¹ Tsapano bza nyama yakupelekewa nsembe kuna bzifanifani: Ife tidziwa kuti tense tina chidziwiso. Chidziwiso chibzikuza, soma chikondi chibzi mangilira. ² Munthu omwe ankumbuka kuti ambadziwa chinthu, kinango ambadziwa lini ninga momwe ambafunira kudziwira. ³ Soma mumthu omwe ambakonda Mulungu, ambadziwika na Mulungu iyeyo. ⁴ Telepo, kulewa bza kudya nyama yaku pelekewa ninga nsembe kuna bzifanifani; Ife tikudziwa kuti bzifani nchinthu lini napa ng'onopo pa dziko lapansi nakuti palibe Mulungu winango soma m'bodzi yekha. ⁵ Tsono ngakhale pomwe pana bzaku lewedwa milungu, penu nkudzaulu pinango padziko lapansi (poti ilipodi ''milungu'' mizinji na ''ambuya azinji''), ⁶ soma kuna ife pana Mulungu mbodzi yekha, Baba, kuna iye bzinthu bzense bzida chokera nakuti iye ifepano tin ikhala, ndipo pana Mbuya mbodzi Yesu khristu, omwe bzinthu bzense bzida chokera, na mwa iye ife tina moyo. ⁷ Nthawe zinango, nzeru zozi zimbakhalalini na aliyense. M'malo mwache, wanthu winango amba pempherera bzifanizo, iwo ambadya nyama na bzakudya bzobzi ninga penu nyamayo idaperekiwa nsembe ya bzifanifani. Iwo chakukumbuka chawo chaku pswipisiwa thangwe mchakusaya mphamvu. ⁸ Soms bzakudya bzimbati fendeza lini chifupi na Mulungu. Ife tini tayika lini penu ife tinidya lini, pinango kukhala bwino penu tinidya. ⁹ Soma chenjerani kuti ufulu bwanu pakuchita bzinthu nampodi ufike paku khumudwisa wanthu omwe mbakusaya mphamvu pa chikhulupilo. ¹⁰ Nakuti nyang'anani kuti winango akakuonani, omwe munacho chidziwiso, mukudyra bzakudya mkachisi wa bzifanifani. Kodi nyakusaya mphamvu adzalimbikisiwa tani kudya bzomwe bzaku perekiwa nsembe ku bzifanifani? ¹¹ Thangwe la chidziwiso chanu cha chadidi chomwe munacho pa bzifanifani, iye nyakusaya, Mdzinza omwe Khilistu adamufera, ani dzongeka. ¹² Bzomwebzo, pomwe mukuwa phonyera adzinza wanu na kubaya chikumbu mtima chawo chakusaya mphamvu, mukuphonyera Khilistu. ¹³ Thangwe lache, penu bzakudya bzini khumudwisa dzinza wangu, ine nidzadya pomwe nyama, kuti ningamu khumudwise dzinza wangu.