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Kumvera Aulamuliro
1 Aliyense ayenera kumvera akulu olamulira, chifukwa palibe ulamuliro umene sunachokere kwa Mulungu. Olamulira amene alipo anayikidwa ndi Mulungu. 2 Kotero kuti, iwo amene awukira ulamuliro atsutsana ndi chimene Mulungu anakhazikitsa. Ndipo amene atero adzibweretsera okha chilango. 3 Pakuti olamulira saopseza amene amachita zabwino koma amene amachita zoyipa. Kodi mukufuna kukhala osaopa olamulira? Tsono chitani zoyenera ndipo adzakuyamikirani. 4 Pakuti iyeyo ndi mtumiki wa Mulungu wokuchitirani zabwino. Koma ngati muchita zoyipa muchite mantha, pakuti iye ali ndi mphamvu zolangira. Iye ndi mtumiki wa Mulungu wobweretsa mkwiyo ndi kulanga onse ochita zoyipa. 5 Nʼchifukwa chake ndi koyenera kugonjera olamulira, osati chifukwa choopa kulangidwa kokha komanso chifukwa cha chikumbumtima. 6 Ichi nʼchifukwa chakenso inu mumapereka msonkho. Pakuti olamulira ndi atumiki a Mulungu amene amapereka nthawi yawo yonse kulamulira. 7 Mubwezereni aliyense amene munamukongola. Ngati inu muli ndi ngongole yamsonkho, perekani msonkho kwa oyenera kuwalipira. Ngati ndi kuopa perekeni kwa oyenera kuwaopa ndipo ngati ndi ulemu kwa oyenera ulemu.
Chikondi Chimakwaniritsa Malamulo
8 Musakhale ndi ngongole ndi wina aliyense kupatula ngongole ya kukondana wina ndi mnzake. Pakuti amene amakonda munthu mnzake wakwaniritsa lamulo. 9 Malamulo awa: “Usachite chigololo,” “Usaphe,” “Usabe,” “Usasirire,” ndi malamulo ena onse amene alipo, akhazikika pa lamulo limodzi ili, “Konda mnansi wako monga iwe mwini.” 10 Chikondi sichichitira mnzake zoyipa. Chifukwa chake chikondi ndicho chokwaniritsa lamulo.
11 Ndipo chitani ichi pozindikira nthawi ino. Nthawi yafika yoti inu mudzuke kutulo, chifukwa chipulumutso chathu chili pafupi tsopano kuposa pamene tinayamba kukhulupirira. 12 Usiku watsala pafupifupi kutha. Kwatsala pangʼono kucha. Tiyeni tsono tichotse ntchito zamdima ndipo tivale chovala chakuwunika. 13 Tiyeni tikhale moyenera monga nthawi ya masana, osati mʼmagulu amadyerero, achiwerewere ndi kuledzera, mʼmadama ndi zonyansa komanso osati mʼmagawano ndi nsanje. 14 Koma valani Ambuye Yesu Khristu ndipo musaganizire za momwe mungakwaniritsire zokhumba zachikhalidwe cha uchimo.