¹ Zvino pano tichatitatani tinaenderera mberi tichinyangaza cuti nsisi ziwande? ² Nkale ife cuti tidafa pacuti zvinyangazi, tinararama tani nazvo? ³ Kode hamudziwi cuti ifepano tense tidabatizaliwa nauna Kristu Djesu, ponho tidabatizaliwa mulufu lache. ⁴ Nazvinezvo, tidaikiwa naiye pabodzipene nacibatizaloiwa mulufu. Izvi zvidaitica pacuti, ninga Kristu adamussiwa mucati manyacufa nansimba za bambo naifembo tirarama upenyu utswa. ⁵ Nathangwe, cana tida phataniziwa na iye na cutsazana naiye mulufu lache, na tenepombo tinadzakalambo tidabatana, mwacumuca kwache. ⁶ Ife tinadziwa cuti munhu wathu wacale wadakokomerica pamutanda pabodzi pene naiye, pacati mwiri wachinhangazi ukalr wacufudziwa. Izwi zvidaitica pathangwe lacuti tileke cukala ponho wanyabassa wachinyangazi. ⁷ Weneule cuti adafa adalekererwa cubuda cuchinyangazi. ⁸ Apo zvino cana tidafa na Kristu, tinatenda cuti tina dzakala ponho pabodzi pene naiye. ⁹ Tinadziwa cuti Kristu adamussiwa munyacufa futi cuti hachafizwe. Lufu halichilibe nsimba padzauli pache. ¹⁰ Cufa cudaita iye, adafa muzvinyangazi, iye adafa cabodzi pangani zense, apo zvinopano upenhu unaiye ngwacukala na Mulungu ngani zense. ¹¹ Nazvinezvombo imwepombo zvitenimbo wanhu wadafa muzvinyangazi, apo ndimwe wanhu wapenhu cuna Mulungu na Djesu Kristu ¹² Na cudiyalo, lecani chinyangazi chitongwe muiri yanu idafa, na mucana wenei cuti lecani cutenda zvinyangazi futi mwiri yanuyo ngaireke cutenda cuita zvinyangazi. ¹³ Lecani cupanguiza cana cutendeza mitandanhanda za mwiri yanuyo cutio zvinyangaze, pacuti mukale midziyo inasowensera pa cululama. Apo zvikeni cuna Mulungu ninga mudabudissiwa mucufa cuti nchichino muli wapenhu. Futi panguizani nhanda nhanda za mwiri ya muyo cuna Mulungu ninga mizio na sowenzissiwa pacululama. ¹⁴ Lecani cupassa mbuto zvipanguizo cuti zvitongwe, nathangwe hamussi pansi pa mutemo, apo pacati pamasi za Mulungu. ¹⁵ Zvinopano tinaitatani? Tonyangaza zvathu nathangwe atissipansi mutemo, apo pansi pasisi? Nkabe! ¹⁶ Kodi hamudziwi cani cuti cana mungazvita wanyabassa cuna munhu bodzi muchitewerera, madi wanyabassa wamunhu weneyo wanumunatewererayo, podi kukala wanyabassa wechinyangazi chinacuitirani cuti mufe, cana cuti mungakala wanyabassa wanatewerera, zvinacuitani mularame? ¹⁷ Apo nsisi za Mulungu nacuti imwepo mukali wanyabassa wezvinyangazi cale, apo chino madi cufhunza cutewerera mu moyo yense zvinhu zvanu munafhunzissiwa cuti zvanu mudapassiwa. ¹⁸ Nacuti mudaphuthumuliwa muchibuda muzvinyangazi futi mudakala wanyabassa wacululama. ¹⁹ Ndinalanga ninga munhu, na mulandu wacusowa nsimba munyamo yanuyo. Nacuti ninga zvidaita imwe mitezo yanuyo ya mwiri yanuyo ninga wanyabassa walibe bassa futi na zvacunyangala, na ngira ibodziyo munadicana cuzvipereca cukala wanyabassa wacululama muchita zvinhu zvidachena. ²⁰ Zvidaoneca cuti pangani yanu ikali imwe wanyabassa wezvinyangazi, hamukalibe simba yacuita zvacululama. ²¹ Pangani ineyo, cuti musapho, na diyalo, mukali pazvinhu zvenezve apo chinehino madi cunyara? Nathangwe cunkoma kwazvinhu zvenezvi cufa. ²² Apo chinehino nacuda kwacuti mudaphuthumuliwa mudabuda muzvinyangazi cuti muchikala wanyabassa wa Mulungu. Maaitiwa wanhu wacuchena futi wanadza pedzera wadacukala wapenhu kwenda na kwenda. ²³ Nacuti mabai bai yezvinyangazi, kufa, apo chipo cha Mulungu chanu ,umapassiwa padecha ndiupenhu wakwenda na kwenda muna Kristu Djesu Changamire wathu.