Ntima wa Baba mu Utumiki
Paulu atsidzikira makhaliro ace pakati pawo pamaso pa Baba wathu: nee kubembeza, nee kubisa dyera, nee kudzikuza na udindo wace. Iye adzindanisa pakutoma na mai wakuyamwisa, buluka na baba na ana ace, mbaakumbusa kuti akhaphata basa usiku toera aleke kulemeza munthu.
2 1Thangwi imwe ene musadziwa, abale, kuti kufika kwathu kuna imwe nkhabe kukhala kwapezi. 2Mbwenye ngakhala kale tikhadatcingwa na kuikhwa mwakuipa ku Filipi, ninga munadziwa imwe, taphata ntima mwa Baba wathu toera kulonga mphangwa zace zadidi kuna imwe mwakukhonda kugopa kutcingwa kukulu. 3Thangwi macemero athu nee asabuluka mu cidodomeko peno mu pyakupswipa, nee tisayesera kunyengeza munthu. 4Mbwenye, nakuti Baba wathu atitawirisa toera tigumaniswe na mphangwa zadidi, tisalonga tenepa—tayu toera kukomeresa anthu, mbwenye toera kukomeresa Baba wathu, ule anayesera mitima yathu. 5Nee caliko n'dzidzi udalonga ife na mafala akubedabeda, ninga munadziwa, nee ninga cakubisira umbiru—Baba wathu ndi mboni. 6Nee tasaka mbiri kuna anthu—nee kuna imwe, nee kuna anango—maseze ninga apostolo a Kirixtu tikhakwanisa kuikha pezi mphambvu yathu. 7Mbwenye tikhali akufewa pakati panu, ninga mama anamwisa mwana, anatsalakana mwakukoma anace ene. 8Natenepa, mukukufunani kakamwe, takomerwa kukugawirani nee basi mphangwa zadidi za Baba wathu, mbwenye pontho umaso wathu ene, thangwi mwadzakhala akufunika kakamwe kuna ife. 9Thangwi musakumbuka, abale, kuphata basa kwathu na nyatwa yathu: taphata basa masiku na masikati, toera kukhonda kuthemesa m'bodzi wa imwe, mukureza mphangwa zadidi za Baba wathu kuna imwe. 10Imwe na Baba wathu ndimwe mboni kuti takhala mwakucena, mwakulungama, na mwakukhonda kutsalakanika kwa imwe anakhulupira. 11Ninga munadziwa, tacita na m'bodzi na m'bodzi wa imwe ninga baba na anace—mbatikuwangisani, mbatikubalangazani, na mbatikupembani, 12toera mukhale na umaso wakuthema Baba wathu, ule anakucemerani toera mukwane mu Umambo wace na mu mbiri yace.
13Tisapereka takhuta kuna Baba wathu n'dzidzi onsene thangwi ya pyenepi: pidatambira imwe fala ya Baba wathu idabva imwe kuna ife, mwaritawira nee ninga mphangwa za munthu mbwenye ninga pire piri mwandimomwene—fala yace, inaphata basa muna imwe ale anakhulupira. 14Abale, imwe mwatowezera mipingo ya Baba wathu mwa Kirixtu Yezu ku Yudeya, thangwi imwe mwatcingwa ibodzi ene na anthu anu ene, ninga iwo pidatcingwa na Ayuda, 15ale adapha Mbuya Yezu na aprofeta, mbatitcinga ife, nee asakomeresa Baba wathu, na asatcinga anthu onsene, 16mbatitazimisa kulonga kuna anthu a madzinza toera apulumuswe, n'dzidzi onsene mbadzaza myeso ya madawo awo. Cincino ukali waafikira pakumalisira.
Kufuna Kukuonani Pontho
17Abale, mukubululwa kuna imwe mu n'dzidzi wakucepa—mu manungo, tayu mu ntima—takhala akufunisisa kakamwe kuona nkhope yanu, na kufuna kukulu. 18Tikhafuna kubwera kuna imwe—Ine, Paulu, mwandzidzi na n'dzidzi—mbwenye Sathani atitazimisa. 19Thangwi ndi cinthu canji cidikhiro cathu, kutsandzaya, peno nthimba yakudzikuza patsogolo pa Mbuya wathu Yezu pa kubwera kwace? Si imwe tayu? 20Inde, imwe ndimwe mbiri yathu na kutsandzaya kwathu.
