16 Natenepa, Yahova Mbuya Wankulu Kakamwe alonga:

Ule anakhulupira mwala unoyu nee anadzagopa.+

17 Mbwenye Yezu aayangʼana soo mbaabvundza: “Mphapo asabvekanji mafala awa adalembwa kuti: ‘Mwala udakhondwa na anyakumanga nyumba, wadzakhala mwala wakufunika kakamwe wapankhomo’?*+

11 Yezu unoyu, ndi ‘mwala wakuti imwe anyakumanga mwauona ninga wakusowa basa, wakuti wadzakhala mwala wakufunika kakamwe wapankhomo.’*+

11 Thangwi nkhabe munthu anafuna kuikha miyala inango kusiyapo ire idaikhwa kale, yakuti isaimirira Yezu Kristu.+

19 Natenepa, imwe nee ndimwebve alendo peno anthu akudza,+ mbwenye ndimwe anthu a dziko ibodzi ene+ ya anthu akucena, pontho ndimwe anthu a panyumba ya Mulungu,+ 20 pontho imwe ndimwe ninga nyumba idamangwa padzulu pa apostolo na aprofeta,+ mbwenye Kristu Yezu ndi mwala wakufunika kakamwe wapankhomo.+

4 Mu ndzidzi unafendedzera imwe kuna iye, mwala wakuti uli na umaso, udakhondwa na anthu,+ mbwenye Mulungu ausankhula,+ pontho ndi wakufunika kakamwe kuna iye, 5 imwe ninga miyala yakuti iri na umaso, muli kumangwa ninga nyumba yauzimu+ toera mukhale nsoka wa anyantsembe akucena, kuti mupereke kuna Mulungu ntsembe zauzimu+ zakutawirika kubulukira mwa Yezu Kristu.+ 6 Thangwi khundu inango ya Malemba isalonga: “Onani! Ine ndiri kuikha mu Sioni mwala wakusankhulwa, mwala wakufunika kakamwe wapankhomo,* nee mʼbodzi anakhulupira mwala unoyu anadzatsumbikika.”*+

7 Natenepa, kuna imwe iye ndi wakufunika kakamwe, thangwi ndimwe anyakukhulupira; mbwenye kuna anyakukhonda khulupira “Mwala udakhondwa na anyakumanga nyumba,+ wadzakhala mwala wakufunika kakamwe wapankhomo”*+