje amphulupulu. pakuti mtima wao ulingalira za chionongeko; milomo yao ilankhula za mphulupulu.
Wosunga chilamulo ndiye mwana wozindikira; koma mnzao wa adyera achititsa atate wake manyazi.
Tikati kuti tiyanjana ndi Iye, ndipo tiyenda mumdima, tinama, ndipo sitichita choonadi; koma ngati tiyenda m'kuunika, monga Iye ali m'kuunika, tiyanjana wina ndi mnzake, ndipo mwazi wa Yesu Mwana wake utisambitsa kutichotsera uchimo wonse.
Pakuti nthawi yapitayi idatifikira kuchita chifuno cha amitundu, poyendayenda ife m'kukhumba zonyansa, zilakolako, maledzero, madyerero, maimwaimwa, ndi kupembedza mafano kosaloleka; m'menemo ayesa nchachilendo kuti simuthamanga nao kufikira kusefukira komwe kwa chitayiko, nakuchitirani mwano;
Chifukwa chake musakhale olandirana nao; pakuti kale munali mdima, koma tsopano muli kuunika mwa Ambuye; yendani monga ana a kuunika,
Mwamuna wokonda nzeru akondweretsa atate wake; koma wotsagana ndi akazi adama amwaza chuma.
Tiyendeyende koyenera, monga usana; si m'madyerero ndi kuledzera ai, si m'chigololo ndi chonyansa ai, si mu ndeu ndi nkhwidzi ai.
Pakuona mbala, uvomerezana nayo, nuchita nao achigololo. Pakamwa pako mpochita zochimwa, ndipo lilime lako likonza chinyengo.
Ngati dziko lapansi lida inu, mudziwa kuti lidada Ine lisanayambe kuda inu. Mukadakhala a dziko lapansi, dziko lapansi likadakonda zake za lokha; koma popeza simuli a dziko lapansi, koma Ine ndinakusankhani inu mwa dziko lapansi, chifukwa cha ichi likudani inu.
Khutu lomvera chidzudzulo cha moyo lidzakhalabe mwa anzeru. Wokana mwambo apeputsa moyo wake; koma wosamalira chidzudzulo amatenga nzeru. Kuopa Yehova ndiko mwambo wanzeru; ndipo chifatso chitsogolera ulemu.
Chotsalira, abale, zinthu zilizonse zoona, zilizonse zolemekezeka, zilizonse zolungama, zilizonse zoyera, zilizonse zokongola, zilizonse zimveka zokoma; ngati kuli chokoma mtima china, kapena chitamando china, zilingirireni izi.
Pokhala nao tsono malonjezano amenewa, okondedwa, tidzikonzere tokha kuleka chodetsa chonse cha thupi ndi cha mzimu, ndi kutsiriza chiyero m'kuopa Mulungu.
Musamapatsa chopatulikacho kwa agalu, ndipo musamaponya ngale zanu patsogolo pa nkhumba, kuti zingazipondereze ndi mapazi ao, ndi potembenuka zingang'ambe inu.
ndipo musapereke ziwalo zanu kuuchimo, zikhale zida za chosalungama; koma mudzipereke inu nokha kwa Mulungu, monga amoyo atatuluka mwa akufa, ndi ziwalo zanu kwa Mulungu zikhale zida za chilungamo.
Mwananga, usayende nao m'njira; letsa phazi lako ku mayendedwe ao; pakuti mapazi ao athamangira zoipa, afulumira kukhetsa mwazi.
Usakhale mwa akumwaimwa vinyo, ndi ankhuli osusuka. Pakuti wakumwaimwa ndi wosusukayo adzasauka; ndipo kusinza kudzaveka munthu nsanza.
Tidziwa kuti tili ife ochokera mwa Mulungu, ndipo dziko lonse lapansi ligona mwa woipayo.
Sambani, dziyeretseni; chotsani machitidwe anu oipa pamaso panga; lekani kuchita zoipa; phunzirani kuchita zabwino; funani chiweruzo; thandizani osautsidwa, weruzirani ana amasiye, munenere akazi amasiye.
Usiku wapita, ndi mbandakucha wayandikira; chifukwa chake tivule ntchito za mdima, ndipo tivale zida za kuunika. Tiyendeyende koyenera, monga usana; si m'madyerero ndi kuledzera ai, si m'chigololo ndi chonyansa ai, si mu ndeu ndi nkhwidzi ai. Koma valani inu Ambuye Yesu Khristu, ndipo musaganizire za thupi kuchita zofuna zake.
Yang'anirani mupewe aneneri onyenga, amene adza kwa inu ndi zovala zankhosa, koma m'kati mwao ali mimbulu yolusa.
Chifukwa kuti kulimbana kwathu sitilimbana nao mwazi ndi thupi, komatu nao maukulu, ndi maulamuliro, ndi akuchita zolimbika a dziko lapansi a mdima uno, ndi auzimu a choipa m'zakumwamba.
Musakonde dziko lapansi, kapena za m'dziko lapansi. Ngati wina akonda dziko lapansi, chikondi cha Atate sichili mwa iye. Pakuti chilichonse cha m'dziko lapansi, chilakolako cha thupi ndi chilakolako cha maso, matamandidwe a moyo, sizichokera kwa Atate, koma kudziko lapansi. Ndipo dziko lapansi lipita, ndi chilakolako chake; koma iye amene achita chifuniro cha Mulungu akhala kunthawi yonse.
