[1] Popeza tikudziwa kuti ngati msasa wa dziko lapansi umene tikukhalamo uwonongeka, tili ndi nyumba yochokera kwa Mulungu, nyumba yamuyaya yakumwamba, osati yomangidwa ndi manja a anthu.
[2] Pakali pano tibuwula, ndi kulakalaka kuvala nyumba yathu ya kumwambayo,
[3] chifukwa tikavala, sitidzapezekanso amaliseche.
[4] Pamene tili mu msasa uno, timalemedwa ndipo timabuwula, chifukwa sitifuna kukhala amaliseche koma ovala nyumba yathu ya kumwamba, kuti chimene chili chakufa chimezedwe ndi moyo.
[5] Tsono ndi Mulungu amene anatikonzeratu ife kuti tilandire zimenezi. Iye anatipatsa Mzimu ngati chikole, kutsimikizira zimene zikubwera.
[6] Nʼchifukwa chake nthawi zonse timalimba mtima, ndipo timadziwa kuti pamene tikukhala mʼthupi, ndiye kuti tili kutali ndi Ambuye.
[7] Ife timakhala mwachikhulupiriro, osati mwa zooneka ndi maso.
[8] Inde, ife tikulimba mtima, ndipo tikanakonda kulekana nalo thupi lathu ndi kukhala ndi Ambuye.
[9] Choncho timayesetsa kukondweretsa Ambuye, ngakhale tikhale mʼthupi, kapena tichokemo.
[10] Pakuti tonsefe tiyenera kukaonekera pa mpando woweruza wa Khristu, kuti aliyense wa ife akalandire zomuyenera molingana ndi zimene anachita ali mʼthupi; zabwino kapena zoyipa.
[11] Tsono popeza tikudziwa tanthauzo la kuopa Ambuye, ife timayesetsa kukopa anthu. Mulungu amatidziwa bwino lomwe, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti inunso mumatidziwa bwino mʼmitima mwanu.
[12] Sitikudzichitiranso tokha umboni kwa inu, koma tikukupatsani mwayi oti muzitinyadira. Tikufuna kuti muwayankhe amene amanyadira zinthu zooneka ndi maso osati zimene zili mu mtima.
[13] Ngati ndife amisala, monga amanenera ena, nʼchifukwa chofuna kuti Mulungu alemekezedwe. Ngati si ife amisala, nʼkuti inu muthandizike.
[14] Pakuti chikondi cha Khristu ndicho chimatikakamiza, chifukwa tikutsimikiza kuti mmodzi anafera anthu onse, kotero kuti anthu onse anafanso.
[15] Ndipo Iye anafera anthu onse kuti amene ali ndi moyo, asakhale ndi moyo wofuna kudzikondweretsa okha, koma azikondweretsa amene anawafera naukitsidwa chifukwa cha iwowo.
[16] Choncho, kuyambira tsopano mpaka mʼtsogolo ife sitiganizirapo za munthu aliyense monga mwanzeru za umunthu, ngakhale kuti poyamba tinkaganiza za Khristu mʼnjira imeneyi, koma tsopano sititeronso.
[17] Nʼchifukwa chake, ngati munthu aliyense ali mwa Khristu, ndi wolengedwa kwatsopano; zinthu zakale zapita taonani, zakhala zatsopano.
[18] Zonsezi zichokera kwa Mulungu amene anatiyanjanitsa ndi Iye mwini kudzera mwa Khristu ndipo anatipatsa ife utumiki wa chiyanjanitso.
[19] Mulungu ankayanjanitsa dziko lapansi kwa Iye mwini kudzera mwa Khristu, osawerengera anthu monga mwa zochimwa zawo. Ndipo watisungitsa ife uthenga uwu wa chiyanjanitso.
[20] Choncho ife ndi akazembe a Khristu, monga ngati Mulungu akudandaulira anthu kudzera mwa ife. Ife tikukupemphani inu mʼmalo mwa Khristu kuti, yanjanitsidwani ndi Mulungu.
[21] Chifukwa cha ife, Mulungu anasandutsa wopanda tchimoyo kukhala tchimo, kuti mwa Iye ife tikakhale chilungamo cha Mulungu.