1 Ndugu zangu, modahaze kulonga kamba muna nhamanila mkuilumba hamoja na Mndewa wetu Yesu Kilisto mwene yenzi kuno mowanogela wanhu wayagwe na wayagwe mowehila? 2 Tutende keza munhu mumting'hano wenu yavalile kitindi cha zahabu na vivalo vinogile, na munhu iyagwe mkumbulu yavalile vivalo vifitile kengila. 3 Ihawa molagusa hishima ha ija imunhu yavalile vivalo vinogile na kulonga, “Kala hano hanhu hanogile,” ila momulongela ija imkumbulu, “Ima haja,” ama “Kala hasi ha magulu gangu,” 4 mbagu ino hailagusa kamba ulamuzi wenu wolongozwa na nia ihile?

5 Tegelezeni, ndugu zangu wanogelwa! Mulungu hawasagule wakumbulu wa ulumwengu uno wawe wagoli mnhamanila? Hewo sio awo wondawauhale undewa uja Mulungu uyekile kilagano na waja womnogela heyo? 6 Ila mweye hamuwahishimila wakumbulu. Sio wagoli wowagaza mweye na kuwakwekwesa mkuwagala m'vitala? 7 Hewo sio waja wodilonga vihile twaga dinogile da Yesu Kilisto dimgweleligwe?

8 Ihawa modivikiza lagizo da Undewa wa Mulungu dili Mzinyandiko Zing'alile zilonga, “Mnogele munhu wa habehi nagwe kamba vuukinogela mwenyego,”* Mbuli zino zolawa mkitabu cha MBULI ZA WALAWI 19:18. motenda vinogile. 9 Ila kamba mowanogela wanhu wayagwe na wayagwe hamuwanogela, motenda vilozo, na lagizo hijo dowapeta mweye kamba wakeng'enha wa malagizo. 10 Kwavija munhu yoyose yogagoga Malagizo gose ga Musa, ila yahaikwangwala Mdilagizo dimwe, kopetigwa kamba kahonyela mkugakeng'enha Malagizo gose. 11 Kwavija heyo yalongile, “sambiutende ugoni,”† Mbuli zino zolawa mkitabu cha KUHALAWA 20:14; NG'HUMBUKILA YA TOLATI 5:18. vivija kalonga, “sambiukome.”‡ Mbuli zino zolawa mkitabu cha KUHALAWA 20:13; NG'HUMBUKILA YA TOLATI 5:17. Na ihawa hutenda ugoni ila kokoma, kugaluka mkeng'enha Malagizo higo. 12 Longeni na kutenda kamba wanhu wondawatagusigwe na dilagizo dija ditugalila ulegeho. 13 Kwavija nhaguso yowabule bazi ha munhu yoyose yalibule bazi. Ila kamba muhawonela wanhu bazi, Mulungu kowonela mweye bazi kipigiti vondayawataguse.

14 Ndugu zangu, vino vilumba kamba munhu kolonga kanayo nhamanila ila hailagusa kubitila sang'hano zake? Nhamanila kamba hiyo yodaha kumkombola munhu kulawa muinhaguso ya Mulungu? 15 Tutende ndugu yako kabule vivalo na kabule mandia, 16 na gweye kolonga, “Genda na tindiwalo, ukote moto na kwiguta,” ila humgwelela kinhu chochose, kinhu chaki kinogile chuutendile? 17 Vivija nhamanila iiyeka, ihawa yabule sang'hano, nhamanila yako haidaha kutenda kinhu chochose.

18 Ila munhu kodaha kulonga, “Gweye kunayo nhamanila, nie nna sang'hano.” Nilagusile nhamanila yako bila sang'hano, na nie nokulagusila nhamanila yangu kubitila sang'hano zangu. 19 Gweye kotogola kamba hana Mulungu imwe! Vinoga! Hata vinyamkela wotogola vivo na kugudema. 20 M'bozi gweye, hona kamba nhamanila bila sang'hano jaga bule? 21 Muhenga wetu Ablaham hapetigwe kuwa bule uzenzeleganye sama ya kija kiyatendile kipigiti viyamulavile mwanage Isaka mkilingo cha kulavila nhosa? 22 Kuvona kamba nhamanila yake na sang'hano zake visang'hanika hamoja, na nhamanila yake itendigwa ileke kuhungula hanhu kubitila kija kiyatendile. 23 Na Nyandiko Zing'alile zivikila, zija zilonga, “Ablaham kamtogola Mulungu, na kapetigwa kamba kabule uzenzeleganye,”§ Mbuli zino zolawa mkitabu cha MWANDUSO 15:6. na heyo kakemigwa mbwiga wa Mulungu. 24 M'vona kamba munhu kopetigwa kuwa bule uzenzeleganye kubitila kija choyotenda na sio kubitila nhamanila iiyeka.

25 Vivija, hata Lahabu, ija yakalile mtenda ugoni ndwanga, kapetigwa kuwa bule uzenzeleganye sama ya kija kiyatendile kipigiti viyawabokele waja visepi na kuwalongela wachole kubitila nzila iyagwe.* Mbuli zino zolawa mkitabu cha YOSHUA 2:1-3; YOSHUA 6:17-25.

26 Avo, kamba lukuli bila loho ludanganhika, vivija na nhamanila bila sang'hano idanganhika.