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1Banakwaina, andijalolebeleka namwi sabanhu bompepo, koga sabanhu benyika, sabana bacheche munaKristo.2Ndakamunwisika unkaka, kusi kulya kukukutu, nokuti amujakabanu mwakwelela ikwo, akale kojoba alo amujanu mwakwelela,3nokuti nangweno muchili benyika. Nokuti kana pelinoluchibo nokukakabajana mukati mwenu, amutoba benyika yeino na? Akale amujikumuta zwinotiwa nabanhu koga na?4Nokuti kana umwe eti, “Imi ndinotobela Paulu,” umwe eti, “Imi ndinotobela Apolosi,” amuli ibo banhu benyika na?5Ani Apolosi ndiani na? Paulu ini? Bashingi bakamuta kuti mudimbwe, umwe noumwe wakashinga sokupiwa kukwe naTezi.6Imi ndakabyala imbeyu, Apolosi wakadilila, koga Mwali ndiye wakakubusa.7Nokudalo umbyali, kana unodilila abatoba chinhu, koga ulokosha ndiMwali unokubusa.8Yoyo unobyala noyo unodilila bana chinangwa chimwempela, asi umwe noumwe unootambula indipo yiye sokushinga kukwe.9Nokuti isu tibashingikwaina baMwali, imwi muminda waMwali, muchibakwa chaMwali.10Nezwe chipiwo chandakapiwa naMwali, sombaki unabumhizha ndakabiga chimisikilo, umwe unhu ukumubaka pezhulu pacho. Nokudalo umwe noumwe ngechenjelele kuti unobaka chini pezhulu pacho.11Nokuti apana chimwe chimisikilo chingabigwa noumwe kuzhe kwecho chakabigwa kale, icho chili Jesu Kristo.12Feno kana umwe angobaka pezhulu pechimisikilo yechi nendalama, isiliva, mabwe alokosha, namapango, kana mashanga, nobuhwa,13unshingo wonhu nonhu unozwitondejela, nokuti iZhuba yelyo linoozwibhisila pachena, nokuti unoofumulwa nomoto, akale moto unookweja kuti unshingo womwe noumwe ulotiwa chini.14Kana unshingo wakabakwa nonhu pezhulu pechimisikilo ungowanikwa ulimile mushule mokukwejwa nomoto, umbaki yoyo unotambula indipo.15Asi kana unshingo wonhu ungopiswa, yoyo unolashikilwa nazwose, kojoba iye nokukwe akachijwa, asi kuchijwa kukwe kunoba sonhu wachijwa mumoto.16Imwi amutoziba na kuti mutempeli lyaMwali, akale nokuti uMpepo waMwali unogala mwamuli?17Kana unhu epalaja itempeli lyaMwali, Mwali unoompalaja. Nokuti itempeli lyaMwali ijena, akale yelyo itempeli ndimwi.18Kusibe nouchazwichengeja. Kana umwe pakati penu eyeya kuti ulochenjela nouno unshaji, ngezwite ilema kuti ebe ulochenjela.19Nokuti buchenjevu bwopenyika yeeno mayabwe kunaMwali. Nokuti zwilokwalwa kuti, “Iye unobhata bachenjevu mubuchengeji bwabo,”20akale iwhalo inchena jinoti, “Tezi unoziba kuti indangalilo jabachenjevu mayabwe.”21Nezwo kusibe nonhu unozwitunha nozwabanhu. Nokuti zwose zwinhu ngozwenu,22kungaba Paulu, kana Apolosi, kana Kefasi, kana ipasi lyose, kana bupenyu, kana lufu, kana yono unshaji kana unozha, zwose yezwi ngozwenu,23akale imwi mulibaKristo, akale Kristo ngowaMwali.
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