Chachikulu Pa Zonsezi
Mphatso iliyonse imene akupikisana nayo — malilime, uneneri, kudziwa, chikhulupiriro chosuntha mapiri, ngakhale kupereka zonse — siili kanthu popanda chikondi. Chikondi n'choleza mtima, sichisunga mlandu wa zolakwa, ndipo chimakhalitsa kuposa mphatso, zimene zidzatha pamene tidzaona maso ndi maso.
13 1Ngati ndilankhula m'malilime a anthu ndi a angelo, koma ndilibe chikondi, ndine ngati gong lolira, kapena mbekete yolira. 2Ngati ndikhoza kunenera, nkuzindikira zinsinsi zonse ndi chidziwitso chonse, ndiponso nkukhala ndi chikhulupiriro chonse, chokwanira kusuntha mapiri, koma ndilibe chikondi, sindine kanthu. 3Ngati ndipereka zonse zimene ndili nazo, ndipo ngati ndipereka thupi langa kuti ndinyade, koma ndilibe chikondi, sindipindula kanthu.
4Chikondi chimaleza mtima, chikondi chimakoma mtima. Sichichita nsanje, sichinyada, sichidzikuza. 5Sichichita zamwano, sichifunafuna zake zokha, sichipsa mtima, sichisunga mndandanda wa zolakwa. 6Chikondi sichikondwera ndi zoipa, koma chimakondwera ndi choonadi. 7Chimateteza nthawi zonse, chimakhulupirira nthawi zonse, chimakhala ndi chiyembekezo nthawi zonse, chimapirira nthawi zonse.
8Chikondi sichilephera konse. Koma zonenedwa zidzatha, malilime adzaleka, ndipo chidziwitso chidzatha. 9Pakuti timadziwa pang'ono, ndipo timanenera pang'ono, 10koma pamene changwiro chidzafika, chimene chili cha pang'ono chidzatha. 11Pamene ndinali mwana, ndinkalankhula ngati mwana, ndinkaganiza ngati mwana, ndinkalingalira ngati mwana. Pamene ndinakhala munthu wamkulu, ndinasiya zinthu za uana. 12Pakuti tsopano timaona chithunzi chosaonekera bwino mu galasi; koma nthawi iyo tidzaonana maso ndi maso. Tsopano ndimadziwa pang'ono; koma nthawi iyo ndidzadziwa kwathunthu, monga momwe ndidziwikira kwathunthu. 13Ndipo tsopano zinthu zitatu izi zimakhalabe: chikhulupiriro, chiyembekezo, ndi chikondi. Koma chachikulu pa zonsezi ndi chikondi.
