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.
How To Pray
1 First of all, I ask you to pray for everyone. Ask God to help and bless them all, and tell God how thankful you are for each of them. 2 Pray for kings and others in power, so we may live quiet and peaceful lives as we worship and honor God. 3 This kind of prayer is good, and it pleases God our Savior. 4 God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth, which is,
5 There is only one God,
and Christ Jesus
is the only one
who can bring us
to God.
Jesus was truly human,
and he gave himself
to rescue all of us.
6 God showed us this
at the right time.
7 This is why God chose me to be a preacher and an apostle of the good news. I am telling the truth. I am not lying. God sent me to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
8 I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.
9 I would like for women to wear modest and sensible clothes. They should not have fancy hairdos, or wear expensive clothes, or put on jewelry made of gold or pearls. 10 Women who claim to love God should do helpful things for others, 11 and they should learn by being quiet and paying attention. 12 They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do. 13 After all, Adam was created before Eve, 14 and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned. 15 But women will be saved by having children, if they stay faithful, loving, holy, and modest.