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5 Tenepo, tewezerani Mulungu ninga wana wace wakufunidwa, 2 ndipo pitirizani kumbalatizana lufoyi, ninga momwe Kristu adatifunira* acibzipereka thangwe ra ife* ninga mphaso na ntsembe yakununtcira kwa Mulungu.
3 Upombo ayai uputa,* bzinthu bzakunyantsa bza mtundu uli-wentse na umbombo bzileke kulewedwa pakati panu, thangwe bzimwebzi mpsakuthemera lini kwa wanthu wakucena. 4 Lekani kumbalewa bza khalidwe lakupasa manyazi, mafala yakupusa ayai nthabwala zakutukwana, bzomwe ni bzinthu bzakusaya kuthemera. M’mbuto mwace, mbatendani Mulungu. 5 Pakuti imwepo mumbadziwa bzimwebzi na kubvesesa bwino kuti, anyakucita upombo ayai uputa,* wanthu wakupswipa, wanthu wa umbombo bzomwe bzimbathandauza kunamata bzifanikiso, an’dzapita lini mu Umambo bwa Kristu na bwa Mulungu.
6 Lekani kubvuma kuti munthu akupumpseni na mafala yapezi-pezi, pakuti Mulungu an’dzapasa nyathwa anyakusaya kubvera thangwe ra bzinthu bzimwebzi. 7 Ndipopa, lekani kumbacitambo nawo bzimwebzi; 8 pakuti, pakuyamba imwepo mukhali mu mdima, koma tsapano ndimwe ceza mwakubverana na Mbuya. Tenepo, fambani ninga wana wa ceza. 9 Pakuti cisapo ca ceza, ni ubwino bwentse, cirungamo na cadidi. 10 Pitirizani kutsimikiza kuti mpsiponi bzinthu bzakubvumizika kwa Mbuya. 11 Lekani kucita pomwe mabasa ya mu mdima yomwe yambabala lini bzisapo; m’mbuto mwace, latizani padeca kuti mabasayo njakuipa. 12 Pakuti bzinthu bzomwe iwo ambacita mwacintsintsi, mpsakupasa manyazi napo kubzilewa. 13 Bzinthu bzentse bzimbazimbulidwa na ceza, pakuti bzinthu bzentse bzomwe bzimbazimbulidwabzo bzimbakhala ceza. 14 Ndipopa bzidanembedwa kuti: “Muka, iwe omwe ukugonawe, lamuka kwa anyakufa ndipo Kristu an’dzakubvunika.”
15 Tenepo, khalani tceru kuti muleke kufamba ninga wanthu wakusaya nzeru, koma ninga wanthu wanzeru, 16 mucimbaphatisa bwino basa nthawe yanu,* thangwe ntsikuzi zaipa. 17 Na thangwe limweri, lekani kukhala atsiru koma pitirizani kuzindikira kufuna kwa Yahova. 18 Ndipo lekani kuledzera na vinyu, thangwe imbacitisa munthu kukhala na makhalidwe yakuipa, koma khalani wakudzala na mzimu wakucena. 19 Imbani pabodzi masalimo, nyimbo zakutumbiza Mulungu na nyimbo zauzimu, muciimbira Yahova nyimbo zakumutumbiza na mtima wentse. 20 Nthawe zentse mbatendani Mulungu wathu na Baba thangwe ra bzinthu bzentse mu dzina la Mbuya wathu Jezu Kristu.
21 Ali-wentse ambabvere mwanzace thangwe ra kulemekeza Kristu. 22 Akazi ambabvere amuna wawo ninga momwe ambabvera Mbuya, 23 thangwe mwamuna ni msolo wa mkazace ninga momwe Kristu aliri msolo wa gwere na mpulumusi wa thupiro.* 24 Tenepo, ninga momwe gwere limbabvera Kristu, akazi an’funikambo kumbabvera amuna wawo pa bzentse. 25 Amunamwe, pitirizani kumbafuna akazanu ninga momwe Kristu adafunira gwere, acibzipereka thangwe ra gwerelo, 26 acilicenesa mwa kulitsuka na madzi yomwe ni Fala la Mulungu, 27 kuti gwerelo likhale lakudeka m’maso mwace, lakusaya nthontsa, ne matsinya ayai bzinthu bzinango bzakundendemerana nabzo, koma likhale lakucena na lakusaya cirema.
28 Mu njira ibodzi-bodziyi, amuna ambafune akazi wawo ninga momwe ambafunira thupi lawo. Mwamuna omwe ambafuna mkazace, ambabzifunambo yekha. 29 Pakuti palibe munthu omwe adawenga kale thupi lace, koma ambalidyesa acilisamalira bwino ninga momwe Kristu ambacitirambo na gwere, 30 thangwe ndife bziwalo bza thupi lace. 31 “Na thangwe limweri, mwamuna an’dzasiya pai wace na mai wace, acidzaphatana na mkazi wace ndipo awiriwo an’dzakhala thupi libodzi.” 32 Cintsintsi cikulu cakupambulika comwe ndikulewaci, cikulewa bza Kristu na gwere. 33 Tenepo, munthu ali-wentse ambafune mkazace ninga momwe ambabzifunira iye yekha; ndipo mkazi ambalemekezembo kwene-kwene mwamuna wace.