Kuyesera Mizimu
Yezani mizimu; ale anapupira kuti Yezu adadza m'manungo ndi akubuluka kwa Baba wathu. Ufuni usabuluka kwa iye thangwi Baba wathu ndi ufuni, pidapangizwa na kutuma Mwanace. Ufuni wakukwana usathamangisa mantha, natenepa ali-onsene anaida m'bale anaona iye nkhabe kukwanisa kulonga kuti asafuna Baba.
4 1Anyakufunika, lekani kukhulupira nzimu onsene, mbwenye yeserani mizimu toera kudziwa khala yabuluka kuna Baba wathu, thangwi aprofeta azinji authambi abuluka mu dziko. 2Na ipi musadziwa Nzimu wa Baba wathu: nzimu onsene unabvuma kuti Yezu Kirixtu abwera mu manungo a munthu, wabuluka kuna Baba wathu, 3pontho nzimu onsene unakhonda kubvuma Yezu, nkhabe buluka kuna Baba wathu. Unowu ndi nzimu wa Antikirixtu, ule mudabva kuti ukhabwera, pontho uli kale mu dziko cincino. 4Imwe mwabuluka kuna Baba wathu, anawa anga, mbamuakunda iwo, thangwi ule ali mwa imwe ndi nkulu kupita ule ali pa dziko. 5Iwo abuluka pa dziko; natenepa iwo asalonga pya pa dziko, na dziko isaabvera iwo. 6Ife tabuluka kuna Baba wathu. Ule anandziwa Iye, asatibvera; ule anakhonda kubuluka kuna Iye, nkhabe tibvera. Na njira iyi tisadziwa Nzimu wa undimo mwene na nzimu wa kunyengera.
Baba Wathu Ndi Kufunana
7Anyakufunika, tifunane, thangwi kufuna kwabuluka kuna Baba wathu, na onsene anafuna abalwa na Iye mbandziwa Iye. 8Ule anakhonda kufuna nkhabe dziwa Baba wathu, thangwi Baba wathu ndi kufunana. a a v8 "Mulungu ndi kufunana" isacinja mbikhala "Baba wathu ndi kufunana" — kufuna nkhabe khala khundu inabvala Iye, mbwenye ndi khalidwe cace cene ninga Baba. 9Na njira iyi kufuna kwa Baba wathu kwapangizwa pakati pathu: Baba wathu atuma Mwana wace m'bodzi basi pa dziko, toera ife tikhale na umaso kubulukira mwa Iye. 10Kufuna ndi uku: si kuti ife tafuna Baba wathu tayu, mbwenye Iye atifuna ife, mbatuma Mwana wace ninga ntsembe toera kulekererwa madawo athu. b b v10 Ntsembe yakulekererwa madawo ndi muoni unalipa muoni wakukwana wa madawo, mbuwangarusa uxamwali udafudza madawo athu. 11Anyakufunika, Baba wathu angatifuna ife tenepa, ifembo tisafunika kufunana. 12Nkhabe m'bodzi adaona Baba wathu nkhani; tingafunana, Baba wathu asakhala mwa ife, na kufuna kwace kusakwaniriswa mwa ife. 13Na ipi tisadziwa kuti tisakhala mwa Iye, na Iye mwa ife: Iye atipasa Nzimu wace. 14Ife taona mbatipereka umboni kuti Baba wathu atuma Mwana ninga Mpulumusi wa dziko. 15Ule anabvuma kuti Yezu ndi Mwana wa Baba wathu, Baba wathu asakhala mwa iye, na iye mwa Baba wathu. 16Ife tadziwa mbatikhulupira kufuna kwa Baba wathu kuna ife. Baba wathu ndi kufunana, na ule anakhala mu kufuna, asakhala mwa Iye, na Iye mwa iye. 17Na njira iyi kufuna kusakwaniriswa mwa ife, toera tikhale na cipapo pa ntsiku ya cieruzo, thangwi ninga momwe Iye alili, ndi momwembo ife tiri pa dziko ino. 18Mu kufuna nkhabepo kugopa; kufuna kwakukwana kusabulusa kugopa, thangwi kugopa kuli na cilango, na ule anagopa nkhabe kukwana mu kufuna. 19Ife tisafuna thangwi Baba wathu atitoma kutifuna. 20Munthu angalonga kuti: “Ine ndisafuna Baba wathu,” mbwenye asaida m'bale wace, iye ndi nyakunama. Thangwi ule anakhonda kufuna m'bale wace anamuona, nkhabe kwanisa kufuna Baba wathu anakhonda kumuona. 21Na ntemo unowu tiri nawo kubulukira kuna Iye: ule anafuna Baba wathu asafunika kufuna m'bale wacembo.
