Kyapita 1
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Paulo, umunbofi wabaShikulu kabili umutumwa waba Yesu Kilishitu u-walwitabilo kulibaShikulu kubantu abasalilwe na kalango kakibaShikulu akasuminishiwe nabu Lesa,
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No kusumina mubumi bwamuyayaya bwa ba Shikulu, uyu tabepe, ukulaya kufifyashi fyonse pampindi.
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Pampindi ilingile ukusolola ikyenbo kyakwe ukupitila mukutulisha mulifi naketekela ukulingana nokukabishiwa kuli baShikulu aba kupulusha.
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Kuli Tito, Umuana wakishika mulwitabilo tukwente, ulusa no mutende ukufuma kuli baShikulu ba wishifwe naba Kilishitu Yesu abakupulusha.
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Nipali fifi nalimishileni mu Cilete kweba mwenga bika ifintu bwino kabili tamupwishishe nokubinkapo amanboko papatangishi mumishi yonse namitongwele ukuya.
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Ikilolo alilingile u-wakabula imilandu, umulume wamukanshi umo, Nabana bakishika nokushikwa nokubulokufwa.
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Ulamine bwino ñanda yakwe, Nokusunga bwino iñanda yaba Shikulu, ukukubala akakowensha. Ukutekanya, uyutafitwa bwangu, uyutanwapo ifisunga, Notapangapo umwanganshi, Taliu-wakutunama.
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Mumupunda, Alilingile ukupata ikyakubipa nabukubusa kukukinta ifiweme, u-walango, nokuswenta, bumushilo, nokulikanya.
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Wakusunga ikama nokuketekela mumushiwi ayakulabila, ukubati engefwa abanakwe abo alukusabisha nokulungika balya aba patika kuliye.
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Pakuti abakwaluka abantu kulibukine, bakilabila labile nababufi, beka abasenbulwilwe.
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Ikiweme ukubakanya, Balukulufyanya ikifyanshi bakubasambisha umusebanya wakunokelapo fimbi kufyo tekuti basambishe.
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Umo u-wakutulisha u-wanbo kalabila ati,'' abena Cilete lyonse babufi, ifilengwa fyabufi, abafila abatabatandwa ukulya,''
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Ukukilondolola kishika. Penka, nbololeni umukilile kwebati banbe mulwitabilo.
14
Mwelikufwila abaYunda kumikinto neli ku kukambishiwa kwa bantu abafuma kufishika.
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Kuli banbo abaswentele, Nefintu fyonse fiswentele. Kulibanbo abali mumafisakanwa nokubula ukusumina takulipo ukuswenta. Lomba akalongo nemilanguluko yanbo filyonaikile.
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Balatulinsha ukwishiba baShikulu, lomba balamukana mumikinto, bali patile nabupulamafunde, kabileta kabilitabali ngilwepo ukukita ifiweme neli pamo.