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Khalidwe la akrixtau pabanja
1 Ni bzibodzi-bodzi, imwe akazi, bverani* amuna wanu, kucitira kuti, penu iye an'bvera lini fala la Mulungu, mumuwine mwakusaya fala, thangwe ra macitidwe ya mkazi wace, 2 pakuwona khalidwe lanu labwino ndipo lakugopa Mulungu. 3 Kudeka kwanu mbakuleke kukhala kwakunja, ninga tsisi lakumanga ndipo na nkhwinjiri za oro ayai bzakubvala bzakuumira. 4 Kusiyana kwace, ni kwakuti kudekako mbakukhale kwa mumtima komwe kun'mala lini, ndipo kuwonesedwe na makhalidwe yakubzicepesa na yakuderekha yomwe ni yakufunika kwene-kwene kuna Mulungu. 5 Nakuti ni tenepoyombo momwe akhadazerewera kubzidekesa akazi wakucena wa kale, omwe akhambaikha cidikhiro cawo kuna Mulungu. M'bodzi na m'bodzi wa iwo akhambabvera mwamuna wace, 6 ninga Sara, omwe akhambabvera Abrahamu ndipo akhamucemera kuti mbuya. Ndipo imwe mukacita bzabwino na kusaya kugopa ciri-centse, mun'dzacemeredwa wana wa Sara.
7 Bzibodzi-bodzimbo, imwepo amuna dziwani kukhala na akazi wanu ndipo waphateni mwakuwalemekeza, ninga cipande cakusaya mphambvu ndipo anyanthaka wa nkhombo za moyo pabodzi na ife, mwakuti mipembo yanu ireke kupingizidwa.
Kubonera thangwe lakucita ubwino
8 Pakumalizira, khalani na kakumbukidwe kabodzi mwentse, citiranani cifundo, mufunane paubale, khalani na ntsisi ndipo wakubzicepesa. 9 Lekani kubwezera cakuipa na cakuipa, napo kutukana na kutukana, tsono dalisani, nakuti mudacemeredwa kuti mucitebzimwebzi, mucidzatambira madaliso ninga utaka, 10 Nakuti,
“Omwe an'funa kukomedwa na moyo
na kuwona ntsiku zabwino,
aletse lirime lace kulewa bzakuipa
na miromo yace kulewa bzakunama.
11 Fundukira kuna bzakuipa ndipo cita bzabwino,
nyang'ana mtendere mpaka uwugumane.
12 Thangwe maso ya Mbuya
yali pana wakulungama
ndipo makutu yace
yana cheru pa mipembo yawo,
tsono nkhope ya Mbuya
irikuwenga
omwe an'cita bzakuipa†”.
13 Mbani angakuciteni kuipa, imwe mukakhala na cheru pakucita bzabwino? 14 Ndipo, napo mucidzabonera thangwe ra kucita bzakulungama, imwepo mun'dzadalisidwa. “Lekani kugopa bzomwe iwo ambagopa‡, ndipo lekani kugosvedwa”.§ 15 Koma, lemekezani Krixtu m'mitima mwanu ninga Mbuya. Khalani wakukondzeka nthawe zentse kuti mutawire munthu ali-yentse omwe angakumbire kudziwa thangwe ra cidikhiro comwe ciri muna imwe. 16 Tsono, citani bzimwebzi mwakubzicepesa na mwakugopa Mulungu, mucikhala mulibe cinthu cakukugazani mum'tima, mwakuti omwe ambalewa bzakuipa cipande ca macitidwe yabwino ya imwe muli muna Krixtu, akhale na manyazi na magunkha yawo. 17 Ni bzabwino kubonera thangwe ra kucita bzabwino, kungatenepo kuti ni kufuna kwa Mulungu, kuposa kubonera thangwe ra kucita cakuipa. 18 Nakuti Krixtu adafera bzitazo kabodzi na kabodzi. Iye ni wakulungama adafera wakusaya kulungama, kuti atitsogolere kuna Mulungu. Iye adaphedwa muthupi, 19 mumzimumo adayenda acikapalidzira mizimu mukawoko, 20 yomwe nthawe ya kale iribe kubvera, pomwe Mulungu akhadikhira mwakulekerera pantsiku za Nowa, pomwe xitima ya m'madzi ikhakondzedwa. Mudapita wanthu ang'ono-ng'ono wakukwana asere (8) basi, ndiwo adapulumusidwa na madzi. 21 Madziyo ni mfananizo wa ubatizo bomwe tsapanombo bulikukupulumusani. Ubatizo bumwebu sikuti bwakucosa tsuzu la mthupi, koma ni mpangano wakucitidwa na Mulungu thangwe ra kusaya cinthu cakukugazani mumtima. Kupulumusidwako ni kudzera pakumuka kwa Jezu Krixtu, 22 omwe adayenda kudzulu ndipo ali kuboko lamadidi la Mulungu. Iye ambabveredwa na anju, atongi na mphambvu za kudzulu.
* 3:1 Bverani: Fala limweri munirigumana pomwe mulivu limweri pa 2.13, 18. † 3:12 Mas 34.12-16 ‡ 3:14 Ayai lekani kugopa kukugosvani komwe iwo an'cita. § 3:14 Iza 8.12