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1 Tuyanda kuziba, bakwesu, aatala aluzyalo lwaLeza lwakapegwa mambungano aaMakkedoniya.
2 Muchiindi chakusunkwa kumasukuusyo mapati, akukondwa kuzulilide, abuchete bwabo bwiindilide bakaba aabuvubi bupati bwabuuya.
3 Elyo ndipa bukamboni kuti bakapa mubwiingi mbuli mbubakali kukonzya, mpawo nikuba kwiindilila mpubakali kukonzya, elyo mukwiindila mukwaangunuka kwabo
4 bakatukombelezya kwamoyo woonse mucheelelo chakwaabana muli ooku kugwasya basalali baLeza.
5 Eechi techakachitika mbuli mbutwakali kulangilila, pesi bakatanguna kulipeda kuMwaami lwabo mpawo akulindiswe mukwiinda mukuyanda kwaLeza.
6 Elyo twakasungwaazya Tayitasi, ooyo wakali watalika kale mulimu ooyu, kuti amninizye kuchita kwaluzyalo oku.
7 Pesi mujatikizye zyoonse - mulusyomo, mukwaambula, muluzibo, mubukozu boonse, muluyando lwenu ndumulaalo kulindiswe. Elyo alubo amubone kuti mwiinkilila kunembo mukuchita luzyalo olu.
8 Tandili kwaamba oobu chakwaangila, pesi, ndaamba oobu kuti ndisunke kunika kwaluyando lwenu mukweelanisya alo kuchiyandisyo chabamwi bantu.
9 Nkaambo mulizi luzyalo lwaMwaami wesu Jesu Kkilisito. Nikuba kuti wakali muvubi wakaba muchete nkaambo kesu, kuchitila kuti mukwiinda mukufwaba kwakwe tube bavubi.
10 Mukaambo aaka ndiyoomupa nchenjezyo iyoomugwasya. Munyaka omwe wiindide tamutalikide biyo kuchita chimwi chintu pesi mwakaaba aachiyandisyo kuti muchichite.
11 Lino amuchimaninsye. Mbuli mbukwakalichiyandisyo akumaninina mukuchichita lino, alubo ngamuchimaninizye mubupati mbumukonzya.
12 Pesi na kolaachiyandisisyo chakuchita inchito eeyi, nchintu chibotu chitambulika. Cheelede kweendelana azintu muntu nzyaleezyo, pe pe kuleezyo nzyatakweezyo.
13 Nkaambo oku takuli mbuli kuubisizya bamwi eelyo kulinduwe kube buyumuyumu. Anu kuti, kweelede kweelana.
14 Ikuzulila kwenu muchiindi eechino kuyoobeetela eezyo nzibayanda. Kuli mbubo akulako kuti buzulile bwabo bumweetele nzimuyanda, eelyo kuti kube kweelana.
15 Chili mbuli mbuchilembedwe: “Ooyo iwakali aazyiingi takwe nzyaakakuchala azyo, mpawo ooyo wakali aziche takwe nakabula.”
16 Pesi kulumba akube kuliLeza, ooyo wakabika muliTayitasi moyo wakulikkataazya aatala abamwi mbuli mbundilaawo kulindinywe.
17 Nkaambo tatambwide buyo chikkumbizyo chesu pesi wakalikkataazya loko kulinzizyo. Wakaaza kulindinywe mukuyanda kwakwe mwini.
18 Twakamutuma aamwi amukwesu uulumbayizigwa mumambungano woonse kumulimu wakwe wakwaambilizya makani mabotu.
19 Kutali eezi azilike, pesi alubo wakasalwa amambungano kuti abe sikweenda awe munyendo anchito eeyi yaluzyalo, ilikweendelezegwa andiswe mubulemu bwaMwaami lwakwe akuyanda kwesu kubotu.
20 Tulikuchitila kuti umwi atakonzyi kutongooka aatala abuuya mbutuyobuchita.
21 Tulabamba mukuchita zilikabotu, kutali kunembo lyaMwaami luzutu pesi akunembo lyabantu lubo.
22 Tulikutuma lubo umwi mukwesu aamwi ambabo. Twakamusunka munzila nyingi mpawo twakajana kali aabukozu kumilimu myiingi. Alubo ulisungweete kapati lino nkaambo kabusichaamba bupati mbwalaabo kulindinywe.
23 Mbuli Tayitasi, ooyu mweenzuma alubo ngusimilimuma kulindinywe. Mbuli kubakwesu, mbeendelezi bamakani kuzwa mumambungano. Eelyo mbulemu kuli Kkilisito.
24 Eelyo amubatondeezye luyando lwenu, alubo amutondeezye mambungano kuti nkaambonzi nitulikankayizya aatala andinywe.