Banja Lokana Kulira
Munthu wina akugona ndi mkazi wa bambo ake ndipo mpingo ukunyadira kulekerera kwawo. Paulo akuti amayenera kulira, ndi kumpereka kwa Satana kuti mzimu wake upulumuke. Chofufumitsa chakale chichotsedwe; kuweruza a m'kati ndi ntchito yawo, Atate wathu amaweruza a kunja.
5 1Zoonadi, dama likumveka pakati panu—mtundu umene suli ngakhale pakati pa amene sadziwa Atate: munthu ali ndi mkazi wa atate wake. 2Ndipo inu mukudzitukumula! Kodi simukanayenera kulira m'malo mwake, kuti amene anachita ichi achotsedwe pakati panu? 3Pakuti ngakhale ndalibe m'thupi koma ndili nanu mumzimu, ndaweruza kale amene anachita ichi, ngati ndili nanu. 4Pamene musonkhana m'dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu, mzimu wanga uli nanu, ndi mphamvu ya Ambuye wathu Yesu, 5mpereke munthuyu kwa Satana kuti awononge thupi, kuti mzimu wake upulumuke pa tsiku la Ambuye wathu Yesu.
6Kudzitamandira kwanu sikuli kwabwino. Kodi simudziwa kuti thovu pang'ono limafufumitsa ufa onse? 7Chotsani thovu lakale, kuti mukhale mtanda watsopano—monga mulili opanda thovu. Pakuti Khristu, mwana wankhosa wathu wa Paskha, anaperekedwa nsembe. 8Choncho tikondwerere phwando, osati ndi thovu lakale, thovu la udani ndi zoyipa, koma ndi mkate wopanda thovu wa moyo wowona mtima ndi choonadi.
9Ndinakulemberani m'kalata yanga kuti musamayanjane ndi anthu ochita dama. 10Osatanthauza konse ochita dama a m'dziko lino, kapena aumbombo ndi achinyengo, kapena opembedza mafano—popeza pamenepo mukanayenera kuchoka m'dziko muno. 11Koma ndikukulemberani kuti musamayanjane ndi aliyense amene amadzitcha m'bale koma ali wochita dama, kapena waumbombo, kapena wopembedza mafano, kapena wamiseche, kapena woledzera, kapena wachinyengo. Ndi munthu wotereyu musamadye naye ngakhale. 12Nanga ndiweruzire chiyani amene ali kunja kwa mpingo? Kodi inu simuyenera kuweruza amene ali mkati? 13Atate wathu amaweruza amene ali kunja. “Chotsani munthu woyipa pakati panu.”