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Kupambulana muGereja
1 Ndipo ine, abale, ndiribe kukwanisa kulewa-lewa namwe ninga wanthu ali muMzimu, koma ninga wanthu ali munyama, ninga wana mwa Krixtu. 2 Ndakupasani m'kaka, ndiribe kukupasani cakudya cakuuma, thangwe mungadacikwanisa lini. Cadidi imwepo mukanati kukondzeka, 3 nakuti mukali munyama. Thangwe pakati panu palikuwoneka njiru na kusaya kubverana, kodi bzimwebzi bziniratiza lini kuti imwepo mukali munyama ndipo mumbafamba ninga wanthu wa dziko? 4 Pomwe mumbati ali pano: “Ine ndine wa Paulo”, ali pano: “Ine ndine wa Apolo”, kodi bziniwonesa lini kuti mulikufamba ninga wa m'dziko? 5 Kodi Apolo mbani? Ndipo Paulo mbani? Ni wabasa wa Mulungu basi, omwe adakufikisani kucikhulupiriro malingana na basa lomwe Mbuya adapasa m'bodzi na m'bodzi. 6 Ine ndidazika ndipo Apolo adathirizira, tsono Mulungu ndiye adaikuza. 7 Na tenepo, omwe adazika napo wakuthiriza ni cinthu lini, koma Mulungu yekha, omwe ambaikulisa. 8 Tsono omwe an'zika na omwe an'thiriza ana cakulinga cibodzi, ndipo m'bodzi na m'bodzi an'dzatambira mabaibai malingana na mabasa yace. 9 Thangwe ife timbaphata basa la Mulungu pabodzi, ndipo imwepo ndimwe munda wa Mulungu ndipombo nyumba ya Mulungu.
10 Malingana na nkhombo za Mulungu zomwe ndidapasidwa ninga m'dziwi wa zakumanga-manga, ndidamanga alisese ndipo winango alikumanga padzaulu pace, tsono m'bodzi na m'bodzi awone momwe alikumangira. 11 Thangwe palibe winango omwe angamange alisese inango, kusiyana na yomwe idamangidwa kale, yomwe ni Jezu Krixtu. 12 Penu winango animanga padzaulu pa aliseseyo aciphatisa basa oro, parata, minyala yakufunikira, matabwa, mauswa na mapesi, 13 mabasa yace yan'dzawonesedwa, thangwe ntsikuyo in'dzayabweresa padeca, pakuti yan'dzalatizidwa na moto, omwe un'dzayeza mabasa ya m'bodzi na m'bodzi. 14 Penu comwe munthu ali yentse adamanga cin'pitiriza kukhala paalisersepo, umweyo an'dzatambira mabaibai. 15 Penu comwe winango amanga cinipsa umweyo an'dzaluza mabaibai, tsono iye caiye an'dzapulumusidwa, ninga wapsukunyuka pa moto.
16 Kodi mun'dziwa lini kuti ndimwe nyumba ya Mulungu, ndipo kuti Mzimu wa Mulungu umbakhala mwa imwe? 17 Penu munthu an'pfudza nyumba ya Mulungu, Mulungu an'dzamupfudzambo, thangwe nyumba ya Mulungu yomwe ndimwe ni yakucena.
18 Lekani kubzinamiza! Penu wina wa imwe an'kumbuka kuti ni m'dziwi wa ntsiku zino, mbabziyese “dzenga” kuti akhale m'dziwi. 19 Thangwe udziwi bwa pantsi pano ni udzenga patsogolo pa Mulungu, ninga momwe bzidanembedwa kuti: “Iye ambaphata adziwi muucenjeri bwawo”*. 20 Ndipombo “Mbuya ambadziwa bzakukumbuka bza adziwi, kuti ni bzakusaya basa”†. 21 Na tenepo, paleke kuwoneka an'bzitumbiza mwa wanthu, thangwe bzinthu bzentse ni bzanu, 22 ngakhale Paulo, ayai Apolo, ayai Pedru‡, ngakhale dziko la pantsi, ayai moyo, ayai impfa, ngakhale bzomwe bziripo, ayai bza kutsogolo kuno. Bzentse ni bzanu, 23 ndipo imwe ndimwe wa Krixtu, ndipo Krixtu ni wa Mulungu.
* 3:19 Job 5.13 † 3:20 Mas 94.11 ‡ 3:22 Pedru: MuciGiriki ambati: “Kefas”.