Kufuna Kuposa Kudziwa
Kodi akukhulupira asafunika kudya nyama idaperekwa kuna pifanikiso? Cifanikiso nkhabe kukhala cinthu, natenepa alipo Baba m'bodzi, wakuti pyonsene pisabuluka kwa iye. Mbwenye kudziwa kusapuputisa, kwene ufuni usamanga: khala kudya kwace kunapfudza m'bale adafera Kirixtu, Paulo nkhabe kudya pontho nyama nthawe zonsene.
8 1Thangwi ya cakudya cakuperekwa ninga ntsembe kuna madzimunthu: tisadziwa kuti tonsene tiri na cidziwiso. Cidziwiso cisatupisa, mbwenye kufuna kusamanga. 2Munthu angakumbuka kuti iye asadziwa cinthu, iye nadzati kudziwa ninga mukhafunika kudziwa. 3Mbwenye munthu angafuna Baba wathu, iye asadziwika na Iye.
4Thangwi ya kudya cakudya cakuperekwa ninga ntsembe kuna madzimunthu: tisadziwa kuti dzimunthu si cinthu pa dziko, pontho nkhabe Baba unango kusiyapo m'bodzi basi. 5Thangwi maseze pana pinthu pinacemerwa milungu, kudzulu peno pa dziko—ndimomwene pana “milungu” mizinji na “ambuya” azinji. 6Mbwenye kuna ife pana Mulungu m'bodzi, Baba wathu, pinthu pyonsene pisabuluka kuna Iye, pontho ife tisakhala thangwi ya Iye; na Mbuya m'bodzi Yezu Kirixtu, pinthu pyonsene pisacitika kubulukira kuna Iye, pontho ife tisakhala kubulukira kuna Iye. a a v6 Pano Paulu asaikha Baba na Mwana pabodzi: Mulungu m'bodzi ndi Baba wathu, nthonga ya pinthu pyonsene, pontho Mbuya m'bodzi ndi Yezu, ule mukupita mwa Iye pinthu pyonsene pyacitika.
7Mbwenye si onsene tayu ali na cidziwiso ici. Anango, mbadaribva na madzimunthu mpaka lero, asadya cakudya ici ninga kuti ndimomwene caperekwa ninga ntsembe kuna dzimunthu, na cikumbuntima cawo cakufewa cisapswipiswa. 8Cakudya nkhabe kutiendesa dhuzi na Baba wathu. Tingakhonda kudya, nkhabe kucepa; tingadya, nkhabe kuthimizirika. 9Mbwenye citani mphole toera ufulu wanu uwu ukhonde kukhala cakugwegwedusa kuna ale akufewa. 10Munthu angakuona iwe, uli na cidziwiso, mukadya n'nyumba ya dzimunthu, kodi cikumbuntima cace cakufewa nkhabe kuwangiswa toera kudya cakudya cakuperekwa ninga ntsembe kuna madzimunthu? 11Natenepa, thangwi ya cidziwiso cako, munthu uyu wakufewa asafudzwa—m'bale ule Kirixtu adamfera. 12Mungadawa tenepa kuna abale anu, mbamupweteka cikumbuntima cawo cakufewa, musadawira Kirixtu. 13Natenepa, cakudya cingacitisa m'bale wanga kugwegwedeka, nkhabe ndinadya nyama pontho, toera ndikhonde kugwegwedusa m'bale wanga.
