Fambai Zvakafanira Kudanwa Kwenyu
Kubatana hakusi kufanana — Ishe mumwe naBaba mumwe, asi zvipo zvinosiyana, uye vatungamiri varipo kuti vagadzirire vamwe vose, kwete kuvaitira basa. Kukura kunoreva kusazorovererwa nemhepo. Ipapo mirayiro yezuva nezuva: taura chokwadi, shanda, chengeta muromo wako.
4 1Saka ini, musungwa muna Ishe, ndinokukurudzirai: Fambai zvakafanira kudanwa kwamakadanwa nako, 2nokuzvininipisa kwose nounyoro, nomwoyo murefu, muchishivirirana murudo, 3muchishingaira kuchengetedza kubatana kwoMweya muchisungo chorugare. 4Muviri mumwe, Mweya mumwe, sezvamakadanirwa kutariro imwe inouya nokudanwa kwenyu. 5Ishe mumwe, kutenda kumwe, rubhabhatidzo rumwe, 6Baba vamwe vavose, vari pamusoro pavose, uye vanoshanda kubudikidza navose, uye vari mukati mavose.
7Asi mumwe nomumwe wedu akapiwa nyasha maererano nechiyero chechipo chaKristu. 8Saka zvinonzi, “Paakakwira kumusoro, akatapa vatapwa akapa vanhu zvipo.” a a v8 Pauro ari kutaura Pisarema 68:18, pisarema rokukunda rinopemberera mambo anokunda. Anorishandisa pakukwira kwaKristu kudenga mushure mokufa nokumuka kwake.
9Zvino “akakwira”—zvinorevei izvi, kunze kwokuti akaburukawo kunzvimbo dzakazasi, nyika? 10Iye akaburuka ndiye akakwira kumusoro-soro kupfuura matenga ose, kuti azadze zvinhu zvose.
11Uye akapa vapostori, vaprofita, vavhangeri, vafudzi nevadzidzisi, 12kuti agadzirire vatsvene pabasa roushumiri, pakuvaka muviri waKristu, 13kusvikira tose tasvika pakubatana mukutenda nomukuziva Mwanakomana waBaba vedu, tava munhu akura, pachiyero chakazara choukuru nokuzara kwaKristu. 14Saka hatichisiri vacheche, vanozununguswa namafungu uye vanotakurwa nemhepo dzose dzedzidziso, nokunyengera kwavanhu, namano akangwara okunyengedza. 15Asi, tichitaura chokwadi murudo, ngatikurei munzira dzose maari iye musoro, Kristu. 16Kwaari muviri wose, wakabatanidzwa uye wakabatana pamwe chete netsinga dzose dzinotsigira, unokura sezvo chikamu chimwe nechimwe chichishanda zvakanaka, kuti muviri uzvivake murudo.
Pfekai Munhu Mutsva
17Saka ndinoreva izvi, uye ndinopupura muna Ishe: Musacharamba muchirarama savahedheni, mukusava nematuro kwokufunga kwavo. 18Vakasvibirwa mukunzwisisa kwavo, vakaparadzaniswa noupenyu hwaBaba vedu nokuda kwokusaziva kuri mavari nokuoma kwemwoyo yavo. 19Vakarasa kunzwa kwose, vakazvipira kuchiva kwomuviri, vachiita tsvina dzose nokukara. 20Asi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo, 21kana zvirokwazvo makanzwa nezvake uye makadzidziswa maari, sokuva kwechokwadi muna Jesu, 22kuti mubvise munhu wenyu wekare, akasungwa kumararamiro enyu ekare uye akaodzwa nokuchiva kunonyengera, 23uye kuti muvandudzwe mumweya wendangariro dzenyu, 24uye kuti mupfeke munhu mutsva, akasikwa akafanana naBaba vedu mukururama kwechokwadi noutsvene.
25Saka bvisai kunyepa—mumwe nomumwe wenyu ngaataure chokwadi kumuvakidzani wake, nokuti tiri mitezo yomumwe nomumwe. 26Tsamwai asi musatadza; zuva ngarirege kuvira muchakatsamwa, 27uye musapa dhiyabhorosi mukana. 28Mbavha ngairege kuba; asi ishande nesimba namaoko ayo ichiita zvakanaka, kuti ive nechokugovera vanoshayiwa. 29Shoko rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi chete iro rinobatsira vamwe kukura, rinoenderana nenguva, kuti ripe nyasha kuvanonzwa. 30Musashungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waBaba vedu, uyo akakuisirai chisimbiso chezuva rokudzikinurwa. 31Bvisai pamuri shungu dzose, hasha, kutsamwa, kupopota, nokureva, pamwe chete noutsinye hwose. 32Ivai nomutsa mumwe kune mumwe, mune mwoyo munonzwira tsitsi, muchikanganwirana, sezvo Baba vedu vakakukanganwirai kubudikidza naKristu.