Church Worship
1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people; 2 for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence toward God and with proper conduct. 3 This is good and it pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved, 7 and that is why I was sent as an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles, to proclaim the message of faith and truth. I am not lying; I am telling the truth!
8 In every church service I want the men to pray, men who are dedicated to God and can lift up their hands in prayer without anger or argument. 9 I also want the women to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly; not with fancy hair styles or with gold ornaments or pearls or expensive dresses, 10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who claim to be religious. 11 Women should learn in silence and all humility. 12 I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet. 13 For Adam was created first, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and broke God's law. 15 But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.
Kunamata Ndzimu kwe gubungano
1 Ngwenu, tjekutanga ndokukulumbidza kuti kukumbila ne mitembezelo ne kutembezelela bamwe ne kutenda kuyitigwe bathu bose, 2 kuyitigwe bomambo na ibabo bana masimba, kuti ndizo titjile butjilo gwe kunyalala ne mbakiso mu kunamata Ndzimu nge zila dzose. 3 Oku kwakanaka kakale koshathisa Ndzimu Ntjidzi wedu, 4 iye unoshaka kuti bathu bose batjidziwe kakale bazhe mu luzibo gwe malebeswa. 5 Ngobe kuna Ndzimu nng'ompela kakale kuna n'gadzanyi nng'ompela pakati kwe Ndzimu ne bathu, iye Kirisiti Jesu, ali nthu. 6 Iye wakazwipa se nlipilili we bathu bose, sa ikoko butendeki gwakapiwa nge tjibaka tjago tjakafanila. 7 Ngekwa ikoko, ndakashalugwa kube nsumikili ne ntumwa wa Jesu, kudiya Bezwitjaba* bugalimoyo ne malebeswa, ndolebesa anditonyepa.
8 Ndoshaka kuti balume kumwe ne kumwe batembezele nge njalakang'wa dzakatjena, basakagwadzamoyo kakale basingakangazhane. 9 Kakale ndoshaka kuti bakadzi baambale zubuyanana, kwakafanila, kakale kwakalulwama, kusi nge mavudzi akalukiwa kanakisiwa nge golide kene nge mabgwe mabuya anothama ndalama kene zwiambalo zwe ntengo upezhugwi, 10 koga nge mishingo yakanaka, yakafanila bakadzi banolakidza kutja Ndzimu. 11 Nkadzi wakafanila kuzwidiya akanyalala ne kuzwiyisa pasi kwakapelela. 12 Anditodumila nkadzi kudiya kene kube nge simba pezhugwi kwe nlume, wakafanila nyalala. 13 Ngobe Adamu wakabumbiwa kutanga, kukoti Efa. 14 Kakale Adamu aazotjebegwa, koga nkadzi ndiye wakatjebegwa, ndizo kasilondolodze nlayo we Ndzimu. 15 Koga nkadzi unowotjidziwa ngokutshibama, ha badwilila mu kugalamoyo nenge ludo nenge kuyengemala nenge kudzikama.