1Nin'funa kuti imwepo mudziwe kuti basa lomwe ndirikukucitirani ni lamphambvu kwene-kwene kwa imwe, kwa omwe ali kuLaudiseya na kwa wentse omwe akanati kundiwona maso na maso. 2Nimbabzilimbikisa kuti iwo akhale wakukhwima m'mitima mwawo, wakuphatana mulufoi ndipo kuti akhale na udali bwentse bwa kubvesesa kwathunthu, kuti adziwisise mwathunthu cintsinsi ca Mulungu, comwe ni Krixtu. 3Mwa Krixtuyo cidabisika cuma centse ca ndzeru na ca udziwi. 4Ine ndirikukuuzani bzimwebzi kuti winango aleke kukunyengezani na mafala yomwe yangawoneke ninga yabwino. 5Pakuti ngakhale ndiri patali na imwe muthupi, mumzimu ndiri namwe, ndipo ndirikukomedwa na kuwona momwe mulikufambisira bzinthu na momwe cikhulupiriro canu cidaimira mwa Krixtu.

6Tenepayu ninga imwe mudatambira Krixtu Jezu acikhala Mbuya wanu, pitirizani kukhala muna Iye, 7mucikhala na mizi na kukwima mwa Iye, mucilimbikira pa cikhulupiriro, ninga momwe mudapfundzisidwa, mukhale wakutenda kwene-kwene.

8Khalani na cheru kuti winango aleke kukucitani anyagirinya mwa udziwi bwakusaya basa na bwakunyengeza bomwe bun'cokera kubzipfundziso bzaciunthu na miyambo ya dziko lino*, ndipo sikuti mwa Krixtu.

9Pakuti muthupi la Krixtu umulungu bwentse bwathunthu bumbakhala m'mwemo, 10ndipo, pakukhala mwa Iye, imwepo mudakhala wakukwana. Iye ndiye Msolo wa mphambvu zentse na utongi bwentse. 11Mwa Iye imwembo mudacitidwa msinda wa mgwato, sikuti msinda wa mgwato wakucitidwa na manja ya wanthu nee, koma msinda wa m'gwato wakucitidwa na Krixtu, omwe ni kucosa thupi la nyama†. 12Nakuti imwepo pomwe mudabatizidwa, mudafuciridwa pabodzi na Iye, ndipo na Iye mudalamusidwa kudzera mucikhulupiriro na mphambvu za Mulungu zomwe zidamulamusa pakati pa wakufa.

13Pomwe imwe mukhali wakufa thangwe ra bzitazo ndipo na kusaya kucitidwa msinda wa mgwato wa thupi lanu‡, Mulungu adakupasani moyo pabodzi na Krixtu. Iye adatirekerera bzitazo bzathu bzentse. 14Ndipo adapfudza tsamba la mangawa, lomwe likhali la mitemo, yomwe ikhatipundiza. Iye adalimalisa pakulikhomera pamtanda. 15Na tenepo, adawapsokonyola mphambvu na utongi acicita kuti bzikhale ciwonesero cakusekesa padeca, adawatenga ninga wam'kawoko kuti awonese kukunda kwace pamtanda. 16Na tenepo, lekani kulekerera kuti ali-yentse akutongeseni thangwe ra bzomwe mumbadya ayai kumwa, ngakhale na kufuna kwa cikondwereso ca wakupemba ayai cikondwereso ca minyezi ipsa ayai ntsiku za malinkhuma. 17Bzinthu bzimwebzi ni bzithunzi-thunzi bza bzomwe bzikhafuna kubwera. Tsono cadidi§ cimbagumanika mwa Krixtu. 18Lekani kulekerera winango kuti akuletseni kutambira mpfupo. Munthu umweyo ambafuna kubziwonesa ninga ni wakubzicepesa pakumbapemba anju, ambalewa mwandondomeko bzinthu bza maso-mphenya yace, ndipo ambabzikuza mwakuteweza ndzeru zace zaciunthu. 19Munthuyo alibe kuphatana na Krixtu omwe ni Msolo. Kudzera mwa Msoloyo thupi lentse limbatambira mphambvu ndipo ni lakuphatana mwakulumikidzana mwace na mumpfundo. Na tenepoyo, thupiro limbakula ninga momwe Mulungu an'funira.

20Imwepo mudafa kale pabodzi na Krixtu, na tenepo mun'teweza lini pomwe miyambo** ya dziko lino. Tsono thangwe ranyi mun'khala ninga mukali m'dzikomo mulikuteweza miyambo iyi: 21“Leka kuphata ici!”, “Leka kulawidza cire!”, “Leka kukhuya cinango cire!”? 22Miyambo imwei yentse imbalewa bza bzinthu bzomwe bzinimala na kuphatisidwa basa, nakuti imbacokera kumitemo na kubzipfundziso bza wanthu. 23Cadidi, miyambo imweyi imbawoneka ninga udziwi, icimbakhala ninga kupemba kwacaiko, kubzicepesa kwakunama na kuboneresa thupi, tsono bziribe phindu liri-rentse kuti bzingathandize pakukunda cifuniro ca thupi††.