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1 Bhai uwe tubhaga tubhakamula liengo pamo na a Nnungu, tunakunshondelesheyanga nnaposhelanje nema ja a Nnungu pa yoyo.
2 Pabha a Nnungu Mmajandiko ga Ukonjelo bhakuti,
“Malanga ga pwaa nampilikanishiye,
malanga ga ntapulo nannjangutile.”
Bhai nnole, nnaino ni malanga ga pwaa, na lyubha lya ntapulo ni lelo.
Shilaje sha a Pauli
3 Tukaapinga kubha shigwegwe kuka mundu jojowe, wala kwaatendanga bhandunji bhatugambanje nniengo lyetu.
4 Ikabheje, kwa kila shindu tulanguye kuti tubhatumishi bha a Nnungu, tulikwiipililila mmobha ga laga na mmboteko na nshilaje.
5 Nkukomwa na Nkutabhwa na nkutendelwa pujo, na tokoteka maengo, tushisheya na laga shibhanga.
6 Tuilanguye kuti tubhatumishi bha a Nnungu kwa mitima ja takata, na kwa lumanyio na kwa kwipililila na kwa uguja, kwa Mbumu jwa Ukonjelo, na nkupingana kwa kweli,
7 na nkulunguya ntenga gwa kweli, na kwa mashili ga a Nnungu. Ikomanilo yetu ya komanilana na ya kwiitapulila ni itendi ya aki.
8 Nkuishimiwa eu kwa nyegaywa, kwa gambwa eu kwa lumbililwa. Tuliganishiwa mbuti tubhanami, mbena itubheleketa ya kweli.
9 Tunabhoneka mbuti tukamanyika mbena tunamanyika na bhowe, tulibhoneka mbuti bhawilenje, mbena tubhabhakoto, tulikomwa ikabheje tukaabhulagwa.
10 Mbuti tushiinjika ikabheje tunaangalala mobha gowe. Mbuti twangali indu, mbena tunakwapanganga bhandu bhabhagwinji indu, tunabhoneka mbuti twangali shindu shoshowe, mbena tukwete indu yowe.
11 Mmanganya Bhakolinto, tunabheleketa na mmanganyanji kopoka mmitima jetu.
12 Uwe twangaleka kumpinganga mmanganyanji, ikabheje mmanganyanji nshikananga kutupinga uwe.
13 Bhai, nnaino ngunabheleketa na mmanganyanji mbuti ashibhanangu, bhai ntupinganje malinga shitukumpinganga.
Nnalundananje na Bhakaakulupalilanga
14 Nnapangananje mbwiga na bhandunji bhakakwakulupalilanga a Kilishitu. Bhuli, aki na yangali ya mmbone inapatana? Shilangaya na lubhindu inatama pamo?
15 Bhuli a Kilishitu bhanapatana naka Lishetani? Eu akulupalila anapatana na akaakulupalila?
16 Likanisha jipatana bhuli na kuitindibhalila yanamu? Pabha uwe likanisha bhali bhakoto. Malinga shibhashite bheleketa a Nnungu bhayene,
“Shindame mmitima jabhonji,
na tama munkumbi gwabhonji.
Shime Nnungu jwabhonji,
na bhalabhonji shibhabhanganje bhandunji bhangu.”
17 Kwa nneyo Bhakulungwa bhakuti,
“Nshokangananje munkumbi gwabhonji
nnabhandikane nabhonji.
Nnakwayanje shindu sha nyata,
na nne shinimposhelanje.
18 Nne
shime na ng'inagwenunji,
na mmanganya shimmanganje ashibhanangu bhanabhalume na bhanabhakongwe, bhanabheleketa Bhakulungwa Bhakwete Mashili.”