Kukhulupirira munthu wa chiwembu tsiku latsoka kunga dzino lothyoka ndi phazi loguluka.
Koma thawa zilakolako za unyamata, nutsate chilungamo, chikhulupiriro, chikondi, mtendere, pamodzi ndi iwo akuitana pa Ambuye ndi mitima yoyera.
Zilipo zinthu zisanu ndi chimodzi Yehova azida; ngakhale zisanu ndi ziwiri zimnyansa: Maso akunyada, lilime lonama, ndi manja akupha anthu osachimwa; mtima woganizira ziwembu zoipa, mapazi akuthamangira mphulupulu m'mangum'mangu; mboni yonama yonong'ona mabodza, ndi wopikisanitsa abale.
Wakuda mnzake amanyenga ndi milomo yake; koma akundika chinyengo m'kati mwake. Pamene akometsa mau ake usamkhulupirire; pakuti m'mtima mwake muli zonyansa zisanu ndi ziwiri. Angakhale abisa udani wake pochenjera, koma udyo wake udzavumbulutsidwa posonkhana anthu.
Woipa adzaziona, nadzapsa mtima; adzakukuta mano, nadzasungunuka; chokhumba oipa chidzatayika.
Ndipo ngati dzanja lako, kapena phazi lako likukhumudwitsa iwe, ulidule, nulitaye; nkwabwino, kuti ulowe m'moyo wopunduka dzanja kapena phazi, koposa kuponyedwa m'moto wa nthawi zonse, uli ndi manja awiri kapena mapazi awiri. Ndipo ngati diso lako likukhumudwitsa, ulikolowole, nulitaye: nkwabwino kuti ulowe m'moyo ndi diso limodzi koposa kuponyedwa m'Gehena wamoto, uli ndi maso awiri.
Chifukwa chake ifenso, popeza tizingidwa nao mtambo waukulu wotere wa mboni, titaye cholemetsa chilichonse, ndi tchimoli limangotizinga, ndipo tithamange mwachipiriro makaniwo adatiikira, ndi kupenyerera woyambira ndi womaliza wa chikhulupiriro chathu,
Chifukwa chake, Tulukani pakati pao, ndipo patukani, ati Ambuye, Ndipo musakhudza kanthu kosakonzeka; ndipo Ine ndidzalandira inu,
Mafuta ndi zonunkhira zikondweretsa mtima, ndi ubwino wa bwenzi uteronso pakupangira uphungu.
monga ana omvera osadzifanizitsanso ndi zilakolako zakale, pokhala osadziwa inu; komatu monga Iye wakuitana inu ali woyera mtima, khalani inunso oyera mtima m'makhalidwe anu onse; popeza kwalembedwa, Muzikhala oyera mtima, pakuti Ine ndine woyera mtima.
Pakuti iwo amene ali monga mwa thupi asamalira zinthu za thupi; koma iwo amene ali monga mwa mzimu, asamalira zinthu za mzimu: pakuti chisamaliro cha thupi chili imfa; koma chisamaliro cha mzimu chili moyo ndi mtendere.
Usafulumira kuika manja pa munthu aliyense, kapena usayanjana nazo zoipa za eni; udzisunge wekha woyera mtima.
Ukani molungama, ndipo musachimwe; pakuti ena alibe chidziwitso cha Mulungu. Ndilankhula kunyaza inu.
Okondedwa, musamakhulupirira mzimu uliwonse, koma yesani mizimu ngati ichokera mwa Mulungu: popeza aneneri onyenga ambiri anatuluka kulowa m'dziko lapansi.
Chezerani ndi kupemphera, kuti mungalowe m'kuyesedwa: mzimutu uli wakufuna, koma thupi lili lolefuka.
Pakuti kumvera kwanu kunabuka kwa anthu onse. Chifukwa chake ndikondwera ndi inu; koma ndifuna kuti mukakhale anzeru pa zabwino, koma ozungulidwa pa zoipa.
Izinso zili za anzeru, poweruza chetera silili labwino. Wonena kwa woipa, Wolungama iwe; magulu a anthu adzamtemberera, mitundu ya anthu idzamkwiyira. Omwe amdzudzula adzasekera, nadzadalitsika ndithu.
Mundisanthule, Mulungu, nimudziwe mtima wanga; mundiyese nimudziwe zolingalira zanga. Ndipo mupenye ngati ndili nao mayendedwe oipa, nimunditsogolere pa njira yosatha.
koma ndipumpuntha thupi langa, ndipo ndiliyesa kapolo; kuti, kapena ngakhale ndalalikira kwa ena, ndingakhale wotayika ndekha.
Dziyeseni nokha, ngati muli m'chikhulupiriro, dzitsimikizeni nokha. Kapena simuzindikira kodi za inu nokha kuti Yesu Khristu ali mwa inu? Mukapanda kukhala osatsimikizidwa.
Koma iwe, khala maso m'zonse, imva zowawa, chita ntchito ya mlaliki wa Uthenga Wabwino, kwaniritsa utumiki wako.