1 Kubva kunaPhawuli, nlanda weNdzimu ali mpositoli waYesu Khirisitu.

Ndakatumwa kuti ndibhatshe bugalimoyo gwebahalugwa beNdzimu kakale ndipamidzile luzibo gwabo gwemalebeswa mukuhla Ndzimu, 2 mukugalabgwe mubutjilo gusingapele, gwatakagadziwabgwe neNdzimu asanhu akabumba hango, iye usingatongoleba manyepwa. 3 Ngwenu nelubaka gwakafanila ikoku kwakazwilayidza mudama lile ngesumikila iko kwandakawamutjidziwa ngelaya kweNdzimu Ntjidzi wedu.

4 Kuna Thayithasi, nkololo wangu wemalebeswa mubugalimoyo gwatinago tose.

Ngoni nekunyalala kunobva kuNdzimu ibo Tate naKhirisitu Yesu Ntjidzi wedu ngakube kukuli.

5 Ndizo ndakakusiya kuKhirethe kuti upedzise zwakazwasalila kuti zwiyetiwe, uhale whola mumizi mikulu yose sekwandakakulaya. 6 Unohagwa kuti abewhola unofanila ba asina nlandu, ali nlume unamfumakadzi un'ompela, unabana banozibgwa kuti bagalimoyo, basingazibgwe nehaya mazwibhato kene sawhilila. 7 Ngobe nlisi wegubungano, senhu wakabhata n'hingo weNdzimu, wakafanila ba nhu usina nlandu, azofanila ba nhu unozwibudza kene unamoyo ntikinini, kene unolaladza, kene nhu unabuhongola, kene unoda mari, 8 koga wakafanila ba nhu unowamutjila bezi, unoda tjibuya, unozwidziba, wakatambunuka, wakayengemala, kakale unamazwibhato. 9 Wakafanila bhatilila mudama linogalikabgwe sediyiwa kwalo, kuyetila kuti akuludzile bamwe nediya kwelebeswa, kakale etubule tambunudza ibabo banonyanyayidzana nediya kwelebeswa.

10 Ngobe kuna banhu banjinji kwazo kwazo ibabo bebunga lebakathumbigwa banopanduka betjebela banhu beleba zwilebo zwebulengwe. 11 Bakafanila tjemegwa, kuti banyalale zwilebo zwabo ngobe banosilinga miha yose, ngediya zwabasakafanila diya beyetila wana mari koga. 12 Umwe wabo alinlebesimbeli wabo kakale wakati, "Banhu bekuKhirethe bagala banyepi, zwibanda zwibi, zwidli zwihhele busimbe."* 13 Busupi igogu gulebeswa. Ndizo ke ubatjemele zwakasima, kuyetila kuti bame pabugalimoyo gwakwako, 14 pana kuti bawhilile ngano dzetjiJuta kene milayo yebanhu banolamba lebeswa. 15 Kubanhu bakatjena, zose zwinhu zwakatjena, koga kubanhu banahambgwa kakale basingagalemoyo akuna tjakatjena, hana dzabo nemikumbulo yabo kunahambgwa. 16 Banoti banoziba Ndzimu, koga ngezwiyeto zwabo banowunlandula, banobengwa nabose, abatowhilila, abazolulamila kene upi zwawo n'hingo mbuya.