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1 Ecebo cakendi tayani byaipa byonse, kubepa, kulibonesha, ne munyono kayi ne minyansho.
2 Mbuli mwana lasemwa calinolino ncakute kulilila mukupa wabanyina, nenjamwe kamubanga ne nkunukwa ya mukupa wancinencine wakumushimu, kwambeti umukulishe nekumushikisha kukupuluka.
3 Mbuli Mabala ncalambangeti, “Mulatelele nkumbo sha Mwami.”
4 Lino kamwisani kuli Mwami, libwe lyabuyumi ndyobalakana bantu, nsombi Lesa walalisala kuba lya mulo wadula.
5 Kamwisani mube mabwe abuyumi ngoti asebenseshe Lesa kwibaka ng'anda yakendi, umo mweti musebenselengeti beshimilumbo baswepa balatwalanga milumbo njalayandanga Lesa kupitila muli Yesu Klistu.
6 Pakwinga mu Mabala mwalembweti, “Ndasala libwe lya mulo wadula. Ndalibiki kuba libwe lyankokola yang'anda mu Siyoni. Waushoma nteti akanyufwe nsoni.”
7 Lino kuli omwashoma, nendi ni wamulo wadula. Nomba kuli babula lushomo, maswi a Lesa alambangeti, “Libwe beshikwibaka ng'anda ndyobalakana, elyalasanduka kuba libwe lyankokola yang'anda.”
8 Kayi maswi a Lesa alambangeti, “Lyopeleli e libwe lyeti bakalipuntengaponga bantu, libwe lyacandanshi, lyeti likabawishenga bantu.” Ee balalipuntunga pakwinga balakananga maswi a Lesa, kayi ici ecalikuyandika kulyendibo.
9 Nomba njamwe mukowa wasalwa, beshimilumbo bacami, mushobo waswepa, bantu bakendi Lesa. Walamusala kwambeti mukakambauke ncito sha ngofu sha uyo walamukuweti mufume mumushinshe kuya kwingila mukumunika kwakendi kwakankamanisha.
10 Kaindi nkamwalikuba bantu bakendi Lesa, nsombi lino njamwe bakendi. Kaindi nkamwalikwishiba sha Lesa, nomba lino mulatambulu nkumbo shakendi.
11 Mobanse bame, pakwinga njamwe bensu mucishici, ndamusengenga kamutakonkelanga lunkumbwa lwa mibili lukute kulwana nkondo ne buyumi bwenu bwa kumushimu.
12 Cendo cenu pakati pa bantu ba kunsa cibe caina, kwambeti nambi balamwambangeti mobeshi kwinsa byaipa, nsombi babona ncito shenu shaina, bakakonshe kulemekesha Lesa pabusuba mbweshakese.
13 Cebo ca Mwami Lesa, nyumfwilani bamakulene bakute ngofu shabwendeleshi. Mbuli usa Mwami mukulene ukute ngofu shinene shabwendeleshi munyumfwileni, pakwinga ukute bwendeleshi pa bami nabambi bonse,
14 na nibendeleshi mbwalasala, naboyo banyumfwileni pakwinga walabatuma kwambeti bapenga cisubulo beshikwinsa byaipa, kayi kulumba abo balenshinga byaina.
15 Pakwinga Lesa layandangeti mupwishe kwamba kwabuluya kwa bantu kupitila mu bintu byaina mbyomulenshinga.
16 Ee, kamubani basunguluka, nsombi kusunguluka kwenu kakutabanga kwakufwekelela byaipa, nsombi kamwikalani eti basebenshi ba Lesa.
17 Kamulemekanga bantu bonse. Sunani baklistu banenu. Tinani Lesa, kayi neye mwami mukulene usa mumupe bulemu.
18 Amwe basebenshi, nyumfwilani nekupa bulemu abo bamwingisha ncito, nteko kuli baina moyo bonka sobwe, nsombi nekuli balukanda bonse.
19 Ni cintu caina ulimbikilowa mubyeshikubaba byabula kumwelela pakwinga Lesa nakamupe colwe.
20 Niciyani ncondelela kumulumba na balamumunga cebo ca mulandu ngomwensa? Nsombi na mulimbikilowa cebo cakwinsa byaina, ekwambeti mulenshi cintu casuminishiwa ne Lesa.
21 Bwikalo bulicisa embwalamukuwila Lesa, ntepasa neye Klistu walanyumfwa byeshikubaba cebo canjamwe, nekumushiyila cilesho kwambeti mukonkelenga myendo yakendi.
22 Liya kwinsapo bwipishi bulibonse, kayi liya kwambapo byabwepeshi sobwe.
23 Mpobalikumutukana liya kubweshela matuka. Mpwalikupenshewa liya kubayoshapo, nsombi byonse walabibika mumakasa a Lesa, momboloshi walulama.
24 Klistu walalitwika bwipishi bwetu bonse mumubili wakendi palusanda, kwambeti tuleke kwipisha mubuyumi bwetu, nomba pakukonkela bululami tube bayumi. Mwalasengulwa ne mibata yakendi.
25 Mwalikubeti mbelele shataika, nomba lino mulabwelele kuli mwembeshi lamwembelenga ne kumulanga cena.