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3 Abale anga, pasakhale aphunzitsi ambiri pakati panu,+ podziwa kuti tidzalandira chiweruzo chachikulu.+
2 Paja tonsefe timapunthwa nthawi zambiri.+ Ngati wina sapunthwa pa mawu,+ ameneyo ndi munthu wangwiro,+ ndipo akhoza kulamuliranso thupi lake lonse.
3 Tikamangirira zingwe+ pakamwa pa mahatchi* kuti atimvere,+ timatha kulamuliranso matupi awo onse.
4 N’chimodzimodzinso ngalawa. Ngakhale kuti ndi zazikulu kwambiri ndipo zimayenda mokankhidwa ndi mphepo zamphamvu, munthu woziyendetsa amaziwongolera ndi thabwa laling’ono+ kuti zipite kumene iye akufuna.
5 N’chimodzimodzinso lilime. Lilime ndi kachiwalo kakang’ono, koma limadzitama kwambiri.+ Tangoganizani mmene kamoto kakang’onong’ono kamayatsira nkhalango yaikulu.
6 Lilimenso ndi moto.+ Mwa ziwalo zathu zonse, lilime ndilo lili lodzaza ndi zosalungama chifukwa limadetsa thupi lonse.+ Lili ndi moto wa Gehena* ndipo limayatsa moyo wonse wa munthu.
7 Pakuti anthu akhala akuweta mtundu uliwonse wa nyama zakutchire, mbalame, ndi zokwawa ndiponso zamoyo zam’nyanja.+
8 Koma lilime, palibe munthu ndi mmodzi yemwe angathe kuliweta. Ndilo kanthu kamodzi kosalamulirika ndi kovulaza, kodzaza ndi poizoni wakupha.+
9 Pakuti lilime timatamanda nalo Yehova,+ amenenso ndi Atate,+ komanso ndi lilime lomwelo timatemberera+ anthu amene analengedwa “m’chifaniziro cha Mulungu.”+
10 Pakamwa pamodzimodzipo pamatuluka mawu otamanda ndi otemberera.
N’kosayenera abale anga kuti zinthu zimenezi zipitirire kuchitika motere.+
11 Kasupe+ satulutsa madzi abwino ndi owawa padzenje limodzi, amatero ngati?
12 Abale anga, kodi mkuyu ungabale maolivi, kapena mtengo wa mpesa ungabale nkhuyu?+ Ngakhale madzi amchere sangatulutse madzi abwino.
13 Kodi pakati panu pali aliyense wanzeru ndi womvetsa zinthu? Ameneyo ayenera kukhala ndi khalidwe labwino limene limasonyeza kuti amachita chilichonse+ mofatsa ndipo kufatsa kwake kumachokera mu nzeru.
14 Koma ngati m’mitima mwanu muli nsanje yaikulu+ ndi kukonda mikangano,+ musadzitamande+ pakuti kutero n’kunamizira choonadi.+
15 Imeneyo si nzeru yochokera kumwamba,+ koma ya padziko lapansi,+ yauchinyama ndiponso yauchiwanda.+
16 Pakuti pamene pali nsanje+ ndi mtima wokonda mikangano, palinso chisokonezo ndi zoipa zamtundu uliwonse.+
17 Koma nzeru+ yochokera kumwamba, choyamba, ndi yoyera,+ kenako yamtendere,+ yololera,+ yokonzeka kumvera, yodzaza ndi chifundo ndi zipatso zabwino,+ yopanda tsankho,+ ndiponso yopanda chinyengo.+
18 Komanso, chilungamo+ ndicho chipatso+ cha mbewu zimene anthu odzetsa mtendere+ amafesa mu mtendere.+
