Badiyi be gubungano
1 Ndebo iyeyi malebeswa: Ha mmwe eyemula kube nlingi we gubungano unoyemula nshingo nkulu. 2 Ngono nlingi we gubungano wakafanila kube akatambunuka, ali nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela, akadzikama, akatitja, ana ntutshi, ana buthu, etubula diya, 3 asingalaladze, asina ngwa, koga ana moyo nnyolo, asina zhoba, asingade mari. 4 Wakafanila tubula kuyendisa nsha uwe zubuyanana, ediya bana babe kunhwa, benteta kwakafanila. 5 Ha nlume asingazibe kuyendisa nsha uwe, apa ungatjengeta gubungano le Ndzimu tjini kene? 6 Azofanila kube ali nthu wakashanduka ngwenu, ngobe ungadwa ezwikudza ndizo kasumikilisiwa sekwa Satani akasumikilisiwa. 7 Wakafanila kube ana zina buyanana muna bakuzhe, kuti ndizo asitobokiwe kawila mu dati la Satani.
Batiyakoni be gubungano
8 Batiyakoni na ibobo bakafanila kube balume banofanigwa nge kutetiwa, bana malebeswa, basingagale ngolaladza kakale basina bugovu gwe fumwa. 9 Bakafanila bhatilila mu malebeswa e kugalamoyo bana hana mbuyanana. 10 Bakafanila lingisisiwa kutanga, ngono ha kusina tjimwe tjisakalingisana nge kwabo, ngabashinge bali batiyakoni. 11 Sa ikoko, bakadzi bakafanila kube bakadzi bakafanigwa ngotetiwa, basi banotjinya bamwe mazina, koga bali gedzikane, begalikabgwe mu tjimwe ne tjimwe. 12 Ntiyakoni wakafanila kube nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela, kakale wakafanila kulela bana babe ne nsha uwe zubuyanana. 13 Ibabo banoshinga zubuyanana banowana tjimo tjakanaka nenge ganyo mu bugalimoyo gwabo muna Kirisiti Jesu.
Masazibgwe makulu
14 Nenguba ndigalabgwe kuzha ku kuli tjinyolotjo, ndokukwalila milayo iyeyi kuti ndizo 15 ha ndinonoka, unowoziba bathu sekwa bakafanila kuzwibhata mu ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ilo gubungano le Ndzimu unotjila, phanda ne luswingo gwe malebeswa. 16 Nge malebeswa akuna ungalamba masazibgwe e bugalimoyo gwedu:
Wakazha ali nthu,
Meya ikalakidza kuti unolebesa,
kabong'wa nge batumwa be kudzimu.
Kasumikigwa pakati kwe zwitjaba,
kukagagwamoyo munli mu shango yose
katolegwa kudzimu mu gudzo.
Badiyi be gubungano
1 Ndebo iyeyi malebeswa: Ha mmwe eyemula kube nlingi we gubungano unoyemula nshingo nkulu. 2 Ngono nlingi we gubungano wakafanila kube akatambunuka, ali nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela, akadzikama, akatitja, ana ntutshi, ana buthu, etubula diya, 3 asingalaladze, asina ngwa, koga ana moyo nnyolo, asina zhoba, asingade mari. 4 Wakafanila tubula kuyendisa nsha uwe zubuyanana, ediya bana babe kunhwa, benteta kwakafanila. 5 Ha nlume asingazibe kuyendisa nsha uwe, apa ungatjengeta gubungano le Ndzimu tjini kene? 6 Azofanila kube ali nthu wakashanduka ngwenu, ngobe ungadwa ezwikudza ndizo kasumikilisiwa sekwa Satani akasumikilisiwa. 7 Wakafanila kube ana zina buyanana muna bakuzhe, kuti ndizo asitobokiwe kawila mu dati la Satani.
Batiyakoni be gubungano
8 Batiyakoni na ibobo bakafanila kube balume banofanigwa nge kutetiwa, bana malebeswa, basingagale ngolaladza kakale basina bugovu gwe fumwa. 9 Bakafanila bhatilila mu malebeswa e kugalamoyo bana hana mbuyanana. 10 Bakafanila lingisisiwa kutanga, ngono ha kusina tjimwe tjisakalingisana nge kwabo, ngabashinge bali batiyakoni. 11 Sa ikoko, bakadzi bakafanila kube bakadzi bakafanigwa ngotetiwa, basi banotjinya bamwe mazina, koga bali gedzikane, begalikabgwe mu tjimwe ne tjimwe. 12 Ntiyakoni wakafanila kube nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela, kakale wakafanila kulela bana babe ne nsha uwe zubuyanana. 13 Ibabo banoshinga zubuyanana banowana tjimo tjakanaka nenge ganyo mu bugalimoyo gwabo muna Kirisiti Jesu.
Masazibgwe makulu
14 Nenguba ndigalabgwe kuzha ku kuli tjinyolotjo, ndokukwalila milayo iyeyi kuti ndizo 15 ha ndinonoka, unowoziba bathu sekwa bakafanila kuzwibhata mu ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ilo gubungano le Ndzimu unotjila, phanda ne luswingo gwe malebeswa. 16 Nge malebeswa akuna ungalamba masazibgwe e bugalimoyo gwedu:
Wakazha ali nthu,
Meya ikalakidza kuti unolebesa,
kabong'wa nge batumwa be kudzimu.
Kasumikigwa pakati kwe zwitjaba,
kukagagwamoyo munli mu shango yose
katolegwa kudzimu mu gudzo.