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Libwe lya ughima na iwanu wahenzeluke
1 Apfo mghaleke ghose ghehile na ughutsu na ung'enye na chepfu na ukwilonga pfihile. 2 Mwighale ne iwana wadowado, iwelekighwe sambi pfawosulukila kong'a ghamatombo, namwe msulukile matombo ghanoghile igholawa mne Imbuli ye Imulungu, ili mkule na ukukombolighwa, 3 ka kweli mmanya Imtwatsa ka mluso.
4 Mghendeleni Imtwatsa, yeye ka libwe lye ughima ililemighwe ne iwanu, lekeni lisaghulighwa ne Imulungu ka libwe linoghile kuna yeye. 5 Pfipfila namwe, mumghendele ka ghamabwe gha ughima, imkatsengighwe muwe ing'anda ye chimuhe na kuwa watambika wahenzeluka, kwa kulapfa nambiko tsa muhe itsitogholighwa ne Imulungu kubitila Yesu Kiristu. 6 Kwaapfila Ghamaandiko Mahenzeluka gholonga,
“Lola, nakwika libwe ako Sayuni,
libwe kulu lya ghumsingi lya hane membe, ilisaghulighwe na libwe linoghile.
Munu wowose iyomtoghola ng'atsoghelighwa chinyala bae.”
7 Lelo kuna mwemwe yamtoghola, libwe lino linogha. Lekeni kwa iwanu yang'awotoghola, ka Ghamaandiko Mahenzeluka pfagholonga, “Libwe ililemighwe ne iwanu iwotsenga, liwa libwe kulu lya ghumsingi lya hane membe.” 8 kuya gholonga,
“Libwe alyo libwe lya ukwikwala iwanu,
na libambalawe lya ukuwaghwisa iwanu.”
Iwanu wekwala kwaapfila ng'awaitoghola bae imbuli ila, apfi pfipfo pfawekelighwe kulawa ghumwande.
9 Lekeni mwemwe mwa iwanu imsaghulighwe, watambika wa Mndewa, kingili lye iwanu wahenzeluka, iwanu we Imulungu mwenyegho, iyamsaghulighwe kutsipeta sang'ano ng'ulu tse Imulungu iyawakemile kulawa mchisi mwingile mne ghumwanga ghwake ighukangawatsa. 10 Ghumwande mwemwe ng'amkalile bae iwanu we Imulungu, lekeni sambi mwemwe mwa iwanu wake, ghamatsuwa agho ng'ambokele bae libatsi lyake, lekeni sambi mbokela libatsi lyake.
Mkale ka iwatumwa we Imulungu
11 Wandughu tsangu, nowalombani, mwemwe ka iwahenza na iwabita nzila hano muisi, mtsileke tsitamaa tsihile itsitowa ne muhe tsenu. 12 Mkale ghoya mghati mwe iwanu ing'awommanya Imulungu, hata ka watsowaghutsukilani mtenda ghehile, hawatsoghona ghamatendo ghenu, watsomtunya Imulungu mne litsuwa lyatsakutsa kuwahigha iwanu.
13 Wahulikitseni iwanu wane ukulu kwaajili ya Imtwatsa, mumuhulikitse imndewa iyali mtawala mkulu, 14 au iwakulu iwasaghulighwe naye kuwahigha iwanu wala iwotenda ghehile na kuwatunya iwanu iwotenda ghanoghile. 15 Kwaapfila Imulungu kobama kubitila mwemwe kutenda ghanoghile, muwatende iwanu wabotsi waleke kulonga mbuli ng'awatsimanyile bae. 16 Mkale ka iwanu iweyanzale, lekeni mleke kutumila ukwiyanzala kwenu ka chibangitsilo cha kutenda ghehile, mkale ka iwatumwa we Imulungu. 17 Mleke kumbetsa munu wowose, muwanoghele Wakiristu wayenu, mumpfuke Imulungu na mleke kumbetsa imndewa.
Ghumfano wa ukudununzika kwa Kiristu
18 Mwemwe iwatumwa muwahulikitse watwatsa wenu kwa kuwapfuka, si awala iwanoghile ne iwahole waliheka, ila hata awala iwali wakali. 19 Mana Imulungu katsombalikini mng'adudumila ghamaghayo ghang'ambamighwe bae mghaye kwaapfila mwomwalangula Imulungu. 20 Angu mtsopata choni kwa kududumila ukutowighwa kwa matotso ghamtenda? Lekeni ka mwoghanzika kwa kutenda ghanoghile na mwodudumila, Imulungu katsombalikini. 21 Agho ghagho ghamkemelighwe, kwaapfila Kiristu tsakawadununzikilani mwemwe, kamlekeleni ghumfano, apfo mtende ka pfatendile yeye. 22 “Ng'atendile nzambi bae, wala ng'ana yalonge ughutsu bae.” 23 Hawamlighile, yeye ng'awalighile bae, hawamdununze, yeye ng'awatendile wapfuke bae, ila kamlolela Imulungu iyohigha ghoya. 24 Kiristu imwenyegho kabapa nzambi tsetu mlukuli mwake mna msalaba ili tuleke kutenda nzambi na tukale kwa ukumnoghelesa Imulungu. Kwa pfilonda pfake mwemwe muhonetsighwa. 25 Kwaapfila mwemwe tsamkala ka iwang'olo iwaghile, lekeni sambi mmuyila Imdimi na Mbetetsi wa ughima wenu.