¹ Tuyanda kuti muzhyibe, bakwesu, kujatikizhya lusa lwa Leza lwalo lwakapewa kuzhyikombelo zhya Macedonia. ² Muciindi cakusunkwa kukando kwamapezhyi, ibunji bwa kukondwa kwabo alimwi a kuhipa kwabucete mbubwaka bamba buzhibi bunji wa bwaabi. ³ Mbuli mbunda caamba caatangalala kuti bakatupa mubunji ooko nkubakakozhya, alimwi akwiindilila muli cibakakozhya, amukwiinda mubuyandihi bwabo beni ⁴ bakatulomba cakuhinizhya kwabo kunji mucoolwe ca kwaabana mumulimo ooyu kuya kubantu ba Mwami busetekene. ⁵ Eeci ticakacitika mbuli mbutwa kacihyomene, pele bakataanguna kulipa lwabo beni ku Mwami poona akuli ndiswe kwiinda muluyando lwa Leza. ⁶ Aboobo twamukombelezhya Titus, walo wakautalika kale mulimo ooyu, kuti awumanizhye akati kenu eeyi micito ya luzhyalo. ⁷ Pele mulaangilwe muli zhoonse - mulhyomo, mukwaambaula, muluzhyibo, mubusongo boonse, alimwi amuluyando lwene kuli ndiswe. Alimwi muhyome kuti muzunde mumicite yaluyando lwakwe. ⁸ Ndacaamba eeci kutali mukuhinikizhyiwa pesi kuti ndisunke cakuhinizhya kuluyando lwenu kwiinda mukukozhyanya njiyo kuluyandihihyo lwa bantu bamwi. ⁹ Mbuli mbomuzhyi luzhyalo lwa Mwami wesu Jesu Klisto. Nikuba kuti wakali mvwubile, kwiinda muli ndinywe wakaba muceta, kutewa kwiinda mubucete mbwakwe mwebo muhwube. ¹⁰ Mukuli boobo ndilamupa muzeezo ukozhya kumugwahya. Mwaka omwe wainda, tiimwatalika buyo kucita cintu, pele mwakacilombohya kucicita eeco. ¹¹ Ono amucimaninizhye. Mbubwena mbukwakali kuyandinhyinhya akulombozhya kucicita, kokuti amucicite kuti cimanine, mbuli mbomucikozhya. ¹² Kuti kamuli mulayandinhinhya, mahipe ncibotu alimwi cilatambulika. Ceelele kuti cicitwe kweendelana amuntu cakwete, kutali muli ncatakwente pe. ¹³ Mbocitali kuti ooku kupa kuli bamwi bahibe amapezhyi eenu, pele mulweelekelo. ¹⁴ Ibunji bwenu aciindi cino ciyakupa zhyo bayanda. Eeci mukuti kutewa bunji bwabo bukozhye kuleta kubula kwenu, alimwi akuti kukozhye kuba kweelanyizhyiwa. ¹⁵ Cili mbuli mbocakalembwa kuti: ''Ooyu ujisi kunji kunyina acakanhyala acalo, alimwi ooyu unji kuhyoonto kunyina nakajana choolwe.'' ¹⁶ Pele kulumbwa akube kuli Leza, walo wakabika mumoyo wa Titus kweelanya kwa kubamba kukando nkwekwete kuli ndimwe. ¹⁷ Mbuli mbwatakatambula buyo kulomba kwesu, pele wakahyomeka muli cico acalo. Wakaboola kuli ndimwe kwiinda muluyando lwakwe mwini. ¹⁸ Twatuma antoomwe anguwe mukwesu walo uulumbaizhyilwe akati kazhyikombelo kumulimo wakwe mukukambauka mulumbe mubotu. ¹⁹ Kutali ceei cilinke, pele wakasalwa alimwi azhyi acikombelo kuti abe mweezuma mulweendo lwesu lwa micito ya luse, lwalo lucitwa andiswe mubulemu lwa Mwami wesu aluyando lwesu lubotu. ²⁰ Tulalikanha kuti kacikozhyeka kubule umwi utiitogooke kukwatikizhya micito yaluzhyalo eeyi njotuzwiidilizhya kucita. ²¹ Tulakwabilila kuti tucite eeco cibotu, utali buyo kumbele lya Mwami, pele akumbele lyabantu. ²² Tulatuma alimwi mukwesu ambabo Twakamunsuka muzhila zhyinji pele twakamubona kuti musongo kumilimo minji. Ono ulihinizhyile kwiinda kutanguna kwiinda muluzhyibo lunji ndwakwete muli ndimwe. ²³ Kuli ndiwe Titus, mweezuma wangu alimwi amubelehima kuli ndimwe. Kuli bana bakwesu, bakapaso kuzwa muzhyikombelo. Ba bulemu kuli Klisto. ²⁴ Aboobo amubatondezhye citondezhyo ca luyando lwenu, alimwi mutondezhye ku zhyikombelo kaambo kakulisumpula kwesu kuli aali ndimwe.