1 Petro 4:1-19
4 Mbwaanga Kristo wakapenga mumubili wanyama,+ andinywe amuliyumye amuzeezo* ngoonya ooyu; nkaambo muntu iwapenga mumubili wanyama wazileka zibi,+
2 ikutegwa kuciindi cisyeede nacili mumubili wanyama ataponi limbi kweelana azisusi zyabantu,+ pele aponene kucita kuyanda kwa Leza.+
3 Nkaambo musyule oomu mwakajisi ciindi cinji cakucita kuyanda kwabamasi+ nimwakali kweenda mubukkale busesemya,* muluunyaunya lwakutalijata, mukuciindizya kunywa makoko, mumapobwe aateendelezyeki, mukuzundana kunywa makoko amukukomba mituni kukasyidwe amulawo.+
4 Balakopana nobabona kuti tamucibaliki ambabo mubukkale oobu busofweede bwabutaka, aboobo balamusampaula.+
5 Pele bantu aaba bayoolyaambilila kuli yooyo uulibambilide kubeteka baumi abafwide.+
6 Mubwini, nkakaambo kaako makani mabotu ncaakaambilizyigwa akubafwu,+ ikutegwa, nokuba kuti balabetekwa mumubili mumeso aabantu, bakonzye kupona kweelana amuuya mumeso aa Leza.
7 Pele mamanino aazintu zyoonse aswena afwaafwi. Aboobo amulibatamike+ akupakamana kujatikizya mipailo.+
8 Ikwaambisya, amuyandane kapati,+ nkaambo luyando lulavwumba zibi zinji kapati.+
9 Amusamausyanye kakunyina kutongooka.+
10 Kweelana acipego umwi aumwi ncaakatambula, amucibelesye mukubelekelana mbuli babanzi babotu baluzyalo lwa Leza ilutondezyegwa munzila ziindene-indene.+
11 Ikuti naa kuli uukanana, aakanane mbuli yooyo waamba majwi aazwa kuli Leza; ikuti naa kuli uubeleka, abeleke kasyomede nguzu nzyapa Leza;+ kutegwa muzintu zyoonse Leza akonzye kulemekwa+ kwiinda muli Jesu Kristo. Ibulemu anguzu nzizyakwe lyoonse mane kukabe kutamani. Ameni.
12 Nobayandwa, mutagambwi pe akaambo kamapenzi aali mbuli mulilo ngomujisi lino,+ mbuli kuti mucitikilwa cintu ceenzu.
13 Muciindi caboobo, amuzumanane kukondwa+ nkaambo andinywe mulaalubazu mumapenzi aa Kristo,+ ikutegwa alimwi mukakondwe akusekelela kapati kuciindi cakuyubununwa kwabulemu bwakwe.+
14 Ikuti naa kamusampaulwa* akaambo kazina lya Kristo, mulakkomana,+ nkaambo muuya wabulemu, nkokuti imuuya wa Leza, ulaalindinywe.
15 Pele, kutabi muntu naba omwe akati kanu uupenga akaambo kakuba mujayi naa mubbi naa sizibi naa uunjililila mumakani aabantu bamwi.+
16 Pele ikuti umwi wapenga akaambo kakuti Munakristo, atafwi nsoni pe,+ pele azumanane kulemeka Leza najisi zina eeli.
17 Nkaambo ecino nceciindi cibikkidwe cakuti lubeta lutalikile aŋanda ya Leza.+ Lino ikuti naa lwatalikila alindiswe,+ ino ciyooba buti kuli baabo ibataswiilili makani mabotu aa Leza?+
18 “Alimwi ikuti naa mululami ulafwutuka cakukatazyigwa, ino ncinzi ciyoocitikila sikusampaula Leza alimwi asizibi?”+
19 Aboobo, aabo ibapenga kweelana akuyanda kwa Leza abazumanane kulibikka* mumaanza aa Mulengi uusyomeka kwiinda mukuzumanana kucita zibotu.+
Bupanduluzi buyungizyidwe
^ Naa “amakanze.”
^ Naa “mubukkale bwakutalisenda.” Mu Chigiriki, a·selʹgei·a. Amubone Bupanduluzi Bwamabala.
^ Naa “kamutukilwa.”
^ Naa “kubikka buumi bwabo.”
