1Ine, Simau Pedru, wakutumikira* ndipo mtumiki wa Jezu Krixtu, ndirikunembera wale omwe adatambira cikhulupiriro cibodzi-bodzi cakufunika pabodzi na ife, kudzera kucilungamo ca Mulungu wathu na Mpulumusi Jezu Krixtu. 2Nkhombo na mtendere bziwande-wande kuna imwe, kudzera mukudziwa kwanu kwathunthu Mulungu na Jezu, Mbuya wathu.

3Mulungu mwa mphambvu zace adatipasa bzentse bzomwe tin'funa kuti tikhale na moyo wakukomera Iye, kudzera mwa kudziwa kwathunthu kwa Ule omwe adaticemera kuukulu bwace na ubwino. 4Tenepoyo, Iye adatipasa bzipiciro bzikulu ndipo bzakufunika, kuti mwa bzimwebzo imwepo mucitembo mbali ya khalidwe la Mulungu ndipo muthawe bzakuipa bzomwe bziri padziko, bzakunyosedwa na kusirira.

5Na thangwe limweri, citani bzentse kuti muthimizire ubwino pa cikhulupiriro canu, ndipo pa ubwino muthimizire kudziwa, 6pa kudziwa thimizirani kubziphata mtima, pa kubziphata mtima thimizirani kupirira, pa kupirira thimizirani makhalidwe ya kukomera Mulungu, 7pa makhalidweyo thimizirani lufoi la paubale, ndipo pa lufoi la paubale thimizirani kufunana. 8Thangwe bzinthu bzimwebzi bzikakhala kuna imwe bzicimbakula-kula pa moyo wanu, bzin'dzakucitisani kuti mudzaphate basa licidzabala bzisapo ndipo mun'dzapitiriza kudziwa kwathunthu Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu. 9Tsono ule omwe alibe bzinthu bzimwebzi ni zimola, ndipo ambandowona bziri pafupi bzokha, acimbayebwa kucenesedwa kwa bzitazo bzace bza kale.

10Ndipopo abale, limbikirani kuposa kale kuti mutsimikize kucemeredwa na kusankhulidwa kwanu, nakuti mukacita terepoyo, mun'dzagwegweduka lini cipo. 11Tenepoyo imwepo mun'dzakhala wakudalisidwa mucidzabvumizidwa kupita muUmambo bwakusaya kumala bwa Mbuya wathu Mpulumusi Jezu Krixtu.

12Ndipopo, nthawe zentse nin'dzakhala na cheru la kumbakukumbusani bzinthu bzimwebzi, napo imwepo mucibzidziwa kale, ndipo mudakhazizika pa cadidi comwe mudatambira. 13Ndirikuwona kuti ni bzakufunika, pomwe ndiri mucikumbi comwe ni thupi lino, ndilamusire kukumbuka kwanu, 14thangwe nin'dziwa kuti mwakusaya kucedwa nin'dzasiya cikumbi comwe ni thupi lino, ninga momwe Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu adandiwonesa kale. 15Ine nin'dzabziumiriza kuti, napombo ndikadzafa, imwepo mudzakhale wakukwanisa kukumbukira bzinthu bzimwebzi nthawe zentse.

16Ife pomwe tidalewa bza mphambvu na kubwera kwa Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu, tikhatewera lini bzindzano bzapezi bzakukondzedwa na ndzeru za wanthu. Tsono ife-letu ndife mboni omwe tidawona na maso yathu ukulu bwace. 17Jezu Krixtu adatambira mbiri na ukulu kucokera kuna Mulungu Baba, pomwe kuukulu bwakuposa kudabveka fala lakuti: “Umweyu ni Mwana wangu wakufunika, omwe ambandikondweresa”† 18Ife-letu tidabva fala limweri likhacokera kudzulu, pomwe tikhali na Iye paphiri lakucena.

19Tenepoyo, tinalo fala lakutsimikizika la apolofita, ndipo imwepo mun'dzacita bwino mukadzalitetekera na cheru. Falalo liri ninga ciphani-phani cimbangwereweresa pambuto ina mdima, kufikira kunja kucene ndipo nyenyezi ya madandakweca itoye mumitima mwanu. 20Cakuyamba, dziwani kuti palibe cipolofita muBzakunembedwa cin'cokera kwa ndzeru za wanthu, 21nakuti cipo palibe cipolofita cidabwera kucokera kwa wanthu, tsono wanthu‡ adalewa bza Mulungu, mwakutsogoleredwa na Mzimu Wakucena.