Ghamatendo 3:9-17

⁹Iwanu wose hawamwonile koghenda na komtunya Imulungu,

¹⁰wamtanga yeye kayuyula iyang'ali yolomba habehi na “Libani linoghile” lye Ing'anda ye Imulungu, weduka, wakangawala kwa achila ichimlawile.

¹¹Imunu ayo hang'ali yoghenda na Petiri na Yohane, iwanu wose wang'ali wokangawala na wandusa kutsumila hanu ha kwitinganila hakemighwe “Ukumbi wa Selemani.”

¹²Petiri honile apfi, kawalongela, “Iwanu wa Isiraeli, ebali mwokangawala kwe ichinu chino? Mbona mwotutsodolela tsinenge ka twetwe itumtendile imunu yuno yadahe kughenda kwa ngupfu tsetu iwenyegho au kwaapfila tunogha hambele he Imulungu?

¹³Imulungu wa Abrahamu, Isaka na Yakobu, Imulungu we iwabala wetu, tsakamtunya Yesu imtumighwa wake, ila mwemwe mumghogha ili yakomighwe, namwe mumlema hambele ha Pilato, lekeni Pilato tsakabama yamlekelele yoke.

¹⁴Tsakakala Mwenzeluka na imunu yanoghile, lekeni mwemwe mumlema, mumlomba Pilato yamlekelele imunu iyakomile.

¹⁵Mwemwe mumkoma yeye yali mwanduso wa ughima, lekeni Imulungu kamtsilihula kulawa mne lifwa, na twetwe twa wakalangama we ichinu acho.

¹⁶Kwa kutoghola taghwa lya Yesu, imunu ayu immwona na imummanya keng'ighwa ingupfu. Ukutoghola na taghwa lya Yesu pfimhonetsa ghendo imunu ayu ka wose pfammwona.

¹⁷“Lelo ndughu tsangu, nomanya ka mwemwe ne iwakulu wenu mghatenda agho kwaapfila ng'ammanyile bae.