Tsamba Laciwiri kwa Akolinto 4:1-18
4 Tenepo, pakuti tina utumiki bumwebu thangwe ra ntsisi zomwe tidalatizidwa, ifepano timbabwerera lini m’mbuyo.
2 Ndipo tazimbula bzinthu bzakupasa manyazi bzakucitika mwakabisira ndipo tikufamba lini mwa cinyengo ne kupitanisa mafala ya Mulungu, koma timbadziwisa padeca cadidi, ticicitisa mtima wa munthu ali-wentse kudziwa kuti ifepano timbacita bzinthu bzabwino pamaso pa Mulungu.
3 Tenepo, penu mafala yabwino yomwe tikupalizira njakubisika, njakubisika kwa wanthu omwe akuyenda kukapfudzidwa.
4 Kwa wanthu amwewa, mulungu wa dzikoli wampsinkha makumbukidwe ya anyakusaya kukhulupira, kuti aleke kuwona ceza ca mafala yabwino ya ulemerero yakulewa bza Kristu, omwe ni cifanikiso ca Mulungu.
5 Pakuti tikupalizira lini bza ifepano, koma bza Jezu Kristu kuti ni Mbuya ndipo ifepano ndife akapolo wanu thangwe ra Jezu.
6 Pakuti Mulungu ndiye omwe adalewa kuti: “Siyani ceza cibvunike kucokera mu mdima,” iye adabvunika mitima yathu na ceza ca cidziwiso pakulewa bza Mulungu mwakuphatisa basa nkhope ya Kristu.
7 Tenepo, tina cuma cimweci m’bzombo bza dongo, kuti mphanvu yakuposa yacibadwa icokere kwa Mulungu sikuti kwa ifepano.
8 Timbapanikizidwa mwa mtundu uli-wentse, koma sikuti mwakucita kutaziriratu kupfukunyuka; nzeru zimbatimalira, koma sikuti mwakusayiratu kudziwa bzomwe tingacite;
9 Timbazunzidwa, koma timbasiyidwa lini tekha; wanthu ambatigwesera pantsi, koma timbafa lini.
10 Kuli-kwentse timbagumana ngozi ya infa ninga Jezu, bzomwe bzimbalatiza wanthu kuti timbabonerambo ninga iye.
11 Timbakhala na moyo, tsono moyo wathu nthawe zentse umbakhala uli pa ngozi thangwe rakuti timbatewera Jezu. Umu ni momwe timbalatizira wanthu kuti timbabonera ninga momwe Jezu adabonerera.
12 Tenepo, infa ikuphata basa mwa ifepano, tsono moyo ukuphatambo basa mwa imwepo.
13 Pakuti tina cikhulupiro cibodzi-bodzi ninga momwe bzidanembedwera kuti: “Nimbakhulupira Mulungu, ndipopa ndalewa”, ifepanombo timbakhulupira Mulungu ndipopa tikulewa,
14 pakudziwa kuti Ule omwe adalamusa Jezu kwa anyakufa an’dzatilamusambo pabodzi na Jezuyo, acitiyendesa pabodzi na imwepo kuna iye.
15 Pakuti bzinthu bzentsenebzi bzikucitika thangwe ra imwepo, kuti kudeka mtima kukulu kuthumizirike, thangwe wanthu azinji akutenda Mulungu ndipo bzimwebzi bzikucitisa kuti Mulunguyo apasidwe ulemerero.
16 Na tenepo, tikubwerera lini m’mbuyo, napo kuti mathupi yathu yakumala koma unthu bwathu bwa mkati bukukhalisidwa bupsa ntsiku na ntsiku.
17 Pakuti mabvuto yomwe timbagumana nayo njakanthawe ndipo ni mang’ono, yambatibweresera ulemerero bomwe bumbayenda bucithumizirika ndipo m’bwakusaya kumala;
18 pomwe tikunyang’anisisa bzinthu bzakusaya kuwoneka na maso, sikuti bzinthu bzakuwoneka na maso. Pakuti bzinthu bzakuwoneka na maso mpsakanthawe, tsono bzinthu bzakusaya kuwoneka, mpsakusaya kumala.
