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1 Na tenepo, cosani bzakuipa bzentse na kunyengezana kwentse, ucipha-maso, njiru na mtundu uli-wentse wa kulewa kuipa. 2 Ninga wana wakubadwa tsapanopa, funani mkaka wa uzimu caiwo na mtima wentse, kuti kudzera mwa iwo mukule mucidzapulumusidwa, 3 nakuti tsapano mwazindikira kuti Mbuya ni wabwino*.
Mwala wamoyo na mbumba yakusankhulidwa
4 Bwerani kuna Iye, omwe ni mwala wamoyo udalambidwa na wanthu, tsono wakusankhulidwa na Mulungu ndipo wakufunika kwa Iye. 5 Ndipo imwepombo mulikuphatisidwa basa ninga minyala ya moyo pa kumanga nyumba yauzimu kuti mukhale anyantsembe wakucena, mucimbapereka ntsembe za uzimu zakubvumidwa na Mulungu, kudzera kuna Jezu Krixtu. 6 Nakuti Bzakunembedwa bzidati:
“Ndirikuikha muSiyau
mwala wa pagonyo,
wakusankhulidwa ndipo wakufunika,
ndipo ule omwe ambaukhulupirira
an'dzanyazisidwa lini cipo”†.
7 Na tenepo, kuna imwe omwe mudatawira, mwala umweyu ni wakufunika, tsono kuna wale omwe aniutawira lini,
“mwala omwe wakumanga adaulamba
udasanduka mwala wa pagonyo”‡,
8 ndipo,
“mwala wakugwegwedusa
na tsendwa lakugwesa”§.
Omwe an'tawira lini ambagwegweduka, thangwe ambabvera lini fala, ndipombo bzikhadatalidwa kuti bzidzawacitikire.
9 Tsono imwepo ndimwe dzindza lakusankhulidwa, anyantsembe wa umambo, dziko lakucena, mbumba ya Mulungu yekha, kuti mukapalidze bza ukulu bwa Ule omwe adakucemerani kucokera kumdima kubwera kuceza cace cakudabwisa. 10 Kale imwepo mukhali lini mbumba, tsono tsapano lino ndimwe mbumba ya Mulungu. Mukhalibe kutambira ntsisi, tsapano mwazitambira.
Khalidwe la akrixtau
11 Wakufunidwa, ndirikukumbira kuti imwe, ninga anyakudza wakundopitirira mudziko, chenkhani bzakufuna bza thupi bzomwe bzimbamenyana na mzimu**. 12 Khalidwe lanu pakati pa wakusaya kupemba Mulungu likhale labwino, kuti napo iwo acikulewani kuti ndimwe wakucita bzakuipa, akawona mabasa yanu yabwino yomwe mulikucita, adzakuze Mulungu pantsiku yomwe an'dzabwera.
13 Thangwe ra Mbuya, bverani utongi bwentse bomwe budaikhidwa na wanthu, napo mambo omwe ni mkulu kuposa, 14 ngakhale atongi, omwe adatumidwa na Iye kuti apase nyathwa wale omwe an'cita cakuipa ndipo alemekeze omwe an'cita cabwino. 15 Nakuti ni kufuna kwa Mulungu kuti, pakucita bzabwino, imwepo munyamalise madzenga yakusaya kudziwa. 16 Khalani ninga ampfulu, tsono lekani kuphatisa basa umpfulubo ninga cakubisira cakuipa, khalani ninga anyagirinya†† wa Mulungu. 17 Lemekezani wentse, funani abale wa mumzimu, gopani Mulungu ndipo lemekezani mambo.
18 Anyagirinya, bverani azimbuya wanu na ulemu bwentse, sikuti wabwino na wakupfatsa wokha, tsono na wakuipambo. 19 Nakuti bzimwebzi ni bzakutendedwa, munthu akapirira pakuboneresedwa mwakupundizidwa thangwe ra kufuna Mulungu. 20 Nakuti, bzina phindu lanyi kupirira pakutambira kukwapulidwa thangwe ra kucita citazo? Tsono penu imwepo mun'pirira pa kuboneresedwa nakuti mwacita cabwino, bzimwebzi ni bzabwino patsogolo pa Mulungu. 21 Nakuti ni thangwe ra bzimwebzi bzomwe imwepo mudacemeredwera, pakuti Krixtu adaboneresedwambo pambuto ya imwe, acikusiyirani citsandzo kuti mutewere momwe adapita Iye.
22 “Iye alibe kucita
citazo ciri-centse,
ndipo palibe kunama na kubodziko
komwe kudabveka pamulomo pace”.‡‡
23 Pomwe akhatukwanidwa, akhabwezera lini, pomwe akhabonera, akhambakhumbza lini, tsono akhambabzipereka kwa Ule omwe ambatonga mwakurungama. 24 Iye caiye adatenga bzitazo bzathu muthupi race pamtanda, kuti kubzitazo tikhale ninga wakufa ndipo kucirungamo ticikhala na moyo.§§ Imwepo mudapolesedwa kudzera mubzironda bzace. 25 Nakuti mukhali ninga mabira yakutaika, koma tsapano mudatendeuka kuna M'busa ndipo Wakunyang'anira mitima yanu.
* 2:3 Mas 34.8 † 2:6 Iza 28.16 ‡ 2:7 Mas 118.22 § 2:8 Iza 8.14 ** 2:11 Mzimu: Pano bzirikulewa lini Mzimu Wakucena. †† 2:16 Anyagirinya: Ayai wakutumikira. ‡‡ 2:22 Iza 53.9 §§ 2:24 Iza 53.5