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1Nokudalo imi unsungwa, waTezi, ndinokumbila kuti mulalame bupenyu bunokwelela kushobwa kwenu,2nokuzwideluja kose, nobunyolo nomwoyo ndefu, mutambulana umwe nomwe noludo.3Mudisisa kulondota bumwempela bwoMpepo muchisungo cholunyalalo.4Kuna uMbili umwempela noMpepo umwempela, sezwa mwakashobwa kuchibimbo chimwempela, chimo mukushobwa kwenu,5Tezi umwempela, luvumilo lumwempela, umbhabhatizo umwempela,6kuna Mwali umwempela akale eli Tate bedu tose, iye upezhulu pabose, nomuna bose akale muna bose.7Koga umwe noumwe wakapiwa chipiwo chinokwelaniswa nechipo munzila yanopa nayo Kristo.8Nokudalo kwakawhi,“Paakatanha pezhuluWakatungamilila batapwa banji,Akapa zwipo kubanhu.”9Pakuti “wakatanha zhezhulu” zwinoleba ni? Zwinoleba kuti wakaba abhulukila kubugalo bunomila bwenyika.10Iye wakabhuluka, ndiye wakatanha akale pezhulu kumatenga ose, kuti ezhajise zwinhu zwose.11Wakapa zwipo zwizwe kuti bamwe bebe bapositoli, bamwe bebe bapolofeti, bamwe bebe babhaunuli beNdebo iMbuya, bamwe bebebalyisi begubungano, nabamwe bo bebe balayiji,12kupa bachena zwishingiso kuti bezwibambile kutamishingo yokubaka uMbili waKristo,13kuswikila tose tashangana mubumwempela bwokudimbwa nobwo luzibo lwoMwananhululmyana waMwali, tibumba uNhu ulo pelelela unokwelaniswa nechimilo chizhele chaKristo,14kutila kuti tisishobwe kuwhi tibacheche akale, tikungulijwa mbeli nomushule nokunyamulwa nemipepo yose inolayija maniepwa, tichengejwa nabanhu nobusoso bwabo.15Koga tilebeleke ilebeswa muludo, kuti tikubuke munzila jose tikwenda munaKristo, uli iye unsholo wedu,16zwivamuna iye, umbili wose unoshanganiswa pamwempela, nemhingu jose jishinga zwibuyanana jinokubusa umbili akale jizwibaka muludo.17Nokudalo ndinomusimisa, ndinomusimikijila munaTezi nditi ilekejani kulalama saBokuzhe banotobela zwisina unshingo mundangalilo jabo.18Bane ndangalilo jiloswibha kasa, bakapambukana nobupenyu bwaMwali nokuti apana chibanowhisisa, pezhulu pobukukutu bwemyoyo yabo.19Sezwabasichina ishoni, babanolunya akale bezwipila mububi bose, belakamila kuta zwose zweshambwa.20Azwitoba izwo zwimwakalayijwa nezwaKristo.21Ngatiti imwi mwakawha nezwizwe, pamwakalayijwa nezwizwe, nokuti ichokomende limo munaJesu.22Lashani ungalilo wenu wantolo, mumbule unhu wantolo, walusomuta kuti mugale mubupenyu busakalulama pezhulu pobuchengeji bwozwilakamilo.23Myoyo yenu nendangalilo jenu ngazwitiwe bupya zwilopelelela.24Akale ibani nobunhu bupya bunotojana naMwali muzwitondejela mubululami nomubuchena bwechokomende.25Nokudalo siyani maniepwa, umwenomwe ngelebe ilebeswa kumbakijani uwe, nokuti tose timhingu jombili umwempela chete.26Nyemani asi musichinye, akale izhuba lisimile mukanyema,27akale musipe Guluzhanje chibaka.28Imbava ngileke bubava, koga ngiishinge zwilobimbika namaboko ayo, kutila kuti itubule kubhancha yabo banoshayiwa.29Mumilomo yenu musi bhude malebo mabi, koga ebe mawhi mabuya onobaka sezwinokwelela kuta panoyo unshaji, kutila kuti chibe chikombolelo kunabo bawhile.30Musinyeteje uMpepo uNchena waMwali nokuti ndiwo wakamubigila imhande yawo kujine kuswike izhuba lyokumunulwa.31Kwose kulwajilwa komyoyo, nolunya, nokunyema, nokupopota, nokupita, nezwibi zwose ngazwibhiswe kwamuli,32itilanani ishe, myoyo minyolo, nokulekejelana, sezwa mwakalekejelwa naMwali munaKristo.
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