Lakuyenda kwa Aefezo
2 Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, Mulungu adakucitisani kukhala wamoyo pomwe mukhadafa thangwe ra bzakuphonya bzanu na pikado zanu, 2 zomwe imwepo mukhacita pomwe mukhakhala na moyo mwakubverana na dzikoli. Imwepo mukhatsogoleredwa na ule omwe akutonga mphuwe yomwe imbatsogolera wanthu. Mphuwe imweyi, ayai makumbukidwe yamweya, tsapano yakuphata basa kwa wanthu wakusaya kubvera. 3 Inde, tentsenefe pomwe tikhali pakati pawo m’mbuyomu, tikhacitambo bzinthu mwakubverana na bzikhumbo bza thupi lathu, ticicita kufuna kwa thupi na kwa makumbukidwe yathu, ndipo ifepano tikhali wana wakuthemera ukali bwa Mulungu ninga wanthu winangowa. 4 Tsono Mulungu, omwe ngwantsisi kwene-kwene, adatifuna thangwe ra lufoyi lace likulu, 5 acitipasa moyo pabodzi na Kristu, napo pomwe tikhadafa thangwe ra bzakuphonya bzathu; ndipo thangwe ra kudeka mtima kwace kukulu imwepo mudapulumusidwa. 6 Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, Mulungu adatilamusa pabodzi na iye, [omwe ni Kristu Jezu] aciticitisa kukhala naye pabodzi m’mbuto zakudzulu mwakubverana na Kristu Jezu. 7 Mulungu an’dzacita bzimwebzi m’dziko lipsa lomwe likubweralo. Iye an’dzatilatiza kudeka mtima kwace kukulu kwene-kwene, akadzacitira bzabwino ife omwe ndife wakuphatana na Kristu Jezu.
8 Thangwe ra kudeka mtima kukulu kumweku, imwepo mwapulumusidwa thangwe ra cikhulupiro canu. Bzimwebzi bzikhali lini bzakuthemera kwa imwepo, koma ni mphaso yakucokera kwa Mulungu. 9 Ndipo imwepo ne mulibe kupulumusidwa thangwe ra mabasa yanu, kuti paleke kuwoneka munthu wakukhala na mathangwe yakubzikuzira. 10 Pakuti ndife mabasa ya manja ya Mulungu ndipo tidalengedwa mwakubverana na Kristu Jezu, kuti ticite mabasa yabwino yomwe Mulungu adayakhazikisiratu kuti ifepano tiyacite.
11 Tenepo, kumbukirani kuti imwepo ndimwe lini Adjuda, ndipo wanthu omwe adacitidwa “mgwatidwe”* na manja ya wanthu, akhakucemerani kuti “anyakusaya kucitidwa mgwatidwe.” 12 Mumbakumbukirembo kuti pa nthawe yomwe mukhalibe Kristu, mukhali wakutalikirana na Jirayeri, mucikhalambo alendo wakusaya kudziwika m’mipangano ya lumbirolo. Imwepo mukhalibe cidikhiro ndipo mukhalibe Mulungu m’dzikoli. 13 Koma mwakubverana na Kristu Jezu, imwepo omwe kale-kale mukhali kutali, tsapano muli pafupi thangwe ra mulopa wa Kristu. 14 Pakuti iye adatibweresera mtendere, adacitisa kuti mathimu mawiri yakhale thimu libodzi ndipo adapfudzambo mpanda omwe ukhambagawa mathimu mawiriyo. 15 Na thupi lace, iye adapfudza comwe cimbayambisa ciwengo, mwakuti Lamulo lidaperekedwa ninga mitemo, kuti mathimu mawiri yale yakhale yakubverana na iye, aciyakhalisa munthu m’bodzi mupsa na kukhazikisa mtendere. 16 Ndipo adabveranisa wanthu wentsewo kuti akhale thupi libodzi na Mulungu, mwakuphatisa basa muti wakuzunzidwira.* Iye adapfudza ciwengo mwakuphatisa basa thupi lace. 17 Ndipo iye adabwera kudzapalizira mafala yabwino ya mtendere kwa imwepo omwe mukhali kutali na Mulungu na kwa wale omwe akhali pafupi na iye. 18 Thangwe ra ntsembe yace, tentsenefe wa mathimu mawiri timbapemba kwa Baba wakudzulu, pakuti tentse timbatambira mzimu wakucena ubodzi-bodzi.
19 Imwepo ndimwe lini pomwe alendo, ne nzika zakucokera m’madziko manango, koma ndimwe nzika zinzace za anyakucena ndipo mumbacitambo mbali ya banja la Mulungu. 20 Imwepo mudamangidwa pa aliserse ya apostolo na apolofeta, ndipo Kristu Jezu ndiye mwala wapakhona* wa aliserseyo. 21 Nyumba yomwe ikumangidwayi, mbali zentse n’zakuphatana bwino, ndipo thangwe ra kubverana na Kristu, nyumba imweyi imbakula icikhala templo yakucena ya Yahova. 22 Tenepo, mwakubverana na iye, imwepo na winango mukumangidwa pabodzi, kuti mukhale mbuto yakukhala Mulungu mwa mzimu wace wakucena.