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Ʉwɨɨkhalo we wʉkʉmʉkhondezya ʉMʉlʉngʉ
1 Kʉnongwa ye uKilisiti áyimbile mʉ mʉbhɨlɨ, nɨɨmwe mʉyɨlɨnganyaaje kʉyɨmba na kʉbha nɨ nsɨɨbho anzɨ yaakwe. Ɨnkʉlonga shɨnɨɨsho kʉnongwa ye umuntu we áyimbile ʉmʉbhɨlɨ atangatabhaalwa winza ni mbiibhi. 2 Mu nsiku zyakwe zyonti zye zisyalile mʉ nsɨ umu, atalongolwaje nɨ nsʉngʉkho ɨzya mʉbhɨlɨ, lyoli nɨ shɨgane sha Mʉlʉngʉ. 3 Ɨmaandɨ mʉkhalandataga ɨnsʉngʉkho zyinyu imbiibhi ɨzya kʉbhagana abhantanda awe abhasakhaala abhinji nɨ zya kʉmwela sita kʉyɨjela. Khabhɨlɨ mʉkhavɨgana ivikulukulu ɨvwa kʉmwela idivaayi* 4:3 Idivaayi Bhaazya mu Wilulanyo ʉwa mazwi amajeni. ye yilulile na kwɨmba ɨnyɨmbo ye yɨtakhondeeye, na kupuuta ivifwani vwa bhamʉlʉngʉ kwe kukumuviisya ʉMʉlʉngʉ nhaani. Mʉmanye kʉtɨ mʉkhalandataga ɨnjendo zya bhantʉ bhe bhatakʉmwɨtɨkha ʉMʉlʉngʉ, khabhɨlɨ yɨtakhondeeye kʉtɨ mʉjendeelele kʉbhomba winza shɨnɨɨsho. 4 Abhantʉ bhanaabho bhe bhatamumanyile ʉMʉlʉngʉ, ishi bhakuswiga kʉnongwa ye mʉtakʉlandatana nabho kʉbhomba imbiibhi, khabhɨlɨ bhakubhaliga ɨmwe. 5 Poope shɨnɨɨsho, bhakhayanzɨwa kʉlamba bhɨɨbho pamiiso ga Mʉlʉngʉ kʉ zya wubhiibhi waabho wʉnʉʉwo. Ʉweene ʉMʉlʉngʉ ayilinganyiinye kʉbhalonga abhantʉ bhonti abhuumi na bhafwe. 6 Ye nongwa abhantʉ bhe bhafuuye bhoope bhálumbiliilwe iNtumi iNyinza ɨzya Yeesu Kilisiti. Bhanaabho, she poope bhálongiilwe anza bhanjɨ she bhakʉlongwa, ishi bhakwɨkhala anza she ʉMʉlʉngʉ akwanza kʉ makha ga Mupepu waakwe.
7 Ʉwʉmalɨlɨshɨlo ʉwɨ mbombo zyonti wʉpalamɨɨye, pe shɨnɨɨsho mʉyɨjelaje na kʉbha amiiso mu zyonti zye mʉkʉbhomba, ɨnga mʉkhole kupuuta. 8 Ɨpɨtɨ ku zyonti, mʉgananaje ɨya nalyoli, kʉnongwa ye ɨnga wamʉgana umuntu shɨnɨɨsho we uyilinganyiinye kʉmʉtʉʉyɨla poope ɨnga akʉbhombela imbiibhi akhinji nhaani.† 4:8 Bhaazya Vwilikho 10:12. 9 Mʉbhe mwe bhantʉ bhe bhakʉyɨgana kʉteta abhaganwa bhiinyu mu nyumba zyinyu sita kuyibhuna.
10 ɄMʉlʉngʉ akʉʉbhapa bhe bhitishile bhonti ɨvɨkʉnjɨlwa ɨvwa vɨkholo ivwinji. Weeka weeka akhondeeye kʉtɨ asʉngaje ɨshɨkʉnjɨlwa shaakwe akhinza na kʉshɨbhombela kʉbhaavwa abhamwabho. 11 Wowonti we alɨ nɨ shɨkʉnjɨlwa ɨsha kʉlonga, alongaje ngatɨ muntu we ʉMʉlʉngʉ amusonteleziizye. Woope we alɨ nɨ shɨkʉnjɨlwa ɨsha kwavwa, abhavwaje abhamwabho kʉ makha ga Mʉlʉngʉ. Kwɨ dala liniili ʉMʉlʉngʉ angapaalwa mu zyonti kʉnongwa ya Yeesu Kilisiti, we alɨ nu wumwamu na makha wiila na wiila. Zɨbhe shɨnɨɨsho.
Kʉyɨmba kʉnongwa ya Kilisiti
12 Bhaganwa bhaanɨ, amayɨmba amapɨtɨ ge gakʉbhaaga na kʉlʉlɨnga ʉlwɨtɨkho lwinyu, gayikholile. Pe shɨnɨɨsho mʉtakhabhe ngatɨ mutamanyile kʉtɨ khooni khe mʉkʉyɨmba. 13 Lyoli mʉseshelaje kʉtɨ mʉkʉsangaana mʉ mayɨmba ga Kilisiti, ɨnga mʉkhabhe nʉ lʉseshelo mʉ khabhalɨlo khe uwumwamu wa Kilisiti wʉkhayɨsakʉlwa apazelu. 14 Ɨnga bhakubhaliga kʉnongwa ye mwe bhalandati bha Kilisiti, mʉmanye kʉtɨ mʉkʉsaywa, kʉnongwa ye uMupepu ʉwa Wumwamu, kwe kʉtɨ ʉwa Mʉlʉngʉ, alɨ peeka nɨɨmwe. 15 Ɨnga mʉkʉyɨmba, mʉtayɨmbaje kʉnongwa ɨya kʉgoga, kwibha, uwunanganyi, nu wulumanyi. 16 Lyoli ɨnga mʉkʉyɨmba kʉnongwa ya kʉbha mwe bhalandati bha Kilisiti, mʉtakhaalole insoni, lyoli mʉmʉpaalaje ʉMʉlʉngʉ kʉnongwa ye bhakʉbhatekha kʉtɨ mwe bha Kilisiti. 17 Akhabhalɨlo akha kʉlongwa khafishile, ʉMʉlʉngʉ atɨtale kʉbhalonga abhantʉ bhaakwe. Ishi ɨnga aatala kʉtʉlonga tʉbhantʉ bhaakwe wʉʉyo, bhʉlɨ, bhanaabho bhe bhatakwɨtɨkha iNtumi iNyinza ɨzya Mʉlʉngʉ kʉlongwa kwabho te kʉkhabhe kwa kwogofwa nhaani? 18 Anzu Wusimbe uWufinjile she wʉkʉlonga wʉkʉtɨ,
“Ɨnga bhaala bhe bhagolosu bhakhayɨtʉʉlwa kʉ mayɨmba,
yɨkhayɨbha bhʉlɨ kʉ bhaala abhi mbiibhi
bhe bhatamumanyile ʉMʉlʉngʉ?”‡ 4:18 Bhaazya Vwilikho 11:31.
19 Pe shɨnɨɨsho, bhe bhakʉyɨmba kʉnongwa ye ʉMʉlʉngʉ abhasɨbhɨlɨɨye shɨnɨɨsho, bhajendeelele kʉbhomba inyinza na kʉmwɨtɨkha ʉMʉlʉngʉ, uMupeli waabho umusunde.