3 Tamuzi na kuti mbuli bingi mbubakabbabbatizigwa muliKkilisto Jesu bakabbabbatisigwa mulufulwakwe.
4 Twakavwikwa, alimwi, anguwe kwinda mulubbabbatizyo amulufu. Ezi zyakachitika nkambo kakuti Kkilisto wakabusigwa kuzwa kubafu mubulemu bwawisi, kuti aswebo tweende mubumi bupya.
5 Kuti twaba abujatane muchikozyano chalufu lwakwe, aboobo tatukoyoba abujatane mububuke bwakwe kubafu.
6 Tulizi ezi, kuti muntu wesu mukulukulu wakabambulwa anguwe kuti mubiliwazibi ukonzye kulobesegwa. Ezi zyakachitika kuti tutachibi bazike bachibi.
7 Oyoo wakafwa wakambwa kululama kumulandu wachibi.
8 Pesi kuti twakafwa aKkilisito, tulasyoma kuti tuyokkala antomwe anguwe.
9 Tulizi kuti Kkilisito mbakabusigwa kuzwa kubafu, takonzyi kufwa lubo pe; lufu taluchikwe bwami pe alinguwe.
10 Nkabela mukujatikizya mulufu ndwakwafwa kamwi kwalyoonse. Nekuba boobo, buumi mbwapona uponena Leza.
11 Munzila ikozyene, anywebo mweelede kulibweza mbuli bafwide kuchibi, pesi baponede kuli Leza muliJesu Kkilisito.
12 Aboobo mutalekeli chibi kuti chimwendelezye mumibili yanu ifwika mutakasiki nkumulemeka zisusi zyanyama.
13 Mutaabili zizo zyaanu kuchibi, kuti zibe zibelesyo zyakuchita bubi. Pele amulitondezye kuli Leza mbuli aabo bakeetwa kuzwa kulufu kuya kubuumu, amutondezye zizo zyanu kuliLeza mbuli zibelesyo zyakuchitya bululami.
14 Mutazumini chibi kuti chimwendelezye. Nkambo nywe tamuli munsi amulawu pe, pesi munsi aluzyalo.
15 Twambe buti lino? Tulakonzya kubisya na nkambo tatulimunsi amulawu, pesi munsi aluzyalo? Kutakabi boobo pe.
16 Sa tamuzi na kuti naa mwalitondezya mbuli bazike mulibazike kuliyooyo ngomulemeka? Mukonzya kuba bazike kuchibi, chitola kulufu, naanka bazike kululemeko lutola kubululami.
17 Pesi kupa kulumba kuliLeza! Nkambo mwakalibazike bachibi, pesi mwakalemeka kuzwa kumyoyo inzila yanjisyo eyo njimwakapegwa.
