Maroma 7:1-11

¹Kapa kawizi, bakwangu (mukuti, nikwete kuwamba kubantu bezi mulao), mukuti mulao njoyendisa muntu inako yose yahala?

²Mukuti mwanakazi yosesetwe usuminwa chamulao kwamwihyabwe hebanachihala, kono mukwame hafwa, chazwisiwa kumulao wamasenso.

³Linuhape, cheyoinako mwihyabwe nachihala, heba nakahala ni wungi mukwame, kasupiwe musangu. Kono heba mwihyabwe ufwa, ulukuluhute kumulao, linu kena musangu, heba nakekala ni wungi mukwame.

⁴Chobulyo, bakwangu, mubatendwa bafwile kumulao chamubili wa Kiriste. Ichi chitendahala bulyo kuti mubemubantu bonke, linuhe, kozo yababuswa kubafwile, kuti tubike zichelantu za Ireeza.

⁵Mukuti hatubena munyama, itakazo zechive zibabusuluswa kubamwi bentu chamulao kuleta zichelantu kukati ifu.

⁶Konohanu tubalukululwa kumulao. Tubafwi kechina chibatusumine. Ichi china bulyo mukuti tusebeze mubuhya bwaluhuho imi isini mukusupala kweñolo.

⁷Katuwambe nzi linu? Kana mulao uwo wine chive? Kanzi nikubebulyo hape. Nihakubabulyo, ninisana nibezibi chive, heba nikusana kubabi chamulao. Mukuti ninisana nibezibi kuti kulakaza chive hesi mulao hawuwamba, “kanzi ulakazi.”

⁸Kono chive chiba hindi chibaka mumulao imi libaleti ilato lisali lyeniti kwangu. Mukuti hebakakwina mulao, chive chifwile.

⁹Mwinako yimwi nibakuhala ni kusena mulao, kono mulao hawiza, chive chichahala, imi ime chinafwa.

¹⁰Mulao ubakuleta kuhala ubaleti kufwa kwangu.

¹¹Mukuti chive chibawani chibaka mumulao, imi chibanichengeleli. Kakuya chamulao chibanihayi.