I Tsl 5 - Testamente Ledrimpswha ni Mapsalma

¹ Kambe vamakweru, loko kuli hi minkama ni tinguva, aswisindriseki kuva nin'witralela.

² Hikusa n'wine mfuri n'waswitiva swinene leswaku a siku dra Hosi dri tata swanga hi muyivi avusikwini.

³ Loko vhanu va ku: Hi hanya hikurula ni kubekiseka, kutani a mahlomulo matawa henhla kwavu, swanga hi wansati wa nyimba loko a lun'wa, vangaka vangahuluki.

⁴ Kambe n'wine vamakweru an'wahahanyi munyameni, akuva a siku ledriya dringan'witxhuketi swanga muyivi,

⁵ hikusa n'wine hinkwenu n'wivana va livaningo, n'wivana vanhlikanhi; hine ahi vavusiku nambi munyama.

⁶ Hileswo-ke hingakhutriyeleni swanga hi van'wana, kambe a hi veneni lava valavelelaka ni kuhanya hikutikhoma.

⁷ Hikusa lava kutriyelaka vakutriyela ni vusiku, lava vapopswaka vatinyiketela kupopsweni ni vusiku.

⁸ Kambe hine hingavanhlikanhi, ahitikhomeni, hiyambala xitlhangu xa kupfumela, ni xa lirandru, ni xilembe xa kudumba ka huluko.

⁹ Hikuva Xikwembu Nkulukumba angahibekelanga mahlundru, kambe hikuma huluko ha Hosi yeru Yesu Kriste,

¹⁰ lweyi ahifeliki akuva nambi hilavelela, nambi hikutriyela hita hanya kun'we na Yene.

¹¹ Hiswoswo, khongotelanani n'wiyakisana van'we ku van'wana swanga hi laha n'wiyentxiki ha kone kutlhasa swoswi.

Swileleto swa vugamu ni madrungula

¹² Ha n'witratriya, vamakweru, leswaku vanani ni xihluwa ku lava vatiraka amakari kwenu, lava van'wibyisaka, lava van'wilulekaka.

¹³ Vatamelani hi xitxhavu hinkwaxu ni lirandru, hinkonta ya ntiro wavu. Na n'wili nikurula amakari kwenu.

¹⁴ Ha n'wikombela mfuri vamakweru, akuva n'wiluleka lava vakukala vangatibekisi, tiyisani lava vaheliki timbilu, byatrhani lava vagome, n'wilehisela hinkwavu ambilu.

¹⁵ Lavisani leswaku kungavi ni lweyi atlheliselaka mun'wana kubiha hi kubiha, kambe djulisisani minkama hinkwayu swa hombe van'we ku van'wana ni ku hinkwavu.

¹⁶ Trhavani minkama hinkwayu.

¹⁷ Khongotani n'winga yimi.

¹⁸ Ku hinkwaswu nyikani mitlangelo, hikusa leswo i kurandra ka Xikwembu Nkulukumba ku Kriste Yesu ha n'wine.

¹⁹ N'winga siveli Moya,

²⁰ N'wingadreli a vaprofeta.

²¹ Hinkwaswu swikambani; bekisani leswi swinene,

²² na n'wihambuka kakuhinkwaswu leswi swakubiha.

²³ Ke, Xikwembu Nkulukumba wa kurula an'wibasise kakuhinkwaswu, ne moyeni wenu ne hikeni ni mirini, n'wiva lava vabekisekaka hi mfanelo, n'wingave ni kusoleka akubuyeni ka Hosi yeru Yesu Kriste.

²⁴ Lweyi a n'wihlawuliki a dumbekile, na ata yentxa leswi a dumbisiki swone.

²⁵ Vamakweru, hikhongotelani.

²⁶ Drungulani hinkwavu vamakweru hi kumpswompswana ka vumakwavu.

²⁷ Nan'wikombela hi vito dra Hosi, akuva n'wihlaya papela ledri ku hinkwatu tinsasi.

²⁸ A timpswalu ta Hosi yeru Yesu Kriste ative na n'wine.