¹ Asi ndinoti mumoyo mangu kuti handidi kuvhuya futi kamuli nditshilira. ² Nokuti kana nditshimulilisa, ndiyani utshandifaja kana asiriiye wakalilisiwa nemi? ³ Nazwino ndiikanwala hetshi tshinhu kuti kana ndaswika ndilege kulilisiwa nayivho vhanofanira kufaja.Ndinomutenda mose kuti kufala kangu ndikenu mose. ⁴ Nokuti ndikamunwalira nemisoji minji, pakutambula kukugwane nenhamo yomoyo,ndasingati mulijiwe.Nditshinwala sayezwo ndisingayeteri kumuhwisa shemu.Asi, ndinoda kuti muzivhe ludo lukugwane gwandinomuda nago. ⁵ Nayezwo kana umwe akasungupajiwa, haana kundililisa imi, asi ndinoti zwimwe -ndilege kunyanyisa imwi- mose. ⁶ Kulovha hokukavhanhu vhanji kunoezana unhu wakadlali. ⁷ Nayezwo ikwene mupanitshe, zwirikwine kuti mukangamwire nokuunyalaja.Kuti alege kuvhola moyo tshaiko nesungu hugwane. ⁸ Nayezwo ndinokumbira kamuli zwikugwane kuti mukwatise ludo gwenu kaali. ⁹ Nokuti ndakanwala vho hezwi zwinhu, nditshimuyeja ndizivhe kuti munoingira pazwinhu zwose. ¹⁰ Nayezwo hoyo wamunokangamwira, nemi ndinomukangamwira vho.Nokuti hezwo zwandaka kangamwira-kana ndaka kangamwira tshinhu-tshandakaeta nokuda kenu papanda pa Khirisito. ¹¹ Nayezwo tilege kunyengegwa na Sarani.Nokuti mano awe tinomazivha. ¹² Nayezwo ndakati nditshiswika pa Tiroyasi kopalija ivangeri ya Khirisito nditshivuligwa mikovha muna Khirisito. ¹³ Ndanga ndisina zololo pamwiya wangu nokuti handina kuwana po Tito hama yangu.Asi ndakaonesana navho ndakaenda Makhedhoniya. ¹⁴ Asi Mwali ngatendiwe, unotikundisa tshikhathi tshose muna Khirisito.Unotisumbija nesu pose pose mwiya wokuzivha mwali. ¹⁵ Nayezwo isu tiri hwema hwakanaka hwa Khirisito kuna Mwali, pakati pavhano ponesiwa navhanopalala. ¹⁶ Kune vhanhu vhanopalala, vhamwe tiri hwema holufu honoesa kulufu kuvhamwe.Vhanwe vhano ponisiwa, tiri hwema hovhupenyu honoesa kuvhapenyu.Zwino utshakwanisa zwinhu zwakadlali? ¹⁷ Nayezwo hatifanani navhamwe vhakawanda vhanokakisa bungo la Mwali.Asi,tolilevha tisinga nyegeji, tinolevhereka muna Khirisito, neshuwa sezwinobva kuna Mwali, papandda pa Mwali.