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1Ngweno uMpepo unoleba pachena kuti munshaji unozha bamwe banoobhuda mukudimbwa nokuwhilila mipepo inochengela akale nendayijo yemipepo mibi,2bachengeji babaniepi bana nomwoyo ulokoma beta sabakapiswa imhande nesimbi inopisa,3banolambisa banhu kulobolana akale besungwaja kulamba kulya kwakabumbwa naMwali kuti kutambulwe nokuboka naabo banodimbwa akale beziba ichokomende.4Nokuti zwose zwakabumbwa naMwali zwibuya, akale apana chinokwelela kulambwa kana chatambulwa nokuboka,5nokuti chilo cheneswa newhi lyaMwali akale nonamato.6Ungolayija yezwi kubanakwaina, unoba unshingi umbuyanana waKristo Jesu, wakakubuswa newhi lyokudimbwa akale nendayijo imbuyanana yawatobela.7Usitobele indebo jisina bumwali akale jobulema. Uzwilayije kuzwibhata sezwi nodiwa naMwali.8Kojoba kulayija kokusimisa umbili kuli nolubhancho, kutya Mwali kunodikana muzwinhu zwose, sezwo kuli nechibimbiso mubupenyu bwangweno akale nomubupenyu bunozha.9Isumo yechokomende inodikana akale inokwelela kutambulwa zwizhele.10Nokuti yezwi ndizo zwatinoshingilila nokufundumalila, nokuti lubimbo lwedu lupo panaMwali umpenyu, iye unchiji wabanhu bose, kasakasa waabo banodimbwa.11Laya akale ulayije yezwi zwinhu.12Pesibe nonhu uchakushundila butukutuku bubo, koga ube chitondejelo kubavumili mundebo, muchimilo, muludo, mukudimbwa nomubuchena.13Kuswikila ndezha, bona kuti iwhalo inchena jikumubalilwa banhu bose, ubhaunula, usungwaja nokulayija.14Usilekelele chipo cha unanacho, chiwakapiwa nonshamulo wechipolofeti negota lyabakulwana begubungano pa lyakakubiga maboko.15Unshingo yoyu unte, uzwipile kwazwiili, kutila kuti bose bebone kubhudilila kuko.16Zwilondote, nokundayijo iyo, akale ubhatilile kunezwi nokuti ungodalo unozwichija iwi nabawhilili babo banokuwha.
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