Tsamba Kuna Akristu a ku Kolose
3 Mphapo, khala imwe mwalamuswa muli akufa pabodzi na Kristu,+ pitirizani kusaka pinthu pyakudzulu, kule kunakhala Kristu kunkono wamadyo wa Mulungu.+ 2 Pitirizani kunyerezera* pinthu pyakudzulu,+ tayu kunyerezera pinthu pya pa dziko yapantsi.+ 3 Thangwi imwe mwafa, pontho umaso wanu wabiswa mwa Kristu mwakubverana na pinafuna Mulungu. 4 Kristu, wakuti ndi umaso wathu,+ angadzapangizwa, imwembo munadzapangizwa pabodzi na iye mu mbiri yace.+
5 Natenepa, citisani kuti makhundu a manungo anu*+ akhale akufa ku macitiro aulukwali,* makhaliro akunyanyasa, kusirira kakamwe pinthu pyaulukwali,+ pifuno pyakuipa na kufuna pyonsene, kwakuti ndi kulambira madzimunthu. 6 Thangwi pinthu pyenepi ndipyo pinafuna kubweresa ukali wa Mulungu. 7 Makhaliro anu akhalimbo tenepo* mu umaso wanu wakale.*+ 8 Mbwenye cincino musafunika kusiya pyonsene ipi: Ukali, kuipirwa, uipi+ na mafala akutikana;+ pontho pamulomo panu nee pasafunika kubuluka makani akuzuda.*+ 9 Lekani kulonga uthambi kuna unango na ndzace.+ Dulani uunthu* wanu wakale+ na macitiro ace, 10 mbwenye bvalani uunthu upswa,+ wakuti kubulukira mu cidziwiso candimomwene uli kusasanyirwa mwakubverana na makhaliro a Ule adaucita,+ 11 uunthu upswa nkhabe kusiyanisa Agerego na Ayuda, anthu akusidzwa na akukhonda sidzwa, nee munthu wa dziko yakunja, nee Sita,* nee bitcu peno munthu waufulu; mbwenye Kristu ndi pinthu pyonsene, pontho ali mwa onsene.+
12 Munjira ibodzi ene, ninga anthu adasankhulwa na Mulungu,+ akucena na akufuniwa, khalani akubvera ntsisi kakamwe,+ akukoma ntima, akucepeseka,*+ akupfulika+ na akupirira.+ 13 Pitirizani kupirirana unango na ndzace mbamulekererana na ntima onsene,+ mwakukhonda tsalakana khala munthu ali na thangwi toera kutsukwala na pidacitirwa iye na ndzace.+ Ninga mudakulekererani Yahova* na ntima onsene, imwe musafunikambo kucita pibodzi pyene.+ 14 Mbwenye kusiyapo pinthu pyenepi, bvalani ufuni,+ thangwi iwo usaphedza anthu toera kukhala akuphatana kakamwe.+
15 Pontho, ntendere wa Kristu utonge mitima yanu,*+ thangwi imwe mwacemerwa muntendere unoyu toera mukhale manungo mabodzi. Perekani takhuta ndzidzi onsene. 16 Mafala a Kristu akhale muna imwe mbakupasani udziwisi onsene. Pitirizani kupfundzisana na kuwangisana unango na ndzace pakuphatisira masalmo,+ kusimba Mulungu, mbamuimba nyimbo zauzimu mwakupereka takhuta. Pitirizani kuimbira Yahova* mʼmitima yanu.+ 17 Cinthu consene cinacita imwe mʼmafala peno mʼmacitiro, citani pyonsene mu dzina ya Mbuya Yezu, mbamupereka takhuta kuna Mulungu Baba mu dzina yace.+
18 Imwe akazi, bverani amunanu,+ thangwi pyenepi mphyakuthema pamaso pa Mbuya. 19 Imwe amuna, pitirizani kufuna akazanu,+ pontho lekani kuipirwa kakamwe* na iwo.+ 20 Imwe ana, bverani anyakubala anu mu pinthu pyonsene,+ thangwi pyenepi mphyadidi kakamwe pamaso pa Mbuya. 21 Imwe ababa, lekani kutsukwalisa ananu,+ toera iwo akhonde kufewa manungo. 22 Imwe mabitcu,* bverani ambuyanu mu pinthu pyonsene,+ tayu basi mu ndzidzi unakuonerani iwo,* toera kukomeresa anthu, mbwenye na ntima wanu onsene, mwakugopa Yahova.* 23 Pyonsene pinacita imwe, piciteni na ntima wanu onsene ninga mukuphatira Yahova,*+ tayu anthu, 24 thangwi imwe musadziwa kuti ndi Yahova* anafuna kudzakupasani unthaka ninga muoni.+ Tumikirani Mbuya, Kristu. 25 Mwandimomwene, ule anacita pinthu pyakuipa, anadzabwezerwa pinthu pyakuipa pidacita iye,+ thangwi Mulungu nkhabe tsankhulo.+