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1Imi Paulu wakashobwa kuba umpositoli waKristo Jesu nokuda kwaMwali, akale nomwanakwaina wedu Sositenesi,2kugubungano lyaMwali liko kuKolinte, nokunaabo bakacheneswa munaKristo Jesu, nabakashobwa kuba bachena naabo bose baiko kubugalo bulosiyanasiyana beshoba izina lyaTezi wedu Jesu Kristo, Tezi wabo nowedu.3Chipiwo nolunyalalo zwinova kunaMwali Tate bedu akale naTezi Jesu Kristo zwibe namwi.4Ndinoboka Mwali unshaji wose pezhulu pechipiwo chiche chamwakapiwa munaJesu Kristo,5kuti munzila jose mwakafumiswa, mundebo akale nomuluzibo lwose munaiye.6Sezwo busumikiji munaKristo bwakasimatijwa mukati mwenu,7kutila kuti musishayiwe zwipo zwoMpepo, muchilomilila kutondejelwa kwaTezi wedu Jesu Kristo,8uchamukaba kuswikila kumapejelejo, musina luchinyo nezhuba lyaTezi wedu Jesu Kristo.9Mwali ulobimbika, iye wakamushobela kubwanakwaina bwoMwananhulumyana waMwali, Tezi Jesu Kristo.10Ndinomubweta banakwaina, muzina lyaTezi wedu Jesu Kristo, kuti mose muvumilane kuti kusibe nokukakabajana pakati penu, koga kuti muvumilane mundangalilo akale nondingilo umwempela.11Banakwaina bangu, ndakanyeulilwa nabanhu baKuloyi kuti kuna kukakabajana pakati penu.12Zwandikumuleba ndizwokuti umwe noumwe wenu umuti, “Imi ndotobela Paulu,” kana kuti, “Imi ndotobela Apolosi,” kana kuti “Imi ndotobela Kefasi,” kana kuti “Imi ndotobela Kristo.”13Kristo ulopambulanywa na? Paulu wakakahamililwa imwi na? Kana kuti mwakabhabhatizwa muzina lyaPaulu na?14Ndinoboka Mwali kuti apana wandakabhabhatiza kuzhe kwaKilisipusi naGeyasi,15kuti pesibe umwe wenu angati mwakabhabhatizwa muzina lyangu.16(Ndakabhabhatiza bo imhuli yaSitefanasi. Kuzhe kwaaba, anditokumbulukwa kuti pana bamwe bandakabhabhatiza.17Nokuti Kristo aajakandituma koobhabhatiza, koga koobhaunula iNdebo iMbuya, akale zwisi zwobuchenjevu bwopandomo, zwingava zwashampula unchinjikwa waKristo upejwa isimba.18Nokuti iwhi lyonchinjikwa mayabwe kunaabo bakumupalala, koga kunasu tikumuchijwa, isimba lyaMwali.19Nokuti kulokwalwa kuti,“Ndoozakunula buchenjevu bwabachenjeliakale busoso bwabalochenjela ndoobuzunila.”20Upoponi unchenjevu? Upoponi unkwali womulawo? Upoponi unyenyeji wamazhubaano? Mwali aajata kuti buchenjevu bwopenyika bube mayabwe na?21Nokuti mubuchenjevu bwaMwali, inyika ayijakaziba Mwali zwiva mubuchenjevu, zwakashantisa Mwali kuti kuva mubulema bwatinobhaunula kuchijwe yabo banodimbwa.22Nokuti baJuda banoda zwishamiso akale baGiliki banoshaka buchenjevu,23koga isu tinobhaunula Kristo wakakahamilwa, chikonejo kubaJuda akale bulema kunaBokuzhe,24koga kunaabo baloshobwa, kubaJuda nokubaGiliki, Kristo isimba lyaMwali akale nobuchenjevu bwaMwali.25Nokuti bulema bwaMwali buchenjevu bukulwana kuna buchenjevu bwabanhu, akale butela bwaMwali bunesimba linopinda lyabanhu.26Banakwaina, yeyani kushobwa kwenu, abatoba banji benu bakabaka chenjela sezwilongwa zwenyika, abatoba banji bakabeli nesimba, abatoba banji bakabakazwalwa mubushe,27koga Mwali wakashala zwamayabwe munyika kuti eswabise balochenjela, Mwali wakashala zwisina isimba munyika kuti eswabise banamasimba,28Mwali wakashala zwipopasi nezwiloshundwa munyika, kana zwinhu zwisipo, kuzakunyula zwipo kuti pebe pesichina zwipo,29kutila kuti pesibe nonhu uchazwitunha pambeli paMwali.30Mwali ndiye wakamuta kuti mube munaKristo Jesu, iye Kristo wakatiwa naMwali kuti ebe buchenjevu bwedu. Kristo wakatita kuti tibe balulami, bachena akale nolusupuko.31Nokudalo, sezwilokwalwa kuti, “Yoyo unozwitunha, ngezwitunhe munaTezi.”
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