Lakuyenda kwa Aefezo 4:1-32
4 Ine Paulo, omwe ndiri m’kawoko thangwe ra Mbuya wathu, ndikukudandaulirani kuti mukhale na moyo mwakubverana na momwe mudacemeredwera
2 na kubzicepesa kwentse, wakuderekha mucimbapirirana mwa lufoyi,
3 mwa kucita nyongo yakuti mupitirize kukhala wakuphatana mwauzimu na kukhala mwa mtendere pakati panu.
4 Liripo thupi libodzi na mzimu wakucena ubodzi, ndipo napo cidikhiro comwe mudacemeredwera ciripombo cibodzi;
5 Mbuya m’bodzi, cikhulupiro cibodzi, ubatizo bubodzi;
6 Mulungu m’bodzi omwe ni Baba wa wanthu wentse. Iye ali padzulu pa wentse ndipo kucokera kwa wentsewo, iye ambacita bzinthu kwa wentsene.
7 Ali-wentse wa ifepano watambira kudeka mtima kukulu kwakucokera kwa Mulungu, mwakubverana na momwe Kristu adapimira mphaso ya fovoloyi.
8 Pakuti bzidanembedwa kuti: “Pomwe adakwira kudzulu, adatenga wanthu ninga akapolo ndipo adapereka amuna ninga mphaso.”
9 Tsono kodi mafala yakuti “iye adakwira” yan’funa kulewa ciyani? Yan’funa kulewa kuti pakuyamba iye akhadabuluka pa dziko la pantsi.
10 Ule omwe adabuluka pa dziko ni m’bodzi-bodzi na omwe adakwira kudzululetu kuti bzentse bzikwanisike.
11 Ndipo iye adapereka winango ninga apostolo, winango ninga apolofeta, winango ninga apalizi ndipo winango ninga abusa na apfunzisi,
12 kuti athandize anyakucena kufamba mu njira yakuthemera, acite basa lakutumikira nakuti alimbise* thupi la Kristu,
13 mpaka tentse tifike pakukhala wakuphatana mu cikhulupiro na mu cidziwiso caico ca Mwana wa Mulungu, ticifika pa msinkhu wa munthu mkulu, msinkhu omwe Kristu adafika.
14 Tenepo, tileke kukhala pomwe ninga tuwana mwakumbandotengeka-tengeka ninga kuti tikugwinyidwa na mabimbi na wakutengeka-tengeka kuyenda uku na uku na mphepo iri-yentse ya bzipfunziso bzakunama, thangwe ra kucenjera kwa wanthu pa bzomwe ambacita kuti apumpse anzawo.
15 Koma timbalewe cadidi, tikule m’bzinthu bzentse mwalufoyi mwakubverana na Kristu, omwe ni msolo.
16 Thangwe ra iye, thupi lentse ndakuphatana na lakulumikidzidwa bwino ndipo limbabveranisa nfundo zentse zomwe zimbapereka bzinthu bzakufunikira. Ciwalo ciri-centse cikaphata bwino basa, cimbathandizira kuti thupi likule bwino licilimba mu lufoyi.
17 Tenepo, ine ndikukuuzani na kukucenjezani mwa Mbuya kuti lekani kufamba pomwe ninga momwe ambafambira wanthu wa m’dziko, omwe ambacita bzinthu mwakubverana na nzeru zawo zakusaya basa.
18 Makumbukidwe yawo yali mu mdima ndipo iwo ali kutali na moyo omwe ngwa Mulungu, thangwe iwo an’funa lini kudziwa Mulunguyo thangwe ra kuuma mitima kwawo.
19 Pakuti tsapano iwo akukwanisa lini kusiyanisa cabwino na cakuipa, iwo ambabzipereka okha ku khalidwe lakupasa manyazi kuti akhumbe kwene-kwene kucita bzinthu bzakunyantsa bza mtundu uli-wentse.
20 Koma imwepo mulibe kupfunza kuti Kristu an’funika kukhala tenepo,
21 kulewa cadidi, imwepo mudabva bza iye ndipo mwapfunzisidwa thangwe ra iye mwakubverana na cadidi comwe ciri mwa Jezu.
22 Imwepo mwapfunzisidwa kuti mun’funika kusiya unthu bwanu bwakale, bomwe bukhabverana na bzicito bzanu bzakale, bomwe bukhapswipizidwa na bzikhumbo bzanu bzakusoceresa.
23 Ndipo pitirizani kukhala wanthu wapsa mu mphanvu yakutsogolera makumbukidwe yanu,
24 mucibvala unthu bupsa bomwe budalengedwa mwakubverana na kufuna kwa Mulungu m’cirungamo caico na m’cikhulupiro.
25 Tenepo, pakuti tsapano mwasiya kunama, mbalewani cadidi kwa winango na mwanzace, pakuti ndife bziwalo bza thupi libodzi.
26 Kalipani, koma lekani kucita pikado; ndipo lekani kukhala mudakalipa mpaka dzuwa kumira;
27 lekani kum’pasa mpata Dyabu.*
28 Nyakuba aleke kuba pomwe; koma aphate basa labwino mwamphanvu na manja yace, kuti akwanise kugumana cinthu cakupasambo munthu wakusauka.
29 Mafala yali-yentse yakubvunda yaleke kucoka pamulomo panu, koma yali-yentse yomwe njabwino kuti yalimbise wale omwe akukutetekerani mwakubverana na bzomwe iwo akufunikira.
30 Ndipo lekani kusunamisa mzimu wakucena wa Mulungu, omwe iye adakuikhani nawo cizindikiro cace mpaka pa ntsiku ya kudzatsudzulidwa kwanu thangwe ra cakulombolera.
31 Musiyiretu kukoya cakumtima, ukali, ciya, kupopota, mafala yakupusa pabodzi na bzakuipa bzentse.
32 Koma khalani wakudeka mtima mucimbabverana ntsisi, ndipo mbalekereranani na mtima wentse ninga momwe Mulungu adakulekererani na mtima wentse mwa Kristu.
