Lakuyamba Lakuyenda kwa 1 Juwau
3 Onani lufoyi likulu lomwe Baba adalilatiza kwa ifepano, mwa kutipasa mwayi wakucemeredwa wana wa Mulungu. Ndipo ndifedi wana wace. Tsono dziko limbatidziwa lini, thangwe iro liribe kufika pa kumudziwa iye. 2 Wakufunidwa abale, tsapano ndife wana wa Mulungu, tsono bzikanati kuzimbulidwa kuti tin’dzakhala yani. Tikudziwa kuti iye akadzawonekera, ifepano tin’dzakhala ninga iye, thangwe tin’dzamuwona ninga momwe iye aliri. 3 Ndipo ali-wentse omwe ana cidikhiro cimweci mwa iye, ambabzicenesa ninga momwe iye aliri wakucena.
4 Ali-wentse omwe ambacita pikado ambakhalambo akuphonyera lamulo. Thangwe pikado ni kuphonyera lamulo. 5 Imwepo mun’dziwambo kuti iye adabwera* kuti adzacose pikado zathu ndipo iye alibe pikado. 6 Munthu ali-wentse omwe ambapitiriza kukhala wakuphatana na iye ambacita lini pikado; munthu omwe ambacita pikado ambamudziwa lini ndipo ne ambamukhulupira lini. 7 Wanamwe, lekani kubvuma kuti munthu akupumpseni; munthu omwe ambacita bzinthu bzakulungama, ngwakulungama, ninga momwe iye aliri wakulungama. 8 Munthu omwe ambacita pikado ali kumbali* ya Dyabu, thangwe Dyabu akucita pikado kuyambira paciyambi. Thangwe ra bzimwebzi, Mwana wa Mulungu adawonekera kuti apfudze mabasa ya Dyabu.
9 Munthu ali-wentse omwe ni mwana wa Mulungu ambapitiriza lini kucita pikado, thangwe mzimu Wace wakucena* umbapitiriza kukhala mwa munthu umweyu ndipo iye ambacita lini pikado thangwe ni mwana wa Mulungu. 10 Wana wa Mulungu na wana wa Dyabu ambadziwika mu njira iyi: Munthu ule omwe ambacita lini bzinthu bzacirungamo, alibe kucokera kwa Mulungu ndipo mpsibodzi-bodzimbo na munthu ule omwe ambafuna lini m’bale wace. 11 Pakuti yamweya ni mafala yomwe mudabva kuyambira paciyambi, yakuti timbafunane; 12 tin’funika lini kukhala ninga Kaini, omwe ni mwana wa Dyabu* ndipo adapha m’bale wace. Tsono thangwe ranyi iye adapha m’bale waceyo? Thangwe mabasa yace yakhali yakuipa, koma mabasa ya m’bale waceyo yakhali yakulungama.
13 Abale, dziko likambakuwengani lekani kudabwa. 14 Ifepano tikudziwa kuti tikhadafa, tsono pano tina moyo thangwe timbafuna abale. Ule omwe ambafuna lini m’bale wace ndiye kuti akali wakufa. 15 Pakuti munthu ali-wentse omwe ambawenga m’bale wace ngwakupha, ndipo imwepo mukudziwa kuti munthu wakupha an’dzatambira lini moyo wakusaya kumala. 16 Thangwe ra bzimwebzi, ifepano tadziwa lufoyi pakuti iye adapereka moyo wace thangwe ra ife, ndipo ifepanombo tin’funika kupereka moyo wathu thangwe ra abale wathu. 17 Tsono penu munthu anabzo bzinthu bzentse bzakuti asamalire nabzo moyo wace, ndipo akuwona m’bale wace akufuna thandizo, koma ne kumubvera ntsisi, kodi munthu umweyu ambafuna Mulungu? 18 Wana wangu wakufunidwa, ifepano tin’funika kumbafunana, sikuti na mafala yokha ayai na pa mulomo pokha, koma tin’funika kumbalatizana lufoyi lacadidi m’bzicito bzathu.
19 Mwa njira imweyi tin’dzadziwa kuti tidacokera m’cadidi ndipo tin’dzaderekhesa mitima yathu pamaso pace. 20 Ndipo napo mitima yathu icitipasa mulandu, Mulungu ni mkulu kuposa mitima yathuyo ndipo iye ambadziwa bzinthu bzentse. 21 Abale wakufunidwa, penu mtima wathu un’tipasa lini mulandu ndiye kuti tin’khala na ufulu bwakulewalewa na Mulungu. 22 Ndipo cinthu ciri-centse comwe tingamukumbire iye an’dzatipasa, thangwe timbabvera malamulo yace, ndipo timbacita bzinthu bzomwe bzimbamudekera. 23 Kulewa cadidi, lamulo lace ndakuti tikhale na cikhulupiro m’dzina la Mwana wace Jezu Kristu nakuti timbafunane mwakubverana na lamulo lomwe iye adatipasa. 24 Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, ule omwe ambabvera malamulo yace, ambapitiriza kukhala wakuphatana na iye ndipo iyembo ambakhala wakuphatana naye. Ndipo thangwe ra mzimu omwe iye adatipasa, tikudziwa kuti iye an’dzapitiriza kukhala wakuphatana nafe.