Tsamba Kuna Akristu a ku Efeso
3 Na thangwi ineyi, ine Paulu, ndiri nkaidi+ thangwi ya Kristu Yezu, pontho thangwi yakufuna kuphedza imwe anthu a madzindza anango . . .* 2 Mwandimomwene, imwe mwabva kuti ine ndapaswa basa yakutsalakana+ kukoma ntima kukulu kwa Mulungu toera kukuphedzani, 3 pontho kuti iye andipangiza cibisobiso cace cakucena ninga mudakulemberani ine kale mwacigwagwa. 4 Natenepa, mungaleri pyenepi, imwe munakwanisa kudzindikira kuti ine ndisabvesesa mwadidi cibisobiso cakucena+ cinalonga pya Kristu. 5 Cibisobiso ceneci nee cikhadapangizwa kuna anthu a mʼmidzidzi yakale ninga munapangizwa ico cincino kuna apostolo ace akucena na aprofeta ace kubulukira mu nzimu wakucena,+ 6 kuti mwakuphatana na Kristu Yezu, pontho kubulukira mu mphangwa zadidi, anthu a madzindza anango anakhalambo anyakutambira unthaka, mbakhala makhundu a manungo mabodzi ene,+ mbadikhirambo pikiro idacitirwa ife. 7 Ine ndadzakhala ntumiki wa cibisobiso ceneci thangwi ya kukoma ntima kukulu kwa Mulungu. Iye andipasa muoni* unoyu kubulukira mu mphambvu yace.+
8 Ine munthu wangʼono kakamwe kupiringana munthu wangʼono pakati pa anthu onsene akucena,+ ndapangizwa kukoma ntima kukulu+ toera ndimwaze mphangwa zadidi kuna anthu a madzindza anango zinalonga pya mpfuma zakukhonda kulengeseka za Kristu, 9 pontho ndiphedze anthu onsene toera aone kuti Mulungu, ule adacita pinthu pyonsene asaphatisira tani cibisobiso cakucena+ cikhakoya iye mu pyaka pizinji. 10 Cifuniro ca pyenepi ndi toera kubulukira mu mpingo,+ cincino maumambo na mautongi mu mbuto zakudzulu adziwiswe pya makhundu akusiyana-siyana a udziwisi ukulu wa Mulungu.+ 11 Pyenepi pisabverana na cifuniro cakukhonda mala cidakhazikisa iye thangwi ya Kristu+ Yezu Mbuyathu, 12 kubulukira mwa iye, ife tiri na ufulu wakulonga, mbatikwanisa kufendedzera Mulungu mwakusudzuka,+ pontho na cinyindiro consene thangwi yakukhulupira kwathu Kristu. 13 Natenepa, ine ndisakuphembani toera mukhonde kubwerera nduli* pakuona nyatwa zinapirira ine thangwi ya imwe, thangwi izo zisabweresa mbiri kuna imwe.+
14 Na thangwi ineyi, ine ndisagodama pamaso pa Baba, 15 wakuti ndiye adapasa dzina mabanja onsene kudzulu na pa dziko yapantsi. 16 Ine ndisaphembera kuna Mulungu toera kubulukira mu mbiri yace ikulu,+ iye aphatisire mphambvu ya nzimu wace wakucena toera kuwangisa mitima yanu na manyerezero anu, 17 toera kubulukira mu cikhulupiro canu, Kristu akhale mʼmitima yanu pabodzi na ufuni.+ Khalani na mitcitci,+ pontho khalani akuwanga pa mbuto idamangwa cikhulupiro canu,+ 18 toera imwe pabodzi na anthu onsene akucena mukwanise kubvesesa mwadidi ugugumi, ulaphi, cengo na kuzika, 19 mbamudziwa ufuni wa Kristu,+ wakuti ndi ukulu kupiringana cidziwiso, toera imwe mudzale na makhaliro onsene anapereka Mulungu.
20 Ule, wakuti mwakubverana na mphambvu yace inaphata basa muna ife,+ anakwanisa kucita pizinji kakamwe kupiringana pinthu pyonsene pinaphemba ife peno pinanyerezera ife,+ 21 mbapaswe mbiri kubulukira mu mpingo, pontho kubulukira mwa Yezu Kristu mu ubalwi onsene,* kwenda na kwenda. Ameni.