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1 Mu ncito iyi njotulasebenselenga pamo ne Lesa tulamusengenga kwambeti tambulani nkumbo sha Lesa, kamutaleka nkumbo sha Lesa shibe shabulyo sobwe. 2 Kamunyumfwani Lesa ncalambanga,
“Lino mpocalashika cindi caina cakulesha nkumbo ndalanyumfwa,
mpobwalashika busuba bwa kumupulusha
ndalamunyamfwa” Kamunyumfwani! cino ni cindi ca kumunyamfwa. Kamunyumfwani! lelo ni busuba bwa kupuluka.
3 Nkatusuni kwambeti muntu naumbi acanepo mulandu pa ncito yetu, ecebo cakendi ncotulelekeshenga kwambeti katutabika nsuntu ku muntu uliyense. 4 Nsombi kwambeti mu bintu mbyotulenshinga tulilesheti tobasebenshi ba Lesa pakupitilisha kuba ne lushomo nambi tuba mu makatasho ne mubuyumuyumu. 5 Kumwa, kubikwa mu jele ne mu minyungwe. Twalalema kusebensa cakwinseti nkatwali kona nambi kuba ne cindi ca kulya. 6 Kayi kupitila mu buyumi bwetu bwabula kampenda, twashometi njafwe basebenshi ba Lesa pakuba baswepa myoyo ne lwishibo lwetu lunene, kayi ne kwikalika moyo kwetu, mwankumbo nshotukute mu Mushimu Uswepa kayi ne mulusuno lwancine ncine, 7 mu mulumbe wetu wancinencine ne mungofu sha Lesa. Byensho byakulwanisha ne byakulicingilila mbyotukute mu makasa ni bululami.
8 Bantu bakute kutupa bulemu kayi ne kutusebanya, bakute kututukana ne kutulumba, ne kutwambeti tobandemi shibili nsombi ntafwe bandemi shibili sobwe, Afwe tukute kwamba cancinencine. 9 Tulyeti bantu babula kwishibikwa, nsombi twaya lulumbi kuli bonse, tulyeti bantu bafwa, nsombi mutubweni tobayumi, nambi batupensha munshila iliyonse, nkabela kutushina sobwe. 10 Cindi conse twakondwa nambi katupenshewa, tukute kuboneka bakandu, nsombi tukute kupa bubile bantu bangi, tukute kuboneketi paliya ncotukute, nsombi twakwana mu bintu byonse.
11 Amwe Bene Kolinto, afwe tulamba cakutasoleka, kumoyo kwetu kwatuba tuu. 12 Afwe ntafwe tulaleke kumusuna sobwe, nsombi njamwe mulaba ne lusuno lwatontola kuli njafwe. 13 Pacino cindi ndambanga kuli njamwe mbuli ncondela kwamba ku bana bame, ndamusengenga kwambeti “Ne njamwe kamuleshani lusuno lwenu kulinjafwe.”
Cenjelani ne bantu babula lushomo
14 Kamutekatishananga ne bantu babula lushomo, inga muntu walulama ngawikatana ne muntu waipa munshila cini? nambi mumuni ngawikatana ne mushinshe munshila cini? 15 Inga Klistu ngawikatanaconi ne Satana? nambi muntu walulama ngawikatanaconi ne muntu wabula kululama? 16 Sena pali kunyumfwana pakati pa Ng'anda ya Lesa ne tumbwanga? Pakwinga njafwe Ng'anda ya Lesa muyumi, pakwinga Lesa lambangeti, “Ninkekale pakati pabo ne kwenda nabo pamo. Ninkabe Lesa wabo, nabo nibakabe bantu bakame.” 17 Neco Mwami Lesa lambangeti,
“Kamubayamukani
pansanani nabo.
Kamutakumya cintu casafwana ciliconse, mwenseco
ame ninkamutambule,
18 ninkabe mushali wenu,
nenjamwe nimukabe bana bame batuloba ne batukashi, lambangeco Mwami Lesa wa ngofu shonse.”
Paulo lakondwanga