Nkhondo Inabuluka mu Kusirira
Kumenyana kunabuluka m'pikhumbo pyakumenyana pakati pa mitima; iwo alibe thangwi nkhabe kupempha, mbakapempha anapempha mwakuphonyeka. Uxamwali na dziko ndi uwanyi na Baba wathu, mbwenye iye anapereka nkhombo zizinji. Fendederani pafupi na iye, mbalekeni kunyindira mangwana ninga kuti umaso nee ndi ninga utsi.
4 1Nkhondo na maketano pakati panu pisabuluka kupi? Kodi nkhabe kubuluka ku kusirira kwanu kunamenyana n'kati mwanu? 2Musafuna mbamukhonda kukhala naco, natenepo musapha. Musasirira mbamukwanisa lini kuphata, natenepo musaketana na kumenyana. Nkhabe kukhala na pinthu thangwi nkhabe kuphemba. 3Musaphemba mbamukhonda kutambira, thangwi musaphemba mwakuipa, toera kumwaza pa pyakukomerwa pyanu ekhene. 4Imwe anthu aupombo! Kodi nkhabe kudziwa kuti uxamwali na dziko ndi unyamadulo kuna Baba wathu? Ule anasankhula kukhala xamwali wa dziko asakhala nyamadulo wa Baba wathu. 5Peno Malemba asalonga papezi, mbalonga kuti nzimu udaaikha Iye mwa ife usasirira kakamwe na bime? 6Mbwenye Iye asapereka kukoma ntima kwakuthimizika. Ndi thangwi yace Malemba asalonga: “Baba wathu asakhondana na anyakudzikuza mbwenye asapasa kukoma ntima kuna anyakucepeseka.”
7Natenepo, perekani ekhane kuna Baba wathu. Khondani dyabu, iye anakuthawani. 8Fendederani Baba wathu, Iye anakufendederanimbo. Cenesani manja anu, imwe anyakudawa; cenesani mitima yanu, imwe anthu a mitima miwiri. 9Tsukwalani, lirani maliro, mbamulira misozi. Sandukisani kuseka kwanu kukhale kulira, na kutsandzaya kwanu kukhale kutsukwala. 10Cepesekani pamaso pa Baba wathu, Iye anakukwezerani.
11Lekani kulongana mwakuipa, abale. Ule analonga mwakuipa m'bale wace, peno anantonga iye, asalonga mwakuipa mwambo mbautonga. Mbwenye mungatonga mwambo, imwe nkhabe kuucita—mwakhala nyakuutonga. 12Alipo m'bodzi basi anapereka mwambo mbatonga—ule anakwanisa kupulumusa peno kufudza. Iwe ndiwe ani toera kutonga ndzako?
Lekani Kudzigaya Thangwi ya Mangwana
13Bwerani tsapano, imwe ale analonga: “Lero peno mangwana tinaenda ku nzinda uyu peno ule, tinakhala caka cibodzi, tinacita malonda, mbatikhala na phindu.” 14Nkhabe kudziwa pinafuna kucitika mangwana. Umaso wanu ndi ninji? Thangwi imwe ndimwe utsi, unaoneka mu n'dzidzi ung'ono, buluka penepo usamala. 15M'mbuto mwace, musafunika kulonga: “Baba wathu angafuna, tinakhala maso mbaticita ici peno cire.” 16Mbwenye tsapano, musadzigaya mu kudzikuza kwanu. Kudzigaya konsene ninga ako ndi kuipa. 17Natenepo, ule anadziwa pinthu pyadidi toera kucita mbakhonda kupicita, asadawa.