Corpo de Cristo
A Igreja é o Corpo de Cristo — organismo vivo onde cada membro tem função única e indispensável. Cristo é a cabeça; nós somos seus membros.
Um corpo, muitos membros
Assim como o corpo é um e tem muitos membros, assim é Cristo. Nós somos o corpo de Cristo e individualmente seus membros.
Ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gʉmwɨ, ibhiimʉ bhyaru
Ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwʉ ʉmʉʉtʉ guni ibhiimʉ bhyaru, nawe ibhiimʉ bhiyo nɨ-mʉbhɨrɨ gʉmwɨ. Nɨmbu ɨrɨ kʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwa Kiriisitʉ.
Mmbe, imwɨ imwʉsi nɨ-mʉbhɨrɨ gwa Kiriisitʉ na imwʉsi ni-bhiimʉ kʉmʉbhɨrɨ guyo.
Mʉtɨɨzɨ kʉbha ɨmɨbhɨrɨ janyu, ni-bhiimʉ bhyʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwa Kiriisitʉ? Nangʉ, negege ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwanɨ gʉnʉ ni-kiimʉ chʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwa Kiriisitʉ, na kugwatanʼya nʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwu umusimbɨ? Zɨyi!
Chɨmbu mwɨzɨ, ʉmʉbhɨrɨ nɨ-gʉmwɨ, nawe guni ibhiimʉ bhyaru, ni ibhiimʉ bhyʉsi bhene emeremo jaku. Ɨbhu nɨmbu na niitwɨ tʉrɨ. Nangabha itwɨ bhaaru, nawe tʉbhɨɨrɨ mʉbhɨrɨ gʉmwɨ kugwatana kwɨtʉ na Kiriisitʉ. Kʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwazɨ, abhaatʉ bhʉʉsi ni-bhiimʉ bhya abhakɨndichabhʉ.
Itubhʉʉsi tʉrɨ mʉbhɨrɨ gʉmwɨ, Ekoro Ɨndɨndu nɨ-yɨmwɨ, na amazʉmu ganʉ Mungu atutuuriirɨ tugiisege, nɨ-gamwɨ.
Ewe aragwatanʼya abhaatʉ bhaazɨ bhʉʉsi bharabha bhamwɨ, chɨmbu ibhiimʉ bhyʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ bhikugwatana, na kʉbha mʉbhɨrɨ gʉmwɨ. Arɨɨbhɨ ibhiimʉ bhyʉsi bhɨrakora emeremo chɨmbu ikwenderwa, ʉrakʉra. Mmbe arɨɨbhɨ itubhʉʉsibhu tʉrakora emeremo gɨnʉ Kiriisitʉ atʉhɨɨrɨ chɨmbu ikwenderwa, tʉrangʼeha kʉkʉra kwa kʉsɨɨgana.
Cristo, a cabeça
Ele é a cabeça do corpo, que é a igreja. O corpo cresce e se edifica em amor quando cada parte faz o seu trabalho.
Ewe newe umutwɨ gwʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ, neryo risengerero.
Ewe newe ʉbhʉtangɨ,
kʉ kʉbha akabha we embere kuryʉka mʉbhaku,
korereke abhɨ ʉmʉkʉrʉ we ebhegero bhyʉsi.
Emeremo ja Paaurʉ mʉmasengerero
Nangʉ nɨrazomererwa ɨnyaakʉ yɨnʉ nekobhona igʉrʉ waanyu. Mʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwanɨ nɨragwatana nɨ ɨnyaakʉ ya Kiriisitʉ igʉrʉ wʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwazɨ, neryo risengerero.
Omorembe gwa Kiriisitʉ gʉkangatɨ mumyʉyʉ janyu, kʉ kʉbha negwe mubhirikiriirwɨ kʉmʉbhɨrɨ gʉmwɨ. Na mʉbhɨ mʉrakumya Mungu.
Atareeho ʉmʉʉtʉ wʉnʉ ahaabhiihirirwa ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwazɨ, nawe ahaagutuga na kugwangarɨra. Ɨbhu nɨmbu Kiriisitʉ wʉʉsi akwangarɨra risengerero, kʉ kʉbha itwɨ ni-bhiimʉ bhyʉ ʉmʉbhɨrɨ gwazɨ.