1 Isumo inolebesa kuti, unhu kana eda chigalo chokuba untungamili wegubungano, unobeda unshingo umbuyanana kasa. 2 Ngweno untungamili wegubungano unokwelela kuba unhu usinolebelwa chibi paali, unhulume ulolobola unkaji umwempela, ulojikama, unozwikabula, una buchenjevu, una chilemela, unotambula banhu, akale etubula kulayija, 3 usinkolwi, usina luzha koga eli nyolonyolo, usine gakaba akale usinotangala imali. 4 Unokwelela kubhata imhuli iye zwibuyanana, bana babe bezwininipisa akale belina lulemeso munzila jose, 5 kana unhu esinotubula kutungamila ingumba iye, angalondota chini igubungano lyaMwali? 6 Aatokwelela kuba umvumili umpya, nokuti angazwida nokushiya akawila mukulashwa kwaGuluzhanje, 7 nokudalo unokwelela kukujwa nabokuzhe kwegubungano, nokuti angawila mukushundwa akale nomukalabwi kaGuluzhanje.

8 Babhanchi bomugubungano naibo banokwelela kuba nechimilo chibuya, besintwakubili, besi banwi bewayini, besi mapazwi anovumpila zwose, 9 banokwelela kutambula isiswa lyokudimbwa beli nomwoyo ulolulama upo pachena. 10 Akale ngebetange bakwejwa, kana batondejela kuba balulami, ngabepiwe unshingo wobubhanchi mugubungano. 11 Banhukaji ngebebe nechimilo chibuya, basinopita, koga bano zwibhata, beli balo bimbika muzwinhu zwose. 12 Babhanchi begubungano ngebebe banhulume bana nkaji umwempela, akale ngebebe bano tubula kulela bana nemhuli yabo zwibuyanana, 13 nokuti yabo bano shinga zwibuyanana saba bhanchi mugubungano banozwiwanila kulemekejwa akale nokubimbika kukulwana mukudimbwa kuna Kristo Jesu.

14 Ndobimba kuswika kwamuli munshaji unshoma unotobela, koga ndikumukwala indayo yeji kutila kuti, 15 kana ndingochelejwa uzibe kuti banhu bano kwelela kuzwibhata chini mugubungano, lili ilyo igubungano lyaMwali umpenyu, ibhango akale nobulambo bwechokomende. 16 Zwinotambulwabo kuti zwilosisika mukunamata Mwali zwikulwana,

iye wakatondejelwa mumbili.

Akasimatijwa muMpepo.

Akabonwa nengilozi jaMwali.

Akabhaunulwa mukati mwenduji.

Bakwondimbwa munyika yose.

Akanyamulilwa kudenga mukungaima.